Feeling Like A Fraud?

Feeling Like A Fraud?

There’s a fairly new concept called “Imposter Syndrome.”  Psychologists have been studying this phenomenon in many of their clients. A true imposter, or fraud, is someone who claims knowledge, credentials, education, skills, or even material wealth that is meant...
Feeling Like A Fraud?

Aging Better

When I was 50 I felt 20 years younger.  As I turned 60, I still felt like 45.  Then at 65 I started to notice changes, though I still felt “young.” Now at 69 I often feel older than my age. How about you?  Clichés abound about aging: “it’s just a...
Feeling Like A Fraud?

Talking With Your Truest Self

Usually when we talk to ourselves it’s for emphasis or out of frustration. We’re not addressing the core of who we are; rather we are letting off steam. And steam just evaporates into thin air. What if I were to tell you that there’s a person inside of you who would...
Feeling Like A Fraud?

Four Steps Away From Sentimentality

Sentiment has two distinct definitions. The first is more rationally based: a view of or attitude toward a situation or event; an opinion.  It’s a way of recognizing and revealing our thought process on an issue. We all have sentimental events that we recall with...
Feeling Like A Fraud?

Taking Time To Heal

Whether you acknowledge it or not, there is something in your life that needs healing. We don’t live very long before our spirits are wounded by unkind remarks, unreasonable expectations, or traumas that reside in our bodies, ready to be triggered again by the...
Feeling Like A Fraud?

Seven Ways to Heal Your Holiday

For many, the holiday season is a season of joyful expectation, reunions with loved ones, and merry parties and group events. This year is decidedly different for most everyone who has a proper respect for the power of viruses. Yet, even in the best of circumstances,...