Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2023-10-12

Books mentioned on Doctor Gabor Mate: I Regret My Interview With Prince Harry! The Shocking Link Between Kindness & Illness!

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Being nice is bad for your health, while being angry is healthy, Dr. Gabor Mate unpacks the inner depths that lie beneath the personality you show to the world. In this new episode Steven sits down again with world-renowned trauma and addiction expert, Dr. Gabor Mate.

Steven Bartlett discussed The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Fifth Anniversary Limited Edition by Charlie Mackesy and When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté. Gabor Mate recommended The Evolved Nest by Darcia Narvaez and others, No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz and others, The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine and others, What Happened to You? by Bruce D. Perry and others, and The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce D. Perry and others, and discussed Spare by Prince Harry, Touching: the Human Significance of the Skin by Montague Francis Ashley Montagu, and Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Fifth Anniversary Limited Edition

    Charlie Mackesy · at 12:27

    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy is a beautifully illustrated fable offering gentle wisdom and comfort for readers of all ages.

    Discussed
    “have you read the book The um The Fox, the Mole, the Horse, and the Boy, and the and the Horse? I bought it last week. It's upstairs in my bag.”
    Where to get it
  2. Spare

    Prince Harry · at 15:39

    Spare by Prince Harry is a bestselling memoir by Prince Harry that offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at his life within the British royal family, his struggles with grief, and his eventual departure from royal duties with Meghan Markle.

    Discussed
    “So Harry describes in his book Spare, that he's 12 years old when his mother's killed.”
    Where to get it
  3. Touching: the Human Significance of the Skin

    Montague Francis Ashley Montagu · at 17:19

    Discussed
    “And the great British-American ù anthropologist Ashley Montagu wrote a book called Skin: The Human Significance of Touch.”
    Where to get it
  4. The Evolved Nest

    Darcia Narvaez, PhD; G. A. Bradshaw, PhD · at 17:40

    The Evolved Nest by Darcia Narvaez and G. A. Bradshaw is a book that examines human and animal parenting practices, child-rearing, and the evolutionary foundations of social and physical support.

    Recommended
    “I read this in the book called The Evolved Nest, for which I wrote the preface, by a wonderful psychologist called Darcia Narvaez.”
    Where to get it
  5. When the Body Says No

    Gabor Maté · at 45:02

    When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress by Dr. Gabor Maté is an insightful exploration of the profound connection between emotional repression, chronic stress, and physical illness, arguing that ignoring personal boundaries and constantly pleasing others can manifest as autoimmune diseases, cancer, and other severe health conditions.

    Discussed
    “You talk a a lot about that in When the Body Says No.”
    Where to get it
  6. Top Five Regrets of the Dying

    Bronnie Ware · at 57:23

    Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware compiles insights from a palliative care nurse who spent years tending to terminally ill patients, revealing the most common emotional realizations people experience at the end of life.

    Discussed
    “And she wrote a book called the the the top five regrets of dying people. Bronnie Ware.”
    Where to get it
  7. No Bad Parts

    Richard Schwartz, PhD · at 1:03:46

    No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz, PhD is an influential guide to Internal Family Systems, a therapeutic approach rooted in the concept that the human mind is composed of multiple sub-personalities that can be healed through compassion rather than suppression.

    Recommended
    “Read Dick Schwartz's book on internal family systems called No Bad Parts.”
    Where to get it
  8. The Body Keeps the Score

    Bessel van der Kolk · at 1:03:51

    The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk is a deep exploration of how trauma physically impacts the brain and body.

    Recommended
    “Read Bessel van der Kolk's book on trauma called The Body Keeps the Score.”
    Where to get it
  9. Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

    Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. · at 1:03:55

    Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. is an influential exploration of how the human body processes and recovers from traumatic experiences using somatic experiencing.

    Recommended
    “Read Peter Levine's book Waking the Tiger on trauma.”
    Where to get it
  10. What Happened to You?

    Bruce D. Perry; Oprah Winfrey · at 1:04:00

    What Happened to You? is a book on trauma, resilience, and healing co-authored by Oprah Winfrey and psychiatrist Dr. Bruce D. Perry.

    Recommended
    “Read Oprah Winfrey's and Bruce Perry's book What Happened to You?”
    Where to get it
  11. The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog

    Bruce D. Perry; Maia Szalavitz · at 1:04:03

    The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz is an eye-opening exploration of childhood trauma, outlining how severe neglect and abuse physically alter the developing brain and detailing paths toward emotional healing.

    Recommended
    “Read Bruce Perry's book called ù The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog.”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged When the Body Says No
“Sometimes people say to me ù I I wrote this book that I know that you have on your desk, When the Body Says No.”
Plugged The Myth of Normal
“So, this book, The Myth of Normal, you know, best-seller internationally and published in 35 languages, I should be happy.”
Plugged The Myth of Normal
“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 When the Body Says No
“Well, first of all, and I talk about this in The Myth of Normal, and really my wife came on stage at the Troxy on Monday night and talked about this.”
Plugged The Myth of Normal
“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”