This week we talk to Dr. Gabor Mate´ about addictionA renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress and childhood development.For twelve years Dr. Maté worked in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside with patients challenged by hard-core drug addiction, mental illness and HIV, including at Vancouver’s Supervised Injection Site.As an author, Dr. Maté has written several bestselling books including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction; When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress; and Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder, and co-authored Hold on to Your Kids. His works have been published internationally in twenty languages.Dr. Maté is the co-founder of Compassion for Addiction, a new non-profit that focusses on addiction. He is also an advisor of Drugs over Dinner.Dr. Maté has received the Hubert Evans Prize for Literary Non-Fiction; an Honorary Degree (Law) from the University of Northern British Columbia; an Outstanding Alumnus Award from Simon Fraser University; and the 2012 Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award from Mothers Against Teen Violence. He is an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Criminology, Simon Fraser University. In This Interview, Dr. Gabor Mate´ and I Discuss... The One You Feed parableThe degree of choice we have in lifeWhat is the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts?What is addiction?The characteristics of addictionRecognizing what addicts get out of their addictionThe fundamental question is not “Why the Addiction” but “Why the Pain”How all addiction comes out of some hurt or traumaThe different types of traumaThe role of neurotransmitters in addictionHow drugs and alcohol destroy the parts of the brain that allow us to make sound decisionsWhether or not genetics play a significant role in addictionWhether our culture breeds addictionHow our children get most of their leadership from other childrenHow the breakup of family, community and clan is contributing to addictionThe critical role of the culture in our the development of our brainsRecognizing our inherent valueTo what degree we have freedom over our choicesWithout consciousness, there is no freedomPaths to recoveryHow compassion can help with recoveryDeveloping compassionate curiosity towards ourselvesDr. Gabor Mate´ LinksHomepageTED TalkFacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Miguel Chen is a meditation practitioner, a yoga instructor, a yoga studio owner and the bass player for a punk rock band. He has also published a book called I Wanna Be Well: How a Punk Found Peace and You Can Too. In this compelling episode, Eric and Miguel explore the connection between punk rock and Buddhism and they dive into the experiences in his life - both traumatic and positive - that have shaped his spiritual path of awakening.Please support the show with a donationBombas INCREDIBLY comfortable socks which is reason enough to wear them but they ALSO donate a pair to a local homeless shelter for every pair that they sell get 20% off first purchase www.bombas.com/wolf offer code WOLFLinkedIn Find talent whether they're looking for a job or not. Focus on finding the right people regardless of their employment status. www.linkedin.com/wolf $50 off your first job postingPhlur Expertly crafted sustainably produced perfumes without all the bad stuff sold at an honest price. Go to their website to view pictures, listen to sounds and connect with words...if you like those, chances are you'll like the scent associated with them and they'll send you a 3 sampler kit to see. www.phlur.com use the promo code WOLF to get 20% off your custom Phlur sampler set In This Interview, Miguel Chen and I Discuss...His book, I Wanna Be Well: How a Punk Found Peace and You Can TooHow he owns a yoga studio and plays in a punk rock bandThe way he suppressed grief for dead family membersAsking himself why he wasn't happyThe connection between punk rock and BuddhismThe other as selfForgetting who we areThe importance of being mindful throughout lifeNot being present with stuff we likeNot being present with stuff we don't likeEating mindfullyHow if you're used to disconnecting from things you don't like, it starts creeping into the things you do likeHow he stays in the present momentTraining the mindHis morning routineNon-attachmentBeing criticized for his spiritual practiceHis spiritual practice while on tourThe danger of taking people in life for grantedHow grateful he is that he woke up early in his lifeWhy some people get motivated to get sober and others don'tMiguel Chen LinksHomepageInstagramTwitter Please support the show with a donationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Jillian Pransky is a Certified Yoga Therapist, a teacher and an author of the new book, Deep Listening: A Healing Practice to Calm Your Body, Clear Your Mind and Open Your Heart. In this interview, Jillian dives deep into the topic of somatic listening; what it is, why it's important, how to do it and the benefits you can expect. Restorative Yoga is an avenue for this type of work and it can be life changing to say the least. Do you experience tension in your body? Do you have unpleasant feelings? Do you feel exhausted? If your answer is yes or sometimes to any of these questions, you'll want to hear what Jillian Pransky has to say in this episode.Fin digital assistant knows your preferences, can pay bills, email on your behalf, on demand, only pay for what you use, integrate with your calendar and email try it for free at www.fin.com/wolf $60 of Fin's time/tasks to see if you like itBombas socks Jacob a friend of the show has switched his entire sock drawer to Bombas! Donates a pair of socks for every pair sold save 20% www.bombas.com/wolf offer code wolfSimple Habit on the go to calm your nerves make mindfulness and meditation easy www.simplehabit.com/wolf to get a free 7 day trial of their premium library In This Interview, Jillian Pransky and I Discuss...Her book, Deep Listening: A Healing Practice to Calm Your Body, Clear Your Mind and Open Your HeartHow she used to believe anxiety and depression was a choiceLearning to be with the bad wolfBefriending her bad wolfThat not everything can be fixedWhen surrender is neededNot being able to fix some way someone has treated usRestorative YogaPaying attention to our body and mind so that we're aware of how we shut down and open up and to be with it with opennessDeep listening to yourself can leave you more hard and cutoff or open and tenderThe tension in our body signifying the stress responsePaying attention long enough that it softens and shiftsJudging the tension we find in our bodiesGetting curious about the tension we find, breathing into itAsking "How am I still guarding myself when I don't have to be?" during Restorative Yoga"Doing Less"How the busier we are the less we have to feelListening is the act of allowingLove is the act of allowingAllowing yourself to be supported even when you're activeThat which is regular is way better than that which is a lotA little bit all the time re-wires usHow exhausting it is to be somewhere we're notOur thoughts are like social mediaForward thinking and past thinking after present moment beingLetting go vs Letting beAnalogy of salt in water: shot glass vs mason jar"The practice isn't about learning how to stay here but learning how to come back."Jillian Pransky LinksHomepageFacebookTwitterInstagramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.