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Cara Says It All

Episode 59: Dealing With Imposter Syndrome, Creative BLOCK + Total Overwhelm

Cara Says It All

Cara Alwill

Entrepreneurship, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Let's talk about IMPOSTER SYNDROME! Have you ever felt like a total fraud? Put an insane amount of pressure on yourself and STILL felt out of place? As the saying goes, "With every level comes a new devil" and boy did I experience it recently. I just submitted the first full draft for my next book - my best book to date - and it put me through the ringer. In this episode I'm talking about what happens when you level up and EXPAND. Because new shit comes up. And we have to learn how to deal. I'm sharing the strategies I used to get through the writing process and stay sane. Grab a pen! This is a good one.
 
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0:00.0

Welcome to Style Your Mind, a podcast for women who want to design their thoughts, empower themselves, and build a beautiful life.

0:09.0

I'm your host, Kara Al-Waleba, best-selling author and master life coach.

0:13.8

I am obsessed with women on the edge of change, and I've worked with hundreds of those women all around the world to help them unlock the best

0:21.5

version of themselves and fulfill their potential.

0:24.7

If you're ready to style your mind and transform your life, then you're in the right place.

0:29.7

Let's do this.

0:33.2

Hi guys and welcome back to the show.

0:36.6

Do you want to transform your business and unleash the potential of your brand?

0:41.4

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0:51.5

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0:55.7

and stand out from the crowd. All right, guys, I am in major, major, major celebration mode slash

1:04.0

emotion mode slash overwhelm. I have tears in my eyes. I grabbed my mic as soon as I hit send on an email.

1:14.8

I just officially submitted the first draft of my next book to my editor. And I am just filled with

1:22.7

every emotion that I can only imagine I could be possibly filled with at this time and then some oh okay so

1:30.9

if you're in Slate Baby I've been sharing a lot of updates with you I've been sharing some stuff over

1:35.2

on Instagram I have been working on this book for a long time I typically write books pretty

1:40.9

quickly pretty much get a book done in like four or five months. I'm kind of like a machine in that way.

1:45.7

But let me tell you something.

1:46.9

This was a whole other situation.

1:50.3

This book is, was probably, is because I'm still kind of working on it, it's the first draft,

1:56.1

so there's going to be more to do.

1:57.1

But this book has been the most challenging book for me to write to date.

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