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May 2025
46m 29s

What Is Trauma? with Dr. Gabor Maté

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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 new Commune course “A Return to Wholeness” ... Show More
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