In this Q&A, Dr. Maté explains his fundamental understanding of trauma, untangles common myths about what makes us sick, and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing. If you want to heal your trauma with compassion, take your power back, and find peace from past pain, watch the first session of Dr. Mate’s ne

On May 5, Let's Give A Damn co-sponsored an event in NYC called Palestine: The Moral Issue Of Our Time with Gabor Maté and Chris Hedges. It was a sold-out event with 800 attending in persons and hundreds more attended online via our livestream. Most importantly we raised tens of thousands of dollars for Middle East Chi

If you feel lost or stuck in life, today’s episode will help you understand the root cause of trauma and how childhood experiences shape you throughout your life.  Understanding your trauma is the key to healing.  Your past doesn’t define you—but it does shape you. And today, world-renowned physician and bestselling au

Today, I’m bringing back a gem from the archives—one of my all-time favorite episodes. In this conversation, Dr. Gabor Maté explores what it truly means to be authentic and how reconnecting with ourselves can transform our lives. Whether you’ve heard it before or are discovering it for the first time, I hope you find i

The renowned physician discusses the role of trauma in our lives, showing up as addiction, chronic disease and mental illness — and how recognising his own led to true healing. Dr Gabor Maté was born in Budapest to a Jewish family, just before Nazi tanks rolled into the city. His mother risked handing him to a stranger

Anger isn’t the problem—how you handle it is. In today’s Heal In 10, we’re bringing back a powerful segment of our episode with Dr. Gabor Maté. He breaks down why repressing anger is one of the biggest threats to your health, and explains how unprocessed emotions can contribute to autoimmune diseases, gut disorders, an