This week’s episode features Sheryl Anjanette, Speaker, Author, and CEO at Anjanette Wellness Academy who helps c-suite executives and their teams get past the tolls of Imposter Syndrome. There are cultural roots to imposter syndrome and Sheryl explains that triggers can be learned and they can be external as well. However, no matter the cause, there are quick ways to address this psychological pattern when they do arise. She shares that deep breathing and honoring the emotional component, not suppressing it, is one way to manage the emotions which can spiral out of control.
HIGHLIGHTS
01:35 Imposter Syndrome: Working with C-suite execs in the pursuit of balance
05:08 Understanding imposter syndrome as a psychological pattern
08:11 Culture: Internal and external triggers of imposter syndrome
11:10 Practicing the pause: A tip to honor and express your emotions
17:42 Sheryl's fearless mindset as a single mom and senior executive
QUOTES
02:39 "I have this whole process with imposter syndrome where we talked about the healthy zone, this middle zone, and when it gets outside of that, it becomes maladaptive. Well, same thing happens when we're out of balance."
06:22 "The definition is that it's a psychological pattern where somebody feels like they're not good enough in spite of their accomplishments... It's a psychological pattern, which means it's habitual. It kind of gets baked in like we're doing certain things on autopilot and that includes our beliefs, our thoughts."
13:29 "Slow yourself down, you stop the spinning, you unhook the emotion. So first thing I do is I call them out, what am I feeling? And I might even talk to myself in the third person. This works really well. Step outside yourself."
14:16 "Honor those emotions. So that's the very first thing because the emotions, if they're not honored, they get suppressed. They get pushed down. If they're expressed, they can be gone really, really quickly."
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