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Self-Compassion & Acceptance: Key Ingredients in Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

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Self-Compassion & Acceptance: Key Ingredients in Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Introduction Imposter syndrome often shows up like a persistent inner critic. You’ve worked hard, earned your place, and yet there’s that lingering thought: “What if I’m not actually good enough?” It can feel like you’re one step away from being exposed as a fraud even when […]

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Why Imposter Syndrome Is Hard to Think Your Way Out Of

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There’s something particularly frustrating about imposter syndrome for the people who experience it. Most of them are intelligent, reflective, and self-aware. They can see the pattern clearly and they understand, rationally, that the evidence doesn’t support the conclusion that they’re a fraud. They’ve read the research, recognised themselves in it, and know perfectly well that

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Feeling Like a Fraud? Maybe It’s Time to Drop the Rope

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Feeling Like a Fraud? Maybe It’s Time to Drop the RopeStruggling with imposter syndrome is like being caught in a never-ending tug of war… If you’ve ever found yourself thinking “I’m not good enough,” “I’m going to get found out,” or “I don’t belong here,” — even after you’ve worked hard, achieved a lot, and

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How Therapy Can Help with Imposter Syndrome

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Most people who consider therapy for imposter syndrome have already spent a long time trying to sort it out themselves. They’ve read about it, understood it intellectually, perhaps tried some of the self-help strategies – and found that while all of that helped up to a point, something remained unchanged underneath. The self-doubt kept returning.

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