The Impostor Syndrome Files

25/03/2024

Hi Everyone! Thank you so much for supporting the Impostor Syndrome Files podcast! Please note that this page will be shut down on April 26th. All posts will now be made on my business page here: https://www.facebook.com/Kmeninger. I hope to see you all there!

Making it easier to be human at work.

21/03/2024

How do you think about power in your workplace? Power is such an abstract concept that it’s hard to put your finger on. But we all know when power is empowering or disenfranchising. And when the power dynamics aren’t designed to empower, everyone loses. This week, I talk with Dr. Tanji Reed Marshall, an educator and consultant who has done fascinating work on power. Here we chat about the importance of mindfully building or re-building your power structure to foster greater equity and empowerment and, in return, improve results and boost your bottom line.

Listen to the full episode -
https://www.kimmeninger.com/transforming-power-dynamics

20/03/2024

What a great way to capture worry and anxiety. If only we channeled those imaginative powers more productively, what might be possible?

14/03/2024

We live in a society that overemphasizes getting back up again. If you experience grief or trauma, you may be given a pep talk, told how strong you are, or otherwise encouraged to put the past behind you. But our minds and bodies don’t work that way. Our symptoms might be physical, emotional, mental or more and we might not even realize they’re connected to the traumatic event. If we don’t take the time to process our experience, we will carry the burden indefinitely. This week, I’m talking with Nichole Lee, a trauma-informed life coach, about her experience with trauma after losing her mother and how she supports others in healing from their own experiences.

Listen to the full episode -
https://www.kimmeninger.com/our-stories-are-collectively-created

13/03/2024

Powerful choice! If you're honest with yourself, which choice have you made?

07/03/2024

Are you tolerating work that’s just okay? Have you internalized the idea that work sucks and that it’s normal to not like your job? Are you making things harder than they need to be? If you answered yes to these questions, you’re not alone. This week, I talk with Elena Pastore, a leadership and career coach, about how to think differently about how we manage our careers. We explore actionable steps you can take to feel more empowered and less attached to situations that aren’t working for you so that you can be wildly in love with your life.

Listen to the full episode -
https://www.kimmeninger.com/be-wildly-in-love-with-your-life

06/03/2024

What's on the other side of your fear?

29/02/2024

How do you define confidence? Too often, we think of confidence as a belief in how amazing we are and an absence of self-doubt. But if we define confidence in this way, we’ll never achieve it because it’s not realistic. This week, I talk with Zeina Habib, an embodied coach, trainer and project manager, about how to strengthen our confidence. She offers practical tips for how to tune into your body’s sensations so that you can better understand your emotions and more confidently show up at work.

Listen to the full episode -
https://www.kimmenigner.com/redefining-confidence

28/02/2024

This is a really important reminder if you're thinking about making a change. If you want to make a change, do the work to ensure that you're not taking the problem with you.

22/02/2024

Do you ever feel like something is missing from your career but you just can’t put your finger on it? Or maybe you know exactly what’s not working for you. Maybe you’re struggling with burnout or overwhelm or the constant need to prove yourself. When we feel this way, it’s often a sign that we’ve given our power to someone else. This week, I’m talking with Melani Dziire, a fellow leadership coach, about how to set guardrails so that we’re in control of our own careers and lives.

Listen to the full episode -
https://www.kimmeninger.com/what-are-your-guardrails

21/02/2024

You weren't born with the vast experience and education that you have today. You earned it through your resourcefulness and grit.

Whatever scary step lies ahead is simply an extension of the powerful journey you're already on. Trust yourself. You wouldn't be here if you couldn't do it.

15/02/2024

How often do you find yourself comparing yourself to others and feeling like you don’t measure up? Or, more specifically, how often are you comparing your step 1 to someone else’s step 10? It’s human nature to do this. But when we do so, we’re not able to appreciate what we uniquely bring to the world. This week, I talk with Juan Taveras, a DEI consultant, about his perspectives on DEI in this moment. We also talk about the individual responsibility and opportunity each of us has for doing our own DEI work. And, finally, we take a look at how Juan has navigated his own impostor syndrome as a new entrepreneur.

Listen to the full episode -
https://www.kimmeninger.com/there-is-only-one-me

08/02/2024

How well do you know yourself? That may sound like a funny question but, if you’re like most people, the answer is probably, “Not very well.” Self-awareness is hard work. It requires time we might think we don’t have, it might mean facing some truths that scare us, but self-awareness is critical to our self-trust and self-empowerment. This week, I talk with Zovig Garboushian, a fellow executive coach, about the ways in which self-awareness unlocks our power and puts us back in charge of our own lives.

Listen to the full episode -
https://www.kimmeninger.com/we-are-in-charge/

07/02/2024

Let's stop comparing ourselves to others and start focusing on conquering our own self-doubt.

01/02/2024

Do you know the difference between your feelings and your intuition? I struggled with this for a long time, which often reinforced my anxiety because I thought my fears were actually my intuition talking. This week, I’m talking with Joanna Armstrong, an emotional relief expert, about how to better understand and manage our feelings. We also talk about how our feelings generally reflect the rules of society whereas our intuition helps us define our own paths.

Listen to the full episode -
https://www.kimmeninger.com/don-t-believe-your-feelings/

31/01/2024

I've often struggled with the need to be perfect immediately. As a child, I quit so many things because I wasn't perfect on day one. This quote is a great reminder that it takes time to get past our fears, learn how to do something and get a true sense of whether we actually like it.

25/01/2024

Do you constantly feel the need to prove yourself at work? And, if so, do you worry that what you’re doing is not enough? This insidious way of thinking is pervasive in the workplace, particularly among women and members of marginalized groups. But what if you get to decide what’s enough? This week, I’m talking with Jamie Lee, a fellow executive coach who helps women who hate office politics get promoted. She and I explore how the context in which we operate primes us to experience impostor syndrome. And she shares some powerful steps you can take to manage anxiety and show up more confidently.

Listen to the full episode -
https://www.kimmeninger.com/who-decides-what-is-enough

24/01/2024

The most liberating realization I've ever had is that people don't think about us nearly as often as we think they do. Stop worrying about what others think. Chances are, they're only thinking of themselves.