Imposter Feelings Are Real. So Are the Rooms That Amplify Them.

Imposter feelings are real.

Not "were." Are. I still live with them. Throughout my career in corporate America, at every level, they've shown up. Today I still walk into some rooms and feel that familiar tightening: this is the moment they figure me out.

If you feel it too, whether you're new in your career, just changed paths, or have been doing this work for years, please hear this: you're not weak, you're not ungrateful, and you're not broken. It makes sense that it's tiring.

As I wrote in my new Influential Women article: "you can be capable and afraid of being found out. Both can be true at once."

And here's the part we rarely say out loud. The feelings are real, AND the rooms we work in can turn the volume up.

If someone tells you, "I feel like a fraud," try not to argue. Try: "I believe you. I've felt that too."

When does it get loudest for you?

Thank you, Influential Women, for sharing this one.

Link in the first comment.

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