Megan Henken — A Day In Her Life

This week, we're sitting down with Megan Henken, co-founder of My UTI and healthcare consultant, who's juggling multiple businesses, a 14-year-old daughter, and learning to unwind a decade-long hustle mindset. Megan shares what it's like to leave the corporate ladder at Quest Diagnostics to build a consulting business in Colorado, how COVID created the perfect moment to launch a direct-to-consumer UTI testing company, and why she spent her entire career in "the same four to six inch region" talking about stigmatized health topics.

In this honest conversation, Megan opens up about the partnership with her co-founder that she didn't meet in person for a year, the constant moving goalposts of fundraising in women's health, and the decision to finally say no to more work after years of sprinting through every day. We talk about 5am wake-ups for uninterrupted coffee, managing three calendars, the satisfaction of crossing tasks off Post-it notes, and why her 14-year-old's friends know they can call her with questions about anything.

What We Cover:

Why she describes her days as dynamic, busy, and optimistic
The 5-5:30am wake-up for uninterrupted coffee and workouts
Managing three calendars and time-blocking across multiple businesses
The career journey: Quest Diagnostics to consulting to co-founding My UTI during COVID with someone she didn't meet in person for a year
The brutal reality of fundraising in women's health (constantly moving goalposts)
The transition to allowing her daughter to wake herself up (letting her be late to learn)
Learning to say no to work projects and unwinding the hustle mindset
Giving herself permission to have unscheduled weekends
Conversation starters with her husband and monthly one-on-one time with her daughter
Being very open about consent and terminology (her daughter's friends can call her)

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