Managing Impostor Feelings

So, what is the Impostor Phenomenon and how can we manage it?
You can read more about imposter syndrome in surgeons in this article that I wrote for the Bulletin of the RCS (Engl.).[3]
Managing your inner critic
Humans are social animals. Being part of, and valued within, a social group is very important… in fact, critical to our survival in evolutionary terms.
Read more →Developing psychological distance
Once you become aware of the nature of your inner critic, you can start to create space around the thoughts and feelings that you have, through psychological distancing techniques.
Read more →Having somewhere to go
Once you’ve noticed your negative self talk and the associated feelings, and created psychological distance from it/them, how do you connect with what's important to you?
Read more →Putting it all together
So, when we have identified our inner critic, learned to create psychological distance, and developed an alternative, how do we put it all together?
Read more →Resource Lucky Dip

Taming your Gremlin®
Featured in: Inner Critic, Impostor Phenomenon, Self Compassion

Mindset (book and audiobook)
Featured in: Audiobooks, Listening (Spoken Word), Self Compassion

The Let Them Theory (Book/audiobook)
Featured in: Self Compassion, Inner Critic

Caring for others without losing yourself
Featured in: Impostor Phenomenon, Self Compassion, Listening (Spoken Word)

Optimising Performance for Surgeons course
Featured in: Self Compassion, Coaching, Impostor Phenomenon
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