Books Recommended by Dr. Gabor Maté
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Winnie-the-Pooh
A. A. Milne
Source: "One of the seminal books of my childhood. [...] What struck me about Pooh, of course, [was that] there was this bear of little brains who was so much wiser than everybody else." - Dr. Gabor Maté
The Drama of the Gifted Child
The Search for the True Self
Alice Miller
Source: "All about the fact that stuff happens to us as children, negative things happen. Then, we adapt to those things by taking on certain defensive ways of being." - Dr. Gabor Maté
What Doesn't Kill Us
How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength
Scott Carney
Source: "Wim Hof’s program has become an essential part of my daily regimen for self-care and grounding. I warmly recommend it." - Dr. Gabor Maté
The Scourge of the Swastika
A History of Nazi War Crimes During World War II
Edward Frederick Langley Russell
Source: "I began to read it, saw photographs of the horrors of the concentration camps and the extermination details in Eastern Europe." - Dr. Gabor Maté
Don Quixote
Source: "I read [this book] as a child and then, reread many times as an adult. And he’s my favorite character." - Dr. Gabor Maté
The Dhammapada
Eknath Easwaran
Source: "The Buddhist collection of sayings. And it begins with, basically, the idea that we create the world with our minds." - Dr. Gabor Maté
Waking the Tiger
Healing Trauma
Peter A. Levine
Source: "[The author's] first book. And he’s written many wonderful books since then." - Dr. Gabor Maté
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