Gabor Maté: Is Coronavirus Showing Us Who We Really Are? #106

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Alternative Health, Mental Health

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🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Think back four or five weeks ago. How much of what you were engaged in then seems relatively trivial now? How much has the experience of coronavirus already clarified what your values really are? When you see people standing in the street, clapping for their healthcare workers; or Europeans on their balconies, serenading each other through lockdown, how does that make you feel? For this week’s podcast, I was honoured to welcome back Dr Gabor Maté, one of the most important voices globally on health, compassion and addiction, to discuss the life lessons that might emerge from this pandemic. This podcast contains tremendous insights on the value of sitting with our feelings; how we can avoid passing our anxieties on to our kids; as well as why some of us can be so judgemental of others during a crisis. Whilst we both fully endorse the medical advice on staying at home, we discuss the social and economic damage that is arising from this essential policy. What will the consequences of isolation be on our mental health? And afterwards – will we be so grateful to go back to our lives that we’ll forget the lessons we’ve learned? Or, could this challenge be the biggest opportunity for growth we’ve ever lived through, personally and as a society? Listen now to find out. Show notes available at: https://drchatterjee.com/106 Follow me on instagram.com/drchatterjee/ Follow me on facebook.com/DrChatterjee/ Follow me on twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

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0:00.0	I don't believe in timeouts in parenting in terms of punitive timeouts,
0:04.5	but I certainly believe in a parent taking a timeout and saying,
0:08.4	you know, I just notice how tense I am.
0:11.0	I need to go on a balcony and take a few breaths.
0:14.4	Or I need to sit and just think.
0:16.7	Or I just need to listen to a piece of music right now to calm my autonomic nervous system.
0:22.6	You know, so in other words, do something that we ordinarily don't do most of us in our lives,
0:28.6	which is to allow ourselves to have our upset emotions and give them some space without acting them out on the people that are close to us.
0:38.3	So take that time and do check in.
0:43.3	And don't be ashamed to acknowledge your vulnerability and your upset.
0:48.3	Hi, my name is Rangan Chatschi,
0:51.3	GP, television presenter and author of the best-selling books The Stress Solution, and the Four Pillar Plan.
0:58.3	I believe that all of us have the ability to feel better than we currently do, but getting healthy has become far too complicated.
1:06.0	With this podcast, I aim to simplify it. I'm going to be having conversations with some of the most interesting and
1:12.1	exciting people both within as well as outside the health space to hopefully inspire you,
1:17.8	as well as empower you with simple tips that you can put into practice immediately to transform
1:23.1	the way that you feel. I believe that when we are healthier, we are happier because when we feel better,
1:29.3	we live more. Hello and welcome back to episode 106 of my Feel Better Live More podcast. My name is
1:40.8	Rangan Chatterjee and I am your host. So how are you all doing at the moment? Well, before we
1:46.3	crack on with today's show, I just wanted to share a lovely message that I received yesterday
1:50.7	when somebody contacted me to share that they are doing virtual book clubs at the moment,
1:56.5	and the book that they have chosen is my second book, The Stress Solution.
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