Burnout has become one of the most overused words in high-achieving spaces. We say it casually, normalize it, and sometimes even wear it as a badge of honor. But what if what you're experiencing isn't burnout at all? What if it's misalignment? In this episode, we unpack why so many capable, competent women feel chronically exhausted, disconnected, and dissatisfied even when everything looks "right" on paper.
We explore the difference between true burnout and nervous system misalignment, and why pushing harder, optimizing more, or layering self-care tools on top of exhaustion doesn't actually fix the problem. Your body isn't failing you. It's communicating with you. Brain fog, irritability, sleep disruption, loss of joy, and constant pressure are not signs of weakness, they're biological signals that your external life no longer matches your internal capacity.
This episode is a reframe for women who are tired of trying to fix themselves and ready to recalibrate instead. We talk about why alignment isn't about doing less, but about doing what matches your biology, values, and current season of life. Sustainable leadership doesn't come from adrenaline and performance. It comes from regulation, clarity, and truth. You don't need to burn everything down, but you may need to rebuild from a place that no longer requires you to override yourself to succeed.
What You Will Learn
Why burnout is often a misdiagnosis for high-achieving women
The biological difference between burnout and nervous system misalignment
How living in opposition to your biology creates chronic exhaustion
Why more tools, routines, and optimization won't fix misalignment
The role of nervous system safety in sustainable leadership
How success built on performance eventually becomes a cage
Three powerful questions to help you identify where you've outgrown your life
What it means to lead from regulation instead of adrenaline
About Dr. Meghna Dassani
Dr. Meghna Dassani is a high-performance strategist, biologically-driven leadership expert, and award-winning dentist who helps women stop living overwhelmed and start leading with clarity, strategy, and science.
For over two decades, she built and scaled a thriving dental practice, became a nationally recognized airway sleep expert, and trained thousands of clinicians across the world. But her deeper calling emerged in the conversations happening behind closed doors — with women doctors who were exhausted, overextended, and silently questioning whether this version of success was worth the cost.
Meghna saw a pattern:
Burnout wasn't a mindset issue.
It was a biology issue.
And leadership wasn't a personality trait — it was a learnable system.
That's when The Making of Her was born.
Today, Meghna blends neuroscience, physiology, business strategy, and real-world leadership to help women doctors and leaders operate at their highest level — without grinding themselves into the ground. Her frameworks support women in making better decisions, executing at a higher level, and reclaiming ownership of their time, energy, and results.
Through her mastermind, The Expansion Collective, her newsletter The Audacity Edit, and now The Making of Her Podcast, Meghna is on a mission to give women the tools, language, and systems to rise without burnout — and build the kind of lives they don't need a vacation from.
This isn't self-help.
This is science-backed leadership for women who are done settling.
Meghna lives in Houston with her husband and their two daughters who are her greatest reminders of legacy, courage, and possibility.
The Making of Her is where strategy meets real talk.
Where biology meets leadership.
Where women stop shrinking and start becoming the version of themselves they always knew existed.
Welcome home.
Connect with Dr. Meghna Dassani
Website: https://www.meghnadassani.com
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