Are you struggling with ‘Impostor Syndrome’?
With high prevalence in adult professionals, this issue is one of the most pervasive thought/feeling patterns in our society today.
What is it?
‘Impostor syndrome’ is the name given to the experience of encountering a stark contrast between how you perceive yourself from within and how you believe the rest of the universe perceives you from without.
As a result, you feel like you’re faking,
that you are not actually worthy or capable of achieving what you’ve achieved,
that you are bound to fail.
Along with this can come a fear of being ‘found out’
– exposed for being an impostor–
and its effects, either through failure or because it seems as if it is glaringly obvious.
What causes it?
‘Impostor Syndrome’ is actually a natural byproduct of learning, or the automation system in the brain.
The brain automates whatever you repeat. (Practice makes perfect!)
When you were young, you had access to very few effective ways to manage stress and difficult emotions.
You were forced then to use coping strategies that were either otherwise unnatural or subconscious and instinctive to you repeatedly, over and over again, often for several years (or perhaps an entire childhood – hint hint).
In doing so, you unwittingly learned/automated these useful coping mechanisms- they became a part of you-
and so they react in the same ways to circumstances that are somehow similar to those in the past.
That means that a part of you that is an automated coping mechanism from your past is holding the reigns in these situations, standing in temporarily for the adult version of you- like an impostor!
What can be done about it?
These old programs and coping mechanisms are still running the show in these kinds of situations because up until now, no one has uninstalled them.
The work we do together is designed to do just that- to uninstall these once useful, old programs and break the chains of the past.
The result is that ‘Impostor Syndrome’ melts away, from the inside out, instantaneously and naturally.
Our work together will free the potential of your mind with you at the helm, with an accurate and clear sense of what’s come before and what could come next.
Call me directly at (925) 264-9739 right now. Come free your mind
