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Do you have Imposter Syndrome | Self-Belief

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Feel like you’re not good enough?

You work hard, try to be at the best of your game, spend extra time reading/ learning/ researching, get celebrated for successes but still feel like you are a fraud? Fooling everyone around you? Having no faith that your decisions and convictions mean anything? You may have Imposter Syndrome.

Imposter Syndrome; is a term coined in 1978 by clinical psychologists Dr Pauline R. Clance and Suzanne A. Imes referring to high-achieving individuals marked by an inability to internalise their accomplishments and a persistent fear of being exposed as a “fraud”.

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What does Imposter Syndrome mean?

This feeling is felt by many – particularly by women – where there is a distinct lack of self-belief in your own decisions, success and the essence of who you are.

You question your decisions, constantly seek to back up your opinions or rely on others to set the path for your future. Sound familiar?

It is a horrible feeling. Feeling like a fraud, like you don’t belong in the position you are in, the awful emotion that you are not good enough. It is draining, demotivating and can leave you feeling blue. Don’t worry you are not alone.

“Sometimes I wake up in the morning before going off to a shoot, and I think, I can’t do this.  I’m a fraud.” – Kate Winslett

It is exhausting – I know – as too often feel like I don’t belong, feeling like everyone else seems to know exactly what they’re doing and in worst case scenarios I have let someone override my own knowledge as I had a distinct lack of faith in my own ability. Needless to say, I was right and was left feeling humiliated and like a failure.


Tips to improve Self-Belief

After some research and some internal pep talks, I have come up with some simple steps to help you fire that negative inner committee and re-instate a board of positive voices to support you with your every goal.

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Stop comparing yourself to other people.

We are living in a world where there are hundreds of ways to compare your success to others. The power of social media means we can often look into the lives of people who seem to be smashing it. We see the smiles, lifestyle and naturally, we start to reflect on our own World.

The grass always seems to be greener on someone else’s lawn – but that doesn’t mean without a little nurture and TLC yours could not be as green.

The number one thing I have realised, especially due to the industry I am in, that comparing myself to my peers is not an option. When you stop doing this and focus that energy into pursuing your own goals – you will start to notice that these small changes set you on the path to hitting your bigger goals.

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Failure does not make you a failure.

As a perfectionist, failing hits hard. However, resilience in character is what makes people the strongest.

Looking through history, you will start to see, that the greatest failures birthed the biggest successes. All you have to do is google Steve Jobs to Sir Richard Branson and even Einstein to know people don’t always get it right!

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill

You can’t be right every time but it is how you respond to a setback which defines who you are as a person.

Just because an idea failed does not mean you are a failure.


Nobody belongs here more than you.

Fact.


Realise that nobody knows what they’re doing.

This is something that once you realise it makes your life a lot easier.

Parenting is a perfect example of this. The best parents in the world had no experience. They learn on the job, strive to be the best, put their heart and soul into and acknowledge when they mess up.

There is an element of expertise in any job but being successful relies on your own drive to achieve. Our world is constantly changing, innovating, learning and growing and no-one knows everything.

If you can keep relevant, keep reading and keep striving to achieve your goals that in itself is a success.


Always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who else will?

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4 Tips for Enhancing Your Health through Balance | Balance

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“Balance”

is one of those things that we all know is really important – and that almost all of us struggle with for much of the time.

Have you ever found yourself being rushed off your feet at work? or struggling to make time for family or friends due to certain other commitments that have completely dominated your waking hours?

You already know that it feels pretty awful and “wrong” to have all of your life’s energies going solely in one direction – at least, if that direction isn’t something that you would happily and consciously surrender everything else in your life for.

Ancient religions, cultures, and traditions from around the world emphasise the importance of balance and harmony for health, well-being, and even the stability of the individual and the society they inhabit.

Aristotle wrote about the “Golden Mean,” and argued that every “virtue” was found in between two “vices” on the extremes. Courage, for example, was the virtue between cowardice on the one hand, and recklessness on the other hand.

These days, many of us are chronically stressed, anxious, depressed, and ill. There are various medications and medical treatments that can help with some of the recurring conditions that people experience, and it’s good to live in a time when services like an NHS repeat prescription app are on offer.

All the same, the first and best solution for these kinds of problems is often finding more balance in life.

Here are a few tips for enhancing your health through balance:

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5 Tips To Fat Loss Without The Gym

If you are like me and have a full-time job it can be hard to get to the gym before work (in the pitch black) or after work (in the pitch black) or you may not have a gym membership.

Don’t stress yourself too much about this comparing yourself to others. A stress-free lifestyle is about balance.

Here are my 5 tips to fat loss that require No Gym – Little Time – Maximum Results


Start your day with a Protein Shake

Many people do not have time for breakfast in the morning.

It’s understandable – with all the other things going on and getting up in the pitch black the first thing most people want to reach for is a hot cup of the good stuff.

BUT

9 times out of 10 – when you skip breakfast you play tricks on your blood sugar which can lead you to reach for crappy choices later on

If you start your day with a high-quality protein shake: you have hit your protein goal for breakfast, will feel fuller till lunch and will be helping yourself keep those energy levels high to tackle the new year!

My Protein Recommendations are:

Vega Essentials

  • Packed with fruits and veg, and full of greens
  • High in 16 essential vitamins and minerals, including iron, B12 and calcium
  • High in Omega-3 fatty acids from flaxseed
  • High in protein, made from a complete multisource plant-based blend of pea, flaxseed and hemp

5 Tips To Fat Loss Without The Gym

Clean and Lean

£49.95 – Body Brilliance – I have this with some of their Ultimate Clean Fibre with Coconut Milk in the morning when I need a protein boost and want to get my extra fibre. It is really filling and tastes great.

5 Tips To Fat Loss Without The Gym


20 Minute Home HIIT workout

Get up 20 minutes early – whack on your favourite radio station or playlist and just thrash it out.

It’s 20 minutes!

I have spent longer checking my Instagram feed in the morning so I have no excuses and neither do you!

Try DailyOm for the workout that suits you or YouTube is the perfect solution.


Walk to Work

Getting your 10,000 steps a day has never been so important in a society where we spend most of the day sat on our behinds.

This leads to poor posture, big bellies, flat bottoms and a whole host of other health problems

By getting your 10,000 steps – the weight will drop off you. Being continually active throughout the day keeps your body being an efficient burning machine.

Download Pacer App


Water – Hydration – Water

Really – do you really need to be told – drink water

It will transform every aspect of your life from letting go of toxins held in your body, letting your skin glow and look glorious, helping with water retention and not to mention the calories you will burn from those extra trips to the loo!

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Take the stairs – 2 at a time

Right now you are probably thinking I am mad. Quite Possibly!

But… hear me out. If you make small changes every day to your routine you will start to see the difference.

Steps are incredible for your glute muscles. Taking the stairs helps increase blood flow and engage those muscles in your backside. When you take two steps at a time you are bringing together two gym moves which are fantastic for shaping that behind of yours.


You don’t need to be negative, drastic or restrictive to achieve your goals!

Remember to smile and make the little changes to see those big results!

Lead that Stress-Free Lifestyle you deserve


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