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When the Body Says No: the cost of hidden stress by Gabor Maté
Gabor Maté, MD, skillfully blends recent advances in biomedicine with the personal stories of his patients to provide empowering insights into how deeply developmental experiences shape our health, behaviour, attitudes, and relationships. A must read.
Bruce Lipton, PHD. Author of The Biology of Belief
[An] enthralling exploration of the relationship between stress and disease ... Maté probes deeply into the life histories and psyches of [his] many patients ... What emerges is nothing short of a revelation ... When the Body Says No has the power to change medical thinking.
The Edmonton Journal
This is a most important book, both for patient and physician. It could save your life.
Peter Levine, Trauma Specialist and Author of Waking the Tiger
Gabor Maté’s connections — between the intensely personal and the global, the spiritual and the medical, the psychological and the political — are bold, wise and deeply moral. He is a healer to be cherished.
Naomi Klein, Author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine
‘In this important book, Dr. Gabor Maté combines a passionate examination of his patients’ life histories with lucid explanations of the science behind mind-body unity.
Richard Earle, PHD, Principal of Vital Corporation and Co-Author of Your Vitality Quotient
The interviewees’ stories are often touching and haunting ... Maté carefully explains the biological mechanisms that are activated when stress and trauma exert a powerful influence on the body ... Readers will be grateful for the final chapter ... in which Maté presents an open formula for healing and the prevention of illness from hidden stress.
Quill & Quire
His medical background and lucid writing style make complex biological processes accessible to non-scientific readers.
Th Gazette (Montreal)
When The Body Says No is full of startling insights and hard-won poetry.
Toronto Star
Rare and refreshing … Here you will find family stories, an accessible description of brain development and sound information. You will also find hope.
Globe and Mail
An insightful read that makes you realise that without your health nothing really matters.
The Sun
An emotional account of how unidentified stress provides a foundation for the development of various disease processes … [O]ffers guidance in resolving personal stressors as a means to a healthier life. This book is easy to read and provides valuable information for anyone interested in the mind-body connection.
Choice
Bruce Lipton, PHD. Author of The Biology of Belief
[An] enthralling exploration of the relationship between stress and disease ... Maté probes deeply into the life histories and psyches of [his] many patients ... What emerges is nothing short of a revelation ... When the Body Says No has the power to change medical thinking.
The Edmonton Journal
This is a most important book, both for patient and physician. It could save your life.
Peter Levine, Trauma Specialist and Author of Waking the Tiger
Gabor Maté’s connections — between the intensely personal and the global, the spiritual and the medical, the psychological and the political — are bold, wise and deeply moral. He is a healer to be cherished.
Naomi Klein, Author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine
‘In this important book, Dr. Gabor Maté combines a passionate examination of his patients’ life histories with lucid explanations of the science behind mind-body unity.
Richard Earle, PHD, Principal of Vital Corporation and Co-Author of Your Vitality Quotient
The interviewees’ stories are often touching and haunting ... Maté carefully explains the biological mechanisms that are activated when stress and trauma exert a powerful influence on the body ... Readers will be grateful for the final chapter ... in which Maté presents an open formula for healing and the prevention of illness from hidden stress.
Quill & Quire
His medical background and lucid writing style make complex biological processes accessible to non-scientific readers.
Th Gazette (Montreal)
When The Body Says No is full of startling insights and hard-won poetry.
Toronto Star
Rare and refreshing … Here you will find family stories, an accessible description of brain development and sound information. You will also find hope.
Globe and Mail
An insightful read that makes you realise that without your health nothing really matters.
The Sun
An emotional account of how unidentified stress provides a foundation for the development of various disease processes … [O]ffers guidance in resolving personal stressors as a means to a healthier life. This book is easy to read and provides valuable information for anyone interested in the mind-body connection.
Choice