Dr. Gabor Maté

“70% of American adults are on at least one medication. 70, yeah. 40% are on about two at least.”

“30% of my clients were indigenous people. They make up 5% of the population. 30% of the people, of the men in jail in Canada, 50% of the women in jail in Canada are indigenous people.”

“So, for example, there was a study out of Harvard University, I think three years ago, women with severe PTSD have double the risk of ovarian cancer.”

“the more adversity you had as a childhood, the more risk you are for addiction, for mental health issues, for relational issues, and also for autoimmune disease and malignancy.”

“Now there was a study out of Massachusetts, I think, which I quote in the book. I think 2,000 women were followed over 10 years. Those who were happily married and didn't express their emotions were…”