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Lighten the Drill - A Podcast for Female Dentists

Episode 5: From Chaos to Alignment: The Discipline of Choosing Yourself as a Leader

3 February 2026 · 12:37 · Episode 5

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In this episode of Lighten the Drill, Melissa Skinner speaks directly to female leaders in dentistry about breaking the cycle of overworking and survival-mode leadership. Using her own experience closing out 2025 in exhaustion and entering 2026 seeking recalibration, she explores how high-performing healthcare leaders are often conditioned to equate caring with self-sacrifice; a pattern that disconnects them from…

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