OVERCOMING IMPOSTOR SYNDROME
How to Rebrand the Term + Reframe Your Fear.
In our ever anxious world and in my work as a Certified Life Coach, I have witnessed a worrying surge in the use of the term Impostor Syndrome in recent years.
It’s gone far beyond just an innocent buzzword.
We deserve much better than that. I say it’s about time we completely make-over the term Impostor Syndrome to give our dreams their proper due!
Life and coaching have taught me that the language we use (even inside our own heads) wields tremendous power, and when we thoughtfully choose our words we can strategically reboot the tone of our unfolding life stories.
As the label stands now, the word Impostor classifies each of us as unwelcome pretenders, and the word Syndrome diagnoses us all as carriers of some problematic plague.
Furthermore, the snarky subtext is that you lack the confidence, competence, and mental heartiness to fend off the supposedly avoidable fears that fuel Impostor Syndrome.
The un-fun feelings underneath what we label as Impostor Syndrome are certainly real.
They’re understandable, universal wonderings that emerge when we place ourselves in new pursuits and places where, typically, we are trying to expand, advance, and ignite ourselves.
So when we step into our first pilates or quantum-physics class, or we’re navigating our first year in a new professional field alongside seasoned veterans…
How might shifting our inner dialogue away from fraudulent and fear-focused terms help to enhance and energize our experiences?
By rebranding ourselves not as patients stricken with a sorry syndrome, but rather as people:
Deeply committed to Education…
Or to Expansion…
Or perhaps to Excellence…
We make a powerful pivot from what’s supposedly so wrong with us toward what is actually quite wondrous about our spirits!
-William Rees
ICF Certified + Accredited Coach
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