Why Are You Hiding?: How Imposter Syndrome is Killing Us As Women — And How You Can Overcome It

September 25, 2017

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Elayne Fluker

Elayne Fluker is author of "Get Over 'I Got It' (HarperCollins) and host of the "Support is Sexy" podcast, which has over one million downloads. She facilitates customized workshops for corporations and organizations to create psychologically safe, supportive cultures for ambitious, high-achieving women so they can stress less, thrive more and be fulfilled in work and life.

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Why Are You Hiding?: How Imposter Syndrome is Killing Us As Women — And How You Can Overcome It

Imposter syndrome is something we hear more entrepreneurs speak about openly today as people have the courage to become more transparent about their insecurities. The theory of impostor syndrome was first identified by American psychologists Suzanne Imes, PhD, and Pauline Rose Clance, PhD, in 1978, and was defined as a phenomenon that occurs among high achievers, who are unable to internalize and accept their success. They often attribute their accomplishments to luck rather than to ability, and a fear that others will eventually unmask them as a fraud.
Sound familiar?

On this first episode in our series on “Why Are You Hiding?” — I talk about the ways you can confront imposter syndrome, which is important to address as it can lead to stress, anxiety and depression, something many of us face far too often as women.