Episode 7: Impostor Phenomenon

Kendal Booker, MS, OTR/L, is an occupational therapy educator who primarily teaches adult and geriatric-focused courses in a Master's level OT program. She loves to read, spend time outdoors, and travel with her husband and two children. Kendal is passionate about encouraging and mentoring others. She is currently pursing a doctorate in education as she continues in her teaching position. 

On the episode, Kendal talks about Impostor Phenomenon, including what it is, how it can impact performance, and what one can do to address challenges related to this experience.

Recommendations from Episode 7:

• Coalition for Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity (COTAD) Minority Mentoring Program 
• OT Miri's lesson on responding to fear of failure
• Seth Godin on Impostor Syndrome and how we all have it 
• A Physician Talks about Her Experiences with Impostor Syndrome (Episode 269 of The Premed Years podcast)
• Pauline Rose Clance's website - http://paulineroseclance.com/
• FlyLady (Fly = Finally Loving Yourself) - http://flylady.net/

Time spent fretting about our status as impostors is time away from dancing with our fear, from leading and from doing work that matters." ~Seth Godin