This episode is a twoforone, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10year 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 No. 298 "Dr. Gabor Maté — New Paradigms, Ayahuasca, and Redefining Addiction" and episode No. 153 "The Man Who Studied 1,000 Deaths to Learn How to Live."

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Resources from this episode:
https://tim.blog/2024/05/17/drgabor...

Timestamps:

[00:00] Start

[05:53] Notes about this supercombo format.

[07:13] Enter Gabor Maté.

[07:38] Compassionate inquiry and trauma vs. traumatic.

[11:22] Selfreconnection resources.

[14:56] How Gabor benefits from yoga.

[16:43] Gabor’s thoughts on the therapeutic value of psychedelics.

[18:30] What’s been revealed by Gabor’s experiences with ayahuasca?

[25:48] Essential intention.

[26:46] We don’t respond to what happens, but to our perception of what happens.

[33:04] Enter BJ Miller.

[33:23] What does BJ do?

[35:48] What does the first meeting look like for a new patient at the Zen Hospice Project?

[37:34] Defining palliative care.

[41:10] What happens when a patient dies in Zen Hospice compared to a regular hospital?

[45:19] How many deaths has BJ experienced?

[45:58] What has observing hundreds of deaths taught BJ about living?

[50:55] On keeping a mindfulness or meditation practice.

[55:21] About the Dinky (a terrifying story of electrocution).

[1:04:45] The miracle of a snowball in the burn ward.

[1:08:04] BJ’s experience as an undergraduate student at Princeton.

[1:09:02] On the idea of art.

[1:15:02] How BJ would support someone who suffered injuries similar to his own.

[1:17:13] What helps people most in hospice care?

[1:21:38] Why cookies matter.

[1:23:28] Thoughts on the use of psychoactive compounds in endoflife care and treating existential suffering.

[1:34:02] BJ’s secret habit that might surprise most people.

[1:38:48] Suggested material for an introverted hospice patient.

[1:45:20] What comes to mind when BJ hears the word “successful?”

[1:48:29] Daily practices for seeing good in people.

[1:51:16] How to ride a motorcycle when missing three limbs.

[1:55:17] What purchase of $100 or less has most positively affected BJ’s life?

[1:57:09] BJ’s billboard.

[1:58:40] BJ’s advice to his 30yearoldself.

[2:00:14] What has BJ changed his mind about in the last few years?

[2:01:42] BJ’s requests/asks/suggestions of the audience.

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