#37 How Our Childhood Shapes Every Aspect of Our Health with Dr. Gabor Maté

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Alternative Health, Mental Health

4.8 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

“We live in a society that generates addiction in most of its members.”

This week, I talk to renowned addiction expert, physician and best-selling author, Dr. Gabor Maté. He calls for a compassionate approach toward addiction, whether in ourselves or in others. Dr Maté believes addiction is not a choice, neither is it all about drugs and illicit substances. Instead, he believes that addiction affects most of us – whether it be to alcohol, nicotine, sugar, work or exercise…the list is endless. According to Dr Maté, the source of addiction is not to be found in our genes but in our early childhood.

We also talk about how our emotional stress translates into physical chronic illnesses and how we now live in a culture that doesn’t meet our human needs. Indeed, the conditions necessary for healthy child development are increasingly under threat in today’s society. Loneliness and lack of meaningful connection are on the rise, as are the rates of autoimmune disease and addiction. We discuss how the way we live our modern lives is impacting us more than we realise.

It was a real honour to sit down and talk eye-to-eye with Gabor about his truly revolutionary work. This was a deep and powerful conversation and I hope it helps you in your lives.

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0:00.0	When I speak to a room of people and I asked them how many I addicted, most people
0:06.1	only think of drugs so some people put their hand up. Then I give them my broader definition
0:11.6	of addiction and not everybody puts their hand up.
0:13.9	Hi, my name is Dr. Rongan Chatterjee, Medical Doctor, author of the Four Pillar Plan and Television
0:20.9	Presenter. I believe that all of us have the ability to feel better than we currently
0:25.8	do, but getting healthy has become far too complicated. With this podcast, I aim to simplify
0:32.2	it.
0:33.2	I'm going to be having conversations with some of the most interesting and exciting
0:36.7	people both within as well as outside the health space to hopefully inspire you, as well
0:42.3	as empower you with simple tips that you can put into practice immediately to transform
0:47.3	the way that you feel. I believe that when we are healthier, we are happier because when
0:52.4	we feel better, we live more.
0:57.5	Hello and welcome to another episode of my Feel Better Live More podcast. My name is Rongan
1:03.8	Chatterjee and I am your host. Today's conversation is quite possibly one of the most important
1:10.1	conversations I have ever had on my podcast. It's a little bit longer than my usual conversations
1:17.4	and I thought long and hard about splitting it into two shorter episodes, but after a
1:23.1	lot of consideration, I decided against it. This is a deep conversation that I believe
1:29.2	it needs to be put out as one complete entity from start to finish. My guest today is Dr.
1:36.4	Gabaw Mate, one of the world's most revered thinkers on the psychology of addiction. His
1:42.6	radical findings based on decades of work with patients challenged by catastrophic drug
1:48.4	addiction and mental illness are reframing how we view all human development. I think
1:54.9	the concepts we explore are relevant to each and every single one of us. We explore human
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