Ep. 308: "Broc and Roll" with Rip and Carrie - Overcoming Social Pressures of Staying PLANTSTRONG
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Let’s face it—choosing a plant-strong lifestyle can sometimes feel like swimming upstream. Whether it’s side-eyes at the dinner table, skeptical coworkers, or relentless comments from “nutrition experts” on TikTok, the pressure is real.
In this episode, Rip and his producer, Carrie Barrett, share that it's not just doable—it’s empowering.
Drawing on decades of personal experience and thousands of conversations in the PLANTSTRONG community, they offer real-world strategies, mindset shifts, and a big dose of confidence to help you stay strong, no matter what’s coming at you.
They share:
- Why social pressure is one of the biggest obstacles to a plant-based lifestyle
- How to handle criticism from friends, family, and strangers
- The power of treating your lifestyle shift as a personal experiment
- Why ridicule often says more about them than you
- Tips for finding (and building) plant-based support communities
- The importance of having a strong “why”
- How to set boundaries and stand up for yourself with confidence
- Learning to give yourself grace on the journey
Conviction and confidence are your greatest allies. Stand tall, stay true, and remember—every time you say “yes” to plants, you’re saying yes to your health, your values, and the world.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Ray Besselston, and you're listening to the Plan Strong podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | We are smack dab in the middle of summer travel season here in the good old U.S. of A. |
| 0:11.0 | And I hope that you're all enjoying yourselves, exploring all kinds of new places. |
| 0:18.0 | And if you're on the road, you're keeping it plan strong. Not long ago, |
| 0:23.5 | my producer of the podcast, Carrie, and I, we released a short episode on how to stay plan strong |
| 0:32.3 | while traveling and eating out at restaurants. And oftentimes, a break from routine compose challenges |
| 0:43.8 | like vacations during summertime. But we like to think of these things more of an |
| 0:51.0 | adventure than anything else. So today, we are back with another |
| 0:55.6 | rock and roll. That's right. Not rock and roll. Brock and roll with Rip and carry. It's one of |
| 1:03.0 | our minisodes that discuss another hot topic like, how do you deal with all of the social pressures and the ridicule of being |
| 1:13.9 | a whole food plant-based person? I know it sounds crazy like this lifestyle, one that's |
| 1:22.1 | abundant in fruits and vegetables and whole grains and beans and is all about being a better steward for the planet |
| 1:32.3 | and being compassionate towards animals is constantly under scrutiny, but it is. |
| 1:38.3 | And so Carrie and I were here to help. |
| 1:41.3 | So how do we deal with the social pressures and the constant jabbing that we get? Let's |
| 1:47.3 | find out right now. Hello, Plant Strong family. This is producer Carrie Barrett. And Rip is on |
| 1:55.9 | vacation this week. And speaking of vacation, we want to personally invite you to join us, the entire Plant Strong team this week. And speaking of vacation, we want to personally invite you to join us the entire |
| 2:02.9 | Plant Strong team this November for the Plant Strong retreat in the breathtaking Blue Ridge |
| 2:08.8 | Mountains of Black Mountain, North Carolina. Now, let me tell you, having been there a couple |
| 2:14.2 | times, this is the experience that we all look forward to every year, |
| 2:19.6 | the entire Plant Strong team. It is five plus days of transformation surrounded by like-minded |
| 2:25.5 | souls, expert speakers, delicious food made from whole plants, daily movement, and the |
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