Bestselling author and physician Dr. Gabor Maté talks with Rich about the nature of addiction, trauma, and illness in a toxic culture often at odds with true healing. To read more about Dr. Maté and peruse the full show notes, go here👉🏾https://bit.ly/richroll702 ✌🏼🌱 - Rich LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/rrpitunes Spotify: http://bit.ly/rrpspotify Google: http://bit.ly/rrpgooglepods Meal Planner: http://meals.richroll.com Voicing Change Book: http://richroll.com/vc Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RichRollPodcastClips Newsletter: http://bit.ly/rollcallemail CONNECT WITH RICH ✩ Website - http://richroll.com​ ✩ Rich Roll Podcast - https://richroll.com/all-episodes/ ✩ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/richroll/ ✩ Twitter - https://twitter.com/richroll ✩ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/richrollfans ✩ Strava - https://www.strava.com/athletes/14443?oq=rich ✩ Memoir: Finding Ultra - https://www.richroll.com/shop/books/finding-ultra/ ✩ Meals - http://meals.richroll.com​ ✩ Cook - The Plantpower Way - https://www.richroll.com/shop/books/the-plantpower-way-signed/ ✩ Italian! - The Plantpower Way: Italia - https://www.richroll.com/shop/books/the-plantpower-way-italia-signed/ ✩ Support - https://www.patreon.com/richroll FILMED AND EDITED BY BLAKE CURTIS & DAN DRAKE https://www.blakecurtis.net/ https://www.dandrake333.com/ 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:46 - Unpacking Dr. Gabor's Thesis in New Book, "The Myth of Normal" 00:04:23 - Huge Gap Between Science-Based Evidence & Medical Practice 00:08:08 - Defining Trauma 00:12:14 - How Trauma Affects Chronic Ailments 00:14:45 - Disease as Teacher 00:17:28 - The Major Factors of Stress 00:19:48 - Impact of Loneliness on Health Outcomes 00:21:36 - Social-Economic & Racial Issues Lead to a Rise in Illness & Addiction 00:24:21 - Epigenetics: How a Hostile Environment Affects Our Genetics, Across Generations 00:27:48 - Childhood Development - Problems with Conditional Love 00:31:57 - Finding Agency & Authenticity, Spontaneous Healing 00:37:09 - Why Does It Take Great Suffering to Make a Lasting Change? 00:43:41 - Ad Break 00:45:32 - Trauma-Informed Legal System 00:48:24 - Trauma-Informed Medicine 00:50:44 - Moving Forward: Escaping the ‘Victim Identity’ 00:53:38 - Recognize the Wound, Take an Honest Personal Inventory 00:57:46 - Gabor collaborating with his eldest son (Daniel) on this latest book 00:59:44 - Author David Foster Wallace ‘Fish in water” antidote 01:01:20 - The Willingness to be Disillusioned 01:04:43 - Dr Gabor Mate's Thoughts on Addiction and Recovery 01:04:51 - Social-Economic & Racial Issues Lead to a Rise in Illness & Addiction 01:11:26 - Recovery as a Path to Self-Actualization 01:14:28 - Is It Possible to Add Trauma Awareness and Reframe the 12 Steps? 01:22:20 - Reframing Rich's Relapse 01:24:45 - Parenting Advice 01:33:48 - A Child's Emotional Withdrawal from Their Parent. What Does It Mean? 01:36:22 - Closing * * * * * NEW TO RICH? Hi I'm Rich Roll. I'm a vegan ultra-endurance athlete, author, podcaster, public speaker & wellness evangelist. But mainly I'm a dad of four. If you want to know more, visit my website or check out these two the NY Times articles: http://bit.ly/otillonyt http://bit.ly/vegansglam I LOVE MAIL! SEND IT HERE: 29617 Agoura Rd. Agoura Hills, CA 91301 #richroll #richrollpodcast