Gabor Mate on How We Become Who We Are | Conversations with Tom
In this episode, Gabor Mate explains how easily unconscious traumas from childhood can be identified. He shares years of experience and wisdom with Tom in this conversation that explores the depths of truth and meaning in life, and how that fits in with our physical and behavioral manifestations of broken adult expectations and stressors. Gabor Mate, is a deep thinker, childhood development expert, and expert of addiction. He shares his unique insights on how to deal with severe trauma and how to get the most out of life by moving beyond mere survival.\xa0\n\nSHOW NOTES: \nReality | Gabor on how people view reality and the Johnny Cash song, In Your Mind [1:14]\nStress Defined | Gabor explain the terminology of stress and its triggers [5:40]\nEmotional Work | Ongoing emotional work that takes consciousness and awareness [9:13]\nTrauma | Gabor discusses severe trauma, how it shows up physically and in behavior [10:12]\nBeing Sensitive | Advantage and disadvantage of being highly sensitive [12:18]\nEmpathetic Support | Gabor talks about empathetic support for persons with trauma [12:43]\nBeyond Mental | Gabor reveals makes life more profound beyond the mental experience [20:04]\nFeeling vs. Being | Gabor presents difference between feeling and a state of being [22:11]\nSelf-Isolation | Gabor explores self-isolation and the state of pain versus enlightenment. [22:32]\nBroken Society | how modern society is dysregulating us and how broken our society is [30:31]\nChild Development | Gabor reveals what healthy child development\xa0[41:04]\nMeaning & Purpose | Gabor pushes on Tom\u2019s value for meaning equated with hard work [51:20]\xa0\nTruth Not Facts | Gabor explains difference between truth and facts [59:54]\nLife after 70 | Gabor shares what keeps him going in his seventies is just who he is [1:07:58]\nPalliative Care | Gabor share his experience and perspective with palliative care [1:14:18]\nMarriage | Lessons from 51 years of marriage [1:35:23]\nSuffering From Past |Gabor shares a quote to explain how suffering isn\u2019t always labeled [1:43:19]\nDissociated from suffering | Gabor explains pain suppressed and misinterpreted\xa0[1:45:54]\xa0\n\nCheck out our Sponsors\nButcher Box: Ground beef for life is back! For a limited time, new members can get 2 pounds of free ground beef in every Butcher Box order by signing up today at ButcherBox.com/impact\nAthletic Greens: Go to athleticgreens.com/impact and receive a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase!\nIndeed: Get a FREE $75 CREDIT to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/IMPACT\nThe New Yorker: For a limited time, you can get 12 weeks of The New Yorker for just $6. Go to NewYorker.com/IMPACT\n\nAre You Ready for EXTRA Impact?\nIf you\u2019re ready to find true fulfillment, strengthen your focus, and ignite your true potential, the Impact Theory subscription was created just for you.\nThis is not for the faint of heart. This is for those who dare to learn obsessively, every day, day after day.\nSubscription Benefits:\n\nNew episodes delivered ad-free\n\nExclusive access to Tom\u2019s AMAs, keynote speeches, and suggestions from his personal reading list\n\nYou\u2019ll also get access to an 5 additional podcasts with hundreds of archived Impact Theory episodes, meticulously curated into themed playlists covering health, mindset, business, relationships, and more:\n\n\nLegendary Mindset: Mindset & Self-Improvement\n\n\nMoney Mindset: Business & Finance\n\n\nRelationship Theory: Relationships\n\n\nHealth Theory: Mental & Physical Health\n\n\nPower Ups: Weekly Doses of Short Motivational Quotes\xa0\n\nSubscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3PCvJaz\nSubscribe on all other platforms (Google Podcasts, Spotify, Castro, Downcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, Podkicker, and more) : https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices