#738: Dr. Gabor Maté and Dr. BJ Miller

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #298 "Dr. Gabor Maté — New Paradigms, Ayahuasca, and Redefining Addiction" and episode #153 "The Man Who Studied 1,000 Deaths to Learn How to Live." Please enjoy! Sponsors: Vuori Clothing high-quality performance apparel: https://vuoriclothing.com/tim (20% off your first purchase) Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business: https://shopify.com/tim (one-dollar-per-month trial period) LinkedIn Ads marketing platform with 1B+ users: https://linkedin.com/TFS (free $100 LinkedIn ad credit for your first campaign) Timestamps: [00:00] Start [05:37] Notes about this supercombo format. [06:57] Enter Gabor Maté. [07:22] Compassionate inquiry and trauma vs. traumatic. [11:06] Self-reconnection resources. [14:40] How Gabor benefits from yoga. [16:27] Gabor’s thoughts on the therapeutic value of psychedelics. [18:14] What’s been revealed by Gabor’s experiences with ayahuasca? [25:32] Essential intention. [26:30] We don’t respond to what happens, but to our perception of what happens. [32:48] Enter BJ Miller. [33:07] What does BJ do? [35:32] What does the first meeting look like for a new patient at the Zen Hospice Project? [37:18] Defining palliative care. [40:54] What happens when a patient dies in Zen Hospice compared to a regular hospital? [45:03] How many deaths has BJ experienced? [45:42] What has observing hundreds of deaths taught BJ about living? [50:39] On keeping a mindfulness or meditation practice. [55:05] About the Dinky (a terrifying story of electrocution). [1:04:29] The miracle of a snowball in the burn ward. [1:07:48] BJ’s experience as an undergradua