Power Past the Imposter Syndrome

Book excerpt: Forget about everything you have read before about why you have the Imposter Syndrome. You can't just stop thinking like an imposter, nor can you be cured as it isn't a disease. But you can change your brain and change your life, powering past the Imposter Syndrome and living free of the self-limiting beliefs and behaviors that get in the way of your happiness and fulfilment. This book gives anyone who suffers from the Imposter Syndrome an understanding of what the Imposter Syndrome is, what caused it, and the essential elements for developing their Authentic Self. It is for those who continue to be limited by unconscious patterns of reactions, beliefs, and behaviors developed in childhood that create unhappiness, anxiety, and despair. This book gets to the root causes of the Imposter Syndrome. It highlights how normal childhood development, when disrupted or interfered with, leads to the development of an Imposter Syndrome Persona, there to protect us and keep us safe. We need them to ensure our psychological survival and prevent the pain and suffering caused by others. It's the real reason we became an Imposter, spending more time making sure we survive our childhood than actually developing our Authentic Self. We call them Imposter Syndrome Personas because while they represent us and we use them, they are not our Authentic Self. You'll also see the impact of consistent negative messaging, inadequate parenting, or traumatic childhood experiences on your development and why you developed the Imposter Syndrome. Most importantly, you'll understand why it is so difficult to "just get over it, or beat it" and why you have struggled unsuccessfully, thinking that the things you've tried should have worked but didn't. It's because the messages and automatic behaviors of the Imposter Syndrome are wired into our belief system and the physiology of our brain. And because they are unconscious, it takes time and consistent effort to bring our beliefs into consciousness and change automatic habits of mind that get in the way of living from our Authentic Self. Because these Personas are in our unconscious and we aren't aware of them, we get stuck repeating the patterns of behavior and thoughts associated with each of them. We mistake our IS Persona for who we actually are until we take our development into our own hands. These Personas keep us stuck working out the relationship failures of our childhood and repeating patterns of thinking and behavior throughout our adult life. The 4 Imposter Syndrome Personas are based on the 4 Archetypes of Survival from the work of Caroline Myss and Carl Jung. They are called the Child, Victim, Prostitute, and Saboteur. All of the Imposter Syndrome Personas have the agenda to keep us safe by staying small and feeling like we are not enough, but they do it in different ways. Read this book if you are ready to: -change automatic negative thoughts -stop thinking you are not enough -nurture your Authentic Self -challenge the way you treat yourself -get to know the difference between your Imposter Syndrome Persona and your Authentic Self-break free of the limitations of the Imposter Syndrome Persona and live from your Authentic Self-live life on your own terms, feeling satisfied with who you are and taking charge of your own development-take charge of your development and pick up where you left off in your childhood. Be prepared for an awakening to the true meaning of the Imposter Syndrome, what it is, what it isn't, and what you actually have to do to live from your Authentic Self.