By Ruchika Tulshyan and Jodi-Ann Burey Summary. “Imposter syndrome,” or doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud at work, is a diagnosis often given to women. But the fact that it’s considered a diagnosis at all is problematic. The concept, whose development in the ‘70s excluded the effects of systemic racism, classism, xenophobia, and other biases, took a fairly universal…
Overcome Imposter Syndrome: 7 Sneaky Ways Self-Doubt Steals Your Power By Melody Wilding Picture it–you just finished an important presentation at work. By all accounts, you crushed it. Your clients were smiling and satisfied. And your boss even offered you glowing feedback afterward. Nevertheless, you push away the praise and chalk the performance up to luck or good timing. You…