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5 Types of Imposter Syndrome: Why You Have It, How to Heal + Overcome It at Work #53

Episode Summary

It’s important overcome our imposters, because it feeds our self-doubt and lack of confidence, resulting in you doubting everyone around you. Overcoming your imposter is a gift to deepen your self-knowledge, and heal. When we’re healing, we reach deeper levels of awareness over our gifts, and strengths, making us better collaborators. Being a strong collaborator helps us to tap into the collective intelligence to take our business and society to the next level.

Episode Notes

It’s important overcome our imposters, because it feeds our self-doubt and lack of confidence, resulting in you doubting everyone around you. Overcoming your imposter is a gift to deepen your self-knowledge, and heal. When we’re healing, we reach deeper levels of awareness over our gifts, and strengths, making us better collaborators. Being a strong collaborator helps us to tap into the collective intelligence to take our business and society to the next level.

We’ll go into the concept of imposter syndrome, exploring how childhood wounds can lead to feelings of unworthiness. You will learn about the 5 types of imposter syndromes. I share how they’ve shown up in my career and will give you practical strategies to identify and overcome your imposters.

Chapter

00:00 Introduction to Imposter Syndrome 

00:42 Welcome to the Podcast 

01:06 Understanding Imposter Syndrome 

01:35 Personal Struggles with Imposter Syndrome 

04:19 Types of Imposter Syndrome 

06:17 Overcoming Perfectionism 

12:44 The Need for Knowledge and Expertise Imposter 

14:26 Childhood Wounds and Imposter Syndrome 

19:35 The Hyper Genius Imposter 

27:52 The People Pleaser Imposter 

31:51 The Soloist Imposter 

38:48 Practical Tips and Conclusion