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Do You Feel Like a Fraud? Maybe It’s Impostor Syndrome

December 20, 2021 by Anna Womack, Ph.D.

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What Is Impostor Syndrome?

Impostor syndrome. You’ve likely heard the phrase uttered among work colleagues or fellow students. Or maybe you’ve seen it mentioned on Google after searching “why is everyone better at their job than me?”

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Filed Under: Anxiety, Social Anxiety Tagged With: imposter syndrome, impostor syndrome

A Psychologist’s Advice on How to Cope with Life Transitions

April 26, 2021 by Anna Womack, Ph.D.

Life is full of changes — many of them hard to deal with. How can we understand and cope with the stress of life’s transitions?

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What Is a Life Transition?

A life transition is any change or adjustment that impacts your life in a significant way. We all experience transitions throughout our lives — big and small, planned and unplanned.

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Filed Under: Career Tagged With: coping, parenthood, retirement, transitions

Self-Care Tips for the Coronavirus Outbreak

March 20, 2020 by Anna Womack, Ph.D.

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Many people are finding themselves transitioning to a new normal due to the coronavirus outbreak. This new normal may include working from home, cancelled events, and closed stores and restaurants. These sudden changes to our daily lives have left many feeling down or anxious. As you navigate this transition, consider the following recommendations for maintaining self-care during the coronavirus outbreak.

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Filed Under: Coronavirus Tagged With: self-care

Unhappy at Work? 3 Options for Job Satisfaction

April 6, 2019 by Anna Womack, Ph.D.

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Take a moment to answer the following questions. What do you spend the most time doing? What activity takes up the majority of your day, your week, your month (or even your year — in case you started to sing the “Friends” theme song to yourself)?

Despite what you may have seen on TV sitcoms, for most of us it’s not hanging out with friends in a coffee shop — it’s working! Now consider this: If you work a 40-hour week with four weeks of vacation per year, over the course of 40 years you will have worked a total of 76,800 hours. That equates to approximately 33% of your waking hours over that 40 years. Keep in mind, these numbers are conservative because not everyone works just 40 hours a week. Many of us don’t get four weeks of vacation. Many don’t retire after 40 years.

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Filed Under: Career Tagged With: job satisfaction

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