Productivity MD

About Productivity MD

You built the career. You made the money. You built the systems. You bought back your time. So why don’t you actually feel free? You finally have an open afternoon, and instead of enjoying it, you think about what else you could get done. You take the vacation, but part of your mind is still at work. You finish 30 things, but the 10 left undone are the ones you think about. You created more time, only to fill it with more work. And no matter how much you accomplish, there’s still that quiet pressure: I could be doing more. Welcome to The Time Freedom Show, hosted by Dr. Ann Tsung, triple board certified physician, NASA flight surgeon, entrepreneur, and mother of three. This isn’t another productivity podcast teaching you how to squeeze more into your day. It’s for successful founders, executives, and entrepreneurs who already know how to perform. You know how to push. Solve problems. Make things happen. Find a way. That’s exactly the problem. The same drive that helped you build your success can become the thing that keeps you trapped inside it. Through the Five Stages of Time Freedom℠, you’ll learn how to recognize the hidden patterns keeping you in constant achievement mode, protect the moments you can’t get back, and finally experience the freedom you worked so hard to create. You don’t need to slow down. You don’t need to want less. Keep the ambition. Keep the performance. Just don’t let success cost you the freedom you built it for. Subscribe to The Time Freedom Show. Don’t know what stage of time freedom you are at? Take the assessment at AnnTsungMD.com/quiz (http://AnnTsungMD.com/quiz) Follow Ann Tsung MD on https://www.instagram.com/anntsungmd/ (https://www.instagram.com/anntsungmd/) https://www.facebook.com/AnnTsungMD/ (https://www.facebook.com/AnnTsungMD/) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv2Y9GGFtLLjf-rTCJWG2aQ (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv2Y9GGFtLLjf-rTCJWG2aQ)

Publisher

Ann Tsung, MD, MPH

Category

education · education · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Aug 2021

Latest episode

18 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

5 of 83 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   18 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   83 - Stuck in Stage 3 Time Creator, Steps to Ascend to Stage 4 Time Liberator

   Dr. Ann Tsung guides listeners through identifying time freedom stages and escaping optimization traps to achieve true liberation.

2. 

   15 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   82 - Decision Systems to Prevent Expensive Time and Energy Mistakes

   Ann Tsung MD introduces a decision-making framework called "Time and Energy Mission Control" to help listeners allocate their time and energy more effectively, achieving greater physical and mental vitality.

3. 

   30 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   81 - How to Align Your Time With What Truly Matters

   Dr. Ann Tsung shares how to align your time with what truly matters by redefining values and structuring life to avoid regret.

Inside a recent episode

83 - Stuck in Stage 3 Time Creator, Steps to Ascend to Stage 4 Time Liberator

Published 18 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Start one micro step after this and just go towards it. You know, trust your gut on what you think the decision is, or if you don't know, that means you need more information, then do the reach out so you can get more information. Okay, so you can make your decision. But the point is that don't let something hang over you, especially it is something that it is a dream of your family because if not now, then when, you know, being in the ER, I've seen so many people who are well at the surprisingly, you know, going into a car crash multiple times, cardiac arrest, young kid, 20 -something -year -old or shootings. […]

Who has been a guest on Productivity MD

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ann Sung
• Brennan
• Blake
• Dr Ryan Mallory
• Brenyn McConnell

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

66,344

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

47 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

67

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

77

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