Content note: This episode was recorded in real time during political and civil unrest in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis / St. Paul). We don’t go into graphic detail, but if current events are a trigger for you, please tread gently, pause when you need to, and take care of yourself.

We start with our usual Bites & Delights, then dive into The Authenticity Trap—why “bring your whole self to work” can feel performative (or unsafe), how work personas protect you, and practical scripts for setting boundaries without making it weird.

We also wrap the episode by reading listener comments and questions and responding to them together.

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Overqualified & Unmuted is produced by Just Loud Enough Media.
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Hosted by Sonya Keeney & Cass White.

No corporate polish. Minimal narrative scaffolding. Maximum signal.

A podcast within a podcast — where the leftover bits tell the bigger story.

Odds & Sods is the unofficial, canon-adjacent side-channel of Overqualified & Unmuted — the part of the multiverse where the planning sessions, voice warm-ups, mid-record skincare hauls, cat diplomacy, and existential tech rants live.

Hosted by Cass White and Sonya Keeney, this mini-series captures the spaces between the main episodes — the useful leftovers, open tabs, and behind-the-scenes moments that never make it to the boardroom but make everything else make sense.

Expect semi-structured chaos: planning beats, cultural diagnostics, shared history, sharp humor, neurospicy detours, and the kind of candid conversation that would normally get lost in the edit.

No corporate polish. Minimal narrative scaffolding. Maximum signal.

Odds & Sods exists for listeners who want the texture — not just the headline.

Overqualified & Unmuted is produced by Just Loud Enough Media.
New episodes dropping Fridays.
Send us your stories, weird artifacts, and corporate curiosities at overqualifiedandunmuted@gmail.com

Hosted by Sonya Keeney & Cass White.

No corporate polish. Minimal narrative scaffolding. Maximum signal.

The habits that made you successful early in your career can quietly sabotage you later — especially when you move into leadership.

In this episode of Overqualified and Unmuted, Cass and Sonia unpack The Great Unlearning: the moment when being indispensable, hyper-competent, and relentlessly reliable stops working — and starts causing burnout, team friction, and stalled growth.

We explore the invisible transition from individual contributor to people leader, why extreme focus and perfectionism can become liabilities, and how “doing it all yourself” often harms the very teams you’re trying to support. From delegation and trust to psychological safety and managing up, this conversation gets honest about what leadership actually demands — and what it asks you to let go of.

This episode is for high performers, managers, and emerging leaders who feel stuck between being excellent at their job and exhausted by it. If you’ve ever wondered why your old playbook stopped working, this is the episode that names it.

Key topics discussed:

• The shift from individual contributor to people manager
• Why high-performer habits can hold leaders back
• Delegation, trust, and letting go of control
• Perfectionism, burnout, and psychological safety
• What it really means to grow as a leader

Subscribe to Overqualified and Unmuted for candid conversations about career growth, leadership, burnout, and navigating work without losing yourself in the process.

Overqualified & Unmuted is produced by Just Loud Enough Media.
New episodes dropping Fridays.
Send us your stories, weird artifacts, and corporate curiosities at overqualifiedandunmuted@gmail.com

Hosted by Sonya Keeney & Cass White.

No corporate polish. Minimal narrative scaffolding. Maximum signal.