Understanding & Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

Why Do I feel like a fraud? Is Impostor Syndrome Real?
In a Medical News Today article published in September 2020 it stated that Impostor syndrome can affect anyone, regardless of job or social status, but high-achieving individuals often experience it.
The article went on to say that Psychologists first described the syndrome in 1978. According to a 2020 review, 9%–82% of people experience impostor syndrome.
Many people experience symptoms for a limited time, such as in the first few weeks of a new job. For others, the experience can be lifelong.
In today’s episode we are joined by Dr. Deena C. Brown. Dr. Brown has been working in the areas of Organizational Development, Executive Coaching, Organizational Change & Transformation and Leadership Development for over 20 years. Dr. Brown knows first-hand that mindful leadership is the key to business effectiveness and growth.
Her skills were honed through over two decades as an educator and school administrator with the Department of Defense. Her passion for international travel and global relations created the framework for her extensive work throughout the world creating and developing leaders and high performance teams. After identifying a significant deficit of women in key leadership roles Dr. Brown founded The Leadhershift Movement®.
The Leadhershift Movement was founded to help female executives shift the way they think to elevate the way they LEARN, EXPERIENCE, APPLY, and DEVELOP (L.E.A.D). Dr. Brown is the CEO of Her Executive Presence, LLC, an executive coaching company for female executives, the host of Walking Through Glass: The Podcast, co-hosts a weekly talkshow “Interludes” on Srishti TV, and is an internationally best-selling author.
She is currently researching the intersectionality of imposter syndrome with race, class, and trauma amongst African American women and other minority ethnic groups. Dr. Brown holds a PhD from the University of Southern Mississippi in Educational Leadership and Research, MA in Education from Old Dominion University, and a BA in Economics from San Diego State University.