by Lisa Tarrant | Oct 25, 2022 | Articles, Blog
In a recent LinkedIn post a coach shared her unusual method for determining if a client is experiencing impostor syndrome. Her technique comes in the form of a question: Would you rather give a talk in front of 200 people or to 6 senior execs at your company? If the...
by Carolyn Herfurth | Oct 24, 2022 | Articles, Blog
A licensed therapist/executive coach insists impostor syndrome and lack of confidence in general stem from a belief of feeling unworthy. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say, I don’t think the reason Michelle Obama identifies with impostor syndrome is because...
by valerie@impostorsyndrome.com | Jul 2, 2021 | Articles, Blog
I facilitated my first impostor syndrome workshop in 1985. Titled Impostors Fakes and Frauds: Issues of Confidence and Competence for Women it was based largely on the findings from my doctoral research. Since then, some things have changed. For starters, for many...
by valerie@impostorsyndrome.com | Feb 21, 2019 | Articles, Blog
It seems every day another successful person reveals they have impostor syndrome. Today it’s a Brit named Zoella — a huge YouTube star with millions of fans. Zoella has not asked for my advice. But if she did, here’s what I’d tell her: 1)...
by valerie@impostorsyndrome.com | Apr 24, 2018 | Articles, Blog
Have you ever had that, “I’m in over my head and they’re going to find out feeling?” If so, join the club! There are a number of perfectly good reasons why you and millions of other fully capable people experience the so-called impostor syndrome. And when you...
by valerie@impostorsyndrome.com | Nov 28, 2017 | Articles, Blog
In my more than three decades of speaking and leading workshops on Impostor Syndrome, my focus has always been to share how to overcome impostor syndrome. I’ve spoken to an estimated 500,000 people and up until just a few years ago, I always ended my talks by giving...
Recent Comments