What High-Performing Work Cultures Get Wrong About Women’s Health

If you want to understand what today’s work culture quietly demands from women, this episode is for you.
Because high performance is often rewarded without ever asking what it costs the body over time.
That’s why Divya invited Dr. Marina Straszak-Suri, a Canadian obstetrician-gynecologist with over 30 years of clinical experience, to unpack how modern work environments shape long-term health in ways most leaders never consider.
Dr. Marina reframes fertility as a vital sign of whole-body health, not a niche women’s issue or a future problem to solve later. She explains how stress, sleep deprivation, metabolic strain, environmental exposures, and lifestyle patterns common in high-pressure careers influence the body’s ability to regulate, recover, and thrive.
In this conversation, she explores why many health challenges surface during peak career years and how workplace norms that celebrate endurance often ignore early warning signals. She also addresses the unspoken trade-offs women navigate between ambition, timing, and wellbeing, and why calling these impacts “personal choices” misses the bigger picture.
You’ll hear why knowledge restores agency. Dr. Marina shares how understanding these signals allows women to make informed decisions about their health, careers, and futures, without fear or urgency.
This episode opens a conversation workplaces rarely initiate, but leaders increasingly need to understand.
Whether you’re building a career, leading teams, or shaping culture, this conversation challenges how we define success and what sustainable performance actually requires.

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