Childhood

• We all have some sort of model(s) of how the world works and what's true and what's not
• That's what we're always doing - building models so we can act in it with intention

It is only as adults that we are able to recognize all the factors that made us into who we are today.

A healthy childhood is a privilege. But even children who do grow up in a stable environment may not have the kind of adventurous, family-oriented, independent childhood that should be the...

Prisoners of Childhood is written by a Swiss German Jewish psychotherapist named Alice Miller.

It was the first book that helped Gabor Mate get clear directions in his future work about trauma:

• stuff happens to us as children, negative things happen
• we adapt...