Levine, Gabor Mate - Peter

Though they come from different angles, Levine and Maté agree on three life-changing principles:

You are not "broken." You are a person who adapted to survive difficult circumstances. Peter Levine, Gabor Mate

It is a functional imbalance of the nervous system. Though they come from different angles, Levine and

He views behaviors like addiction not as "choices" or "diseases," but as desperate attempts to soothe the pain of early childhood wounds. Humans, however, often override these natural instincts with

Humans, however, often override these natural instincts with our rational minds. We suppress the urge to shake, cry, or run, effectively "trapping" that survival energy in our nervous systems. Levine teaches us that:

In the world of modern psychology and trauma recovery, two names stand above the rest for their revolutionary approach to the mind-body connection: and Dr. Gabor Maté . While their methods differ, their central message is the same: trauma is not just a story of what happened to us in the past; it is something we carry in our bodies today.

Though they come from different angles, Levine and Maté agree on three life-changing principles:

You are not "broken." You are a person who adapted to survive difficult circumstances.

It is a functional imbalance of the nervous system.

He views behaviors like addiction not as "choices" or "diseases," but as desperate attempts to soothe the pain of early childhood wounds.

Humans, however, often override these natural instincts with our rational minds. We suppress the urge to shake, cry, or run, effectively "trapping" that survival energy in our nervous systems. Levine teaches us that:

In the world of modern psychology and trauma recovery, two names stand above the rest for their revolutionary approach to the mind-body connection: and Dr. Gabor Maté . While their methods differ, their central message is the same: trauma is not just a story of what happened to us in the past; it is something we carry in our bodies today.