Peakspan

Alexandra Böhmer & Sophie Spitzer
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Longevity is a mind game. So why do we only treat the body? We know how to train the body. We track, supplement, and optimize. But we often ignore the one system that controls it all: the mind. Peakspan is the first podcast to treat your psychology as a biological asset. Because mind and body are not separate systems and a body cannot stay healthy when the mind is not. We investigate the hidden architecture of high performance — exploring how your nervous system, emotional depth, and mental capacity dictate how long (and how well) you can live and lead. The world runs on the notion that resilience means pushing harder. In reality, it means building a system that won’t break under pressure. We sit down with neuroscientists, founders and world-class performers to uncover how to extend your peakspan—that window of time where you operate at 100%.  Join us as we explore the new grounds of mental tools for longevity.

Episodes

  1. Trailer

    Peakspan Trailer

    The longevity conversation is incomplete. We know how to train the body. But burnout, cognitive fatigue, and loss of aliveness don't start there — they start in the mind, and in a nervous system under constant pressure. Peakspan explores the missing layer: what happens before the body breaks down — inside the mind, the nervous system, and the psychological structures that shape long-term performance. Hosted by Alexandra Boehmer & Sophie Spitzer. New episodes every two weeks. 🔔 Subscribe for conversations with neuroscientists, founders, and thinkers operating at the edge of human capacity. Find us here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/peakspan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peakspan/ Website: https://peakspan-podcast.com

  2. 1d ago

    Inês Santos Silva - Women’s Health, Hormones, and the missing science of longevity

    About Inês Santos SilvaInês Santos Silva is a Portuguese entrepreneur working at the intersection of women’s health, preventive medicine, and longevity. She is Co-Founder and COO of TejoMed, a membership-based family medicine clinic in Lisbon, and part of the team behind AthenaDAO, which funds research into women’s health. Her work grew out of personal experience: after struggling with health issues that fell between medical specialties, Inês began researching the gaps in women’s healthcare herself. Today, she is focused on building better science, better data, and more personalized care. What You’ll Learn in This EpisodeThe women’s health blind spot: Why medicine still treats women as a variation of the male body — and what that costs in diagnosis, treatment, and longevity.The ovarian aging question: What menopause, fertility, and women’s long-term health may have in common — and why the science is still catching up.The hormonal misdiagnosis: Why symptoms such as low energy, depression, and loss of drive may be dismissed as mental health issues when the full biological picture has not been examined.The longevity obsession trap: How health optimization can become another source of pressure — and why the most effective protocol is the one that fits your actual life.The social connection prescription: Why belonging, purpose, and time with other people may be among the most underestimated drivers of resilience, peak performance, and healthspan.Get more details about our guest & key takeaways here: https://peakspan-podcast.com/guest_ines_santos_silva Find us here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/peakspan/about/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peakspan/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@peakspan_podcastWebsite & past guests: www.peakspan-podcast.com A follow, a share, or a review goes a long way. Thank you for being part of the Peakspan community. Intro music The intro music for this episode was created with the assistance of AI using MakeBestMusic.com. Medical disclaimer The information in this episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making decisions about your health.

  3. Aug 11

    Flavia Deuchler — Functional Medicine, Gut Health & how your body is already talking to you

    About Flavia DeuchlerFlavia Deuchler is an integrative and functional medicine practitioner, trained at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and the School of Applied Functional Medicine, and the founder of Ora Collective. She works at the intersection of physiology, mind-body health, and bio-individuality — helping people understand why symptoms rarely start where they seem to. What gives her perspective real weight is that she has lived the collapse behind the performance. After experiencing high-functioning burnout in her corporate career — and after watching the medical system fail her father in the final months of his life — Flavia stepped away from the conventional path to rebuild her understanding of health from the ground up. Her core message is difficult to ignore: if your nervous system is dysregulated, no amount of clean eating, supplementation, or wellness discipline can compensate for it. What You’ll Learn in This EpisodeDistraction disease: Why modern life is engineered to pull you away from yourself — and why that disconnection shows up as burnout, dysregulation, and chronic illness. Foundation failure: Why supplements, food, and workouts mean less than people think when the real problem sits in your relationships, stress, environment, and daily life structure. Grief pathology: How unprocessed grief can become biology — and why emotional pain doesn’t just stay in the mind. Gut control: Why your gut may be shaping your mood, cravings, hormones, and mental fitness long before your brain catches up. Wellness dogma: Why even “healthy” routines like meditation can backfire when they’re copied blindly instead of matched to your system. Preventive power: Why the real flex is not recovering from collapse — but catching the breakdown before it happens. Get more details about our guest & key takeaways here: https://peakspan-podcast.com/guest_flavia_deuchler Find us here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/peakspan/about/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peakspan/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@peakspan_podcastWebsite & past guests: peakspan-podcast.com A follow, a share, or a review goes a long way. Thank you for being part of the Peakspan community. Intro music The intro music for this episode was created with the assistance of AI using MakeBestMusic.com. Psychedelic content disclaimer This episode discusses psychedelics for educational and informational purposes only; it does not encourage or endorse the use of illegal substances, and laws and risks vary by location and individual circumstances. Medical disclaimer The information in this episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making decisions about your health.

  4. Jul 28

    Daniel Dippold - Building at extreme speed, founder psychology, under pressure, burnout, & recovery

    About Daniel DippoldDaniel Dippold is an entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of EWOR, a highly selective global fellowship (less than 0.1% acceptance rate) and investment platform for exceptional early-stage tech founders. He started his first company at 19, exited at 21, and has since built across startups, investing, and founder development. He has also invested in seven unicorns. Daniel is especially well positioned to speak on burnout, resilience, and high performance because he combines lived founder experience with years of experimentation across productivity, physiology, and nervous system regulation. What You’ll Learn in This EpisodePressure paradox: Why pressure often comes less from workload than from the meaning we attach to it.Optimization edge: When self-improvement, tracking, and routines stop serving performance and start increasing stress.Burnout identity trap: Why burnout risk rises when ambition, external validation, and self-worth become fused.Productivity myth: Why doing more is not the same as moving in the right direction.Data false comfort: What biomarkers, sleep scores, and HRV can reveal — and what they can miss.Freedom advantage: Why detachment, choice, and emotional capacity may matter more than most founders realize. Get more details about our guest & key takeaways here: https://peakspan-podcast.com/guest_daniel_dippold Find us here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/peakspan/about/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peakspan/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@peakspan_podcastWebsite & past guests: www.peakspan-podcast.com  A follow, a share, or a review goes a long way. Thank you for being part of the Peakspan community. Intro music The intro music for this episode was created with the assistance of AI using MakeBestMusic.com.

  5. Jul 13

    Niko Hems, Longevity Influencer & LinkedIn Top Voice — Biohacking, Longevity Myths & Lasting Energy

    About Niko HemsNiko Hems works at the intersection of longevity, health optimization, and growth. He is Berkeley-educated, a LinkedIn Top Voice, co-host of Return on Health, and Head of Growth at one of Germany’s most premium longevity clinics. From the outside, he looked like the kind of person who should know exactly how to live longer, perform better, and avoid collapse. But this episode turns that assumption inside out. After years of doing the “right” things — tracking metrics, following protocols, and building his life around health — Niko still hit panic attacks, burnout, and a breakdown his biomarkers didn’t predict. That lived contradiction makes him the right guest for a deeper conversation about longevity psychology, nervous system regulation, and the uncomfortable gap between looking optimized and actually being okay. What You’ll Learn in This EpisodeBurnout blind spot: Why burnout can hit the most disciplined, health-conscious high performers first.Longevity delusion: What the longevity world still misses about resilience, mental health, and nervous system regulation.Wearables trap: How obsessive tracking and recovery scores can quietly increase stress instead of reducing it.Biomarker illusion: Why protocols and data can miss whether you actually feel safe and regulated in your body.Crash warning: Whether burnout can really be prevented — and what to catch before performance starts to break down.Performance fragility: Why peak performance without emotional capacity is far less durable than it looks. Get more details about our guest & key takeaways here: https://peakspan-podcast.com/guest_niko_hems Find us here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/peakspan/about/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peakspan/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@peakspan_podcastWebsite & past guests: peakspan-podcast.com A follow, a share, or a review goes a long way. Thank you for being part of the Peakspan community. Intro music The intro music for this episode was created with the assistance of AI using MakeBestMusic.com. Medical disclaimer The information in this episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making decisions about your health.

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Longevity is a mind game. So why do we only treat the body? We know how to train the body. We track, supplement, and optimize. But we often ignore the one system that controls it all: the mind. Peakspan is the first podcast to treat your psychology as a biological asset. Because mind and body are not separate systems and a body cannot stay healthy when the mind is not. We investigate the hidden architecture of high performance — exploring how your nervous system, emotional depth, and mental capacity dictate how long (and how well) you can live and lead. The world runs on the notion that resilience means pushing harder. In reality, it means building a system that won’t break under pressure. We sit down with neuroscientists, founders and world-class performers to uncover how to extend your peakspan—that window of time where you operate at 100%.  Join us as we explore the new grounds of mental tools for longevity.

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  • Creator
    Alexandra Böhmer & Sophie Spitzer
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Alexandra Böhmer & Sophie Spitzer