Physician · Author · Educator

What happens
when we meet
ourselves?

A life of inquiry into trauma, addiction, stress, and the possibility of healing through connection.

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“The question is not what is wrong with you.
It is: what happened to you?”

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Healing is not about fixing what is broken. It is about finding the places within us that have been waiting to be witnessed.

For more than four decades, Dr. Gabor Mate has worked at the intersection of science, compassion, and lived experience. His work invites us to look beneath symptoms and toward the stories they carry.

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From the library

“The attempt to escape from pain is what creates more pain.”

— In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

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Be where the
questions are.

In person · Vancouver

Healing the wounds we carry

An evening of reflection, science, and the shared work of coming home to ourselves.

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