…It just came upon me. And it had consequences. And my son Daniel and I just wrote this book together, The Myth of Normal, that you mentioned. And we're writing another book together called Hello Again, a fresh start for adult children and their parents.…

…it? But as human beings, people, we're all on the same boat. Gabor, I think your work's been incredible. The book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture is just fantastic. And it's so good to see you looking refreshed and…

…is what is happening in modern society that is increasing the psychological burden on human beings? Your latest book is called The Myth of Normal. And I think that title is incredibly apt in relation to what we're talking about, we've got to a stage now…

…time we spoke, we mentioned the unique pressures on women in society today. You've written a whole chapter on this in The Myth of Normal, how women are society's, I think, shock absorbers, I think is how you referred to them. And to make sure you're…

…It just came upon me. And it had consequences. And my son Daniel and I just wrote this book together, The Myth of Normal, that you've mentioned. And we're writing another book together called Hello Again, a fresh start for adult children and their…

…it? But as human beings, people, we're all on the same boat. Gabor, I think your work's been incredible. The book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture is just fantastic. And it's so good to see you looking refreshed and…

…it's not that hard to deal with. Yeah. Well, that's lovely. So your book that we are here to talk about is The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. You start off immediately with pointing out we are at the pinnacle of our…

…There's a lot of very elegant, detailed, irrefutable science. I quote some of it in the book. For this book, The Myth of Normal, I collected 25,000 articles. Most of them scientific papers. 25,000. Yeah. It took me a long time. You and your son.…

…years. And I'm also an author, international speaker. I've written five books, published in 43 languages now. Your new book, The Myth of Normal, is a fantastic book. Thank you. It was 19 weeks, New York Times bestseller. It's been a bestseller in a whole…

…can do. Is it possible to repair relationships with our children after years of disconnection? Funny you should ask, because I wrote The Myth of Normal with my son Daniel, who is 50 years old this month as we speak. Daniel and I are now working on a…

…human morality. In fact, she wrote a wonderful book about the development of human morality that I quote in The Myth of Normal. And Darsha and others have found that morality, empathy for others, ethical behavior is a natural outcome of healthy…

…four-year-old kid wanting protection from his mom is not a coward. She's somebody in need of protection. That's how toxic this culture is. Normal is a myth. Normalism, yeah. Well, if you look at the word normal, so as a physician, I can talk about normal…

…the blood is too acidic or too alkaline, you get sick and you die. A certain range of blood pressure is normal. Normal meaning healthy and natural. Outside that range, same with body temperature, normal range. Outside that range, you're at risk. So normal…

…it's interesting, especially when you put it in context of your upcoming book, which of course I have not read, called The Myth of Normal and how sort of broken our society is. I've always approached it from the like, hey, this society is... is like any…

…playing to please others or to please their own socially constructed expectations of themselves. So in my new book, The Myth of Normal, there's actually a chapter called Disease as Teacher. Now, again, I don't recommend it. All I'm saying is that these…

…now, I just don't have the time. You can read my books. When the body says no, you can read The Myth of Normal, other literature on this subject. But we now know scientifically from the decades-old discipline of psychoneuroimmunology, our emotions are part…

…name in the Temple of the Way of Light. And on YouTube, I talk about my experience there. In the book, The Myth of Normal, Chapter 31, is on my experience with psychedelics. The reason I'm mentioning it is because... They're about to have a retreat, an…

…you get something, then you'll be happy and, you know, So I thought, okay, well, geez, you know, so this book, The Myth of Normal, you know, bestseller internationally and published in 35 languages, I should be happy. No, the more I got involved with it…

…through that dark moment, if I was her, what would I have observed? Well, first of all, and I talk about this in The Myth of Normal, and Ray, my wife, came on stage at the Troxy on Monday night and talked about this. I asked her to. Women have 80%…

…what I call a toxic culture. I see that all the time. And Look, I mean, the fact that this book, The Myth of Normal, is being published in North Macedonia, in Thailand, in Vietnam, and in Northern Europe, and in Eastern Europe, and it's just worldwide,…

…and made them understand themselves. I think I mentioned maybe in a different interview that the best review I ever had of The Myth of Normal was that some young guy said to me, thank you, I read that book and I remembered myself. So my work, for…

…weren't addicted to something. I think in this society, hardly anybody. Hence, in part, hence the title of my book, The Myth of Normal. Like, we think that so many things are normal, then there's the abnormal people who are different from us. I'm saying…

…responsible, that was inculcated in me throughout that whole first year of life. So much so that in this book, The Myth of Normal, I actually talk about an experience with psychedelic mushrooms with a therapist. This is not that long ago, seven years ago…

…of things by it. They meant what you just said about finding out what's really important in life. In this book, The Myth of Normal, I interview a young man called Will Pye, who wrote a book called Blessed with a Brain Tumor. what kind of blessing…

…somebody that has a profound understanding of what we're going to be diving into today, which is his new book called The Myth of Normal. It's trauma, illness, and healing in a toxic culture. And It's a very timely subject, I believe, for the planet right…

…Last little thing, just for the audience. Thank you, everybody that's been tuning in. If you haven't already checked out The Myth of Normal, it's available everywhere now. So much wisdom in this. Again, Gabor, thank you so much. And until next time, be…

…signals that your brain is getting. Is that fair to say? That's right. So my next book. is going to be entitled, The Myth of Normal, Illness and Health in an Insane Culture. And when I say in culture, insane culture, I mean a culture that doesn't meet…

…the lessons are, but I can't help. I think systemically, and plus I'm writing a new book about My new book is The Myth of Normal Illness and Health in an Insane Culture. That's the book I'm working on right now. So I'm looking at the large cultural…

…country's highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. And his most recent book, The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness, and Healing in the Toxic Culture, is a New York Times and international bestseller. His next book,…

…edition. It's called In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Close Encounters with Addiction. In my most recent book, which is The Myth of Normal, which has been published in 43 languages now, including Arabic, and all over the world, I asked this question. No,…

…on it. Yeah. Well, I'm just writing a new book. I'm just rewriting it. It'll be published in 2022. The title is The Myth of Normal, Illness and Health in an Insane Culture. Once it comes out, I'd love to come back and talk to you about it. I…

…in the world right now. It's just this cultural pain. Well, if I may be self-serving, my new book is called The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. So just as you say, the trauma that people are experiencing massively isn't…

…of a culture that's completely out of whack. And when I say out of whack, Thank you. The reason I call the book The Myth of Normal is what I'm saying is that the things that are considered normal in society are not at all normal from the point of…

…think the average rheumatologist knows anything about that? Wow. So that people go to, I know people in my book, The Myth of Normal. I talk about people with MS or arthritis who once they start recognizing that the flare-ups of the disease actually…

…exactly. So I get to learn a lot when I'm writing. So one of the things I learned when I was writing The Myth of Normal was even how we think about disease. Like people say, I have eczema. Or I have depression. Or I have rheumatoid arthritis. Or…

…she's talking to the infant saying, please don't take this stress personally. And she wrote that and I quoted it in The Myth of Normal. And she knew what I didn't know. And no, no, she was unhappy because of our relationship. She was unhappy because of…

…His works explore such topics like stress, trauma, addiction, developmental psychology, and more. He has a new book called The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. I'm grateful today to spend time with Dr. Gabor Mate. I'll sit…

…outbursts of rage, you know? Anger, yeah. You know? I can relate to that. And my son, Daniel, who helped me write The Myth of Normal, he says in the book that... the floor was never the floor he never knew when the floor might disappear in other words…

…how does shame cause us to lose compassion for ourselves yeah um let me tell you a story um I mentioned this in The Myth of Normal. After my book on addiction came out, In the Realm of Hunger Ghosts, I got an email, not an email, a letter from a…

…it? And that's what people have to ask. Educational system? Well look, here's the thing. In my most recent book, The Myth of Normal or something in Polish, in the last chapter I talk about the educational system, the legal system and the medical system.…

…pleasure to have you in here. Well, I really am happy to be here with you. Thank you. My pleasure. This book, The Myth of Normal. This is your book. Yeah, it's called The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. And it kind of…

…be here with you. Thank you. My pleasure. This book, The Myth of Normal. This is your book. Yeah, it's called The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. And it kind of sums up everything I've ever learned. What exactly is toxic…

…valuable to people. So thank you. Well, thank you for giving me the opportunity. Please, let's do it again sometime. And The Myth of Normal, is this out currently? Is it out right now? September the 13th. September 13th. So that's like two days. No, it's…

…time we spoke, we mentioned the unique pressures on women in society today. You've written a whole chapter on this in The Myth of Normal, how women are society's, I think, shock absorbers, I think is how you referred to them. And you drew the strong…

…came upon me, you know? And it had consequences. And my son Daniel and I just wrote this book together, The Myth of Normal, that you've mentioned. And we're writing another book together called Hello Again, a fresh start for adult children and their…

…weren't addicted to something. I think in this society, hardly anybody. Hence, in part, hence the title of my book, The Myth of Normal. Like, we think that so many things are normal, then there's the abnormal people who are different from us. I'm saying…

…it's interesting, especially when you put it in context of your upcoming book, which of course I have not read, called The Myth of Normal, and how sort of broken our society is. I've always approached it from the like, hey, this society is... is like…