The Five Imposter Types Summary Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared a series of posts exploring five common imposter patterns: the Perfectionist, Expert, Soloist, Natural Genius, and Superhuman, as identified by the work of Dr Valerie Young. This final post brings everything together. It’s not another “type” or framework to memorise, it’s a chance to step […]
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The Natural Genius Imposter In the fourth post in this series looking at the different types of Imposter Syndrome as identified by Dr Valerie Young we will be looking at the Natural Genius, the fear isn’t about being wrong, it’s about struggling at all. This type believes that competence should come easily. And when it
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The Soloist Imposter This is the third post in the series looking at the one of the five patterns of Imposter Syndrome identified by Dr. Valerie Young. In the previous two posts we looked at the Perfectionist Imposter, and then the Expert Imposter. For others, imposter syndrome isn’t about being perfect or knowing everything, it’s
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In an earlier blog post I wrote about the 5 different types of imposter syndrome as defined by Dr. Valerie Young. Click here to read. In this post I write about one of those types in more detail – The Perfectionist Imposter. The Perfectionist Imposter Imposter syndrome shows up in different ways for different people.
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When self-doubt and anxiety are loud, the instinct is usually to try to quiet them down. To think things through more carefully, prepare more thoroughly, seek reassurance, or wait until the feelings settle before moving forward. These responses make complete sense. They’re also, as most people who’ve tried them will recognise, not particularly reliable. The
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We all know what it’s like to wake up to a grey, rainy morning. You may not like what you find when you open the curtains, but you also recognise there’s not much you can do about it. You don’t control the weather. You only control what you do when it’s raining. You might pull
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