Hello and welcome to the Mindful Kind podcast.

I'm your host, Rachel Cable, author of the Mindfulkind book, Mindfulness Teacher and blogger at

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Each week this podcast will bring meaningful tips, tools and strategies so you can manage stress

and live more mindfully in the modern world.

Hello and welcome to episode 275 of the Mindful Kind podcast about imposter syndrome.

There's a lot to cover on this super interesting topic, so I've decided to break this

episode into two parts. In this episode,

you'll learn what imposter syndrome is, including some of the signs of imposter syndrome and

plenty of examples so you can understand it. And then in the next episode, number 276,

I'll be sharing some tips to help you start overcoming imposter syndrome.

So, first of all, what is imposter syndrome?

In the 1970s, psychologist Suzanne Imes and Pauline Rose Clance first described

imposter syndrome as an experience among high achievers who feel unable to internalize and accept their success.

Basically, if you experience imposter syndrome, you'll feel like a fraud and worry that your

success isn't actually real or deserved. You might feel anxious about being caught out and

that others will finally see you're not good enough to do

whatever it is that you're doing. Even when there's evidence that says you are good enough,

you doubt it. For example, let's pretend you had an acro science in school and you went on to

study nursing. You study well and a few years later you graduate

with your qualification and you start working as a nurse.

But there's a part of you that feels inadequate.

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