Wait. What is Imposter Syndrome

This week’s guest is one of my very first mentors, my college advisory, someone I look up to and a friend. Dr. Leslie Zorwick! Dr. Zorwick is currently a psychology professor at Hendrix College where she has previously chaired the Psychology department, the campus committee on diversity and dialogue, and the campus advisory board for education and the prevention of sexual assault.  Dr. Zorwick teaches social psychology with a focus on stereotyping, prejudice reduction, identity and belonging. I mean she is one of the reasons why I am such a giant nerd when it comes to these topics and try my hardest to share my personal stories! But I mean she get even cooler. Her work goes beyond the classroom to research with student on prejudice reduction and the development of empathy and she focuses her personal research on the social benefits of debate and advocacy training. Also, one more golden nugget she has also served as an expert witness in two federal discrimination trails speaking about the benefits of diverse and inclusive educational settings. Not only is Dr. Zorwick an amazing educator and advocate, but she is an amazing mom of 2 beautiful and smart little girls who she is raising to be as badass as she is. 

I am beyond excited to have dr. Zorwick as the first guest of the second season because I realized though the stories from last season were inspirational, we never got into the discussion about what is Imposter Syndrome, Dr. Zorwick is going to fill in that gap, but she is going to do so much more. Dr. Zorwick is truly an example of how imposter syndrome seeps into every aspect of our lives and how sometimes the best thing you can do is just lean in.