Book · 2022 · Psychology
The Myth of Normal
Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
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I guide you towards the book for the deeper resources, the step-by-step guide.
Jay Shetty · On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Feb 2024 Listen at 1:08:25 What they say about it
- Discusses trauma and healing“trauma illness and healing in a toxic culture”8
- Recommends reading the book“recommend people check it out”7
The best things said about it
Most people who read this book today, The Myth of Normal, will say that they can relate to having trauma, illness, and trying to be on the path of healing.
Jay Shetty On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Oct 2022 Dr. Maté’s latest and most ambitious book to date is The Myth of Normal, a groundbreaking extrapolation of his addiction thesis.
Rich Roll The Rich Roll Podcast · Sep 2022 And so the latest studies and gabra mate in his book um the myth of normal is um published them to say but 75% of Americans have this subtle complex trauma.
This recent book that he just came out with, The Myth of Normal, is really about extrapolating upon that thesis to say, at the root of many diseases, lies things unhealed trauma or emotional distress that is compartmentalized and not actually healed.
Rich Roll The Rich Roll Podcast · Sep 2022 Everything we're talking about is in this incredible book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture.
Jay Shetty On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Oct 2022 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté, MD is a comprehensive and ambitious examination of how trauma, chronic illness, and modern societal pressures intertwine within a toxic culture. The book has received high praise from prominent podcast hosts who frequently encourage their audiences to engage with its deep resources and healing methodologies. Jay Shetty strongly recommended the title across multiple episodes of On Purpose, urging listeners to pick up a copy for its step-by-step guidance on processing personal trauma and recognizing shared societal burdens. Tim Ferriss similarly endorsed the work near the end of his interview on The Tim Ferriss Show, encouraging his audience to explore the author's insights on metabolizing anger and healing from deep-seated wounds. Rich Roll also highlighted the publication in his show notes, describing it as a groundbreaking extrapolation of the author's earlier research on addiction and disease. Across these discussions, hosts emphasized that readers will find profound resonance in the material, noting that the volume offers essential guidance for anyone seeking a path toward emotional recovery and a healthier understanding of what it means to heal in today's demanding environment.
Every mention
Jay Shetty I want to make sure that everyone has been listening and watching I would love for you to order a copy righ… 2
Recommended
“And everyone who's been listening or watching at home, if you don't already, please do grab a copy of the book, Myth of Normal, because our first and second conversations were very different and I guide you towards the book for the deeper resources, the step-by-step guide.”
Recommended
“now today we're talking about his new book called The Myth of normal trauma illness and healing in a toxic culture and we have the link to this in the notes”
Recommended
“what are the things happening currently that you perceive and I know you talk about this in your new book The Myth of normal by the way everything we're talking about is in this incredible book The Myth of normal trauma illness and healing in a toxic culture”
Recommended
“I think that most people who read this book today the myth of normal will say that they can relate to having trauma illness and trying to be on the path of healing especially our community here they they are absolutely going to love this book”
Recommended
“I want to make sure that everyone has been listening and watching I would love for you to order a copy right now of the myth of normal trauma illness and healing in a toxic culture”
Rich Roll In the meantime, everybody who's watching or listening, please pick up The Myth of Normal, it comes out Sep… 2
Discussed
“And this recent book that he just came out with, "The Myth of Normal" is really about extrapolating upon that thesis to say, at the root of many diseases, lies things unhealed trauma or emotional distress that is compartmentalized and not actually healed.”
Recommended
“Dr. Maté’s latest and most ambitious book to date is The Myth of Normal, a groundbreaking extrapolation of his addiction thesis”
Recommended
“In the meantime, everybody who's watching or listening, please pick up The Myth of Normal, it comes out September 13.”
Tim Ferriss the the new book is the myth of normal i recommend people check it out 1
Discussed
“are there any chapters or concepts anything at all that you really hope people do not miss i know that's perhaps a strange way to phrase it but i'll leave it there as a starting point it's almost like i felt i could just print the title the title page the myth of normal trauma illness and healing in a”
Recommended
“the the new book is the myth of normal i recommend people check it out”
Recommended
“i'm very excited about the new book and for people who would like to check it out and i encourage they check it out the new book is the myth of normal trauma illness and healing in a toxic culture”
Joe Rogan uh this book the myth of normal this is your book yeah it's called the myth of normal trauma illness and he… 1
Discussed
“uh 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”
Theo Von and thanks for sharing this book man um this is your book the methan normal trauma illness and healing in a… 1
Discussed
“and thanks for sharing this book man um this is your book the methan normal trauma illness and healing in a toxic culture”
Tim Fletcher and so the latest studies and gabra mate in his book um the myth of normal is um published them to say but… 1
Discussed
“and so the latest studies and gabra mate in his book um the myth of normal is um published them to say but 75% of Americans have this subtle complex trauma”
Other mentions (20: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“he has a new book called The Myth of normal trauma illness and healing in a toxic culture”
Plugged
“and uh my son Daniel who helped me write the myth of normal uh he said in the book that the floor was never the floor”
Plugged
“um I mention this in the methan normal after my book on addiction came out in the realm of hungry ghosts”
Passing
“and the myth of normal trauma illness and healing in a toxic culture”
Plugged
“You know, the singer Sheryl Crow, she had breast cancer and she said afterwards, and this could be, and I quote this in the myth of normal, and it could be right out of my own work, but she doesn't know about me.”
Plugged
“I quote this in the Myth of Normal, my friend and colleague and teacher, Bessel van der Kolk, psychiatrist who wrote the book The Body Keeps the Score.”
Plugged
“And um they tend to believe that um in The Myth of Normal, I quote an an obituary.”
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“Now, there's a guy called in the myth of normal wrote a book called blessed with a brain tumor.”
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“So, this book, The Myth of Normal, you know, best-seller internationally and published in 35 languages, I should be happy.”
Plugged
“As I make the point in The Myth of Normal, and children can be traumatized not just by terrible things happening to them, but just by not having their needs met.”
Plugged
“Um as the subject of my book When the Body Says No, and then again in The Myth of Normal, people tended to be compulsively concerned with the emotional needs of others rather than their own”
Plugged
“so much so that in this book The Myth of normal I actually talk about a an experience with psychedelic mushrooms at the with the therapist”
Plugged
“well part of the toxicity of the culture that I talk about in this book is that it actually rewards that kind of emptiness”
Plugged
“so in your class like like race and class in this Society of inequality are certainly traumatic potentially traumatic inputs as I pointed in this book”
Plugged
“the other aspect of it was that again my view is as I pointed in this book and in previous Works who gets sick and who doesn't isn't isn't exactly accidental”
Plugged
“because um I called in this book uh there's a great Hungarian Canadian stress researcher called Janus celi a c-l-y-e”
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“you describe it as a calling yeah the myth of normal yeah”
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“as we say in this book there are congenial Liars but there are no congenital Liars”
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“and uh the myth of normal is this how currently is it out right now september the 13th september 13th”
Plugged
“his new book is the myth of normal subtitle trauma illness and healing in a toxic culture”