Introduction

Hear the full interview with Gabor Mate at Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/posts/gabor-mate-free-61785859 Gabor Maté talks to Katie about how his experience as a Holocaust survivor turned him into a critic of Israel and a Free Palestine activist. Gabor Maté is a renowned speaker and best selling author who focuses on addiction, stress, childhood development and trauma. He is the author of "Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder," "When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress," "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction," and the forthcoming book "The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture." He's a developer of the therapeutic approach compassionate inquiry, now studied by hundreds of therapists, physicians, counselors and others internationally.