Gabor Maté: Five Steps To Stop Scrolling, Bingeing, and Self-Medicating — And Reclaim Your Brain

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Practical tools to break "automatic habits" and take back your agency. Gabor Maté is a retired physician who, after 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, worked for over a decade in Vancouver's Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The bestselling author of five books, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Gabor is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. In this episode we talk about: Practical strategies for dealing with both our addictive tendencies and scattered minds The real question to ask yourself when it comes to addiction Maté's relationship with ADHD The relationship between ADHD and addiction Tools for conscious harm reduction The practice of "Compassionate Curiosity" "Re-parenting" practices for your nervous system And more Related Episodes: Modern Life Is Making You Sick, but It Doesn't Have To Get the 10% with Dan Harris app here Sign up for Dan's free newsletter here Follow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTok Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Additional Resources: Rethinking ADHD The Myth of Normal Scattered Minds Join Dan and Emmy Award-winning journalist Allison Gilbert at 92NY on May 17th for a live conversation about how mindfulness can deepen connection and combat loneliness, available in person and via streaming. Register here. Join Dan, Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren for Meditation Party, a 3-day immersive retreat at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY, October 16–18, 2026. Register here. To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris
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Gabor Maté: Five Steps To Stop Scrolling, Bingeing, and Self-Medicating — And Reclaim Your Brain
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Gabor Maté: Five Steps To Stop Scrolling, Bingeing, and Self-Medicating — And Reclaim Your Brain

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Gabor Maté inspired by Gabor Maté · Apr 2026

I don't ask why the addiction — I ask why the pain first.

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Gabor Maté inspired by Gabor Maté · Apr 2026

A child gets hurt not just by bad things happening, but by good things not happening.

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Gabor Maté inspired by Gabor Maté · Apr 2026

Tuning out isn't a disorder — it's what a stressed brain does when it can't escape.

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Gabor Maté inspired by Gabor Maté · Apr 2026

Asking "what's wrong with me?" puts me in fight-or-flight. Asking "I wonder why I do this" opens me up.

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Gabor Maté inspired by Gabor Maté · Apr 2026

People only face hard truths about themselves when compassion is present — including their own.

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Gabor Maté inspired by Gabor Maté · Apr 2026

Nine minutes of scrolling gives real relief from real stress — that's worth acknowledging, not shaming.

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Gabor Maté inspired by Gabor Maté · Apr 2026

Eating ice cream consciously — saying "I'm doing this to manage stress" — actually makes me want it less.

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Gabor Maté inspired by Gabor Maté · Apr 2026

Blame is a story about someone being bad on purpose. Anger is just a feeling — those are not the same thing.

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Gabor Maté inspired by Gabor Maté · Apr 2026

Understanding what happened in the past doesn't mean I'm off the hook for what I do now.

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Gabor Maté inspired by Gabor Maté · Apr 2026

Meditation is to the mind what brushing teeth is to the mouth — basic upkeep, not a special practice.

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