“A therapist once said to me, “If you face the choice between feeling guilt and resentment, choose the guilt every time.” It is wisdom I have passed on to many others since. If a refusal saddles you with guilt, while consent leaves resentment in its wake, opt for the guilt.
Continue readingTag: Dr Gabor Maté
In-Sights: Dr Gabor Mate – belated respects due – Replay
Following is one of the first articles published at this blog. From April 2009, it is updated today with information about an upcoming and unconventional addiction healing event involving Dr. Mate. * * * * * A semi-credulous youth in the sixties, I enrolled at UBC in first year Arts,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Trauma, Stress, Addiction – Gabor Maté
Reading Mate’s book called In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. I’ve been unable to put this book down as his research and insight into addictions and associated behaviours dovetails snugly with the clientele I work with most days. Here is a brief excerpt from the chapter titled Trauma, Stress and
Continue readingCombat zone
It is a war out there, and the front line combatants are women. Dr Gabor Maté has charted the battles that rage within and without, which begin from the moment a zygote starts its journey of cell proliferation and eventually, attempts to survive as a creature facing a hostile environment.
Continue reading