Dr. Gabor Maté is a physician specializing in addiction medicine and trauma who has spent decades exploring the connections between childhood experiences and adult health. His bestselling work "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts" examines addiction through a compassionate, trauma-informed lens. He combines Western medicine with insights from psychology, neuroscience, and contemplative traditions to understand healing.
7 Books Recommended by Dr Gabor Mate
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What Doesn’t Kill Us
4 people recommendedWim Hof’s program has become an essential part of my daily regimen for self-care and grounding. I warmly recommend it.
Also recommended by: Dr Andrew Weil, Russell Brand, Wim Hof
The Drama of the Gifted Child
3 people recommendedrecommended 2xAll about the fact that stuff happens to us as children, negative things happen. Then, we adapt to those things by taking on certain defensive ways of being.
All about the fact that stuff happens to us as children, negative things happen. Then, we adapt to those things by taking on certain defensive ways of being.
Also recommended by: Josh Waitzkin, Whitney Cummings
The Dhammapada
3 people recommendedrecommended 2xThe Buddhist collection of sayings. And it begins with, basically, the idea that we create the world with our minds.
The Buddhist collection of sayings. And it begins with, basically, the idea that we create the world with our minds.
Also recommended by: Osho, Steve Jobs
Don Quixote
2 people recommendedrecommended 2xI read [this book] as a child and then, reread many times as an adult. And he’s my favorite character.
I read [this book] as a child and then, reread many times as an adult. And he’s my favorite character.
Also recommended by: Pewdiepie
Winnie-the-Pooh
2 people recommendedrecommended 2xOne of the seminal books of my childhood. [...] What struck me about Pooh, of course, [was that] there was this bear of little brains who was so much wiser than everybody else.
One of the seminal books of my childhood. [...] What struck me about Pooh, of course, [was that] there was this bear of little brains who was so much wiser than everybody else.
Also recommended by: Hillary Clinton
Waking the Tiger
recommended 2x[The author's] first book. And he’s written many wonderful books since then.
[The author's] first book. And he’s written many wonderful books since then.
The Scourge of the Swastika
recommended 2xI began to read it, saw photographs of the horrors of the concentration camps and the extermination details in Eastern Europe.
I began to read it, saw photographs of the horrors of the concentration camps and the extermination details in Eastern Europe.
