Dr. Gabor Maté Recommended Books
Dr. Gabor Maté has recommended 7 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Gabor Maté is a Hungarian-born Canadian physician.
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Waking the Tiger
Healing Trauma
"[The author's] first book. And he’s written many wonderful books since then." - Dr. Gabor Maté (Source)
The Drama of the Gifted Child
The Search for the True Self
"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." - Dr. Gabor Maté (Source)
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Whitney Cummings recommended this bookWhitney Cummings
"If you’re a creative person, if you have any kind of anxiety or discomfort, just read it." - Whitney Cummings
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Josh Waitzkin recommended this bookJosh Waitzkin
Josh Waitzkin recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
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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." - Dr. Gabor Maté (Source)
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Steve Jobs recommended this bookSteve Jobs
Daniel Kottke said he and Steve Jobs definitely read this book prior to the India trip.
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Don Quixote
"I read [this book] as a child and then, reread many times as an adult. And he’s my favorite character." - Dr. Gabor Maté (Source)
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PewDiePie recommended this bookPewDiePie
"My favorite piece of classical literature that I've ever read." - PewDiePie
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Winnie-the-Pooh
Winnie the Pooh, Book 2
"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." - Dr. Gabor Maté (Source)
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Hillary Clinton recommended this bookHillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton mentioned reading this book as a child.
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The Scourge of the Swastika
A History of Nazi War Crimes During World War II
"I began to read it, saw photographs of the horrors of the concentration camps and the extermination details in Eastern Europe." - Dr. Gabor Maté (Source)
What Doesn't Kill Us
How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength
"Wim Hof’s program has become an essential part of my daily regimen for self-care and grounding. I warmly recommend it." - Dr. Gabor Maté (Source)
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Wim Hof recommended this bookWim Hof
"[The author] set his mind to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with me. And I hope I’m not giving away any spoilers, but we bloody did it in record time." - Wim Hof
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Dr. Andrew Weil recommended this bookDr. Andrew Weil
"Recommended reading for everyone interested in human potentials." - Dr. Andrew Weil
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Russell Brand recommended this bookRussell Brand
"Wim Hof is a legend. This book is great. It’s like learning yoga from Thor." - Russell Brand
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