Imposter Syndrome is Actually A Good Thing...

Imposter syndrome: it’s the feeling that we all get when we begin stepping outside our comfort zone and trying to do something that we’ve always wanted to do.

Whether it’s becoming a musician, or a content creator, or an artist, or getting in a relationship, or becoming financially stable, or becoming a coach, or whatever it is—it’s the feeling of not actually believing that you are what you want to be.

I experienced this directly both by becoming a content creator and a self-transformation coach.

When I first started steadily making YouTube videos and embodying the identity of being a teacher, I felt fake.

I felt like I wasn’t good enough.

I thought, “Who am I to teach? I’m nothing special.”

And I felt the same thing when I started coaching. And it was even more of a big deal because people were paying me.

I felt like a phony, a fake, a poser.

But you wanna know why I felt like that?

I felt like that because I was stepping into a new identity. I was walking uncharted territory.

And to my ego, which loves to stay snuggled up in the familiar, this was terrifying.

It was threatening to the ego.

So it started sending off all these alarms to try and get me to run back to who I used to be.

But here’s why imposter syndrome is actually a good thing:

It’s a sign that you’re taking action that oversteps your current identity structure, and that’s precisely how you grow as a human being.

That’s precisely how you BECOME that new person.

It’s kind of like working out. You have to be willing to push yourself beyond what feels good in order to grow into that stronger version of yourself.

So if you’re experiencing imposter syndrome, I want you to remind yourself that it’s probably because you’re pushing the limits, and setting the bar higher than what your ego feels comfortable with…..

Which is GOOD.

Keep going.