How do you cope with imposter syndrome?

I’m a fan of the reset. I don’t know about you, but I struggle with insecurity. Not all the time, but often enough. Apparently, imposter syndrome, runs high in women.

When insecurity comes, when that voice whispers in my head, “who do you think you are,” I need a reset, a time out.

I need to clear my head and re-evaluate why am I doing what I’m doing? And I also go straight to my faith. I dig into who I belong to. I’m a child of God, and no matter what is going on in my world, I’m going to be ok if I remember this.

On a super practical level, the best thing I can do right away is get into nature, whatever that looks like, and pray it out. I need to refocus on things bigger than myself and put myself and my circumstances into perspective. I can do this best when I am outside in nature, listening to birds sing, feeling the wind on my face. The weather doesn’t have to be perfect, it could be raining, the sky could be overcast, I could be in a tiny park in New York City, but the enormity and power of the natural world helps me refocus on things bigger and grander than little old me. 

If everything in my world is swirling around me, if there’s no outward focus, then I’m going to get out of whack. Navel gazing doesn’t give me clarity, it just makes me smaller and more insecure.

So if you’re feeling insecure, not sure about what you’re working on, afraid that people are going to find out that you aren’t who you say you are, shake it off, head outside and let your spirit connect with things bigger and more powerful than you.