139. It Would've Taken Me 5 Years" | Liz on Unstalling Her Promotion and DMing CEOs

You're Overqualified Podcast - Career and Leadership Strategies for Women · Sep 3, 2026 · 28m

In episode 139, we're talking about what actually unsticks a stalled promotion, told by my client Liz, in her own words.

You've probably had a season where you knew you could figure it out yourself, eventually. Liz had one too. This episode is for every woman doing great work in a role with no playbook, no benchmarks, and no clear next level.

In this conversation, Liz shares her pivot from physical therapist to health tech, how we mapped her workplace ecosystem to unstall a promotion that had been stuck for months, and how she went from nervous to cold-DM anyone to conversations with 20+…