May These Words Matter: Reflecting on the wisdom of Dr Gabor Mate

Malika and Gitika walked into Dr. Gabor Maté’s live lecture expecting insight but we got so much more than that! There’s something disarming about the way Dr Maté’ connects the personal to the political, the clinical to the everyday, and the mind to the body without splitting them into separate boxes. If you’ve ever felt your emotions living in your skin, your stomach, your jaw, or your fatigue, this conversation is for you.We talk through the lines we can’t stop thinking about, starting with his blunt correction: the mind and body are not “connected” because they are one. From there, we explore what it means when the immune system and the emotional system are both trying to protect us, and how anger, suppression, and chronic stress can show up as inflammation, autoimmune issues, and other stress related illness. We also reflect on The Myth Of Normal and the cultural obsession with praising people who are endlessly calm, self sacrificing, and “no trouble” and why that story can quietly train us to abandon ourselves.We zoom out to the systems level too. Healthcare is political, and medicine can follow ideology instead of science, affecting outcomes across race, gender, and community. We connect this to South Asian health and cardiovascular risk, the problems with size based assumptions, and why better care starts with better questions about stress, trauma, and support. And we end with the concept that hit us hardest: in a fight between attachment and authenticity, attachment often wins, until we learn to notice the pattern and choose differently.If this resonates, subscribe, share the show with someone who needs it, and leave a review so more people can find this corner of the circle. We would love to hear from you! write to usThanks for listening! we would love to hear from you, write to us, Your hosts, Malika & Gitika Malika is the Founder of Ik Aas Counseling, know more at https://malikabains.com/ Gitika is the Founder of Pranh Healing & Wellness, know more at https://www.pranhwellness.com/