{"id":27920,"date":"2026-10-15T03:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=27920"},"modified":"2026-10-13T12:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T18:16:49","slug":"just-one-question-gabor-mate-what-keeps-me-from-being-more-compassionate","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/just-one-question-gabor-mate-what-keeps-me-from-being-more-compassionate\/","title":{"rendered":"Just One Question | Gabor Mat\u00e9: What Keeps Me from Being More Compassionate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/1632d73c-91ea-42a8-a3db-a62b135d081c\/episodes\/20a18415-7ce3-4d20-b7fe-c23ba9760dba\/embed?theme=dark-custom&amp;primary_color=%23F60F60\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why do some of the most hardened people\u2014lifers on death row, people who&#8217;ve killed\u2014turn out to be, underneath it all, remarkably sensitive? Physician and trauma expert Dr. Gabor Mat\u00e9 has spent decades working with addicts and prisoners, and he&#8217;s found a pattern that upends how we usually think about cruelty and compassion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Gabor Mat\u00e9 is a physician and bestselling author whose work on trauma and addiction has shaped how millions understand pain, illness, and healing. He&#8217;s the author of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the Body Says No<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scattered Minds<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and, with his son Daniel, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Myth of Normal<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this conversation, Tami and Gabor explore:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why compassion is wired into us from birth and what shuts it down<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The neuroscience of care, drawing on affective neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp&#8217;s research on emotional systems<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Gabor has witnessed firsthand working with lifers and people on death row<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The difference between &#8220;orchid&#8221; and &#8220;dandelion&#8221; temperaments, and why high sensitivity can become either a liability or a gift<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why genes linked to addiction may really be genes for sensitivity<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This one&#8217;s for anyone trying to understand the roots of cruelty, or working through their own compassion fatigue; toward others, or toward themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taken from the full <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insights at the Edge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conversation with Gabor Mat\u00e9 titled \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/a\/resources\/podcast\/gabor-mate-healing-principles-to-embody-in-a-traumatized-world\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gabor Mat\u00e9: Healing Principles to Embody in a Traumatized World<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27921,"template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[392,1085],"tags":[170,242],"contributor":[504],"class_list":["post-27920","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-healing","category-personal-growth","tag-insights-at-the-edge","tag-tami-simon","contributor-gabor-mate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Just One Question | Gabor Mat\u00e9: What Keeps Me from Being More Compassionate? | Sounds True<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Just One Question | Gabor Mat\u00e9: What Keeps Me from Being More Compassionate? | Sounds True\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Why do some of the most hardened people\u2014lifers on death row, people who&#8217;ve killed\u2014turn out to be, underneath it all, remarkably sensitive? 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