Dr. Gabor Maté's Book Recommendations
Gabor Maté is a Hungarian-Canadian physician known for his work on trauma, addiction, stress, and childhood development. His approach focuses on the impact of early childhood experiences on mental and physical health. Based on his recommendations, he seems to appreciate works exploring human psychology, suffering, and resilience.
📚 Books Recommended by Dr. Gabor Maté 7
Waking the Tiger
"[The author's] first book. And he’s written many wonderful books since then."
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The Drama of the Gifted Child
"All about the fact that stuff happens to us as children, negative things happen. Then, we adapt to those things by taking on certain defensive ways of being."
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The Dhammapada
"The Buddhist collection of sayings. And it begins with, basically, the idea that we create the world with our minds."
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Don Quixote
"I read Don Quixote as a child and then, reread many times as an adult. And he’s my favorite character."
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Winnie-the-Pooh
"One of the seminal books of my childhood. [...] What struck me about Pooh, of course, [was that] there was this bear of little brains who was so much wiser than everybody else."
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The Scourge of the Swastika
"I began to read it, saw photographs of the horrors of the concentration camps and the extermination details in Eastern Europe."
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What Doesn't Kill Us
"Wim Hof’s program has become an essential part of my daily regimen for self-care and grounding. I warmly recommend it."
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