Trauma is an invisible force that shapes our lives. It shapes the way we live, the way we love and the way we make sense of the world. It is the root of our deepest wounds.
Trauma
The Myth of Normal is a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.
Articles & Interviews
- All of Us Store Trauma in Our Bodies. Best-Selling Author and Trauma Expert Dr Gabor Maté Shares How to Start Healing Today (Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper, September 2022)
- “The Myth of Normal”: Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture (Democracy Now! September 2022)
- Dr. Gabor Maté’ on Trauma, Addiction, and Illness under Capitalism (The Real News Network, October 2022)
- In “The Myth of Normal” Gabor Maté on the Rise in Trauma-Related Illnesses (Oprah Daily, October 2022)
- Gabor Maté: Go ahead, blame your childhood (Macleans, November 2022)
- Gabor Maté Wants to Overhaul Society (The Walrus, November 2022)
- 3 Tips To Resolve Your Trauma & Prevent Disease, from An MD (MBG Health, December 2022)
- I talked to Prince Harry about trauma and therapy. Here’s what he got right about seeking help (The Toronto Star, March 2023)
- The Trauma Doctor: Gabor Maté on Happiness, Hope and How to Heal Our Deepest Wounds (The Guardian, April 2023)
- Smiling to Death: The Hidden Dangers of Being ‘Nice’ (Psychology Today, April 2023)
- The Truth about Trauma (University of Manitoba Today, October 2023)
- Gabor Maté: ‘I wish the royal family treated their children like animals’ (Evening Standard, October 2023)
- Confronting Illusions Can Help Heal Trauma (Scientific American, January 2024)
- Gabor Maté: In the Munro family revelations, I see the familiar story of trauma (The Toronto Star, July 2024)
Audio & Video
Audio
- Healing Trauma in a Toxic Culture with Dr. Gabor Maté (The Commune Podcast with Jeff Krasno, September, 2022)
- Dr. Gabor Maté – The Myth of ‘Normal’ (Rich Roll Podcast, September 2022)
- An Interview with Dr. Gabor Maté and the Myth of Normal (Finding You: An Evoke Therapy Podcast with Dr. Brad Reedy, September 2022)
- Dr. Gabor Maté – The Myth of Normal, Metabolizing Anger, Processing Trauma, and Finding the Still Voice Within (The Tim Ferriss Show Podcast, September 2022)
- Healing Trauma in a Toxic Culture with Dr. Gabor Maté (Being Well with Dr. Rick Hansen Podcast, September 2022)
- How to Find Healing From Trauma with Dr. Gabor Maté (The One You Feed Podcast, September, 2022)
- The Anatomy of Wholeness (33 Voices Podcast, September 2022)
- Dr. Gabor Maté (Joe Rogan Experience Podcast, September 2022)
- Healing in a Toxic Culture (Goop Podcast, September 2022)
- This is Why You Feel LOST & UNHAPPY In Life! (Change Everything – Dr. Gabor Maté) (Impact Theory Podcast, September 2022)
- Take Command of Your Addiction, Heal Your Trauma & Shatter Your Vices with Dr. Gabor Maté (The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes Podcast, September 2022)
- Dr. Gabor Maté: Breaking the Epidemic Cycle of Trauma & Addiction To Find True Healing & Liberation (The Life Stylist Podcast with Luke Storey, September 2022)
- Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture (Feel Better Live More Podcast with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, September 2022)
- Healing From Within; How Trauma Creates Disease | Gabor Maté, MD (The Genius Life Podcast with Max Lugavere, September 2022)
- How Trauma Makes Us Sick and How We Can Heal (The Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast with Mark Hyman, September 2022)
- Don’t Accept Suffering As Normal (The Human Upgrade Podcast with Dave Asprey, September 2022)
- Dr Gabor Maté On How to Transform Your Pain to Heal From Trauma & Recover From Addiction (The Adversity Advantage with Doug Boost, September 2022)
- Gabor Maté, M.D.: When Stress Becomes Illness (Pulling the Thread with Elise Loehnan, September 2022)
- Dr. Gabor Maté on The Myth of Normal; the roots of our kids’ struggles, pressure on today’s parents, the need for community, and a path to healing (Hopestream Podcast with Brenda Zane, September 2022)
- Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Authenticity & Healing (Expanded by To Be Magnetic Podcast, September 2022)
- How to Find Healing From Trauma with Dr. Gabor Maté (The One You Feed Podcast, September 2022)
- Trauma (with Dr. Gabor Maté) (Lemonada Last Day Podcast, September 2022)
- Culture, Society and Trauma – Dr. Gabor Maté (The Higher Practice Podcast For Optimal Mental Health, September 2022)
- Gabor Maté on the Myth of Normalcy (Under The Skin with Russell Brand Podcast, September 2022)
- The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture (CBC Radio – The Current, September 2022)
- Gabor Maté: The Myth of Normal (The Psychology Podcast, September 2022)
- The Myth of Normal and Toxic Culture – Dr. Gabor Maté (Mindvalley Podcast, September 2022)
- The Myth of Normal: Dr. Gabor Maté (Telus Talks Podcast with Tamara Taggart, October 2022)
- Overcoming Trauma with Gabor Maté (The Conversation: About the Men – with Amanda de Cadenet, November 2022)
- If society is making us sick, how can we heal? (The Gray Area Podcast with Sean Illing, November 2022)
- Dr. Gabor Maté (Metta Hour Podcast with Sharon Salzberg, Nobember 2022)
- How to Understand & Heal Your Trauma (The mindbodygreen Podcast, December 2022)
- The Myth of Normal, Understanding Your Trauma, and How to Heal in a Toxic Culture with Dr. Gabor Maté (Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow Podcast, December 2022)
- Discovering Wholeness Through Healing with Dr. Gabor Maté (The Language of Love with Dr. Laura Berman Podcast, December 2022)
- The value of psychedelics in identifying and healing trauma (Psychoactive Podcast, December 2022)
- Who’s crazy, you or your nation? (KCRW – Sheer Intelligence Podcast, December 2022)
- Nearly Taken (ft. Gabor Maté) (Podcrushed with Penn Badgley, December 2022)
Gabor Maté – Renowned Addiction Expert, Bestselling Author, and Speaker (Habits and Hustle Podcast with Jordan Harbinger, December 2022) - Conversations: Gabor Maté, MD (The Nocturnists, December 2022)
- Addiction, Psychedelics and Reframing Trauma – Big Talk with Dr. Gabor Maté (Dear Gabby Podcast, January 2023)
- Gabor Maté: The Definition of Trauma and How We Can Fix Our Psychological Wounds (Align Podcast with Aaron Alexander, January 2023)
- Trauma therapist with Dr. Gabor Maté: How to be authentic, and why? (Harvest in Kaplankaya with Rose Claverie Podcast, January 2023)
- Healing in a Toxic Culture with Dr. Gabor Maté (Mark Groves Podcast, January 2023)
- The Myth of Normal with Dr. Gabor Maté (Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore Podcast, February 2023)
- Healing Trauma in a Toxic Culture – With Dr. Gabor Maté (Know Thyself Podcast, February 2023)
- Gabor Maté x Maple (The Maple Podcast, February 2023)
- Dr. Gabor Maté: Is modern culture making us sick? (ABC Radio National Life Matters, February 2023)
- How our coping mechanism in childhood show up in our parenthood with Dr. Gabor Maté (Seed & Sew Podcast, March 2023)
- Understanding Trauma, Building Resilience, and the Power to Heal, with Dr. Gabor Maté (Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian Michaels, April 2023)
- Gabor Maté: Healing Principles to Embody in a Traumatized World (Sounds True Podcast, December 2023)
- Your Trauma May Be Making You Sick (CNN Chasing Life Podcast with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, July 2024)
Video
- In Conversation with Gabor Maté: The Myth of Normal – Healing Trauma in a Toxic Culture (SelfHealers Soundboard with Dr. Nicole LePera, September 2022)
- Breaking Free of Old Habits, Addiction, and Past Traumas with Dr. Gabor Maté (The Dhru Purohit Podcast, September 2022)
- Gabor Maté: The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture (Family Action Network, September 2022)
- Gabor Maté || The Myth of Normal (The Psychology Podcast with Scott Barry Kauffman, September 2022)
- Gabor Maté | Plant Medicines, Trauma, Disease, Parenting (Pretty Intense with Danica Patrick, October 2022)
- The ROOT CAUSE of Trauma & Why You FEEL LOST In Life – Dr. Gabor Maté & Jay Shetty (On Purpose with Jay Shetty, October 2022)
- What No One is Telling You About Trauma and Addiction (Genius Network, November 2022)
- Gabor Maté: The Childhood Lie That’s Ruining All Of Our Lives (The Diary of a CEO podcast, November 2022)
- Understanding Men and Their Trauma with Dr. Gabor Maté (The Man Enough Podcast, December 2022)
- Dr. Gabor Maté on addiction and psychedelics (VANCOLOUR with Mo Amir, December 2022)
- The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture with Dr. Gabor Maté (Sounds True Podcast, December 2022)
- Dr. Gabor Maté – The Myth of Normal Mental Health Podcast (Think Unbroken Podcast, December 2022)
- The Myth of Normal (The Nonzero Foundation with Robert Wright, February 2023)
- Healing Intergenerational Jewish Trauma: A Conversation with Rabbi Tirzah Firestone & Dr. Gabor Maté (Ayin Press, February 2023)
- Embracing the Power in Being Disillusioned (Behind Greatness Podcast, February 2023)
- The TRUTH About Prince Harry: Modern Culture & Media is Traumatizing and NOT NORMAL (Feel Better Live More with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, May 2023)
- Israel-Hamas War: Gabor Maté vs Piers Morgan on Palestine and Gaza (Piers Morgan Uncensored, November 2023)
- Link between trauma and addiction is a ‘scientific fact’: doctor (CBC News, Canada Tonight, April 2024)
Books
The Myth of Normal is a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.
In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the rise. So what is really “normal” when it comes to health?
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