Silencing your inner critic: how to stop impostor syndrome from holding you back.

Have you ever had that feeling that you are a fraud, that you don’t belong here and at some point you will be ‘found out’? These thoughts and feelings are what is known as the impostor phenomenon (or most commonly referred to as impostor syndrome). Impostor syndrome is just one of many characteristics of the ‘inner critic’: an internal voice that judges, criticises, and often undermines our self-worth, abilities, and actions.

Impostor phenomenon impacts over 70% of people at some point in their life and can be magnified when:

You do or start something new

You are in the minority

You’re not being yourself

You’re experiencing a change or transition

Although an internalised narrative depicted by an individual's beliefs and experiences, the impact of the inner critic can prevent you from celebrating success, accepting praise, speaking up and stepping forward for new opportunities. It affects many Cambridge students during their studies, and also after graduation when embarking on careers.

If you resonate with having an inner critic or an imposter voice that holds you back in particular scenarios, join this interactive workshop to:

Discover more about the inner critics and impostor phenomenon and where they originate

Discover tools to build confidence and self-belief

Find ways to think more objectively about situations

Recognise how to reframe negative self-talk

Gemma Brown, Personal and Business Coach (ACC)

Gemma is a personal and business coach who helps individuals and SMEs thrive by elevating their

authenticity, purpose and confidence. She specialises in supporting people to confidently embrace

their identities - uncovering their values, needs and true purpose. Often this involves overcoming impostor syndrome, building confidence, building self-awareness, establishing personal strengths, understanding leadership styles, developing self-belief and developing ways to manage well-being and build resilience.

Gemma has over 15 years experience of people leadership across multiple industries, in both the public and private sector. Her experience of leading teams and empowering individuals to realise their full potential, drives her to believe that being ‘our true selves’ will increase motivation,

performance and fulfillment.

Find out more about Gemma at:

gemmabrowncoaching.co.uk

linkedin.com/in/gemmahbrown

This workshop is free and open to all Pembroke students, as part of the LEAP Programme (Leadership, Enterprise & Adventure at Pembroke). To find out more about LEAP, visit pem.cam.ac.uk/LEAP (https://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/alumni-development/leadership-enterprise-adventure-pembroke-leap-programme)

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