Gabor Maté: The Hidden Wound Behind ADHD, People-Pleasing + Relationship Patterns

About this episode

A conversation with Dr. Gabor Maté exploring the misunderstood causes of ADHD and the deeper roots of various emotional and relational patterns.

Want 3 Life-Changing Tools you can use on yourself (or your clients) from inside our Accredited Coaching Certification? Click here to get them for Free: https://www.alyssanobriga.com/tools ==== What if one of the biggest misunderstandings about ADHD is what actually causes it? In this episode of The Healing + Human Potential Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Gabor Maté, one of the most respected voices in the world on trauma, addiction, childhood development + the mind-body connection, to explore why ADHD is so often misunderstood, and how many patterns people blame on themselves may have deeper roots in stress, sensitivity, and early environment. We talk about the hidden roots of people-pleasing, why chronic stress may be making people sick, how loneliness impacts both emotional + physical health, and how childhood wounds can quietly shape relationships, self-worth, and the partners we choose. Dr. Maté also shares why sensitivity may be a gift rather than a weakness, how the inner critic is formed, and what true healing looks like when we stop asking what's wrong with us and start asking what happened to us. If you've ever felt overwhelmed, stuck in painful cycles, too sensitive…

People in this episode

Host: Alyssa Nobriga

Guest: Gabor Maté

Topics covered

• ADHD
• trauma
• people-pleasing
• relationship patterns
• mental health
• sensitivity

Keywords

• ADHD
• trauma
• people-pleasing
• mental health
• sensitivity
• chronic stress
• childhood wounds

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Accredited Coaching Certification

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