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Impostor syndrome—that feeling that you’re not as smart as others believe you are–may be getting a bad rap. First identified by psychologists Pauline Rose Clance and Suzanne Clance in 1971 ...
During a speaking engagement at an all-girls school in north London, former first lady Michelle Obama said she suffers from impostor syndrome, a term used to describe feelings of self-doubt and ...
If you are constantly feeling this way, and you are not able to enjoy your wins, you may be experiencing impostor syndrome. Unfortunately, Clance and Gail Matthews found that about 70 percent of ...
"We actually coined the term impostor phenomenon," says Imes, a psychologist, "because [it] is actually not a syndrome in the medical sense of the word." The feeling isn't a disorder or something ...
Additional studies have belied the notion that impostor syndrome is a rare or debilitating condition, because, as Clance told Cuddy, it turns out almost everyone has it. “Researchers have found ...
After a year of chart-topping success, award wins, and an engagement, Lainey Wilson says she's learning to accept her ...
Vermont's own Ilona Maher set the record straight when asked about imposter syndrome in a now-viral interview clip. In an interview with CNN published Wednesday, Maher opened up about the ...
The curious minds at Aperture explore how impostor syndrome challenges our sense of self-worth and accomplishment.
What’s hard about that?” But his ongoing struggles with anxiety, impostor syndrome and Tourette syndrome are a whole different story — and the weight of it has prompted him to consider ...
Commonly referred to as “impostor syndrome”, it is when a person believes their success to be the result of luck or other external factors, rather than talent or ability. People with these ...
Vermont's own Ilona Maher set the record straight when asked about imposter syndrome in a now-viral interview clip. The outlet also shared a video on TikTok from Maher's interview with CNN anchor ...