
Fences & Flowers
Claim This Podcastby Dr. Sushma Manda
Podcast Overview
<p><b>If you are any of these people, this show is for you.</b></p><p><b>Welcome to Fences and Flowers.</b></p><p><br></p><p>-The physician who saves lives all day and cries in her car </p><p> between patients.</p><p>-The parent who provides everything and is emotionally nowhere.</p><p>-The founder lying awake at three in the morning catastrophizing </p><p> about things that have not happened yet.</p><p>-The immigrant parent who crossed oceans for their children and </p><p> wonders why their child flinches when they walk in the room.</p><p>-The high achiever who hits every goal and immediately sets a </p><p> bigger one because stopping feels more dangerous than </p><p> continuing.</p><p>-A young adult who loves your family and still feels unseen by </p><p> them</p><p><br></p><p>You are not broken.</p><p>You are running outdated code.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by Dr. Sushma Manda. Neurologist. Founder of PotentiaYou. Creator of Nervous System Diplomacy. Immigrant. Parent. Someone who has lived and rebuilt everything she talks about here.</p><p><br></p><p><b>What we cover on this show:</b></p><p>The operating system that made you exceptional was never meant to run your entire life.</p><p><b>This is not therapy.</b> <b>This is not self-help.</b> <b>This is not hustle culture with a spiritual bow on it.</b></p><p>This is Sustainable Human Power.</p><p><br></p><p><b>This show different from everything else out there.</b></p><p>There is a gap nobody has been standing in.</p><p>On one side: the system. Hospitals. Corporations. Workplaces. Built for output. Not for humans.</p><p>On the other side: the therapist's office. Sacred work. One room at a time.</p><p>In the middle: millions of high-functioning people with no framework that speaks both languages.</p><p>Nervous System Diplomacy stands in that gap.</p><p><b>The ancient and the modern agree.</b></p><p><br></p><p><b>Start here:</b> Listen to the Welcome Series, Episodes 1 through 5, in order.</p><p>New episodes every week.</p><p><br></p><p><b>PotentiaYou.com</b></p><p>For informational and educational purposes only. Not medical advice. Nothing shared here creates a doctor-patient relationship. If you are in crisis please contact a licensed healthcare provider or emergency services.</p>
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5/13/2026
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May 26, 2026
EPISODE 2: "The Almond Running Your Life"
Your amygdala doesn't know the difference between a tiger and a deadline. Dr. Sushma Manda breaks down the neuroscience behind why you snap, shut down, and can't switch off. You are not a bad parent. You are not a weak leader. You are not broken. You are a highly intelligent human being whose threat detection system has been running on high alert for so long that emergency has become your baseline. In this episode, Dr. Sushma Manda goes deep into the neuroscience of high achiever burnou...

May 26, 2026
EPISODE 1: "Why Your Alarm Is Lying To You"
You wake up already behind. That's not a mood. That's your nervous system. Dr. Sushma Manda explains what's actually running your life. Welcome to Fences and Flowers. If you are a high achiever, a physician, an immigrant parent, a founder, or someone holding everything together while quietly running on empty, this show was built for you. In this first episode, Dr. Sushma Manda, neurologist and founder of PotentiaYou, introduces the central thesis of everything she does: the operating system t...

May 26, 2026
EPISODE 3: "Arjuna Had A Nervous System Too"
The Bhagavad Gita described nervous system collapse 5,000 years before neuroscience had a name for it. This is where ancient wisdom and modern science finally share a sentence. On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna drops his bow. His body fails. He cannot move. Modern neuroscience would call this dorsal vagal shutdown. Krishna called it mistaken identity. In this episode, Dr. Sushma Manda weaves together the Bhagavad Gita, A Course in Miracles, and cutting-edge neurophysiology to show tha...
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- What is Fences & Flowers?
<p><b>If you are any of these people, this show is for you.</b></p><p><b>Welcome to Fences and Flowers.</b></p><p><br></p><p>-The physician who saves lives all day and cries in her car </p><p> between patients.</p><p>-The parent who provides everything and is emotionally nowhere.</p><p>-The founder lying awake at three in the morning catastrophizing </p><p> about things that have not happened yet.</p><p>-The immigrant parent who crossed oceans for their children and </p><p> wonders why their child flinches when they walk in the room.</p><p>-The high achiever who hits every goal and immediately sets a </p><p> bigger one because stopping feels more dangerous than </p><p> continuing.</p><p>-A young adult who loves your family and still feels unseen by </p><p> them</p><p><br></p><p>You are not broken.</p><p>You are running outdated code.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by Dr. Sushma Manda. Neurologist. Founder of PotentiaYou. Creator of Nervous System Diplomacy. Immigrant. Parent. Someone who has lived and rebuilt everything she talks about here.</p><p><br></p><p><b>What we cover on this show:</b></p><p>The operating system that made you exceptional was never meant to run your entire life.</p><p><b>This is not therapy.</b> <b>This is not self-help.</b> <b>This is not hustle culture with a spiritual bow on it.</b></p><p>This is Sustainable Human Power.</p><p><br></p><p><b>This show different from everything else out there.</b></p><p>There is a gap nobody has been standing in.</p><p>On one side: the system. Hospitals. Corporations. Workplaces. Built for output. Not for humans.</p><p>On the other side: the therapist's office. Sacred work. One room at a time.</p><p>In the middle: millions of high-functioning people with no framework that speaks both languages.</p><p>Nervous System Diplomacy stands in that gap.</p><p><b>The ancient and the modern agree.</b></p><p><br></p><p><b>Start here:</b> Listen to the Welcome Series, Episodes 1 through 5, in order.</p><p>New episodes every week.</p><p><br></p><p><b>PotentiaYou.com</b></p><p>For informational and educational purposes only. Not medical advice. Nothing shared here creates a doctor-patient relationship. If you are in crisis please contact a licensed healthcare provider or emergency services.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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