Dr. Gabor Maté On How Trauma Fuels Disease

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2022

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

In the most health-obsessed society ever, all is not well. At the root lies a sleeping giant: unhealed trauma. Here to help us further explore this profound insight is renowned speaker and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté. Returning for his second appearance on the show (his first being RRP #188) Dr. Maté is an expert in a wide range of topics, best known for his work on the relationship between addiction and childhood development. If you are interested in truly understanding the nature of addiction, his book In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts is an essential read that has influenced me profoundly. Dr. Maté’s latest and most ambitious book to date is The Myth of Normal, a groundbreaking extrapolation of his addiction thesis that investigates the true causes of illness, the many ways in which our society breeds disease, and the pathway to health and well-being. Over the course of this conversation, Dr. Maté brilliantly illuminates what we can do to course correct and heal as individuals, and as a collective society at large. Watch: YouTube. Read: Show notes. I have great reverence for this man, and my hope is that Dr. Maté’s words inspire you to rethink your own behavioral compulsions, redress your own unhealed pain, and in turn treat those who suffer with more compassion and understanding. Peace + Plants, Rich

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0:00.0	The Rich Roll Podcast.
0:11.5	More and more people are getting sick, more addicted, more people dying of overdoses.
0:20.0	My guest today, returning for his second appearance on the show, is Dr. Gabbour Mate.
0:24.9	The problem in our society is very little that actually promotes healing and this very much
0:30.5	that undermines it.
0:31.8	He's an expert in a wide range of topics, but is most lauded for his work on the relationship
0:37.6	between addiction and childhood development.
0:40.4	This society loves you to be addicted.
0:42.6	Feeling inadequate, this path that was wholeness is not supported by the culture, in fact,
0:47.7	is undermined by it.
0:49.0	Dr. Mate's latest and most ambitious book today, The Myth of Normal, investigates the true
0:54.2	causes of illness and the pathway to health and wellbeing.
0:58.3	This addiction that I have is not a disease that I inherited, but it's my attempt to escape
1:03.4	from pain.
1:04.4	And the more I learn about that pain, the less I'll inflict those imprints on myself
1:09.0	and on the people around me.
1:11.1	And it's all coming up quick, but first.
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