How to Reconnect with Your True Self and Live the Life You Deserve | Dr. Gabor Maté💖 In this video, we'll delve into the importance of reconnecting with yourself and how it can lead to living the life you truly desire. We'll touch on the impact of complex trauma and post traumatic stress disorder,

Dr. Gabor Mate participated in a Q & A after the Jan 3, 2013 performance of Medicine, TJ Dawe's autobiographical one person show about his experiences in a retreat Dr. Mate led, which included ingesting the Peruvian psychotropic shamanic plant medicine ayahuasca. Watch a performance in full here:

When I sat down with Dr. Gabor Maté, he asked me a big question: “Gabby when you recovered from drug addiction, what did you find?” Without skipping a beat, I replied, “I found me.” You see, our true, undamaged selves can never be destroyed. It’s just that pain—and the measures we take to numb it