In this opening episode of a new season, we speak directly to women in healthcare who are always "on". The physicians, dentists, surgeons, practice owners, and clinical leaders who carry not just clinical responsibility, but emotional and relational weight long after the day is officially over.
This episode explores why so many women in healthcare live in a constant state of internal alertness, even when nothing is technically wrong. We unpack the idea that being "on" is not a personality trait or a personal flaw. It is a nervous system response shaped by years of training, responsibility, and being rewarded for vigilance. Over time, readiness becomes internalised, teaching the body that safety comes from anticipating, scanning, and holding everything together.
In this episode, we explore:
Why being "always on" is a trained nervous system state, not your personality
The hidden emotional and relational labour women in healthcare carry
Why rest alone does not deactivate vigilance
How identity and responsibility keep the body from fully letting go
What regulation and sustainable leadership can actually look like
If you have been feeling exhausted, wired, or unable to truly rest, nothing is wrong with you. Your body adapted to a system that asked a lot of you. And in this new season of The Making of Her, we begin building something different, together.
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
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healthysleeprevolution
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meghna_dassani/
