Voice of Doubt – How to overcome impostor syndrome

No More “Negative Nancy”….for you.  Time to dive headfirst into your next chapter!

As part of the International Women’s Day (month of March) virtual tour – I was speaking to audiences far and wide about; imposter syndrome, empowering women, perfectionism and naming your voice of doubt!

I’m still beaming from all the comments I heard.

ONE BIG TIP on how to overcome impostor syndrome!

In order to quieten your voice of doubt, I’ve been enlightened by business coaches and experts who all say – quite simply NAME IT!

Name your voice of doubt to shut it up for a moment!

This switches the power from that unpleasant figure on your shoulder telling you you’re not good enough to YOU. 

We’ve had some corkers recently.  The Westminster City Council team was on fire with their VOD (voice of doubt) names.  I’m still giggling…

Lazy Lacey, Tell You Off Tonya, Buzzkill Carol, Not Good Enough Nancy, Negative Nancy, Negative Nigel, Nasty Cow, and Gloomy George… (and many more that are still making me laugh)

Priceless! What’s yours called? 

I’d love to share some of the “chat box” comments too…about how to make yourself feel more confident and empowered before your performance appraisal…

Ashlee…

“I keep a 'feel good' folder full of screenshots of nice comments I've received, and a 'ta-da' list of all my achievements - no matter how big or small! These both really help to prepare me for interviews and seasonal conversations :)”

Hayley…

“I was much more confident before I had my son. I feel like I have been fighting to be confident ever since,  and he is now 11! I finally felt everything clicked and now perimenopause has entered the room”

Thank you so much for sharing. I’m with you, Hayley. I’m still getting over my confidence knock after the birth of my daughter and she’s 15!

Heads up my Virtually Confident Podcast series is all about speaking up, getting your voice heard, being more visible and how to overcome imposter syndrome.

Email me for if you’d like to find out how about joining the next cohort, putting forward a high potential woman in your team or running the program in-house. esther@estherstanhope.com