Feel like you donโt belong?
Like your family, friends or colleagues are going to discover youโre a fraud, and you donโt actually deserve what you have accomplished?
Afraid to put yourself out there?
Afraid to speak up?
Afraid to share your opinion?
You hold back from entering discussions & fearing someone may contradict you, call you out or worst still, ridicule you.
Then those thought creeps into your headโฆ
โWhat if they find out I’m an imposterโ
“I don’t belong here,”
“I don’t deserve this,”
“Everyone is going to see right through me,”
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ!
A lot of people experience what is now know as impostor syndrome at some point in their lives & it can be crippling, even life altering.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐?
Impostor syndrome is the idea that youโve only succeeded due to luck, and not because of your personality, talent or qualifications โฆ.
You fell into it, you believe youโre not enough & youโll be discovered as a fraud.
But what are you missing out on because you feel like an impostor?
This fear is holding you back, and hiding your true magnificence from the world.
๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ & ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ
When helping clients overcome imposter syndrome one of the first steps we take is to acknowledge the thoughts and put them in perspective.
Once awareness is made, we come up with a strategy that reassures you that you are exactly where you belong & worthy.
We use questions to combat the imposter talk. Questions I encourage are โDoes this thought help or hinder me?โ Or โIs this thought 100% truth?โ
Clients often remark how helpful they find it is to talk openly & share their imposter thoughts, & work through their imposter feelings.
I reassure you that your feelings are ๐ฏ normal and that most people experience moments of self-doubt
The most important thing is that we no longer allowing the doubt to control your actions & we work on taking back your personal power.
My goal is to arm you with the tools, the insight and the information to turn those impostor thoughts around before they cripple you and stop you from living.
๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
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Exercises to work through Impostor thoughts ….
1)ย Write down the top three accomplishments that you are most proud of, and under each, describe how hard you had to work and what you had to sacrifice to achieve of those amazing things. Let it sink in how very much you deserved every one of them!
2) Come up with a positive affirmation to combat the statements of self-doubt that pop into your head. So, if the thought, “What if they find out I’m an imposter and I don’t deserve this?” creeps into your head, then write down affirmations such as: I am worthy; I am enough; I am talented; I deserve this. Find what most directly combats your thoughts of self-doubt. Write it down and read it countless times each day.
