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Books like When the Body Says No
The best books like When the Body Says No are The Body Keeps the Score, The Upside of Stress, and Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté is about mind-body connection, stress, trauma. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Body Keeps the Score
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Bessel van der Kolk · Psychology
The Body Keeps the Score is Bessel van der Kolk's account of four decades spent studying and treating trauma, from Vietnam veterans at the VA in the 1970s to survivors of childhood abuse, accidents, and domestic violence.
Shares mind-body connection and trauma with When the Body Says No.
Read the summary → - The Upside of Stress
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Kelly McGonigal · Health
The Upside of Stress is Kelly McGonigal's evidence-based argument that the harm of stress is mediated less by stress itself than by the belief that stress is harmful.
Both dig into stress.
Read the summary → - Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande · Health
Being Mortal is Atul Gawande's investigation into why modern medicine is so bad at helping people die well.
A kindred health read.
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- The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Oliver Sacks · Psychology
Oliver Sacks was a neurologist who thought in stories.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
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Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia · Health
Peter Attia's Outlive is a book about how most people approach longevity backwards.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Anatomy of the Spirit
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Caroline Myss · Health
Anatomy of the Spirit is Caroline Myss's attempt to synthesize three major spiritual traditions — the Hindu chakra system, the Christian sacraments, and the Kabbalistic Tree of Life — into a unified model of human energy anatomy.
Both dig into mind-body connection.
Read the summary → - In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
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Gabor Maté · Health
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts is Gabor Maté's book about addiction, written while he was working as a physician in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, one of North America's most concentrated pockets of poverty, drug use, and homelessness.
Both dig into trauma.
Read the summary → - Radical Remission
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Kelly A. Turner · Health
Radical Remission is Kelly Turner's systematic study of cancer patients who experienced unexpected recoveries — cases where cancer regressed significantly or disappeared without conventional treatment, or after conventional treatment had failed.
Both dig into mind-body connection.
Read the summary → - The Biology of Belief
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Bruce H. Lipton · Health
The Biology of Belief is Bruce Lipton's argument that cells are controlled by signals from their environment rather than by genetic programs, and that human beings, as collections of cells, are therefore more powerfully shaped by their beliefs and perceptions than by their DNA.
Both dig into mind-body connection.
Read the summary → - The Healing Self
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Deepak Chopra · Health
The Healing Self, written by Deepak Chopra with molecular biologist Rudolph Tanzi, argues that the most powerful medicine available to most people is not pharmaceutical but behavioral: the daily choices that regulate inflammation, immune function, gene expression, and neurological health.
Both dig into mind-body connection.
Read the summary → - The Myth of Normal
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Gabor Maté · Health
The Myth of Normal is Gabor Maté's most ambitious book, co-written with his son Daniel Maté.
Both dig into trauma.
Read the summary → - The Sleep Revolution
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Arianna Huffington · Health
Arianna Huffington opens The Sleep Revolution with the incident that prompted it: collapsing from exhaustion at her desk in 2007, breaking her cheekbone on the way down.
Both dig into stress.
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Books like When the Body Says No: quick answers
What are the best books like When the Body Says No?
The best books like When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté are The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks, Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with When the Body Says No, such as mind-body connection, stress, trauma.
What should I read after When the Body Says No?
A natural next read after When the Body Says No is The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. Shares mind-body connection and trauma with When the Body Says No. Other strong choices are The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks.
What books are similar to When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté?
When the Body Says No centers on mind-body connection, stress, trauma. Books with a similar feel include The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks, Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia, Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
