As a Trauma Therapist, looking at popular advice around Imposter Syndrome makes my skin crawl. I’ve seen how it’s sent hundreds of my clients into rumination and thinking they need to heal more than they do… for years.
That’s why I’m sharing an exclusive peek inside a group session where we discuss the reality of Imposter Syndrome – and why it’s not just all in your head – but there’s nothing wrong with you either.
You’ll walk away from today’s episode knowing:
- The way you’re imposter syndrome is used to make other businesses profitable
- How you might be retraumatizing yourself through personal development content
- The wisdom that can be gained from listening to your imposter syndrome
Search for Embodied Entrepreneur where you get your podcasts and pick episode 111: 1 Sign You ARE An Imposter and It Isn’t Just In Your Head
TRANSCRIPT:
[00:00:00] You’re about to learn the two pieces of wisdom. Your imposter syndrome has been trying to tell you for years. By the end of today’s episode, you will walk away knowing the way that you can use your imposter syndrome to actually increase profit in your business and how you might be re traumatizing yourself through personal development content, plus the wisdom that can be gained by listening to your imposter syndrome.
[00:00:38] If you tend to be anxious, you tend to doubt your decisions, feel like you’re running back and forth between ideas or inspiration and cannot find the ability to rest, focus, and have consistent, sustainable income without burnout, this podcast will pull you into clarity and focus. Focus.
[00:00:54] Today’s episode is pretty special because I’m actually going to be taking an audio clip from a coaching call that
[00:01:00] I was delivering at the moment. I am hosting shameless sales, which is a group coaching program that supports you in mastering the art of a shame free sales using nervous system science and trauma healing so that you can increase your income with more ease.
[00:01:13] And somebody asked, They kind of said, you know, I’m selling this thing and, and I have imposter syndrome about it. And I shared this audio clip. Stick around until the end because I’m going to be sharing with you your next best step as you begin to heal trauma, regulate your nervous system and find effortless income that supports your body and that is supported by the wisdom of your body.
[00:01:38] Sheridan:
[00:01:40] Okay. I’m going to tell you something about imposter syndrome that nobody tells you and that the personal development industry likes to pretend isn’t real. There’s a problem in the personal development industry because we’ve taken imposter syndrome
[00:02:00] and we have kind of gone from there. Spiritually or positively kind of toxic positivity or spiritually gas lit the feeling of, well, if you have imposter syndrome, it means that you need to heal something within yourself, which further exasperates.
[00:02:17] This feeling of there’s something wrong with me. Two things are true about imposter syndrome. Number one, it tells us where we have a value of refining our work. It tells us where we genuinely desire to be better at something and to have more external evidence that we are good at something. That is normal.
[00:02:42] It is normal for the human creation to want somebody it’s, it’s a part of that feedback loop of creativity. Every great artist, every great philosopher, every great revolutionary leader has looked to others to provide feedback.
[00:03:00] That’s how we learn to serve. And that’s how we refine our skills. So it is possible that if you are experiencing imposter syndrome and part of you is saying, I’m not, I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to provide this X, Y, Z, it is possible that there is a very intelligent desire inside of you saying, you know what, I actually want to practice that a couple of times and get some feedback.
[00:03:25] Because if we take them, if we take for a second, if we remove this idea that there’s something wrong with you, there’s something that you need to fix, and there’s something that you need to heal. Receiving that feedback is it’s actually a collaborative. It’s like, Hey guys, I have this dream that I’m looking to accomplish, and I actually need a little bit of help getting it out there.
[00:03:43] What do you reckon? Can you help me in this way? If you stop taking it so personally, your shame is your shame body is, is the reason that you’re taking it personally and that’s okay, there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s normal. We all have it. My invitation is how can [00:04:00] you take the wisdom of the Of this imposter syndrome, which is in part and only in part, oh, I actually do want more feedback.
[00:04:11] I actually, or I do want to learn something, or I do want to kind of like, I want to gift this to a couple of people and just kind of see if that, if that feels good. You know, I just, I like I’m running, I’ve been writing a book now for a year, it’ll be a year in a couple of months. And I’ve done numerous iterations and I’ve asked for feedback because it’s a collaborative process.
[00:04:35] And I need to know when I communicate in this way, does it support you?
[00:04:42] So that’s real. So there might be a part of you. That’s like, I actually do want to benefit. And so we’re going to put that there. We’re going to come back to it. Then there’s usually another part of us that thinks that there’s something wrong with us and says, and that’s, I think what people are trying to get around when they tell you to, [00:05:00] like, you’re not really an imposter,
[00:05:04] it’s kind of saying, well, there’s something wrong with me. It’s like, well, no, it’s not. And you don’t even need to heal the fact that you think that there.
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[00:05:14] Sheridan: Now there is a 10 minute episode that is quickly becoming one of the podcasts. I have received the most positive feedback on in the coaching call that I was in from this recording.
[00:05:22] We actually started the call. There were two women who were like, Oh my God, this is literally like, This like I was taking notes. I re I re listen to it. It’s so good. I’ve changed everything. Uh, so I’m going to recommend that you listen to that. This is number episode 109. It’s called how to heal your divine masculine to receive more love and money.
[00:05:41] And this episode is really about the one kind of odd or weird way that you know, that you need to heal your relationship with masculinity and know it has nothing to do with your relationship with men. By the end of the 10 minute, Minute episode. You will know the surprising way your anxiety can decrease, when you heal your divine masculine.
[00:05:59] [00:06:00] The one thing all smart female entrepreneurs can learn from the divine masculine and the one 92nd embodiment practice to cultivate the divine masculine inside for more ease, less anxiety, more intimacy, and more money. You’ll find a link below.