NAD and Sermorelin for Mental Clarity, Recovery, and Anti-Aging | #192NAD and Sermorelin for Mental Clarity, Recovery, and Anti-Aging | #192
The Dr. Joy Kong Podcast
Dr. Joy Kong talks with entrepreneur Mara Dorn about living with anxiety, building a billion-dollar sales career, and staying youthful through gym routines and peptide injections like NAD and Sermorelin. Their conversation touches on grit, servant leadership, and why prioritising health and family often beats chasing perfect balance.
43:08•23 Jul 2026
Anxiety, Billion-Dollar Grit, and Biohacking with NAD and Sermorelin
Episode Overview
- Treat anxiety as something you can work with, using structure, exercise and self-awareness instead of letting it take over.
- Prepare properly and take responsibility for results; Mara’s shift from blame to self-accountability transformed her income.
- Accept that work-life balance is unrealistic for big goals and focus on work-life priority, deciding what truly matters day by day.
- Use consistent habits like early-morning workouts and intentional self-care to stay centred for family and business.
- Combine lifestyle choices with tools such as NAD, glutathione and Sermorelin to support recovery, mental clarity and healthy ageing.
“I don't let the anxiety control me; I control the anxiety.”
What are the common struggles and victories in addiction recovery and high-performance living? This conversation between Dr. Joy Kong and entrepreneur Mara Dorn zooms in on anxiety, relentless ambition, and smart anti-ageing tactics like NAD and Sermorelin.
Mara shares how anxiety has been part of her life since childhood, yet she refuses to let it run the show: "I don't let the anxiety control me; I control the anxiety." Instead of medication, she leans on daily gym sessions and strict self-care, treating that 5am–7.30am window as sacred time where she's "just Mara" – not mum, not wife, not business leader.
You’ll hear how she rebuilt from losing six businesses and everything material during the 2007–2008 financial crisis, eventually becoming the second person in her company to pass a billion dollars in sales. Her turning point came when she realised "it's not everybody else, it's me," and went all-in on self-belief, preparation, and servant leadership.
She openly talks about leading over 1,500 agents, dealing with gossip and laziness, and accepting that "no one is going to do it better than you" while still learning to delegate. For health and longevity, Mara is keen on weekly injections of NAD, glutathione and Sermorelin, pairing them with consistent workouts, careful eating, and skin care.
She sees biohacking as simple common sense: why choose to decline if you can "keep inclining" and stay vibrant for your children and future grandchildren? If you're juggling work, family, mental health and the desire to age well, this episode offers a candid look at how one high-achieving woman keeps her anxiety as a "superpower", her body strong, and her businesses growing.
It might leave you asking: what would change if you treated your wellbeing with the same seriousness as your career?
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