The Mindbodygreen Podcast

Gabor Maté, M.D.: “95% of trauma is multi-generational. You unwittingly pass it on.”  Gabor, a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally renowned speaker, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how buried trauma can harm your health, plus: - Gabor’s upbringing & his professional work around trauma (~00:42) - What trauma really means (~05:07) - Gabor’s personal experience with trauma (~10:18) - How trauma gets passed down from one generation to the next (~12:47) - How your personal trauma can affect your physical health (~17:20) - The relationship between stress and illness (~20:51) - How to start resolving your trauma (~27:53) - Why so many people have a hard time saying “no” (~31:39) - The real reason children start resenting their parents (~34:10) - Why you don’t actually have to socialize kids (~39:19) - How our culture makes us sick (~44:00) - What’s unique about our cultural trauma today (~47:04) - What we can do about a lack of social connection (~48:40) - Why we attract othe