138. I'm Tired of Being Grateful Just to Have a Job

You're Overqualified Podcast - Career and Leadership Strategies for Women · Aug 27, 2026 · 7m

In episode 138, we're talking about the gratitude narrative that's been quietly costing you your paycheck, your title, and your peace.

If you were raised to believe that having a job at all is something to be grateful for, full stop, this episode is for you. That belief kept generations before you safe. It might also be the reason you're doing a job above your title for free right now.

In this conversation, I break down where that gratitude narrative comes from, what it actually costs you when you stay stuck in it, and why gratitude and ambition were never supposed to be opposites.

In this…