Rich Roll on Conversation, Connection and How To Cope In a Toxic World #93

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 11.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2020

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Summary

My guest on this week’s podcast is plant-powered wellness advocate, best-selling author and podcast host, Rich Roll. You may remember Rich from episode 28, when he talked about his transformation from overweight alcoholic to vegan ultra-endurance athlete, and the importance of finding purpose in life. Rich is the first of my guests to feature on Feel Better Live More for a second time and that’s because, when I met him back in autumn 2018, I felt a deep connection and I knew our conversation wasn’t finished. We cover so much ground in this chat, from learning how to say no, to avoiding the toxic nutrition wars on Twitter and why it’s OK not to watch the News. Rich recounts his journey of sobriety and reveals why ‘alcoholic’ is one label he’ll never give up. We talk about addiction as a broad spectrum of disease that even includes our dependence on technology. Finally, we discuss how best to cope with the divided state of the world, how vital it is to open up to new perspectives, and why long-form conversations – like this very podcast – might just be the antidote we need in our distracted, modern world. I think you can hear how much I enjoyed catching up with Rich again and I know there will be many topics that resonate with you. I hope you find it as inspiring as I did. Show notes available at drchatterjee.com/93 Follow me on instagram.com/drchatterjee/ Follow me on facebook.com/DrChatterjee/ Follow me on twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

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0:00.0	I really believe that addiction is a spectrum disease that essentially affects every single human
0:08.8	being. And what I mean by that is, on the one hand, you have the alcoholic who's in the gutter
0:15.7	or the heroin addict that just can't pull, you know, who's got abscesses and can't keep the needle
0:20.1	out of his or her arm.
0:22.3	But on the other hand, at the very other end of the spectrum, you have the person who mindlessly
0:29.1	scrolls through Instagram while they're standing in line at Starbucks, or the person who
0:35.2	repeatedly dates the wrong person that's bad for them,
0:39.5	or the individual who keeps looping a self-defeating narrative about who they are.
0:47.3	Those are all different forms of addiction or compulsive behavior patterns
0:52.4	that separate us from our innate divinity and prevent
0:58.7	us from being the self-actualized human beings that were capable of being.
1:04.0	Hi, my name is Rangan Chatschi, GP, television presenter and author of the best-selling books, The Stress Solution,
1:12.5	and the Four Pillar Plan.
1:14.2	I believe that all of us have the ability to feel better than we currently do, but getting
1:19.0	healthy has become far too complicated.
1:21.8	With this podcast, I aim to simplify it.
1:25.1	I'm going to be having conversations with some of the most interesting and
1:27.9	exciting people both within as well as outside the health space to hopefully inspire you,
1:33.6	as well as empower you with simple tips that you can put into practice immediately to
1:38.3	transform the way that you feel. I believe that when we are healthier, we are happier, because when
1:43.7	we feel better, we live more.
1:48.5	Hello and welcome back to episode 93 of my Feel Better Live More podcast. My name is Rongan Chatterjee and I am your host.
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