128. When Fear Sounds Like Logic: How Ambitious Women Talk Themselves Out of What They Want

You're Overqualified Podcast - Career and Leadership Strategies for Women · May 28, 2026 · 21m

In episode 128, we're talking about why fear doesn't always look like fear and how high-achieving women in leadership and career growth quietly talk themselves out of what they want by calling it logic.

I'm coming in hot with this one: fear is sneaky. It doesn't show up as panic. It shows up as "the timing isn't right" or "I need a little more experience first" or "what if I apply and I don't get it?" And because it sounds that reasonable? We believe it. We stay. We call it being smart.

In this conversation, I break down how fear disguises itself as logic, how to tell the difference between…