Gabor Maté, MD - The Myth of Normal | Interview with Banyen Books

“This riveting and beautifully written tale has profound implications for all of our lives, including the practice of medicine and mental health.”
—Bessel van der Kolk

“Gabor and Daniel Maté have delivered a book in which readers can seek refuge and solace during moments of profound personal and social crisis. The Myth of Normal is an essential compass during disorienting times.”
—Esther Perel

In the richest, most technically advanced, most health-obsessed society ever, all is not well. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, chronic illnesses were on the rise. Nearly seventy 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, over thirty percent of the population suffers from hypertension. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the increase. So what is really "normal" when it comes to health?

Over four decades of clinical experience, Gabor Maté has come to recognize this version of "normal" as misleading, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of life in the modern world, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense of good health. For all its expertise and technological sophistication, Western medicine often fails to treat the whole person, which in turn stresses the body, burdens the immune system and undermines emotional balance.

Now, Maté brings his perspective to the great untangling of commonly held myths about what makes us sick, and connects the dots between personal suffering and the pressures of modern-day living. Filled with stories of people in the grip of illness or in the triumphant wake of recovery, 'The Myth of Normal' is Gabor Maté’s most life-affirming and urgent book yet.

Host: Ross Mckeachie
Event Organizer & Podcast Producer: Jacob Steele
Podcast Editor: Abdo Habbani

[ginaiosef]

I am so grateful for dr. Gabor's Matè existence into the world and my life also, thank you for this video ❤! I was greatly excited when dr. Jill Bolte Taylor was mentioned, I love this woman, too! As a side note, I'd like to mention Federico Faggin also, big-time alive scientists ! And I am contemporary with them and honoured greatly by this! Thank you, Banyen ! ❤

[dkattkatt]

Dr. Gabor Mate's work and shared experience is life-changing for my generation and those to come. I am so grateful to have been introduced to his work. "The Myth of Normal" is the most auspicious read of my 70 years. How I wish I could go back in time in raising my beloved sons, now adults w children and grandchildren. They too, now value this exceptional book. Thank you Banyen Books and Dr. Matè.

[sandracaezza]

I am exploring my childhood @ 72.
The myth of normal is enriching. TY
My childhood in nature was a gift.
Social media has made huge changes for our young ones. I am finding my wounds & how my reactions form.
Very grateful really to be a continuous learner.

[peacelovejoy]

"It is no measure of health to be well - adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
- J Krishnamurti

[drendelous]

thank you so much. i am so happy to see his new videos