Gabor Maté MD’s When the Body Says No is available on Audible as a 11 hrs 56 mins unabridged audiobook, narrated by Daniel Maté.
Publisher’s Summary
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
From renowned mental health expert and speaker Dr. Gabor Maté, this acclaimed, bestselling guide provides insight into the mind-body link between illness and health, and the critical role that stress and our emotional makeup play in an array of common diseases.
In this accessible and groundbreaking book—filled with the moving stories of real people—medical doctor and bestselling author Gabor Maté shows that emotion and psychological stress play a powerful role in the onset of chronic illness, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease and many others.
An international bestseller translated into over thirty languages, When the Body Says No promotes learning and healing, providing transformative insights into how illlness can be the body’s way of saying no to what the mind cannot or will not acknowledge. With great compassion and erudition, Dr. Maté demystifies medical science and empowers us all to be our own health advocates.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Daniel Maté
- Length: 11 hrs 56 mins
- Publisher: Vintage Canada
- Release year: 2021
- Audible category: Health & Wellness / Alternative & Complementary Medicine / Health & Wellness
Listener Ratings
When the Body Says No holds an average listener rating of 4.8/5 from 1249 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.8/5
- Story: 4.8/5
- 5-star ratings: 87% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
4/5 stars — “Excellent information, tedious narration. “
This book is full of insightful stories and excellent food for thought. I will be purchasing the hard copy.Narration was tedious. The reader spoke in a stilted manner, with great care to pronounce words exactly right and slightly odd cadence. It was read “too carefully” and didn’t flow naturally. I’d have to really want to head the content of a book read by this person to sit though it again… hence the hard copy in the future. I’d rather read than have to re-listen.
— Mochazirra, Audible listener
4/5 stars — “Very Thought-Provoking Read for Care Providers “
Largest drawback is that Mate’s case for disease personalities – that there are specific psychological profiles linked to specific diseases seems like a very dated and dangerous concept. I personally feel that, considering it’s (a.) danger (b.) deviation from mainstream conception of disease, it requires _even_ more justification than what I felt was an appeal to authority and claimed experience. Empirical evidence showing that stress, maladaptive coping, and low mood undermines health is not enough to justify the concept of disease personalities (e.g. a "cancer personality").Aside from that, the philosophy of emotion in this book is excellent, and Mate makes a persuasive model for how healthy and unhealthy self-conceptualisation presents and develops. I’m going to remember his exploration of anger and adaptive vs maladaptive expression of anger for a lifetime. The characterisation of healthy anger as a stilling, feeling, and focusing force, where unhealthy anger is underlined by suppression and anxiety is excellent.
Because of Mate, I now have a lot more respect for "new age" medicine now, and will probably approach it more strategically. The idea of aura as a metaphor accessible to the layperson for self-identity extending beyond the skin is on point, and fits what I’ve seen in person as well. Despite my grievances, strongly recommend reading Mate (critically!).
— Kindle Customer, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “One of the best books I’ve ever read & listened to.”
Of course, I have a bias, but I was looking for a mind-body book that connects attachment and early development to physical concerns. And I found it! It is very well written, and full of an interesting and compelling balance between science and anecdotes. John Sarno’s work is very good too, but perhaps a little technical for many people. The ACES study is interesting and useful, but I found myself wanting to hear more about what underlies the connection between trauma and a high ACES score. This book gives a greater understanding of more precisely how attachment ruptures and emotional, interpersonal and psychological development affect one’s immunity and susceptibility to dis-ease. I would love to see an update to this book, or a part 2, going into more detail with more recent neurobiological research linking physiological processes of stress and repressed emotions to the autonomic nervous system. Also, I’d love to see an expanded last chapter regarding the As of healing. Again, this is such a great book and truly, like Peter Levine said in his review, could save lives. If only we, personally or culturally, are willing to consider a paradigm shift. I’ve recommended it to many people already and will likely do so for years to come.— M. Sandberg, Audible listener
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