Welcome back to It's Not That Deep — where ambition meets alignment and we stop confusing hustle with purpose. I'm your host, Dr. Meghna Dasani, and today we're diving into a topic every woman needs to hear:
Main Character Energy.
Not the aesthetic, not the TikTok trend — the real version.
The version rooted in ownership, clarity, and self-leadership, not ego or noise.
In this episode, I break down why so many of us shrink, over-edit ourselves, apologize before we speak, and end up playing a background role in our own lives. And more importantly — how to take your power back.
This conversation is about:
✨ What main character energy actually means
✨ How we lose it (and don't even realize it)
✨ The difference between authenticity and performance
✨ Why confidence isn't louder — it's clearer
✨ How to stop betraying yourself in the name of "being nice"
✨ And the three strategies I use to embody main character energy from the inside out
I also share the moment a mentor said something that completely rewired my understanding of confidence — and I promise, it'll land for you too.
By the end of this episode, you'll walk away with:
✔ A new definition of confidence
✔ A practical framework for protecting your energy
✔ A grounding morning habit to anchor your leadership
✔ A simple mindset shift to help you stop shrinking and start owning your role
And of course — your weekly homework.
Because transformation doesn't happen from inspiration alone.
If this episode hits home, share it with the woman in your life who needs a reminder that she was never meant to be the supporting character in her own story.
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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