#190 How You Can Turn Addictive Behaviors into an Obsessive Focus | Dotsie Bausch on Impact Theory

Addiction. Where does it originate from, what keeps us coming back to feed it, and how can we leverage it into a strength? On this episode of Impact Theory, Olympic silver-medalist Dotsie Bausch joins Tom Bilyeu to discuss such matters and explore the full depth of addictive habits to show how you can take control of your addictions and re-aim them towards new-productive outlets. They speak about the drive that suffering breeds, the other side of addiction and pain, how we are all addicted to something, how Dotsie re-aimed her addictive tendencies towards cycling, the impact therapy had on her life, why you shouldn’t be afraid to enter ‘the darkness,’ and how pushing yourself always leads to growth.
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SHOW NOTES:

Beginnings | Dotsie shares her story of first picking up cycling. [0:31]
Suffering | Dotsie discusses body dysmorphia, anorexia, and how discipline ties in. [2:54]
Sickness | Dotsie discusses how she pointed her pain towards hardcore Olympic training. [5:53]
The Other Side | Dotsie shares how she overcame anorexia and ‘flipped the coin.’ [8:52]
Addiction | Dotsie discusses how relinking the mind and body leads to powerful healing. [13:22]
Fear | Dotsie shares how her addictions was her best friend and worst enemy. [16:42]
Cycling | Dotsie discusses how she began to point her obsession towards cycling. [20:00]
Miles | Dotsie shares how she went from inexperienced in cycling to ‘Olympic ready.’ [24:26]
Go Harder | Dotsie discusses why she kept pushing herself in pursuit of greatness. [27:02]
Compete | Dotsie discusses being competitive with oneself versus others. [30:25]
The Darkness | Dotsie shares what it means to ‘go to a deep dark place.’ [32:55]
Growth | Dotsie reveals how improvement is always the reward to pushing yourself. [36:56]
Anger Stick | Dotsie shares her story of using an anger stick to release emotions. [37:59]
Hindsight | Dotsie discusses how her story is filled with many times of not giving up. [42:46]

QUOTES:

“I just knew that I loved cycling and it was going to take suffering. I had learned that much, and so I was going to have to get good at suffering.” [28:22]

“When you think that you are broken and you couldn’t possibly go another step, you’re only 40% of the way there.” [33:46]

“I knew there was no way to getting better unless I got pretty damn uncomfortable almost every single time.” [35:46]

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