Gabor Maté: The Psychology Behind Power, Narcissism & Donald Trump

Narcissism is everywhere in today’s conversation. Labeled, analyzed, and often condemned. But what if it isn’t simply dysfunction… what if it’s protection? What if the traits we judge most harshly were once necessary for survival? And when we look at powerful figures like Donald Trump, are we seeing pathology... or the long shadow of early adaptation? In this episode of the Align Podcast, Dr. Gabor Maté unpacks how childhood experiences shape identity, behavior, and health, revealing how trauma lives in the body and drives much of what we call personality. This conversation opens a deeper lens on healing, connection, and what it really means to come back to yourself. EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY: 🎟️ Get 15% off at Kaizen (clean electrolytes): 🎟️ Go to Timeline.com/ALIGN and get up to 39% off your order of Mitopure Gummies ========== OUR GUEST ========== A renowned speaker and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress, and childhood development. Dr. Maté has written several bestselling books, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection, and Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It, and has coauthored Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. His works have been published internationally in nearly thirty languages. ============ GABOR MATÉ ============ 📸 IG ▶ 📘 FB ▶ ▶ YT ▶ 🌐 WEB ▶ ================= AARON ALEXANDER ================= 📸 IG ▶ 🤳 TIKTOK ▶ 👉

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Gabor Maté: The Psychology Behind Power, Narcissism & Donald Trump is an episode from Align Podcast by Aaron Alexander.

This episode is 72:35 long.

This episode was published on Mar 20, 2026.

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