This week, we're featuring possibly one of my favorite guests of all time on We Need to Talk.

And that's Gabor Mate, world-renowned for his approach to mental and physical well-being.

Mate is one of the leading voices on understanding trauma. In this episode, he tackles what exactly trauma is and its connection to our child development.

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First, how do you define, how do you define trauma alone?

Yeah.

Because I've heard different definitions.

Sure.

So that's an important.

I mean, it's one of these words that so much depends on what we mean when we use it.

Like if I use the word God, so many people would understand so many different concepts.

So we ought to, you know, I mean, for some people, God is the universal ground of all being and

meaning and purpose and existence. For others, it's an old guy in the sky with a beard, you know? So it all

depends. Now, trauma, in my definition, is very simple. If you look at the word origin,

it's a Greek word for wound or wounding. So trauma is a wound that hasn't healed. Okay.

Which also means that trauma is not what happens to you.

Trauma is what happens inside you as a result of what happens to you.

So I sustain a blow on the head.

That's not the trauma.

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