Dominique Sachse on Aging Well, HRT, and Building Muscle After 50
4/14/20261 hr 21 min
The moment you decide to show up publicly, you open the door to opinions from people who would never say those things to your face. Dominique Sachse, journalist, author, and content creator who has lived her life on camera for over three decades, gets honest about what it costs to put yourself out there, why online cruelty is a psychology problem more than a content problem, and how “Teflon Dom” developed the thick skin to let none of it redirect her.
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First 90 secondsDominique Sachse· Guest0:00
Beauty and aging can look this way to one person and this way to another. And here's the word that I want to remove from everybody's vocabulary, and that is the word should. What aging should look like, because your should isn't my should, and it could evolve, and it could change just like we do over time.
Gabrielle Lyon· Host0:22
Now, the women are exposed to a lot more online, a lot of unrealistic images. It's pervasive.
Dominique Sachse· Guest0:32
Yeah, it's great to look good. Yeah, it's great to have abs. Yeah, it's great to have, you know, cuts in the shoulders. All wonderful things, but you have to know the why of what you're doing. Right now, I can't show up for myself in a way in the gym or physically that I want to, because I might hurt myself. I might cause more damage than benefit because I'm not in a good place.
Gabrielle Lyon· Host0:57
And you said embrace change. I would say that is very difficult for people.
Dominique Sachse· Guest1:04
It is.
Gabrielle Lyon· Host1:04
And- It's scary. What has changed over the last decade for you in terms of your training and nutrition?
Dominique Sachse· Guest1:12
Here's the part that really scares me about it all.
Gabrielle Lyon· Host1:14
[gentle music] Dominique Sachse, welcome to the show.
Dominique Sachse· Guest1:27
Thank you for having me. What an honor, and can