#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!


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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 undergraduate student at
Princeton.


[1:08:46] On the idea of art.


[1:14:46] How BJ would support someone who suffered injuries
similar to his own.


[1:16:57] What helps people most in hospice care?


[1:21:22] Why cookies matter.


[1:23:12] Thoughts on the use of psychoactive compounds in
end-of-life care and treating existential suffering.


[1:33:46] BJ’s secret habit that might surprise most people.


[1:38:32] Suggested material for an introverted hospice patient.


[1:45:04] What comes to mind when BJ hears the word “successful?”


[1:48:13] Daily practices for seeing good in people.


[1:51:00] How to ride a motorcycle when missing three limbs.


[1:55:01] What purchase of $100 or less has most positively
affected BJ’s life?


[1:56:53] BJ’s billboard.


[1:58:24] BJ’s advice to his 30-year-old-self.


[1:59:58] What has BJ changed his mind about in the last few
years?


[2:01:26] BJ’s requests/asks/suggestions of the audience.


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