Healing Trauma in a Toxic Culture - with Dr. Gabor Maté | Know Thyself LIVE Podcast EP 33

When it comes to disease, mental illness, and addiction in our society, trauma is largely misunderstood and not discussed enough. In this live episode of the Know Thyself Podcast, we are joined by world-renowned author Dr. Gabor Maté, as he explains the myth of normal, and how to heal trauma in a toxic culture. He describes the origins of trauma and how memories of the past haunt our subconscious behaviors. Revealing how when we use our awareness and compassionate inquiry to heal these traumas, we unlock the gift of rediscovering our true nature.
The podcast is followed by a live Q&A from our audience, where Dr. Maté discusses the broken school system, ADHD as a coping mechanism, psychiatric medications, ayahuasca, and much more.

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Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
3:27 What is Trauma
7:21 Little t VS Big T Trauma
10:58 Toxic Culture
18:58 Our True Nature
22:57 When We Abandon our True Selves
29:31 Breaking Unconscious Patterns
35:35 Survival Mechanisms
38:51 Observing the Origin of Trauma
43:24 Modalities for Making the Unconscious, Conscious
45:08 Trauma Disguised as a 'Winning' Personality
55:56 Parenthood - Stopping the Transfer of Trauma
59:30 A Broken School System
1:05:08 ADHD as a Coping Mechanism
1:13:06 Unresolved Anger
1:17:35 Psychiatric Medication
1:22:05 Healthy vs Toxic Habits
1:26:37 Keeping an Open Mind
1:31:08 Origin of Depression & Anxiety
1:34:54 Ayahuasca and Entities
1:39:41 Addressing Generational Trauma
1:47:43 Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
1:53:23 Neurosis in a Toxic Culture
1:59:04 Conclusion
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Dr. Gabor Maté

A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress and childhood development.
Rather than offering quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective that enlightens and empowers people to promote their own healing and that of those around them.

After 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, Dr. Maté worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The bestselling author of four books published in over thirty languages, Gabor is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. His book on addiction received the Hubert Evans Prize for literary non-fiction. For his groundbreaking medical work and writing he has been awarded the Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. His books include In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction; When the Body Says No; The Cost of Hidden Stress; Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder; (with Dr. Gordon Neufeld) Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers; and his most recent book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture. Gabor is also co-developer of a therapeutic approach, Compassionate Inquiry, now studied by hundreds of therapists, physicians, counselors, and others internationally.

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[sheribrougham]

Gabor is beyond insightful. He doesn't use fancy words to confuse people he just explains it in a clear way that resonates. ❤

[JanKatrinaGuanzon]

Gabor Mate really understand in all levels about trauma and wounding. So much appreciation for his teachings. It speaks the unspoken truth of our society. Sending Love and healing to all people who is watching this video. 💖

[julialincoln-stefan]

These messages need to be spread far and wide

[REDEEL]

This man is a gift. His books are great

[ruceblee]

This man gives me permission to be human!

[chongmai]

This is an extraordinary interview. And I've listened to several with Gabor, and am almost done with the book! Andre, you have done an incredible job with this interview, the best I've seen, with your presence, your understanding of the content.... it's more like a dialogue, than just barraging the interviewee with a bunch of questions. So well done! Thank you so much. We need this kind of information and perspective, so much, in these times.

[dealensky]

What a tribe in the audience! Wow! All my favorite people that I follow, along with the incredible Gabor Mate whose way of talking is so soothing and healing. Huge! Thank you!

[aishamumtaz]

His insights make me feel sad about my childhood and become aware of myself and attitudes I had adopted to fit in which have damaged my real personality

[priscilla]

"It's not your fault." Powerful ending. Thank you for this conversation.

[kundo]

Without doubt THE BEST podcast I've ever listened to! SUch a blessing to have people like Dr. Gabor Maté living in our lifetime! And such a blessing to have people like André organizing such an event and then making it public for others to listen to as well. Thank you all so so much!

[sapphiresennelier]

So agree on the definition of family and relating. No two kids have the same parents.
I cannot like this enough. The answer to the woman contemplating creating a family is golden.

[bebaaskaful]

One of the best hosting of Gabors presence. Thank you

[waveofdetermination]

Nicky is a rockstar to show mature growth in action. That is what willing to heal and grow looks like. Such a great talk. Gabor Mate is one of my favorites!

[soundisonlyborrowednoise]

POWERFUL!!!! PURE WISDOM ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[Svjx]

I would give my life savings to spend just a few hours with Gabor, his insight is just impeccable!

[AsisGod]

When you shine a light into darkness, darkness becomes light itself. Love this

[thoreevos]

That lovely guy is my Bob Dylan of therapy. Cannot get enough of him.

[zita-m]

i am so grateful for this episode to be a live one. I have seen and heard many talks with Dr. Gabor Mate, and because they often tend to be repetitive (nonetheless still very interesting), it is the Q&A part that made this one so much better. I had so many a-ha moments that came through the answers to various questions from different people with different experiences that I could relate to. Thank you both for creating this space and to the audience who were not afraid to go deep. This was truly awesome to watch.

[teresatw]

I feel such a profound love for Dr Mate that I cry instantly when I hear his voice 😅 just can't control my compassion, or maybe it is effect of feeling his endless compassion for entire humanity...?

[jameslabelle]

My wife has learned so much of herself after going into a trauma reaction that she calls a mental health crisis. She has been istening to your books and watching your videos every day. You have given her comfort by making it (the trauma reactions) make sense to her. Now, she no longer wants to be a psychologist with a concentration in addiction. She wants to focus on trauma because she now believes that addiction is a result of trauma.