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Inside the Speakeasy Podcast - Your Key to Hidden Strategies & Success Stories from Top Entrepreneurs

Why Hustle Culture Is Breaking Your Body & How Time-Bending Restores Focus & Energy

December 30, 2025 • Speakeasy Mastermind • Season 1 • Episode 36

What if time feels rushed, not because you’re doing too much, but because your body is stuck in overdrive? This episode opens with a real conversation about time-bending, how high-achieving founders and leaders can actually slow their internal pace and still create more impact. We talk honestly about what grinding costs us when success keeps coming, but energy, health, and relationships quietly slip.

You’ll hear how regulating your nervous system and biology can change the way you work, think, and lead. Dr. Traci Potterf, PhD, Founder of Inner Genius Health, Anxiety and Mystery Illness Detective, breaks down why hustle culture keeps smart people stuck. She shares her Time-Bending Secret and how working with your biology instead of against it creates focus, clarity, and momentum. This episode is especially relevant if you’ve ever felt like your ambition and your health are pulling you in opposite directions.

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Key Timestamps:

[00:00:00] Introduction.

[00:02:15] Dr. Traci Potterf’s shares her background and journey.

[00:08:43] Pharmaceutical industry manipulation.

[00:10:28] Cuban healthcare system insights.

[00:12:28] Modern world vs. traditional health.

[00:15:36] Indigenous people's health struggles.

[00:19:18] Immune system modulation and healing.

[00:22:58] Upgrading your brain states.

[00:25:19] Healthy hedonism concept.

[00:31:20] Time-bending and nervous system.

[00:34:17] Time optimization and creativity.