Dr. Gabor Maté is an addiction expert, public speaker, and best-selling author. His latest book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, is out now.
What you'll learn from this episode:
How many of our mental and physical illnesses result from modernization and civilization outpacing evolution—we are simply not wired for the world we live in.
The problem with modern parenting, and how ‘convenience parenting’ has blunted our natural instincts.
The difference between ‘big T’ trauma and ‘little t’ trauma, and how your body doesn’t always know the difference.
Why addiction is really just a response to trauma, and how big pharma, tech companies, and the food industry have cashed in on our need for short-term relief and pleasure.
The three ways we can deal with anger, and why the healthy expression of anger is crucial for our mental and physical health.
And so much more!
Resources from this episode:
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté | Amazon
The Mystifying Rise of Child Suicide | The New Yorker
Discover Interview: Jaak Panksepp Pinned Down Humanity's 7 Primal Emotions | Discover Magazine
Selected Principles of Pankseppian Affective Neuroscience | Frontiers in Neuroscience
The Shocking Number of New Moms Who Return to Work Two Weeks after Childbirth | The Washington Post
Biological Psychiatry | Wikipedia
The Truth About How Mom's Stress Affects Baby's Brain | Live Science
Stress Effects on the Hippocampus: A Critical Review | PMC
Different Types of Trauma: Small 't' versus Large ‘T’ | Psychology Today
Has Dopamine Got Us Hooked on Tech? | The Guardian
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