Shane Goodman

“It’s a big deal, I’m finding, to know that your mind is not your enemy.”
― Gabor Maté, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

“Unless we can measure something, science won’t concede it exists, which is why science refuses to deal with such “nonthings” as the emotions, the mind, the soul, or the spirit.”
― Gabor Maté, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture

“A more basic question comes first: What is trauma? As I use the word, “trauma” is an inner injury, a lasting rupture or split within the self due to difficult or hurtful events. By this definition, trauma is primarily what happens within someone as a result of the difficult or hurtful events that befall them; it is not the events themselves. “Trauma is not what happens to you but what happens inside you” is how I formulate”
― Gabor Maté, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture

“The onset of inauthenticity may not be a choice, but with awareness and self-compassion, authenticity can be.”
― Gabor Maté, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture