{"id":22847,"date":"2026-06-16T16:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/co-compassion.com\/?p=22847"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:56:43","slug":"the-myth-of-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co-compassion.com\/sv\/the-myth-of-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Myth of Normal (Gabor Mat\u00e9 &#038; Daniel Mat\u00e9)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22847\" class=\"elementor elementor-22847\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e27d0bd e-flex e-con-boxed sc_inner_width_none sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6e27d0bd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38462c73 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38462c73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h3 data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Introduction<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW67677853 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW67677853 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">Many clients arrive at their first Compassionate Inquiry session carrying heavy labels: depression, anxiety, autoimmune disease, addiction. They believe these diagnoses mean something is inherently wrong with their genetics or their character, and they sit down already convinced they are the problem.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW67677853 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">The Myth of Normal dismantles this assumption by zooming out from the individual to examine the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW67677853 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">society as a whole<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW67677853 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW67677853 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0Gabor Mat<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW67677853 BCX0\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW67677853 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00e9\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW67677853 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW67677853 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">argues that chronic physical and mental illnesses are not random anomalies; they are the expected, natural responses to an inherently unnatural and toxic culture. For a CI client, that shift in perspective is genuinely revolutionary. It stops them from\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW67677853 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">pathologising<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW67677853 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\"> themselves. When a client understands that their relentless anxiety or their drive to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW67677853 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">compulsively<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW67677853 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0<br \/><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW67677853 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW67677853 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">caretake for others are predictable adaptations to a culture that routinely undermines core human needs, they can finally move from self-blame to self-compassion.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW67677853 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52d3de6 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52d3de6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Summary of the Book<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW60946527\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW60946527\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW261235759 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261235759 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">The Myth of Normal posits that our modern, hyper-individualistic society has\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW261235759 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">normalised<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261235759 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0conditions that are\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261235759 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">actually devastating<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261235759 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0to human health. We have built a world that prizes profit, endless doing, and emotional suppression over our biological requirements for connection, rest, and authenticity. Mat<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW261235759 BCX0\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261235759 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00e9\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW261235759 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261235759 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">explains how the stress of living in this culture gets &#8220;under the skin&#8221; via the nervous and immune systems, driving the epidemics of chronic illness, burnout, and addiction we see today. The book masterfully blends\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261235759 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">cutting-edge<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261235759 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0neuroscience and epigenetics with deep sociological critique, demanding that we rethink illness not as a static &#8220;thing&#8221; to be warred against, but as a dynamic process and a meaningful response to our environment.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW261235759 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><h3 data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"EOP SCXW206460629 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW53920800 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW53920800 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">The Clash Between Attachment and Authenticity<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW53920800 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/h3><p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW200372431 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW200372431 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">One of the most foundational principles in CI is the inherent conflict between attachment (our drive to connect and belong) and authenticity (our drive to be true to ourselves). Children absolutely require attachment to survive; therefore, if expressing their true feelings threatens their connection to their parents, they will suppress their authenticity. Society further rewards this suppression, praising children for being &#8220;good&#8221; and adults for being compliant. Mat<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW200372431 BCX0\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW200372431 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00e9\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW200372431 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW200372431 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">shows how this constant self-betrayal\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW200372431 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">literally damages<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW200372431 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0our biology, leading to autoimmune conditions and depression.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW200372431 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3 data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><span class=\"EOP SCXW106563831 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW149581830 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW149581830 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">The Myth of the &#8220;Happy Childhood&#8221;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW149581830 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/h3><p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW261824805 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261824805 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">A common hurdle in CI sessions is the client who insists, &#8220;But I had a perfectly happy childhood!&#8221; Mat<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW261824805 BCX0\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261824805 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00e9\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW261824805 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261824805 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">dismantles this illusion by expanding our definition of trauma. Trauma\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261824805 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">isn&#8217;t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261824805 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0only about horrible things happening to you (like abuse); it also happens when essential things\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261824805 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">fail to<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261824805 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0happen (like emotional attunement). A child can grow up in a materially comfortable home with well-meaning\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW261824805 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">parents, yet<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261824805 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\"> still suffer developmental trauma because they were not allowed to express anger, sadness, or vulnerability. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW261824805 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">Recognising<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261824805 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0this allows clients to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261824805 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">validate<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261824805 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0their pain without having to paint their parents as villains.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW261824805 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3 data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW59587975 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW59587975 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">Illness as a Teacher<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW59587975 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW109122525 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109122525 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">Rather than viewing disease purely as an enemy to be eradicated, Mat<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW109122525 BCX0\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109122525 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00e9\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW109122525 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109122525 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">explores how illness can function as a desperate message from the body. When the authentic self has been silenced for too long, the body eventually says &#8220;no&#8221; in the form of physical breakdown.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109122525 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">CI practitioners draw on this concept by helping clients initiate a conversation with their symptoms.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109122525 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0When clients ask their illness or depression what it is trying to protect them from, they often discover profound lessons about boundary-setting and the necessity of reclaiming their\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109122525 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">true identity<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109122525 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW109122525 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3 data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Conclusion<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW121792084 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121792084 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">There is a quiet liberation in reading this book alongside CI work. The Myth of Normal provides\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW121792084 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">the sociological<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121792084 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0and scientific scaffolding that frees clients from the isolated prison of their diagnosis. <br \/>By revealing that our suffering is a normal reaction to an abnormal world,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121792084 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">it invites clients to wake up from the toxic trance of modern society, to stop adapting to systems that destroy them, and to undertake the courageous journey back to wholeness.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW121792084 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction\u00a0 Many clients arrive at their first Compassionate Inquiry session carrying heavy labels: depression, anxiety, autoimmune disease, addiction. 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