Dr. Gabor Maté on How to Reframe a Challenging Moment and Feel Empowered | The Tim Ferriss Show

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Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 400 million downloads and been selected for “Best of iTunes” three years running.

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[jameswagenschutz]

Tim is uncomfortable. Hits a nerve with him. Still working through childhood trauma....like most of us. Way to go for posting and being brave.

[shaniom]

"Once you see yourself as the source, now you're powerful." Thank you, Gabor.

[TimeFliesTimeManagement]

We don’t respond to what happens, we respond to our perception of what happens... 🔥🔥

[TaniaMarie]

“We don’t respond to the present moment, we respond to the past.”

Amen!

[walkerskii]

Wow Tim it took guts to post this! No one could ever convince me you don't care about your audience after being so publicly vulnerable - ironically this makes you appear even more masculine & worthy of respect.

[learningnochoice]

Tim is like your grown up brother, healing himself and showing the way to his siblings and the rest of the world. thank u for showing up for your inner child. 💓

[earthtohouston]

Someone once told me: never assume malintent, meaning don't assume someone is out to hurt/betray/annoy/damage you, the real answer is usually much more complicated. I've tried over time to reserve judgement because of that advice. Learn the whole story first, then proceed.

[Abadia]

Love to see authentic content!!! Tim made himself vunerable, stayed in the moment, was visible uncomfortable, but went through the conversation and we as an audience share the “Aha” moment 🙌🏼

[janelliot]

Gabor Maté has a heroic gift for healing. Thank you, Tim Ferriss, for this.

[Celebrianna]

Who else just wants to give Tim a hug after this act of emotional bravery?

[nicolebond]

So brave of Tim to venture into this exercise with Dr. Maté. The doctor is right though, with our traumas we are really responding to the past more so than the present.

[annemaxwell]

Having the language to articulate how we feel is a huge step in resolving, unwinding our mental anguish.

[StephenRedeemed]

My counsellor turned me on to Gabor, he is an amazing mind and a very self aware human being. So happy I got connected to him. I am now 18 months clean from the dtes. Turned my life around.

[communicationwithconfidence]

It's not the event - it's the meaning we give it.
Beautifully illustrated here.

[divinedaytripper]

Dr. Gabor Mate is a modern-day wizard. The combo of Tim Ferriss -- whom I admire and his work with the wizard is powerful beyond measure. Bravo Tim for your vulnerability.

[zber]

Trauma is when we don’t respond to the present moment we respond to the past.

[mikemihay]

Simply incredible. Best learning I had in my last 12 years of personal development. Thank you, Tim and Gabor Mate.

[InnerVisionStudios]

So great that you were able to partake in this exercise and equally great that Gabor was able to teach us about this.

[LinVE]

Oh my gosh!!! I needed to hear this right at this moment. My blood was boiling. My stomach was sick and my chest was constricted and I didn't know what to do with those feelings!! Am sooo grateful for this video!

[FiberFairy]

How beautiful this is, to watch how Gabor navigates and leads Tim safely to the learning. Tim’s relieved smile at his “aha!” moment at the end is priceless 🥰