Ep. 94: Dotsie Bausch - The Comeback Kid...at 40!
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Everyone loves a great comeback story and, as we head into the 4th of July holiday weekend here in the States, we can't think of any better way to celebrate than with the uplifting story of survival and triumph from one of USA's finest - Dotsie Bausch.
Dotsie and her track cycling teammates won the Silver medal at the 2012 London games, which is amazing unto itself; however, when you hear Dotsie’s story of what it took to get there, you’ll be even more astonished.
For years, she battled a debilitating eating disorder which left her on the brink of losing her life. Her recovery is nothing short of remarkable and so is her NEW mission in life -- to save the lives of others as Executive Director and tireless advocate at Switch4Good - the non-profit organization and podcast she started to tackle the ridiculous notion that we need cow’s milk for peak health and performance. It was a bill of goods she was sold for years as an elite-level athlete.
You’ll love hearing about her “underdog” triumph at the Olympics because it’s also how she is approaching her work now. She's most certainly an underdog going up against some powerful organizations out there, but we have no doubt she’ll stand on the podium once again with pride knowing that the power of the Silver medal is saving the lives of millions of children, animals, and our planet.
Episode and PLANTSTRONG Resources:
PLANTSTRONG Summer Grilling Guide
Dotsie Bausch Website and Social Media
Switch4Good Website Live Better. Do More. Dairy Free
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| 0:00.0 | I can say today there's never a second of any day that I am obsessed with what is going on my plate |
| 0:08.2 | or how much I'm exercising or what I'm putting in. It's complete joy, it's complete freedom, it's |
| 0:15.5 | complete love. And I do feel like I owe that to a plant-based diet. I got a lot better, obviously, |
| 0:25.4 | and healed, and I was eating animals. But I still didn't have any kind of relationship with |
| 0:32.1 | fueling myself and how foods made me feel and what it meant to eat certain foods. It was just, |
| 0:39.0 | I was just kind of more mechanical. My husband and I would go out to eat six nights a week. It was |
| 0:42.8 | just like, yeah, just food, whatever. And now it's just like this, it's just a whole experience of |
| 0:49.9 | a freedom and an if fulfillment and joy and it's really, really, it's really cool. So it's |
| 0:58.1 | definitely the exact opposite of where I was before. |
| 1:05.2 | Season three of the Plant Strong podcast explores those gala-layo moments where you seek |
| 1:12.8 | to understand the real truth around your health and dare to see the world through a different lens. |
| 1:21.1 | This season we honor those courageous seekers who are paving the way for you and me. |
| 1:28.6 | So grab your telescope, point it towards your future, and let's get plants strong together. |
| 1:35.2 | Hey everybody, I'm Rip Eselston. I want to welcome you to the Plant Strong podcast. |
| 1:45.8 | I really hope your summer is off to a grand start and you are eating up that watermelon, |
| 1:53.2 | those cherries, strawberries, berries, peaches, nectarines, and you're just lapping it all up, |
| 2:03.0 | you're fit, you're healthy, and you're happy. I want to share with you today a comeback story |
| 2:13.0 | that is really phenomenal and who doesn't love a great comeback story. Today I'm going to bring you |
| 2:22.7 | the ultimate redemption story of USA Olympic medalist, Dotsi Bouch. In fact, I can't even think of a |
| 2:32.8 | better way to head into the July 4th weekend than with an inspiring uplifting story of survival and |
| 2:41.2 | triumph from one of USA's finest. And I am so pumped up right now because we got the Olympic trials |
| 2:50.1 | going on with the swimming and the track and field and the Paralympics and it is just getting me |
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