Dr. Gabor Maté — Trauma, Addiction, Ayahuasca, and More

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a thoughtful, honest look at the causes of addiction and depression, and as a deeper Mate interview than most.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Tim Ferriss

Topic

trauma and addiction

Format

podcast

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

6

HN mentions in dataset

7

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• I've recently watched Tim Ferris's pod-cast with Dr. Gabor Mate who is well known for his work with people who suffer from ADHD (including himself), Depression and various types of addiction: [VIDEO] . It's rather a long interview (2h 23') that touches on many topics …

• An excellent way to push against addiction is to address the reasons for addiction. As Dr. Gabor Mate, who has spent a decade working with addiction and written extensively about it says: don’t ask why the addiction, ask why the pain. Alcohol and other drugs …

• >Not to mention knowing the effect of all this stress on your children and their developing minds. I believe Gabor Mate talks in depth on this particular topic: [VIDEO] is one interview, which references [LINK]