Imposter Syndrome - Why do we feel it and how can we beat it? With Parna Mehrbani

Do you ever feel like you’re an imposter? In your career, your whole life - like you’re doing the whole “fake it 'til you make it” thing, but you never make it… you always feel like you’re faking it. And someday, someone is gonna figure you out - and they’ll tell everyone that you have no idea what you’re doing, you never deserved any of this, and then it will all be ripped out from under you... This feeling can be called Imposter Syndrome. And if you've felt it - you're not alone. At all. Turns out, MOST people experience this Imposter Phenomenon.

Parna Mehrbani is a partner at Tonkon Torp, a business law firm in Oregon. She focuses on intellectual property and trademark law. But she's also done a lot of presentations about Imposter Syndrome, and therefore learned a lot about how it manifests and what we can do to combat it. Because, yes, there are ways we can change these thoughts in our brains - and it starts by talking about it.

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You can keep up with Mentally Together on Instagram @mentallytogetherpod. Cassidy's Instagram is @cassidyquinntv, and you can watch the video version of each podcast episode at YouTube.com/cassidyquinn.

Books recommended by Mentally Together guests: https://bookshop.org/lists/mentally-together