Gabor Mate on How We Become Who We Are | Conversations with Tom

Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu

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.

SHOW NOTES:

Reality | Gabor on how people view reality and the Johnny Cash song, In Your Mind [1:14]

Stress Defined | Gabor explain the terminology of stress and its triggers [5:40]

Emotional Work | Ongoing emotional work that takes consciousness and awareness [9:13]

Trauma | Gabor discusses severe trauma, how it shows up physically and in behavior [10:12]

Being Sensitive | Advantage and disadvantage of being highly sensitive [12:18]

Empathetic Support | Gabor talks about empathetic support for persons with trauma [12:43]

Beyond Mental | Gabor reveals makes life more profound beyond the mental experience [20:04]

Feeling vs. Being | Gabor presents difference between feeling and a state of being [22:11]

Self-Isolation | Gabor explores self-isolation and the state of pain versus enlightenment. [22:32]

Broken Society | how modern society is dysregulating us and how broken our society is [30:31]

Child Development | Gabor reveals what healthy child development [41:04]

Meaning & Purpose | Gabor pushes on Tom’s value for meaning equated with hard work [51:20]

Truth Not Facts | Gabor explains difference between truth and facts [59:54]

Life after 70 | Gabor shares what keeps him going in his seventies is just who he is [1:07:58]

Palliative Care | Gabor share his experience and perspective with palliative care [1:14:18]

Marriage | Lessons from 51 years of marriage [1:35:23]

Suffering From Past |Gabor shares a quote to explain how suffering isn’t always labeled [1:43:19]

Dissociated from suffering | Gabor explains pain suppressed and misinterpreted [1:45:54]

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