Imposter syndrome is about feeling inadequate and a fraud. It creates thoughts that sound like “one day soon, they’ll realise I’m a phony,” or “who was I to think I could this, it was a stupid idea.” With imposter syndrome, you don’t feel confident or particularly competent. Feelings of success and achievement are hard to …
Boundaries for ourselves are important, they are a vital part of our self-care. A boundary is a clear way of letting people know how you want to be treated and what you can offer. To be effective, boundaries need to be flexible and adaptable, not rigid a metaphorical wall that’s impossible to climb. Healthy boundaries. …
In this final part of exploring “mum guilt” I am going to build on offering ourselves compassion. So often clients say to me “I don’t know how to show myself kindness.” When becoming a mum, it can be very easy to lose sight of who you are and quickly place yourself at the bottom of …
I use this phrase “mum guilt” often, as being mummy to two little ones I have become increasingly aware of how much pressure I put myself under to “get it right”. I want to add this is a term I might have heard from someone else but can’t recall who, so if you know who …
How do you view yourself? And how do you treat yourself? Can you show yourself love and care? These can be hard questions to answer and cause us to feel uncomfortable when we look inwards. Self concept How you feel about yourself is based over your lifetime around your experiences with others. We have constructed …
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