Self-doubt is something most of us know from the inside. It might be second-guessing a decision long after it’s made, replaying something you said in a meeting, or that quiet worry about whether you’ve really done enough. It can leave even the most capable person feeling unsure of themselves. If that sounds familiar, you’re in […]
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You’ve achieved a great deal, and yet it rarely feels like enough. There’s a pressure that sits behind everything, a quiet second-guessing that doesn’t quite let up. So you do what has always worked. You work harder, prepare more, and try to cover every angle in case something slips through. And when things go well,
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The Shrinking Room: Why Avoiding Imposter Syndrome Only Makes It Stronger Imagine your life as a room. At first, it feels open. Spacious. Full of possibility. But then the doubts start creeping in… “I’m not qualified – they’re going to find me out.”“That last success was luck – I won’t be able to do it
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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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Most people who come to therapy for imposter syndrome have already tried to fix it themselves. They’ve read about it, recognised themselves in the descriptions, understood intellectually that they’re not actually a fraud – and found that none of it made much difference. The self-doubt came back. The checking continued. The anxiety before anything high-stakes
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There is a particular hesitation I hear a lot. Someone will describe months, sometimes years, of feeling like a fraud at work. The bracing before meetings. The quiet certainty that one day they will be found out. And then they pause and say some version of the same thing: “But I know it’s not a
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