Ep. 73: Paul de Gelder - Remaining Resilient

PLANTSTRONG Podcast

Rip Esselstyn

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Medicine, Nutrition

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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It’s always wonderful to catch up with friends and fellow plantstrong powerhouses! Today, we're thrilled to welcome Paul de Gelder back to the podcast. You can catch his first interview here in season one.

In 2009, Paul was a Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diver on a training exercise in Sydney Harbor when he was viciously attacked by a nine-foot bull shark. He came precariously close to death, as you’ll hear him recount today.

As a man who faced death face-on, he knows a thing or two about fear. How do you handle fear and uncertainty? How do you navigate dark times and turbulent waters? You double-down on structure, routine, and strength, as Paul emphasizes today.

From the start, instead of anger or depression, Paul committed his recovery and new life to one of conservation, compassion, and commitment - not just to our planet, but to the animals that nearly killed him.

He's a regular host of Sharkweek on the Discovery Channel where he takes celebrities like Will Smith and Mike Tyson on shark dives to raise awareness of the beauty and importance of these creatures that humans fear most.

It’s so easy to be inspired by Paul and, as he says, “Once you get past the fear of dying, life becomes more refreshing and free."

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0:00.0	I still got to get the message out there. I still got people struggling more now than ever.
0:03.9	And so I feel like it's my duty to motivate and inspire and uplift people and let them know that it's going to be okay.
0:09.9	We're stronger than we believe.
0:15.4	Season three of the Plant Strong podcast explores those Galileo moments where you seek
0:23.2	to understand the real truth around your health and dare to see the world
0:30.0	through a different lens. This season we honor those courageous seekers who are paving the way
0:37.2	for you and me. So grab your telescope, point it towards your future and let's get Plant Strong together.
0:51.4	It's always wonderful to catch up with friends and fellow Plant Strong powerhouses
0:56.2	and wouldn't you know it a few weeks ago. I got word that Mr. Paul DeGelder, Mr. Sharkman,
1:03.0	was passing through Austin, Texas. So I reached out, pinged him to meet up and we went to ATX
1:10.8	Food Code for some of their amazing Tempe barbecue brisket and afterwards I insisted that he come
1:19.2	back to the Plant Strong World headquarters and be part of season three of the podcast.
1:24.0	And as you'll soon understand when Paul talks, you can't help but hang on to every last word.
1:34.9	If you haven't already, be sure to go back to season one of the podcasts and listen to my first
1:40.4	conversation with Paul that is an absolute doozy. We have stayed in touch over the years and it was
1:49.0	fabulous to to see him again and connect because it had been way too long. So a little background on
1:56.5	Paul in 2009, he was a Royal Australian Navy clearance diver and on a simple like training exercise
2:05.6	in Sydney Harbor, he was viciously attacked by a nine foot bull shark. For the record, there had not
2:11.6	been a shark attack in Sydney Harbor in over 61 years. Suffice it to say, he barely survived and
2:21.0	lost both his right arm and leg in the process and came precariously close to dying as you're going
2:28.3	to hear him recount today. But here's the thing, instead of anger or depression, Paul approached his
2:36.0	recovery with his tried and true mantra, improvise, adapt, overcome. And he launched himself into a
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