When The Body Says No / In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts / Hold On To Your Kids

by Gabor Maté

When The Body Says No, In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts, Hold On To Your Kids 3 Books Collection Set By Dr Gabor Maté. When the Body Says The Cost of Hidden Stress Drawing on deep scientific research and Dr Gabor Maté’s acclaimed clinical work, When the Body Says No provides the answers to critical questions about the mind-body link – and the role that stress and our emotional makeup play in an array of common diseases. In the Realm of Hungry Close Encounters with Addiction In this award-winning modern classic, Gabor Maté takes a holistic and compassionate approach to addiction, whether to alcohol, drugs, sex, money or anything self-destructive. He presents it not as a discrete phenomenon confined to a weak-willed few, but as a continuum that runs through (and even underpins) our society; not as a medical ‘condition’, but rather the result of a complex interplay of personal history, emotional development and brain chemistry. Hold on to Your Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers In Hold on to Your Kids, acclaimed physician and bestselling author Gabor Maté joins forces with Gordon Neufeld, a psychologist with a reputation for penetrating to the heart of complex parenting. Together they pinpoint the causes of this breakdown and offer practical advice on how to ‘reattach’ to sons and daughters, establish the hierarchy at home, make children feel safe and understood, and earn back your children's loyalty and love. This updated edition also addresses the unprecedented parenting challenges posed by the rise of digital devices and social media.

Genres: Psychology, Health, Parenting, Education, Nonfiction, Self Help, Science

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About the author

Dr Gabor Maté (CM) is a Hungarian-born Canadian physician who specializes in the study and treatment of addiction and is also widely recognized for his unique perspective on Attention Deficit Disorder and his firmly held belief in the connection between mind and body health.

Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1944, he is a survivor of the Nazi genocide. His maternal grandparents were killed in Auschwitz when he was five months old, his aunt disappeared during the war, and his father endured forced labour at the hands of the Nazis.

He emigrated to Canada with his family in 1957. After graduating with a B.A. from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and a few years as a high school English and literature teacher, he returned to school to pursue his childhood dream of being a physician.

Maté ran a private family practice in East Vancouver for over twenty years. He was also the medical co-ordinator of the Palliative Care Unit at Vancouver Hospital for seven years. Currently he is the staff physician at the Portland Hotel, a residence and resource centre for the people of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Many of his patients suffer from mental illness, drug addiction and HIV, or all three.

Most recently, he has written about his experiences working with addicts in In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts.

He made national headlines in defense of the physicians working at Insite (a legal supervised safe injection site) after the federal Minister of Health, Tony Clement, attacked them as unethical.

Reviews

[Avril Frank · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was another along my journey of what the hell is wrong with me. Lots of tears and awareness. Highly recommend for anyone with chronic illness.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

When the Body says No is an excellent and insightful book. Who would have ever thought that internalizing negative feelings and being in a toxic environment can have a physiological impact on our body. It helps to raise awareness that sometimes we force ourselves to see the good side of things and to be optimistic without being realistic. Then this dysfunctional dynamic can become normalized as resentment brews and erodes our spirit, mind and body. This is a must read for everyone.

[Melissa Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing author. Honest, well educated. I enjoy his books and talks. It’s full of fact, stories, personal stories etc. This man is a DR who knows his stuff. And from the best way- personal experience, as well as his degrees. He has a new book coming sometime and I am looking forward to it❤️

[Jessica Taschner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Listened to the audiobook. Learned a lot, super intriguing but not thrilling. I have a science background and understood most of the medical lingo but it would be hard for someone who doesn’t have that knowledge. Would rate it 3.5 stars as I did enjoy learning.

[Kate Bowler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and easy read because of the case studies, I like his empathic attachment based persepctive

[Annie PhD · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book and an insightful read.