About this episode
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. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #298 "Dr. Gabor Maté — New Paradigms, Ayahuasca, and Redefining Addiction" and episode #153 "The Man Who Studied 1,000 Deaths to Learn How to Live." Please enjoy! Sponsors: Vuori Clothing high-quality performance apparel: https://vuoriclothing.com/tim (20% off your first purchase) Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business: https://shopify.com/tim (one-dollar-per-month trial period) LinkedIn Ads marketing platform with 1B+ users: https://linkedin.com/TFS ( free $100 LinkedIn ad credit for your first campaign) Timestamps: [00:00] Start [05:37] Notes about this supercombo format. [06:57] Enter Gabor Maté. [07:22] Compassionate inquiry and trauma vs. traumatic. [11:06] Self-reconnection resources. [14:40] How Gabor benefits from yoga. [16:27] Gabor’s thoughts on the therapeutic value of psychedelics. [18:14] What’s been revealed by Gabor’s experiences with ayahuasca? [25:32] Essential intention. [26:30] We don’t respond to what happens, but to our perception of what happens. [32:48] Enter BJ Miller. [33:07] What does BJ do? [35:32] What does the first meeting look like for a new patient at the Zen Hospice Project? [37:18] Defining palliative care. [40:54] What happens when a patient dies in Zen Hospice compared to a regular hospital? [45:03] How many deaths has BJ experienced? [45:42] What has observing hundreds of deaths taught BJ about living? [50:39] On keeping a mindfulness or meditation practice. [55:05] About the Dinky (a terrifying story of electrocution). [1:04:29] The miracle of a snowball in the burn ward. [1:07:48] BJ’s experience as an undergraduate student at Princeton. [1:08:46] On the idea of art. [1:14:46] How BJ would support someone who suffered injuries similar to his own. [1:16:57] What helps people most in hospice care? [1:21:22] Why cookies matter. [1:23:12] Thoughts on the use of psychoactive compounds in end-of-life care and treating existential suffering. [1:33:46] BJ’s secret habit that might surprise most people. [1:38:32] Suggested material for an introverted hospice patient. [1:45:04] What comes to mind when BJ hears the word “successful?” [1:48:13] Daily practices for seeing good in people. [1:51:00] How to ride a motorcycle when missing three limbs. [1:55:01] What purchase of $100 or less has most positively affected BJ’s life? [1:56:53] BJ’s billboard. [1:58:24] BJ’s advice to his 30-year-old-self. [1:59:58] What has BJ changed his mind about in the last few years? [2:01:26] BJ’s requests/asks/suggestions of the audience. * For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show , please visit tim.blog/podcast . For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show , please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsors Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter ( 5-Bullet Friday ) at tim.blog/friday . For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts . Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books . Follow Tim: Twitter : twitter.com/tferriss Instagram : instagram.com/timferriss YouTube : youtube.com/timferriss Facebook : facebook.com/timferriss LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferriss Past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld , Hugh Jackman , Dr. Jane Goodall , LeBron James , Kevin Hart , Doris Kearns Goodwin , Jamie Foxx , Matthew McConaughey , Esther Perel , Elizabeth Gilbert , Terry Crews , Sia , Yuval Noah Harari , Malcolm Gladwell , Madeleine Albright , Cheryl Strayed , Jim Collins , Mary Karr, Maria Popova , Sam Harris , Michael Phelps , Bob Iger , Edward Norton , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Neil Strauss , Ken Burns , Maria Sharapova , Marc Andreessen , Neil Gaiman , Neil de Grasse Tyson , Jocko Willink , Daniel Ek , Kelly Slater , Dr. Peter Attia , Seth Godin , Howard Marks , Dr. Brené Brown , Eric Schmidt , Michael Lewis , Joe Gebbia , Michael Pollan , Dr. Jordan Peterson , Vince Vaughn , Brian Koppelman , Ramit Sethi , Dax Shepard , Tony Robbins , Jim Dethmer , Dan Harris , Ray Dalio , Naval Ravikant , Vitalik Buterin , Elizabeth Lesser , Amanda Palmer , Katie Haun , Sir Richard Branson , Chuck Palahniuk , Arianna Huffington , Reid Hoffman , Bill Burr , Whitney Cummings , Rick Rubin , Dr. Vivek Murthy , Darren Aronofsky , Margaret Atwood , Mark Zuckerberg , Peter Thiel , Dr. Gabor Maté , Anne Lamott , Sarah Silverman , Dr. Andrew Huberman , and many more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .