The Myth of Normal: Gabor Maté

Gabor Maté

The Myth of Normal: Gabor Maté

Gabor Maté

5:00pm

Monday, September 26, 2022

Celebrated Canadian speaker, physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté’s internationally bestselling books have altered perspectives on the way we look at addiction, and shifted conversations around stress, trauma, parenting and more. In perhaps his most ambitious and urgent book yet, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, co-written with his son Daniel, Maté connects the dots between the maladies of individuals and the declining soundness of society, and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing. Uncover new pathways to wellbeing in what is sure to be an enlightening conversation with Maté about what is really “normal” when it comes to health. This event will feature Daniel Maté.

Interviewer: André Picard

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: September 26 at 5pm ET
Where: Fleck Dance Theatre
Duration: 60 minutes
Ticket prices: $17 – Regular; $12 – Youth; or Get a TIFA Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Conversation

Celebrated Canadian speaker, physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté’s internationally bestselling books have altered perspectives on the way we look at addiction, and shifted conversations around stress, trauma, parenting and more. In perhaps his most ambitious and urgent book yet, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, co-written with his son Daniel, Maté connects the dots between the maladies of individuals and the declining soundness of society, and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing. Uncover new pathways to wellbeing in what is sure to be an enlightening conversation with Maté about what is really “normal” when it comes to health. This event will feature Daniel Maté.

Interviewer: André Picard

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: September 26 at 5pm ET
Where: Fleck Dance Theatre
Duration: 60 minutes
Ticket prices: $17 – Regular; $12 – Youth; or Get a TIFA Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Conversation

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Gabor Maté
A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress and childhood development. Dr. Maté has written several bestselling books, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction; When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress, and Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder, and co-authored Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need To Matter More Than Peers. His works have been published internationally in nearly thirty languages. His new book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture written with his son, Daniel Maté will be published in mid-September. Daniel Maté is a musical theatre lyricist and composer whose work has been honoured with the Edward Kleban Prize, a Jonathan Larson Foundation Grant and the Cole Porter Award for Music and Lyrics. He is the producer and host of the YouTube program "Lyrics To Go". With his father Gabor, Daniel regularly co-leads the popular workshop Hello Again: A Fresh Start for Parents and Their Adult Children. He also runs a "mental chiropractic" service called Take A Walk With Daniel (walkwithdaniel.com).

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