On the Connection Between Disease and Psychological Life

We encourage you to read "When the Body Says No" by Dr. Gabor Maté. This important book, through the stories of patients of a now-retired family doctor, shows how strong the connections are between diseases and our psychological life:

"The main factor contributing to the genesis of many diseases - this applies to all the examples cited - is the body's overload with stress born from unconscious beliefs. To heal, one must begin with the painful, gradual change of the biology of beliefs that we adopted at an early stage of life. Regardless of the type of external therapy, the healing factor is within ourselves. We need to change our internal environment. To find health and deep knowledge about it, we must embark on a journey, set out on a quest to the core of our biology of beliefs. This means rethinking and getting to know our own life. (...) Breaking free from overwhelming and stressful external circumstances is essential, but it becomes possible only when we first liberate ourselves from the tyranny of the biology of beliefs rooted within us."