Handling Imposter Syndrome w/ Sherri

Today, Sherri Spelic joins us on the show as we discuss handling imposter syndrome. What defines imposter syndrome? What are the best strategies to go through it? Sherri is an educator with over 26 years of experience and an elementary physical education specialist at the American International School of Vienna. In the session, she expounds on Imposter Syndrome as not showing up, feeling you don’t belong, or not entirely qualified even though you’re best suited for the task. Besides, Sherri delves into transforming a self-doubt environment into self-confidence, getting out of the imposter syndrome mindset, owning greatness, and passing it along to others. Moreover, Sherri talks about the power of community building based on your interests & passion, tapping online networks, and tips to educators & professionals dealing with imposter syndrome. Tune in for more! Timestamps [00:24] A few housekeeping items [02:08] Introducing today’s guest [04:25] Defining Imposter Syndrome [05:45] Does imposter syndrome come from within the self or from what’s around? [07:20] How to have an environment that transforms self-doubt into some sort of self-confidence [10:55] Getting out of the imposter syndrome mindset & starting to own greatness [13:13] When you receive your greatness, how do you transform it so that others can receive it? [16:38] Community building [19:51] Book recommendations on dealing with imposter syndrome [23:35] How to connect to Sherri Spelic [23:52] Advice to educators and professionals going through imposter syndrome Let’s Connect To connect with Sherri Spelic ● Twitter: https://twitter.com/edifiedlistener ● Blog:https://edifiedlistener.blog/ ● Newsletter:https://bendingthearc.substack.com/ More resources ● Head over to iss.edu/events to see future PD's that ISS is offering for the SY 22-23. ● Join the Diversity Collaborative platform-https://info.iss.edu/sign-up-diversity-collaborative