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May 29
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What Is Trauma? with Dr. Gabor Maté

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About this episode
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” for free at onecommune.com/healtrauma.

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