Big Stuff With Danielle Colley

The Truth About Imposter Syndrome; You Haven't Caught Up To Yourself Yet

Danielle Colley Season 2 Episode 33

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Have you ever walked into a room — a meeting, a new job, a boardroom — and felt that quiet, creeping sense that someone is about to find you out? That somehow you've tricked your way in and it's only a matter of time before everyone works that out?


That feeling has a name: imposter syndrome. And in this How Are You Really? episode, Danielle gets into what it actually is, why it hits hardest precisely when you've most earned your place, and — most importantly — what to do about it. 


Drawing on her own experience walking into the Women's Weekly newsroom as a blogger among award-winning career journalists, and the stories of women she coaches across high-stakes industries, Danielle unpacks the real reason so many capable, accomplished women still feel like frauds: their self-concept simply hasn't caught up to the person they've already become.


Episode Chapters

0:00 — Welcome 

2:30 — The Women's Weekly story: earning your place, and the trap that comes with it 

8:00 — What imposter syndrome actually feels like, and why it lives at every new level 

13:00 — The software problem: old programs running in the background 

19:30 — Three ways to start catching up to yourself 

23:00 — Two questions to sit with before you close this app


Three Ways to Manage Imposter Syndrome

  1. Audit the evidence, not the feeling
  2. Update the story — retire the old narrative
  3. Act like the version of you who has already arrived


Find Danielle 

Website:⁠ daniellecolley.com.au ⁠

Instagram:⁠ @daniellecolley ⁠

Got a question for a How Are You Really? episode? Email: ⁠bigstuffpod@gmail.com⁠ or DM her on Instagram