The Myth of Normal: Episode One: When Normal Hurts: The Culture That Shapes Our Pain

Send us Fan Mail What if exhaustion isn’t a personal failure but a cultural pattern we’ve mistaken for normal? We open our first Foundation Friday episode for the year a two-part exploration of Gabor and Daniel Maté's book 'The Myth of Normal.' I introduce critical questions about the nature of exhaustion and trauma, emphasizing that they may stem not from personal failure but from broader cultural issues. We look at the importance of understanding trauma as a relational, cultural...