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Gospel Matrescence
Welcome to the Gospel Matrescence Podcast. Matressence - the physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional transformation women go through when becoming a mother. This developmental stage of life is as powerful and irreversible as adolescence and yet few women have ever heard of it. Our communities have little to no rite of passage to celebrate or prepare for it. Here at Gospel Matrescence, we apply a Biblical worldview to the beautiful and sometimes painful metamorphosis of motherhood. Come, let's navigate motherhood together…
Gospel Matrescence
Episode #57 - Scattered Minds by Gabor Mate (Book Review)
In Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder, physician Gabor Maté offers a compassionate, in-depth exploration of ADHD—not as a genetic defect or fixed disorder, but as a developmental response to stress, disconnection, and unmet emotional needs in early childhood. Drawing on both neuroscience and personal experience (he himself has ADHD), Maté argues that the condition stems from disruptions in attachment and attunement between parent and child during crucial developmental periods.
Andie digs into some of the concepts presented in this book!