Nov 12, 2020
Clare Josa is an author of 8 books, a speaker, an NLP trainer and a leadership mentor. She started out as an engineer and uses a lot of that discipline in her soul-engineered leadership work.
She says that “changing the world isn’t so much about what you do, as about who you allow yourself to become. “
We talk about:
- How Clare moved from engineering to doing what she does now
- Sexism in engineering when she started out
- Moving into market research at Dyson
- Wanting to work with people instead of machines and make a difference
- Bringing the woo into engineering and personal development
- How men are often more open to the woo and energy work than women
- Teaching energy work experientially so that everyone can get it
- Women leaders can sometimes be wearing too much armour to embrace the more feminine aspects of leadership
- The importance of being accepted for all of who we are
- How work still doesn’t work for women who have responsibilities outside work
- How Covid has helped many working women by forcing meetings and training to be online
- Getting used to working and connecting on Zoom
- The law profession as a hotbed for imposter syndrome
- The difference between self-doubt and imposter syndrome
- The 4 Ps of imposter syndrome
- How people-pleasing can be a big issue for women
- Midlife women and imposter syndrome
- Menopause is the peak of imposter syndrome for women
- Being hyper-vigilant to threat when under stress
- Changing the ageist bias against older women
- Why stress impacts hormones and makes menopausal brain fog and hot flushes even worse
- Understanding negative self-talk and learning to stop it
- The midlife identity shift
- The dangers of judging ourselves
- It’s never too late to get started on anything – take action today
And more!
Find out more about Clare:
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Access Clare's Ditching Imposter Syndrome Training here: http://www.clarejosa.com/magnificentmidlife/
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