{"product_id":"the-myth-of-normal-trauma-illness-and-healing-in-a-toxic-culture","title":"The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"In \n\u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e, Gabor Maté takes us on an epic journey of discovery about how our emotional well-being, and our social connectivity (in short: how we live), is intimately intertwined with health, disease and addictions. Chronic mental and physical illnesses may not be separate and distinct diseases, but intricate, multilayered processes that reflect (mal)adaptations to the cultural context that we live in, and the values we live by. This riveting and beautifully written tale has profound implications for all of our lives, including the practice of medicine and mental health.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Bessel A. van der Kolk MD, President, Trauma Research Foundation, Professor of psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller: \u003ci\u003eThe Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gabor and Daniel Maté have created a magnificent resource for us all in \n\u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e, a powerful, in-depth, science-packed, inspiring story-filled opus that helps us see how stress within our culture shapes our well-being in all its facets. By carefully reviewing medical and mental health through a wide lens of inquiry, they challenge simplistic views of disease and disorder to offer instead a wider perspective on human flourishing that has direct implications for how we live individually, at home, and as a larger human family. A thorough and inspiring work of the heart, this book urges us to question our assumptions and think deeply about who we are and how we can live more fully and freely, harnessing the power of the mind to bring healing and wholeness into our shared lives on Earth.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eDaniel J. Siegel, MD, Clinical Professor, UCLA School of Medicine, Executive Director, Mindsight Institute, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eIntraConnected: MWe (Me plus We) as the integration of self, identity, and belonging\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wise, sophisticated, rigorous and creative: an intellectual and compassionate investigation of who we are and who we may become. Essential reading for anyone with a past and a future \n\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Tara Westover, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gabor and Daniel Maté have delivered a book in which readers can seek refuge and solace during moments of profound personal and social crisis. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential compass during disorienting times.\" \n\u003cb\u003e-- Esther Perel, Psychotherapist, Author and Host of \u003ci\u003eWhere Should We Begin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gabor Maté articulates bluntly, brilliantly and passionately what all of us instinctively know but none of us really want to face: the entire social construct of the world we're living in is deeply flawed, with toxicities on every level. Yet though the book makes clear what's so terribly wrong, it also points to how we can make it right. Maté is a guide through the dangerous forest of our minds and our society, not letting us ignore the darkness but ultimately showing us the light. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e is exactly what we need.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Marianne Williamson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, \u003ci\u003eA Return To Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Myth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing achievement, epic in scope and yet profoundly down to earth and practical. I believe it will open the gates to a new time where we come to understand that our emotions, culture, bodies and spirits are not separate and wellness can only come about if we treat the whole being. I will read this book again and again.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--V (formerly Eve Ensler), author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vagina Monologues\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Apology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Myth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e may forever change the way you view your life experiences, and how they can shape your biology. But more importantly, Gabor Maté points us to a path of desperately needed communal healing.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Elissa Epel, PhD, Professor, UCSF, co-author of best seller \u003ci\u003eThe Telomere Effect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In this brilliant, compelling and groundbreaking book, Gabor Maté unveils the societal trance that has blinded us to the death-grip of pervasive trauma in our world. He shows that this is not our 'personal' trauma. It is sourced in a culture that undermines meeting our basic needs for connection, authenticity and meaning. Drawing on his decades of pioneering clinical work, fascinating contemporary science and contemplative wisdom, Maté offers us a way to bring clear seeing and a greatness of heart to the crisis of our times.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Tara Brach, author of \u003ci\u003eRadical Acceptance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRadical Compassion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gabor and Daniel Maté offer a powerful and surprising redemptive path out of the toxic illusion of 'normalcy.' This remarkable and revolutionary book will profoundly impact the wellbeing of self, society, and our earth at a time when wisdom and compassion are essential for our common survival.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Rev. Joan Jiko Halifax, Abbot, Upaya Zen Center\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"At a time so many of us are struggling physically and psychically, Gabor Maté's \n\u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e is a godsend, providing wisdom and realistic hope. Maté is a revolutionary thinker and gifted writer whose work has always inspired me. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Normal \u003c\/i\u003eis no exception. It's no exaggeration to say that this groundbreaking book can help us heal as individuals, families and a society.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--David Sheff, author of NYT #1 bestseller, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As if Gabor Maté hasn't done enough already by depathologizing addiction, autoimmune diseases, and ADHD; now, in this magnum opus, he challenges us to expand our minds even further. In \n\u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e, he asserts that those problems, and the many other social ills that plague us, are not only related to the traumas we suffered but are also symptoms of the toxic nature of our materialistic, isolating, patriarchal, and racist culture. What's remarkable about this beautifully written book is not just that he makes that bold contention, but how well he backs it up with an amazing amount of scientific research, compelling stories of his patients, and moving disclosures from his own life. Our culture is, indeed, very sick and I don't know of a better diagnostician of and physician for it than Gabor Mate. This book contains a prescription that, if we have the courage to follow, will heal us all.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Richard Schwartz, PhD creator of the Internal Family Systems Model\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Myth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e is a book literally everyone will be enriched by - a wise, profound and healing work that is the culmination of Dr, Maté's many years of deep and painfully accumulated wisdom.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Johann Hari, New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStolen Focus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This gripping book builds upon two key truths for our time, that everything is connected, including psychic wounds and physical illnesses, and that these are not anomalies but ordinary, even epidemic, in the society we've built. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful call for change in how we live with, love, understand, treat, and think about each other, by someone ideally situated to map the terrain and to give us some valuable tools with which to navigate it.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eRebecca Solnit, author of \u003ci\u003eMen Explain Things to Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In this wide-ranging and beautifully written book, Gabor Maté and his co-writer son Daniel offer an acute diagnosis of what ails our culture and a blueprint for personal healing, while pointing the way to what is required to create a more hospitable, human-friendly world for ourselves and our children.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eDr. Shefali, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and clinical psychologist \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gabor Maté's latest book is a guide to self-awareness, social insight and healing that is deeply personal and utterly transparent. It merits becoming this generation's \n\u003ci\u003eThe Road Less Traveled\u003c\/i\u003e. Written with fluid, crystalline prose, profound wisdom, great humor and hard-won humility, in my two-word summation \n\u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e is Fiercely Tender.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--William M. Watson, S.J., D.Min., President \u0026amp; Founder, Sacred Story Institute\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Normal \u003c\/i\u003eis a detailed and wide-ranging look at what we all need to know--but all too often fail to live into--when it comes to human health, sanity, maturation, and happiness. It's also a clear-eyed examination of the benefits, triumphs, limitations, and blind spots of our health and mental health care system.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Resmaa Menakem, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMy Grandmother's Hands, The Quaking of America\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMonsters in Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Myth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force journey into the dissonant experience of being human in our aberrant and toxic modern culture. The journey is both heart-rending and exalted in its underlying purpose--to heal the rift from our authentic selves and the collective trauma that stifles our natural expression and joy. If you are ready to do the brave and life-shaking work of examining the truth of your life and the culture that we are literally in the death grips of--this is your read.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Rachel Carlton Abrams, MD, MHS, ABoIM\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Myth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e presents a unique perspective in viewing what we see as 'normal\" and opens up a way to wake up to what is real and authentic in our lives. Gabor and Daniel Maté have written a compelling book which will challenge your views and help lift the veil of illusion to what is truly happening in your mind and in your body.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Sharon Salzberg, author of\u003ci\u003e Lovingkindness \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Real\u003c\/i\u003e Happiness\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With rigorous research and painstaking detail, this book by esteemed physician Gabor Maté is a tour de force manifesto of how trauma impacts not just our individual bodies and psyches but our whole society. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Normal \u003c\/i\u003eplants seeds for revitalizing what we consider 'normal' and giving ourselves permission to say no to what is making us unnecessarily sick.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eLissa Rankin, MD, New York Times bestselling author or \u003ci\u003eMind Over Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSacred Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This, Gabor Maté's magnum opus, is essential reading for us all. A genius writer, he gives it to us straight: From the mindbody to the body politic, we learn how loss of authenticity takes its toll psychologically, physically, spiritually, and socially.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Julie Holland, MD, author, \u003ci\u003eGood Chemistry: The Science of Connection, From Soul to Psychedelic\u003c\/i\u003es\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Every once in a rare while a book comes along creating a new vision of the world, illuminating for us that which until now has been invisible, yet as vital to our health and well-being as water is to fish, oxygen is for our bodies, and love is for our souls. This work is such a tour de force, a humbling and brilliantly written exposition of what deeper healing requires.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Jeffrey D. Rediger, MD, MDiv, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Author, \u003ci\u003eCURED: Strengthen Your Immune System and Heal Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gabor Maté is brilliant and passionate, tender and fierce, writing with an urgent honesty. His analysis is comprehensive and penetrating, combining deep scholarship, hard-earned clinical wisdom, personal trauma, and practical suggestions. This is a masterwork that reads like an intelligent thriller, highlighting our challenges with dramatic clarity while showing the way to their solutions. A must-have book for anyone interested in their own mind, in how our world got so crazy, and in the better future we can forge together.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Rick Hanson, Ph.D., author of \u003ci\u003eResilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In \n\u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e, Gabor Maté exposes what happens when society becomes the addict, and how can we heal as a society. This is a book for our times--no, rather it is \n\u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e book for our times. An illumination to therapists and healers, it is much more than that...Read and discover.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Peter A Levine, author of \u003ci\u003eWaking the Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn an Unspoken Voice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A sweeping analysis of the relationship between illness, trauma, and capitalism...Maté marshals an impressive amount of research to outline an original and persuasive vision of health focused on environmental influences and the interplay between the mind and body.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA renowned speaker and bestselling author, \n\u003cb\u003eDr. Gabor Maté\u003c\/b\u003e is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress, and childhood development. Dr. Maté has written several bestselling books, including the \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \n\u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e, the award-winning \n\u003ci\u003eIn the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eWhen the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eScattered Minds: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It\u003c\/i\u003e, and has coauthored \n\u003ci\u003eHold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers\u003c\/i\u003e. His works have been published internationally in nearly thirty languages. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDaniel Maté \u003c\/b\u003eis a Brooklyn-based composer-lyricist who has received the Kleban Prize, Cole Porter Award, and Jonathan Larson Grant. His musicals include \n\u003ci\u003eThe Trouble With Doug \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eThe Longing and the Short of It. \u003c\/i\u003eOther shows in development include \n\u003ci\u003eHansel \u0026amp; Gretl \u0026amp; Heidi \u0026amp; Günter, Middle School Mysteries, \u003c\/i\u003eand an adaptation of the Russell Banks novel \n\u003ci\u003eThe Sweet Hereafter. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is the host of the YouTube program Lyrics To Go and runs a \"mental chiropractic\" service called Walk With Daniel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Realm of Hungry Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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? \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver four decades of clinical experience, Maté has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of \"normal\" as false, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of modern-day living, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense of good health. For all our expertise and technological sophistication, Western medicine often fails to treat the whole person, ignoring how today's culture stresses the body, burdens the immune system, and undermines emotional balance. Now Maté brings his perspective to the great untangling of common myths about what makes us sick, connects the dots between the maladies of individuals and the declining soundness of society--and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing. Cowritten with his son Daniel, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Myth Of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e is Maté's most ambitious and urgent book yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/04\/2022 (EAN 9780593083888, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/01\/2022 (EAN 9780593083888, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maté, Gabor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Avery Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2022-09-13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Psychology|Psychopathology|Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)|Psychology|Mental Health|Medical|Public Health|Medical|Health Care Delivery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Health|Social aspects|Diseases|Social medicine|Civilization, Modern|21st century|Health aspects\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.78 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593083888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780593083888\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Avery Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51154174411030,"sku":"SP-9780593083888","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780593083888_spiral.png?v=1774935409","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-myth-of-normal-trauma-illness-and-healing-in-a-toxic-culture","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}