The Caroline Flanagan Podcast
Welcome to the Caroline Flanagan Podcast A podcast for Lawyers with Imposter Syndrome who want to stop sabotaging their success and start progressing their career I’m Caroline Flanagan - the Coach for lawyers with Imposter Syndrome. With 9 years experience as an international finance lawyer, I know exactly what it’s like to work in a high pressure environment. I understand the fear and anxiety brought on by Imposter Syndrome, that leads you to overthink, overwork, self sabotage and play small That’s why each week I bring you the unique process and tools I used to solve my Imposter Syndrome so that I could get out of my own way and fulfil my potential. I don't rely on tricks and confidence quick fixes whose effects don’t last. I give you a proven process, the practical tools and I teach you the skills in a way that means you don’t just progress your career, you progress who you are.
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Have you made the switch to Legal Imposters with Caroline Flanagan?
02/03/2023
Have you made the switch to Legal Imposters with Caroline Flanagan?
Have you made the switch to Legal Imposters with Caroline Flanagan? There are no further episodes planned for the Caroline Flanagan Podcast. Please head over to your favourite podcast player and subscribe to Legal Imposters to discover everything to support you to make Imposter Syndrome your strength. You can connect via here:
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Episode #149 The 4 Pillars of Career Progression
11/25/2022
Episode #149 The 4 Pillars of Career Progression
Why do you need to change the way you think about career progression goals? Many of You HAVE no career progression goals at all. You’re floating along You have no intention or direction Maybe it hasn’t occurred to you that you should. A lot of you have this idea that career progression is only about getting a promotion. Some of you do have a career progression goal, but it’s not the right one. You have a career progression goal, it’s the right one, but the way you’re chasing after that goal is going to make it unsustainable when you get there. So you’re either underestimating the IMPORTANCE of career progression and/or you’re taking such a narrow a view of it, (I.e. that career progression = promotion) that you are missing out on the VALUE of other forms of career progression. This means you are denying yourself the opportunity to create the results of: Being in a better place in your career today than you were yesterday Or at the end of this year than you were last year And to have as your future goal: the ambition of being in a better place in your career at the end of 2023 than you are the beginning. In this last episode of the Caroline Flanagan Podcast, we cover: Why you should ALWAYS have a career progression goal. Why it’s really important to make sure that your goal is the RIGHT goal. How to choose the right goal by focusing on the 4 Pillars of Career Progression, the concept we teach in Imposter Syndrome Coaching. What the 4 Pillars of Career Progression are and how to use them. In my Imposter Syndrome Coaching programme, you do a Progression Audit to work out which of the 4 pillars needs the most immediate attention, and we spend 6 months progressing that pillar first. When you do the work to progress one pillar, this has a knock on effect of progressing the other pillars too. You can get started RIGHT NOW with identifying your progression goal for the next 6 months. I’m giving you FREE ACCESS to the Progression Audit Form (the exact same one we use when you join in Imposter Syndrome Coaching) to everyone who joins my Waitlist. . To access your audit now, . Add your details there, and a link to the Progression Audit will be sent straight to your inbox. And make a note! Enrolment for Imposter Syndrome Coaching opens on 6th December. So and get your Progression Audit. This is your opportunity to be ready for when doors open on enrolment. This is the last episode of The Caroline Flanagan podcast and we’re excited to have recently introduced a brand new podcast, Legal Imposters, which is super tailored especially for lawyers with Imposter Syndrome. , and head on over to LinkedIn to subscribe to the I.
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Episode #148 Welcome to Legal Imposters!
11/17/2022
Episode #148 Welcome to Legal Imposters!
This week we’re launching a brand new podcast exclusively for lawyers. Welcome to Legal Imposters! The podcast will have all the helpful Imposter Syndrome advice and information you have been used to if you have been following the Caroline Flanagan podcast over the last couple of years, but will be tailored to be even more specific to lawyers, going deeper and serving you better. This introductory episode is to welcome fellow legal imposters into the fold, and to explain to you how the key to tackling your Imposter Syndrome lies in turning it into your strength and using it to your advantage in your career. We bust the three Imposter Syndrome myths: That it’s ‘just you’ and that everyone else is confident and capable. That Imposter Syndrome is a problem that you need to fix. That Imposter Syndrome is a sign of weakness. And we explain how rather than ‘fixing’ your Imposter Syndrome, you need to change: The way you think about your Imposter Syndrome. The way you think about YOURSELF as a person with Imposter Syndrome. The way you think about what it means to succeed in the legal industry. We’ll explore all of this in detail over the coming episodes. But if you're a lawyer, you want more, your negative thoughts about belonging and deserving are holding you back, you’re ready to stop doing that, and you’re now ready to see what you’re capable of, you’re in the right place! Welcome to Legal Imposters. We’re so excited you’re here. SUBSCRIBE and tell ALL your fellow lawyers – everyone needs to know how to feel good about their Imposter Syndrome! In Imposter Syndrome Coaching we follow a simple practical process for progressing your career when you have Imposter Syndrome. Enrolment for the next programme opens soon.
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Episode #147 Recession Proof Your Career
11/04/2022
Episode #147 Recession Proof Your Career
With all this talk of a cost of living crisis and recession, it’s tempting to hunker down and play it small. But if you want to keep your career on track during difficult times you need to do the opposite. It’s more important than ever that you take control of your career, by: Being visible Adding value, and Building relationships. I’m not here to scaremonger or to try to make you worried. But in turbulent times, when there are so many things in the world that are out of your control, one thing you can have power over is the direction and progression of your own career. In this episode, I explain: How to think about uncertainty so that you do not panic, or ignore coming change, and What to do to bolster your career so that you are in a position of strength to weather the prospective storm. The episode covers all you need to do to ‘double down’ on your career so that you make yourself the most visible, valuable and well-connected lawyer you can be. I explain how you should do this, even, and in fact, especially, when you suffer from Imposter Syndrome. Because it’s your Imposter Syndrome that is holding you back. It’s what stands between you and doubling down. And doubling down is how you make your career more resilient and ensure it’s sustainable in troubled times. In Imposter Syndrome Coaching we follow a simple practical process for progressing your career when you have Imposter Syndrome. You get everything you need to double down and recession-proof your career. Enrolment for the next programme opens soon.
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Episode #146 The Five Emotions
10/21/2022
Episode #146 The Five Emotions
If you think progressing your career when you have Imposter Syndrome is all about the action, think again. It's the emotions that drive your actions that count. Why? Because emotion lies behind everything we do. Because FEAR is the emotion behind your Imposter Syndrome, driving overworking, overthinking, playing small and self sabotage – which are the behaviours keeping you stuck and stopping you progressing the way you want or need to. Because if you want to progress, you need to a) be AWARE of the emotions that don’t serve you and b) learn how to TURN ON those that do. And the good news is, you only need to master 5 of them! In this podcast episode, I describe the 5 emotions that you need to choose to feel, and then explain how to feel them consistently and intentionally, if you are going to progress your career. NB - confidence is not on the list! Tune in now to find out what these 5 emotions are. And If you're a lawyer with Imposter Syndrome seeking better balance, more recognition, more confidence or you just want to do your day job with a lot more ease, check out Imposter Syndrome Coaching for lawyers. Enrolment opens soon.
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Episode #145 - Faking It Til You Make It
10/14/2022
Episode #145 - Faking It Til You Make It
You can’t short cut your way to confidence. Faking it ‘til you make it may help you out when you need a quick fix, but it is not a long term strategy for building confidence. It’s often one of the ‘tricks’ you’re advised to use to help you ’overcome’ your Imposter Syndrome - a mindset tactic that encourages you to do something you’re terrified or reluctant to do. It works on the premise that if you ‘pretend’ to be able to do something often enough, or for long enough, you grow the capability to actually do it. Sounds good, right? The problem with faking it though is that your relationship with yourself doesn’t change. It gives you a mask to wear, it makes you well-practised - but you are still practising being someone you are not. The best way to ‘make it’ is by gaining confidence in who you really ARE. In this episode, I cover all the downsides to the faking it approach and describe what you need to do instead. I explain how you need to put in the work to discover who you really are, and learn to take action from a place of trusting that you are enough. This is the method I teach in Imposter Syndrome Coaching. Enrolment for the next coaching programme is coming soon. We’re also excited to be launching a new podcast on 1 November - ‘Lawyers with Imposter Syndrome’. It will have lots of client case studies, interviews, and will revisit key issues about Imposter Syndrome in the Legal industry. It will also support you through Imposter Syndrome Coaching.
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Episode #144 You Asked. I Answered
10/01/2022
Episode #144 You Asked. I Answered
I had lots of questions about Imposter Syndrome Coaching at the end of the Masterclass on Monday. Here are the answers I delivered live for you on LinkedIn and Facebook earlier this week. The deadline for applications to ISC for lawyers is Monday 3rd. If you're a lawyer and you think Imposter Syndrome may be holding you back in your career, this programme is for YOU. For details on how to apply, head to . Remember, doors close at midnight on Monday 3rd October so don’t delay. Get your application over to me asap. APPLY : P.S. If you still have unanswered questions, email me or you can DM in all the usual places on social. Can’t wait to see you in the program!
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Episode #143 How to progress - the Masterclass!
09/30/2022
Episode #143 How to progress - the Masterclass!
Monday’s Masterclass really was a masterclass! I covered everything you need to know about progressing your career – from the 4 step simple process, to the skills and the tools you need to succeed. If you were there, this episode will be a useful reminder of all the reasons why you should drop what you’re doing right now and rush to apply for Imposter Syndrome Coaching. If you missed Monday’s class, today’s you’re lucky day. Listen, learn, then get yourself over to the application page asap. Remember, doors close at midnight on Monday 3rd October so don’t delay. Get your application over to me asap. APPLY : P.S. If you still have unanswered questions, email me or you can DM in all the usual places on social. Can’t wait to see you in the program!
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Doors are open!
09/30/2022
Doors are open!
The doors to Imposter Syndrome Coaching for lawyers are now open! Tune into this special announcement to find out everything you need to know to apply, including details of the money back guarantee. Don’t delay! Doors close at midnight on Monday 3rd October so get your application into me asap. If you still have unanswered questions, email me or you can DM in all the usual places on social. Can’t wait to see you in the program! APPLY
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Episode #142 Taking Credit for Your Work
09/16/2022
Episode #142 Taking Credit for Your Work
If you are given praise or positive feedback for your work, do you enthusiastically accept it? Or do you find yourself attributing your success to someone or something else? Or perhaps keep your wins to yourself? Do you, in effect, refuse to take credit for your achievements? When you have Imposter Syndrome, you feel compelled to avoid being exposed as the fraud you think you are. This means you indulge in Self-Sabotage, one of the 4 negative behaviours (or as I call them) that characterise Imposter Syndrome. Refusing to take credit for, or capitalise on, your successes, is a sure-fire way to sabotage or undermine your career progression. In this week’s podcast episode, I show you how to look more compassionately and proactively at your achievements, and, something typically overlooked, the other ways in which you have made clear and measurable progress to date. What I talk about here will help you become more confident and level up the way you think about yourself. The episode covers: How to identify the circumstances where you are currently not taking credit for things that you should be. The common mistakes you are making in dealing with success or praise. The ways in which discounting your achievements is undermining your progress. What you can say or do instead to take credit for your achievements and internalise your successes. Having Imposter Syndrome means your brain will resist these changes. One of the biggest values of my Imposter Syndrome programme is that I coach you through this discomfort. Sign up to my on MONDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER 18.00 PM UK “How to Progress Your Legal Career (when you struggle with Imposter Syndrome) to hear more.
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Bonus Series P5: How will you know when you get there?
09/09/2022
Bonus Series P5: How will you know when you get there?
So you know you have Imposter Syndrome. You understand how it's holding you back in your career and you're clear about how you want to progress. But how will you know when you get there and who do you need to become along the way? When coaching my clients on how to achieve their progression goals, I don't just set off in the vague hope of helping them get what they want. We get really clear on how you'll know when you get there and we always measure your progress. Because more important than achieving your goal is who you become along the way. 24 Sept 2022 - Pre-enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching opens to WAITLIST 26 Sept 2022 - FREE MASTERCLASS: How to Progress your Legal Career. Enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching for Lawyers is open Monday 3 Oct 2022 Midnight - Enrolment closes. Application deadline.
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Bonus Series P4: HOW do you want to progress?
09/08/2022
Bonus Series P4: HOW do you want to progress?
It's easy to talk about wishing you could progress your career and the things that are holding you back, but have you thought about what you want that progress to look like? Feel like? And who you will be on the other side of that progress? In this episode, I invite you to cast aside your thoughts about why you're not progressing, and take yourself to a place where you know what progression means to you and you start to believe that it's possible. Referenced in this episode: 24 Sept 2022 - Pre-enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching opens to WAITLIST 26 Sept 2022 - FREE MASTERCLASS: How to Progress your Legal Career. Enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching for Lawyers is open Monday 3 Oct 2022 Midnight UK - Enrolment closes. Application deadline.
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Bonus Series P3: Is Imposter Syndrome holding you back?
09/08/2022
Bonus Series P3: Is Imposter Syndrome holding you back?
So you think you have Imposter Syndrome. But why does it matter? Why should you care? Because it's holding you back, that's why. In this episode, I talk about the negative impact Imposter Syndrome can have on a career and how you know it is negatively impacting yours. Referenced in this episode: 24 Sept 2022 - Pre-enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching opens to WAITLIST 26 Sept 2022 - FREE MASTERCLASS: How to Progress your Legal Career. Enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching for Lawyers is open Monday 3 Oct 2022 Midnight UK - Enrolment closes. Application deadline.
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Bonus Series P2: How do you know you have Imposter Syndrome?
09/08/2022
Bonus Series P2: How do you know you have Imposter Syndrome?
Feeling like a fraud and that your success is down to luck are sure signs of Imposter Syndrome, but they are not the only ones. There are a whole bunch of Secret Signs nobody talks about, and you need to know what they are. In this episode I share exactly what they are and how you know they apply to you, and answer any questions you may have. Referenced in this episode: 24 Sept 2022 - Pre-enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching opens to WAITLIST 26 Sept 2022 - FREE MASTERCLASS: How to Progress your Legal Career. Enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching for Lawyers is open Monday 3 Oct 2022 6PM UK - Enrolment closes. Application deadline.
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Bonus Series P1: What is Imposter Syndrome?
09/08/2022
Bonus Series P1: What is Imposter Syndrome?
Depending on which research you believe, 60-90% of us have experienced Imposter Syndrome at some time in our lives. But what exactly is Imposter Syndrome? And how do you know you have it? Tune in to find out. Referenced in this episode: 24 Sept 2022 - Pre-enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching opens to WAITLIST 26 Sept 2022 - FREE MASTERCLASS: How to Progress your Legal Career. Enrolment to Imposter Syndrome Coaching for Lawyers is open Monday 3 Oct 2022 6PM UK - Enrolment closes. Application deadline.
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Episode # 141 Being Visible
09/02/2022
Episode # 141 Being Visible
Being visible is a core essential for career progression. It’s how people get to know who you are It’s how they get to experience your value It’s how they learn to trust you enough to: - give you opportunities - recognise you - support you - promote you. But when you have Imposter Syndrome, your fear of being exposed means that visibility is the last thing you want. You’ll go to great lengths to avoid it, by: Turning down opportunities to showcase your value Not going for a promotion Avoiding networking events Avoiding public speaking Being intimidated by social media. Perhaps you only do one or a couple of the above. But the problem is that any of these behaviours can hold you back and stop you from realising your true potential. In this episode, I describe my own personal problem with Imposter Syndrome and visibility; raising my profile on social media. I explain how, like me, you need to identify WHAT you should do to raise your visibility, and, more importantly, HOW you should do it. I share with you the results of an exercise I teach in Imposter Syndrome coaching which helps you to embrace negative emotion in order to do the things that will make you visible. You don’t have to make this journey alone. I teach you the process for becoming more visible in Imposter Syndrome Coaching for Lawyers, and I coach you every step of the way. You also get the support of other members of the group who are on the same journey. With this level of support, your success is inevitable. Enrolment opens 12th September for 7 days only and places are limited. As a lawyer with Imposter Syndrome, you have to check out this programme. Get your name on the waitlist now, so you are the first to hear. I will be prioritising applications from people who are already on the Waitlist when enrolment opens.
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Episode #140 The Goldilocks Gauge
08/25/2022
Episode #140 The Goldilocks Gauge
There’s a fine line between Overworking and working hard to produce results. So how do you tell the difference? The answer is the Goldilocks Gauge. Overworking is all the work you do that is driven by fear. It takes up valuable time but adds little or no value. Such as: Labouring over emails. Excessively checking your work. Prolonging tasks so you never finish your work, you only ever run out of time. Overworking makes you inefficient and puts your career at risk. If you want to progress your career, you need to learn how to stop. In this episode, I introduce you to ‘The Goldilocks Gauge’ - the unique tool you learn in Imposter Syndrome Coaching to help you understand what is the ‘just right’ amount of time to spend on your work. This is the efficiency sweet spot. You’ll learn how to evaluate how long things will take, and a formula to work out how long tasks SHOULD be taking you so you can stop Overworking and focus only on the work that will produce the best results. The better you get at stopping overworking, the more efficient you’ll be, the better balance you’ll have, and the more your career will progress. To get started on stopping Overworking with The Goldilocks Gauge, join the next class of Imposter Syndrome Coaching. Enrolment for the next class is on September 12th 2022. Be the first to know by
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Episode #139 Get Out Of Your Own Head
08/18/2022
Episode #139 Get Out Of Your Own Head
Stop Overthinking. Get out of your own head. When you have Imposter Syndrome, one of your biggest struggles is with Overthinking. If your Imposter Syndrome is triggered, the fear and anxiety send you spiralling into thought drama. By worrying, panicking and mentally preparing for the worst, your brain is trying to protect you from potential danger. But when the perceived danger is a work challenge, all this Overthinking isn’t protective, it’s detrimental. Being ‘in your own head’ means: You’re not fully present in your environment. You experience the world through the filter of your negative thoughts. So you are: Less efficient (things take you longer). Less effective (you’re less focused). More hesitant, quieter, withdrawn (where you are making negative assumptions). All of which stops you from progressing in your career. In this podcast episode, I explain the importance of ‘getting out of your own head’. We cover: Why you need to be able to shift your attention away from your thoughts and direct it towards what is actually happening right in front of you. When you need to be able to do it. How to do it. The Blink-of-an-eye Attention Redirection strategy I teach in Imposter Syndrome Coaching. Obstacles to expect and how to overcome them. When you’ve learned how to stop Overthinking you are more alert and focused and 100x more effective. You notice more. You think more clearly, solve problems more quickly. You’re free to be creative, more responsive. And you’ll be so much more in control. Join Imposter Syndrome Coaching to learn the tool that will help you get out of your own head. Enrolment for the next class opens on 12th September 2022.
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Episode #138 What is Coaching?
08/04/2022
Episode #138 What is Coaching?
Coaching seems to be ubiquitous these days, but do you really understand what good coaching is, what sort of coaching to choose, how it works, or how it can help you progress your career? It’s time to go back to basics. In this podcast episode, I get to the bottom of the coaching conundrum, and give you all the information you need to make an informed decision about Imposter Syndrome Coaching. I cover: What coaching is: an explanation of the listening and questioning technique that helps you get from where you are now to where you want to be. What coaching is not. Who coaching is for. How coaching works. The best conditions for coaching. The value of coaching: how is it worth the money? What to look for in a coach. I also explain how Imposter Syndrome Coaching ticks all these boxes in a unique coaching programme tailored just for lawyers with Imposter Syndrome. Coaching will take you further than you can go by yourself. If you’d like to give it a try, the next class of Imposter Syndrome Coaching is coming soon.
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Episode #137 Self Evaluation
07/28/2022
Episode #137 Self Evaluation
Do you ever take time out to evaluate your own performance? Many people struggle to honestly assess how they’re doing. It takes effort; when you have Imposter Syndrome, looking for the things you have done wrong or could improve is a massive trigger. It feels time consuming. You don’t have a process; self-evaluation is not a skill that is usually taught. But self-evaluation is one of the most important lessons you learn in Imposter Syndrome Coaching. It’s the process that ensures that every time you go through a g , you are progressing through the cycle (I.e. improving), instead of just going round in circles! Together with , it’s the part of the process which is going to most accelerate your progress towards your goal. In this episode, I cover: What to evaluate How to evaluate I explain how in Imposter Syndrome Coaching, we take a unique approach: Imposter Syndrome is not a problem you need to fix, it’s just the puzzle you need to solve. And that is the puzzle of who you are. When you know who you are, and you take action from “who you are” instead of who you’re not: you get access to all the resources you need to fulfil your potential. You don’t succeed by doing. you succeed by being. You don’t succeed because of a list of achievements, or what you’ve done, you succeed because of who you’ve become. So in Imposter Syndrome Coaching, I teach you to evaluate your performance differently. It’s not about what you did, it’s all about who you were. In this episode, I walk you through the step-by-step process to evaluate who you were when you performed each action, and explain how you can act on the results of your self evaluation to progress. Who you are is your most valuable asset. Self evaluation is about holding yourself accountable to showing up as who you are. If you’d like to get started,
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Episode #136 Client Breakthrough
07/21/2022
Episode #136 Client Breakthrough
Are you curious about Imposter Syndrome Coaching? Do you wonder how it works? Or fear it might not work for you? Coaching forms the backbone of ISC (my coaching programme for lawyers with Imposter Syndrome.) In these special ‘client breakthrough’ podcast episodes, I’m sharing examples of client progression due to their coaching experiences. If you’ve never had coaching before, this is a brilliant way to gain some insight into the process. You’ll get to zoom in on real client scenarios and get a glimpse of the types of transformations you can achieve through my Imposter Syndrome Coaching programme. In this client breakthrough session we’re covering: all or nothing thinking. The scenario: A corporate lawyer, returning from maternity leave, is anxiously looking for recognition and promotion, in the knowledge that one of the partners has been unsupportive of her ambitions. In this episode, I walk you through the coaching process for this scenario: Identifying the client’s progression goals (recognition and promotion). Exploring the obstacles to her achieving those goals (her feelings of anxiety and stress about the partner’s hostility which triggers her Imposter Syndrome). Examining the reasons behind those feelings (memories of past feedback causing negative ‘all or nothing’ thinking). Helping her recognise and find a solution to rebalance her thinking and move forward. This Imposter Syndrome Coaching process: Shows you how your Imposter Brain works – driven by fear of exposure, it wants to avoid this at all costs. Shows you how your Human Brain works – it likes to generalise (because it’s more efficient), causing you to stay stuck in your story and miss vital information you can use to move forward. Reveals your blindspots – all the information you’re ignoring which tells a better, more useful story. Gives you back your power by providing you with an opportunity to take action towards your goal. If you’re a lawyer who is ready to tackle your own all or nothing thinking and to find out how Imposter Syndrome Coaching can help you too, book your free consultation with me by .
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Episode #135 Imposter Syndrome is the Way
07/14/2022
Episode #135 Imposter Syndrome is the Way
Your Imposter Syndrome is the obstacle standing between you and the results you want in your career, but did you know that it is also the solution? It sounds counterintuitive, but at its core, this is about choice; the choices you have when your Imposter Syndrome is triggered: The choices around what you make it mean, and The choices over what to do next. This is the philosophy I teach that supports step 4 of Imposter Syndrome Coaching: follow your Imposter Syndrome to your goal. Imposter Syndrome will get in your way, but don’t shy away from it; lean into it. Turn your weakness into a strength. Life is an arena and this is your playbook. This episode covers: What ‘Imposter Syndrome is the Way’ really means, including workplace examples. Why you need to adopt this philosophy. How to apply it in the workplace. What to expect along the way. Episode takeaways: When you have Imposter Syndrome, you’re always going to trigger those feelings of anxiety and self-doubt on the path towards your goal. The ‘Imposter Syndrome is the Way’ philosophy is your reminder that: Your Imposter Syndrome is the signpost that points you straight in the direction of the result you want to create. Your Imposter Syndrome being triggered is a sign you’re on the right path; and Your Imposter Syndrome being triggered reveals the path of your growth and what will prepare you for the next level. Listen to this podcast episode and you’ll walk away with a new lens through which to see and experience the world as a lawyer with Imposter Syndrome, in a way which is going to make it so much easier: To do the things you want to do To make decisions To create results To overcome adversity, and To build better relationships If you’re a lawyer with Imposter Syndrome and you’re ready to get serious about your career, with me to discuss how this could work for you.
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Episode #134 Growth Cycles
07/01/2022
Episode #134 Growth Cycles
In this podcast: What Growth Cycles are and why they’re important. Why, as a lawyer with Imposter Syndrome, you need to understand how they work. How to use Growth Cycles to create the career results you want. In Imposter Syndrome Coaching, I guide you through a 4-step process to help you solve your Imposter Syndrome and progress your career. This is: Normalise your Imposter Syndrome Remember who you are Trust you are enough Follow Imposter Syndrome to your goal Having a clear process is one thing. But staying on track and seeing that process through to the end is another. You’re likely to fall off track. You’re bound to experience setbacks. There are going to be failures along the way. I created the concept of the Growth Cycle to help you prepare for when this happens and so you know exactly what you need to do to get back on track. A Growth Cycle is a series of sequential stages you need to go through in order to progress. There are 3 stages in a Growth Cycle: Fail Fail again Fail better. You need to pass through all three stages in order to learn and grow, perhaps multiple times. Doing this will help you: Measure your progress, so you stay motivated and keep failure in perspective Understand the key role of failure in progress, and Build the failure tolerance that will help you succeed at every stage of your career. In Imposter Syndrome Coaching, Growth Cycles are part of step 4 of the coaching process: follow your Imposter Syndrome to your goal. You keep failing until you get there. And you will get there! If you’re a lawyer with Imposter Syndrome and you’re ready to get out of your own way, book your free consultation with me by
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Episode #133 Asking for Feedback
06/24/2022
Episode #133 Asking for Feedback
Do you ever ask for feedback on your work, or do you wait for it to be offered or for your annual review? When you have Imposter Syndrome, asking someone ‘how did I do?’ feels risky. When you feel like a fraud, that your success is down to luck and that you might be exposed, asking for feedback is one of the last things you want to do. Why would you risk drawing attention to yourself where someone might spot your mistakes? Ask for feedback and you risk confirming your worst fears. But feedback is essential for progress. When you do a piece of work, you need to know 3 things: What went well What didn’t, and What to do differently next time. Without this knowledge, you won’t be able to make adjustments to your work, adapt to new situations, build resilience, or improve your performance - all of which you need to do to progress your career. In this episode, I explain: How your Imposter Syndrome stops you from asking for feedback Why NOT asking for feedback is a problem for progressing your career Why failure and feedback are fundamental parts of the growth cycle 8 recommendations for how to ask for feedback How to solve your Imposter Syndrome so that you can ask for feedback more easily.
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Episode #132 How to Progress Your Law Career
06/16/2022
Episode #132 How to Progress Your Law Career
The podcast episode this time is a recording of last week’s free Webinar, How to Progress Your Law Career (without fixing your Imposter Syndrome). You’ve tried all the tips and tricks. Power-posing. Faking it 'til you make it. Telling yourself you deserve to be here and that your success isn't down to luck. But none of them have worked. Not in a transformative way. They give you a boost, but the results never last. You always end up back here: Overworking. Overthinking. Playing small. Sabotaging your success. You’re looking for a solution that will solve your Imposter Syndrome for good, so you can progress your career and get more of the recognition you deserve. That solution is available to you now. To stop Imposter Syndrome holding you back in your career, you must change the way you’re thinking about it. Imposter Syndrome isn't the problem you think it is. It’s just the puzzle of who you are. You don't need to fix it to progress your career. You just need to solve it. In this episode, I explain how. Here's what you'll learn: Why your attempts to get rid of Imposter Syndrome aren’t working for you, and what you should do instead. The 4 workplace behaviours which are holding you back and threatening to derail your career. How to normalise your Imposter Syndrome using Imposter Syndrome Mapping and how to create your career progression road map. How to process negative emotions like fear, doubt and anxiety without them holding you hostage. What the Imposter Speech is, and how to use it as a process for knowing who you are and a tool for trusting you are enough, so you can follow your Imposter Syndrome all the way to achieving your goal. This is the strategy I teach in Imposter Speech Coaching – a career progression coaching programme for lawyers with Imposter Syndrome. When you implement this strategy, you’ll have everything you need not only to progress your career to the next level, but to progress your career at every level. This means: You'll be more productive and efficient, so you’ll perform at a higher level. You’ll have the courage to be more visible, so people know you and see your value. You’ll feel calmer and more in control, instead of constantly feeling anxious and overwhelmed. You’ll showcase your value, without being afraid of being “that person”. You’ll set better boundaries, so you avoid the risk of burning out. You’ll seize more opportunities. You’ll learn from negative feedback instead of making it about you. There’s still time to apply for the next class of Imposter Syndrome Coaching starting in July 2022, but you need to hurry. Enrolment ends tomorrow – Friday 17th June, 2022 – at midnight (BST). to go straight to the .
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Episode #131 Progression Series Part 4: More Ease
06/10/2022
Episode #131 Progression Series Part 4: More Ease
Welcome to the Progression Series: 4 podcasts in which I challenge the myth that career progression is only about promotions and pay rises. I introduce you to the 4 pillars of career progression that provide the best motivation for solving your Imposter Syndrome and are the key to making your experience as a lawyer so much easier and more fulfilling. In this episode: The 4 Pillars of Career Progression Progressing your career is about more than a new position, a new job title and the accompanying pay rise. These have their value. But unless they are accompanied by progression in other areas, their impact on your day-to-day experience and performance as a lawyer will be limited. You just find yourself facing the same challenges and problems you did before, only now at a level where the stakes are higher and you have less support. How is this progress? Real career progression goes deeper and it lasts SO much longer. It’s not just about your career. It’s about progressing who you are in a way that improves your day-to-day experience of life as a lawyer. Enter the 4 Pillars of Career Progression. The 4 pillars of Career Progression are the 4 principal areas of lawyer life that determine how happy and successful you are in your work. They are: Recognition Confidence Balance Ease These pillars are an essential feature of career progression. It only counts as progress if one or more of these areas is in a more advanced state than it was previously. Specifically, if you achieve one or more of the following: More recognition More confidence Better balance More ease You don’t have to advance all 4 pillars for it to count as career progression. But the more pillars you progress, the more impactful and sustainable your career progression is. In the last 3 episodes we looked at more recognition, better balance and more confidence. The pillar we are focusing on this week is more ease. More Ease No-one signs up to be a lawyer because they think it’s going to be easy. Getting into, practising, and progressing in the industry seems the very definition of hard work: the long hours, the extreme pressure, the intellectual challenges, the high expectations and the huge responsibility. There's nothing easy about working in an industry that requires you to work this hard. BUT having Imposter Syndrome, means the WAY you do that ‘Hard Work’ is harder than it needs to be. When a high-pressure situation occurs, your Imposter Syndrome is triggered. Your resulting fear and anxiety make you: Overthink Overwork Self-sabotage, and Play small. (These are the , the work place behaviours you default to when your Imposter Syndrome is triggered.) Behaving in these ways makes an already hard situation so much harder because you are literally getting in your own way. When you overwork, overthink, play small and sabotage yourself, how can you expect to progress? In this episode, I explain: Why more ease is one of the 4 pillars of career progression The consequences for your career progression when you get in your own way How to solve your Imposter Syndrome to overcome the behaviours that make your work harder How to measure your progress towards working with more ease The importance of who you become along the way. Like the idea of working with more ease? In Imposter Syndrome Coaching you pick one of the 4 pillars of career progression as your main goal and we work through the 4-step process for solving your Imposter Syndrome to help you achieve it. Enrolment for the next class is open NOW. .
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Episode #130 Progression Series Part 3: More Confidence
06/03/2022
Episode #130 Progression Series Part 3: More Confidence
Welcome to the Progression Series: 4 podcasts in which I challenge the myth that career progression is only about promotions and pay rises. I introduce you to the 4 pillars of career progression that provide the best motivation for solving your Imposter Syndrome and are the key to making your experience as a lawyer so much easier and more fulfilling. In this episode: The 4 Pillars of Career Progression Progressing your career is about more than a new position, a new job title and the accompanying pay rise. These have their value. But unless they are accompanied by progression in other areas, their impact on your day-to-day experience and performance as a lawyer will be limited. You just find yourself facing the same challenges and problems you did before, only now at a level where the stakes are higher and you have less support. How is this progress? Real career progression goes deeper and it lasts SO much longer. It’s not just about your career. It’s about progressing who you are in a way that improves your day to day experience of life as a lawyer. Enter the 4 Pillars of Career Progression. The 4 pillars of Career Progression are the 4 principal areas of lawyer life that determine how happy and successful you are in your work. They are: Recognition Confidence Balance Fun These pillars are an essential feature of career progression. It only counts as progress if one or more of these areas is in a more advanced state than it was previously. Specifically, if you achieve one or more of the following: More recognition More confidence Better balance More fun You don’t have to advance all 4 pillars in order for it to count as career progression. But the more pillars you progress, the more impactful and sustainable your career progression is. In the last 2 episodes we looked at more recognition and better balance. The pillar we are focusing on this week is more confidence. More Confidence. When you think progressing your career is only about getting a promotion and a better job title, it’s natural to think about all the things you need to do to get promoted (growing your network, being more visible, showcasing your value, seizing opportunities etc.) and think your lack of confidence is a barrier to achieving it. So instead of getting started on progressing your career, either you wait and hope for the magical day when you’ll suddenly feel more confident, or, you put off the idea of progressing your career altogether, believing that you will never be confident enough. Here’s what we cover: Confidence as one of the 4 pillars of career progression What can happen to your career if you wait to feel more confident The dangers of relying on external validation to build confidence How confidence is built and how to measure your progress towards it The importance of who you become along the way In Imposter Syndrome Coaching you pick one of the 4 pillars of career progression as your main goal and we work through the 4-step process for solving your Imposter Syndrome to help you achieve it. Enrolment for the next class is coming soon. Don’t miss the announcement.
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Episode #129 Progression Series Part 2: More Recognition
05/27/2022
Episode #129 Progression Series Part 2: More Recognition
Welcome to the Progression Series: 4 podcasts in which I challenge the myth that career progression is only about promotions and pay rises. I introduce you to the 4 pillars of career progression that provide the best motivation for solving your Imposter Syndrome and are the key to making your experience as a lawyer so much easier and more fulfilling. In this episode: The 4 Pillars of Career Progression Progressing your career is about more than a new position, a new job title and the accompanying pay rise. These have their value. But unless they are accompanied by progression in other areas, their impact on your day-to-day experience and performance as a lawyer will be limited. You just find yourself facing the same challenges and problems you did before, only now at a level where the stakes are higher and you have less support. How is this progress? Real career progression goes deeper and it lasts SO much longer. It’s not just about your career. It’s about progressing who you are in a way that impacts every aspect of your life as a lawyer – in a positive and powerful way. Enter the 4 Pillars of Career Progression. The 4 pillars of Career Progression are the 4 principal areas of lawyer life that determine how happy and successful you are in your work. They are: Recognition Confidence Balance Fun These pillars are an essential feature of career progression. It only counts as progress if one or more of these areas is in a more advanced state than it was previously. Specifically, if you achieve one or more of the following: More recognition More confidence Better balance More fun You don’t have to advance all 4 pillars in order for it to count as career progression. But the more pillars you progress, the more impactful and sustainable your career progression is. Over the next 4 weeks we’ll be taking a close look at each of the 4 pillars. This week’s focus: More Recognition Being recognised for your work and the value you bring is an essential part of career progression, and you probably believe that this recognition can only come externally from a promotion and a shiny new job title. But if you are focusing exclusively on promotion for validation, you miss all the other forms of recognition you are currently getting – not to mention the opportunity to recognise yourself. If you see progression solely as a leap up to the next level, you miss the opportunities to internalise your achievements and progress along the way – which means you don’t grow as a person or properly prepare yourself for what will be expected of you and who you will need to be at that next level. Imagine you are fixated on going for partnership but don’t get it. If you see that as a failure to get the recognition you crave, you are not taking into account all of your wins along the way: the times you stepped up to the challenge, the times you received positive feedback from clients, the occasions when a partner gave you more client-facing opportunities and responsibility. Racing to be GIVEN recognition (like a promotion) means you don’t take the time or energy to develop the capacity to recognise yourself for all your incremental achievements. If you fail to get a promotion, you see it as a rejection by your boss, or your firm. If you achieve the promotion, you’ve hung your sense of achievement on what was in someone else’s control to give to you, rather than on all the steps YOU took and the progress YOU made along the way. This means you will always need recognition from others to feel valued. In this episode, I explain why having a strategy for progression that also builds your capacity to recognise yourself is so important. Recognition needs to come from YOU too, not just from other people. Progressing your career isn’t about the promotion. It’s about progressing who you are in a way that impacts every aspect of your life as a lawyer. In Imposter Syndrome Coaching you pick one of the 4 pillars of career progression as your main goal and we work through the 4-step process for solving your Imposter Syndrome to help you achieve it. Enrolment for the next class is coming soon. Don’t miss the announcement.
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Episode #128: Progression Series Part 1: Better Balance
05/24/2022
Episode #128: Progression Series Part 1: Better Balance
Welcome to the Progression Series: 4 podcasts in which I challenge the myth that career progression is only about promotions and pay rises. I introduce you to the 4 pillars of career progression that provide the best motivation for solving your Imposter Syndrome and are the key to making your experience as a lawyer so much easier and more fulfilling. In this episode: The 4 Pillars of Career Progression Progressing your career is about more than a new position, a new job title and the accompanying pay rise. These have their value. But unless they are accompanied by progression in other areas, their impact on your day to day experience and performance as a lawyer will be limited. You just find yourself facing the same challenges and problems you did before, only now at a level where the stakes are higher and you have less support. How is this progress? Real career progression goes deeper and it lasts SO much longer. It’s not just about your career. It’s about progressing who you are in a way that impacts every aspect of your life as a lawyer – in a positive and powerful way. Enter the 4 Pillars of Career Progression. The 4 pillars of Career Progression are the 4 principal areas of lawyer life that determine how happy and successful you are in your work. They are: Recognition Confidence Balance Fun These pillars are an essential feature of career progression. It only counts as progress if one or more of these areas is in a more advanced state than it was previously. Specifically, if you achieve one or more of the following: More recognition More confidence Better balance More fun You don’t have to advance all 4 pillars in order for it to count as career progression. But the more pillars you progress, the more impactful and sustainable your career progression is. Over the next 4 weeks we’ll be taking a close look at each of the 4 pillars. This week’s focus: Better Balance. When you have Imposter Syndrome, thinking of career progression only in promotion terms can put you off the idea of progression altogether. You consider the heavier workload and the increased level of responsibility. You consider that you’re someone who already overworks and struggles with work life balance. So you decide you don’t want to be a partner, for example, because that will only make things worse. So, you pass up opportunities for progression thinking that to do otherwise would give you worse balance. But the opposite is true. When you don’t progress your career, your career plateaus and your way of working does not evolve. You keep working the way you always have – overworking, overthinking, playing small and self-sabotaging. There’s no incentive to change these unhealthy work habits if all you’re doing is staying where you are. When you commit to progressing your career this changes. It forces you to take a long hard look at your Imposter Syndrome and to recognise that the way you’ve been trying to manage it all these years is what is holding you back. And this is what motivates you to change. One of the unhealthy work habits you’ll be motivated to change is overworking. All that quadruple checking your work, trying to make everything perfect, refusing to delegate… as you start to tackle these behaviours something magical will happen. You’ll become more efficient and productive. For example, you’ll: Start setting boundaries (especially with yourself) Stop labouring over emails and constantly rechecking your work Delegate more and ask for help. What all of this adds up to is less time wasted on work that doesn’t add value. Which means less unproductive work, less stress and ultimately, therefore, better balance. Progressing your career isn’t about the promotion. It’s about progressing yourself. Discussed in this episode: How you get there is how you stay there The value of progress Measuring your progress towards better balance In Imposter Syndrome Coaching you pick one of the 4 pillars of career progression as your main goal and we work through the 4-step process for solving your Imposter Syndrome to help you achieve it. Enrolment for the next class is coming soon. Don’t miss the announcement.
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Episode #127 Make Lawyering Easier
05/13/2022
Episode #127 Make Lawyering Easier
Being a lawyer is hard, right? This is the received wisdom about the law profession. It’s hard to get into There are high expectations and exacting standards when you get there It means long hours, late nights and is intellectually challenging There’s intense competition for promotion There’s extreme pressure where the consequences of making a mistake are huge. Being a lawyer is nothing like the glamorous portrayal you see in the media and movies. If you’ve ever felt disappointed with the reality of your daily experience of work, it may be comforting to know you’re not the only one. Being a lawyer has its challenges, you know that. But what you may not know is how a deeply ingrained belief that lawyering is hard exacerbates the challenges you experience every day. In this episode, I explain how you can change that experience, and ‘make lawyering easier’. This requires: A willingness to question and examine the “accepted truth” of lawyering being hard An understanding of how seemingly innocent statements, cliches and stereotypes about lawyering being hard reinforce that “truth” Recognising that “making lawyering easier” is within your control Adopting a new belief about being a lawyer, that invites the possibility of ease into your real-life experience of being a lawyer Seeing possibility as the key. I’m not trying to convince you that being a lawyer is easy. It isn’t! I want to show you that there is a way to make it easier and to help you understand the impact of your thoughts on your results. I explain how changing your thoughts from ‘lawyering is hard’ to, ‘I can make this easier’, will make you feel empowered, in control, proactive, creative and motivated and drive you to actions that will make lawyering easier. For example, actions like: Honing your craft: the better you are at something, the easier it is to do Growing your network: the more people you know, the more help you have access to and the more opportunities you’ll attract, which will make getting the support you need easier Speaking up in meetings: the more you speak up, the more you’ll show your value. The more you show your value, the easier it will be to attract the right work Learning to stay calm: the better you are at staying calm (despite the urgency and panic all around you), the easier it is to stay focused, be efficient and get the job done. All the above are examples of what you need to do to progress your career. What it takes to progress your career and what it takes to make lawyering easier are the same - this is no coincidence. When you progress your career, you also progress who you are. The more YOU progress as a person (develop skills and experience, push through discomfort), the better equipped you are to cope with what being a lawyer throws your way. When you join Imposter Syndrome Coaching you get the strategy and a process for solving your Imposter Syndrome so you can progress your career. I walk you through every step. Enrolment for the July 2022 class is coming, 10 - 17 June. Sign up to the . There is a Free Webinar on 10 June : How to Progress Your Law Career (without fixing your Imposter Syndrome) which is a great introduction to this work - .
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