“We are who we believe we are.” ~C.S. Lewis Have you ever caught yourself hiding behind the term “imposter syndrome”?
I know I have—more times than I’d like to admit. We hear the phrase so often now, and it’s almost become a catch-all for our .
But what if I told you that imposter syndrome isn’t what you think it is? What if it’s something deeper that has been with you far longer than your career or the roles you play in your life?
Let me take you on a journey that may mirror your own. It starts in a place many of us know well: childhood. My first taste of feeling “less than” came early, in the first grade, at a Catholic elementary school in Lawrence, Kansas.