Join us for a special edition of Dinner & Discussion: Pizza, a Movie & Discussion! On Monday May 16th at 6 to 8:30pm, we will be viewing the documentary The Wisdom of Trauma followed by a discussion facilitated by life coach and writer, Jeffrey Silverstone.
Seating is limited, please Register by emailing groups@accmontreal.org
About the film The Wisdom of Trauma:
The interconnected epidemics of anxiety, chronic illness and substance abuse are, according to Dr. Gabor Maté, normal. But not in the way you might think.
One in five Americans are diagnosed with mental illness in any given year. Suicide is the second most common cause of death in the US for youth aged 15-24, and kills over 800,000 people a year globally and 48,300 in the USA. Drug overdose kills 81,000 in the USA annually. The autoimmunity epidemic affects 24 million people in the USA. What is going on?
In The Wisdom of Trauma, we travel alongside physician, bestselling author and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Gabor Maté to explore why our western society is facing such epidemics. This is a journey with a man who has dedicated his life to understanding the connection between illness, addiction, trauma and society.
Trauma is the invisible force that shapes our lives. It shapes the way we live, the way we love and the way we make sense of the world. It is the root of our deepest wounds. Dr. Maté gives us a new vision: a trauma-informed society in which parents, teachers, physicians, policy-makers and legal personnel are not concerned with fixing behaviors, making diagnoses, suppressing symptoms and judging, but seek instead to understand the sources from which troubling behaviors and diseases spring in the wounded human soul.
About the facilitator, Jeffrey Silverstone:
Jeffrey is a fellow traveller with those humans who long to be reconnected with a truer version of themselves. As a life coach and writer, they get to approach this mission with purpose and joy. Currently studying Dr. Gabor Maté’s therapeutic approach, called Compassionate Inquiry and writing their first book, a memoir that explores this topic, Jeffrey approaches conversations about trauma from a place of compassion and curiosity.