Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2024-05-17
Books mentioned on #738: Dr. Gabor Maté and Dr. BJ Miller
This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year 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.
Gabor Mate recommended Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine and others, and discussed In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté. BJ Miller recommended Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A.
Recommended“waking the tiger waking the tiger was his first book and he's written many wonderful books since then somatic somatic experiencing his method is called”
Where to get it
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts is a profound examination of addiction, trauma, and healing by Dr.
Discussed“so in 2008 my book on Addiction in the realm of Hungry Ghost close encounters with addiction was published in Canada”
Where to get it
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Radical Acceptance
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach is a widely praised self-help and psychology book that integrates Buddhist mindfulness teachings with Western psychotherapy to help readers overcome self-doubt, shame, and emotional suffering.
Recommended“of course there's a book with a very Bland title called radical acceptance by Tara Brock that I found very very particularly helpful to me”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I tell that story in the 4-Hour Work week but the tools then were absolutely atrocious and I could only dream of a platform like Shopify”
“Gabor is an addiction and Trauma expert and bestselling author of in the realm of hungry ghosts when the body says no”
“Gabor is an addiction and Trauma expert and bestselling author of in the realm of hungry ghosts when the body says no”
“and the myth of normal trauma illness and healing in a toxic culture”