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Ep. 98 Alleviating Imposter Syndrome, Workaholism, and Stress

Imposter syndrome, workaholism, and stress are common challenges that people face in the workplace. These issues can negatively impact a person’s mental health and work performance. Fortunately, there are antidotes that can help alleviate these problems. In today’s episode, we’ll explore ways to overcome these challenges. Let’s welcome  Estelle Read, The Managing Director of Beee, a coach, speaker, and the Amazon best selling author of Inner Brilliance, Outer Shine: 10 Antidotes to Imposter Syndrome, Workaholism and Stress. 

Key Takeaways:

  • What Is Imposter Syndrome?
  • Who is most likely to get imposter syndrome?
  • The five types of imposter syndrome:
    • The Perfectionist –  feeling inadequate, pushing themselves as hard as possible
    • The Natural Genius – which is perfectionism plus feeling unworthy if they can’t achieve lofty goals the first time around
    • The Soloist –  they find it hard to ask for help
    • The Expert – never feeling good enough despite being really knowledgeable 
    • The Superhuman – which is around work addiction, pushing themselves as hard as possible, regardless of the physical consequences
  • What are antidotes to imposter syndrome, workaholism, and stress?
  • A fix called “havening”: What it is and how it works
  • And learn so much more by listening to the full episode

About Estelle Read

Estelle Read, Managing Director of Beee and a qualified Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author of Amazon Best Seller, Inner Brilliance  Outer Shine: 10 Antidotes to Imposter Syndrome, Workaholism and Stress. She’s been in the HR profession for over 30 years and worked with over 10k people.

Estelle is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), has a Postgraduate Certificate in Personal and Business Coaching, is a Master Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner and a Certified Trainer of NLP, (trained by John Grinder, Carmen Bostic St Claire and Michael Carroll), is a Certified Hypnotherapist, a Havening Techniques Certified Practitioner and an EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Practitioner.

Before setting up Beee in 2005, Estelle spent 14 years in Human Resources (HR), 5 years of which she headed up an HR Team / Corporate Training and Coaching Department for a Legal 500 firm. Prior to that she worked for blue chip manufacturing companies in the chemical, pharmaceutical and automotive industries.

Find out more about Estelle here: https://2beee.com/