Imposter Syndrome and Your Mental Health

Summarily - A Podcast for Busy Lawyers

Impostor Syndrome "describes high-achieving individuals who, despite their objective successes, fail to internalize their accomplishments and have persistent self-doubt and fear of being exposed as a fraud or impostor."*
I battle Impostor Syndrome. Studies show that 75% of professionals do. And the numbers are higher among women and minorities. A large percentage of lawyers also deal with Impostor Syndrome.
Dr. Ellen Hendriksen and Professor David Grenardo joined me to discuss Impostor Syndrome. They explain what it is, where it comes from, how it can impact our mental health, and ways to cope with it.
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Imposter Syndrome? 8 Tactics to Combat the Anxiety (ABA)
Dr. Hendriksen: How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety
Prof. Grenardo: “The Phantom Menace to Professional Identity Formation and Law School Success: Imposter Syndrome,” published in the University of Dayton Law Review in 2022.
* Prevalence, Predictors, and Treatment of Imposter Syndrome: A Systematic Review, Dena M. Bravata, etc.
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