Unpacking Imposter Syndrome: A Mindset Shift

We break down imposter syndrome as a misfiring security system, not a confidence problem, and show how to update the mental “file” so your brain stops flagging praise and opportunity as danger. Practical reframes, clear scripts, and small actions help you ship without waiting to feel ready.

• redefining imposter syndrome as outdated survival code
• processor vs manager model for the mind
• why confidence is a side effect, not the solution
• reframes that update the “unsafe” tag to “safe”
• first-time opportunities without the fraud feeling
• inputs, language, and habits that quiet alarms
• coaching for fast clarity vs endless rumination

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Chapters

• 0:06 Welcome & Purpose of the Lesson
• 1:29 What People Get Wrong About Imposter Syndrome
• 2:44 The Processor Metaphor: Brain as Security System
• 5:00 Updating Old Data vs. Chasing Confidence
• 6:40 Practical Reframes to Clear Misfires
• 8:40 Self-Work, Coaching, and Fast Relief
• 11:20 Lifestyle, Mind Inputs, and Sustained Change
• 12:36 Closing, Gratitude, and How to Book

Transcript

SPEAKER_00: 0:06

Welcome, welcome back to another episode of Uploaded and Unfiltered, the podcast in which I your host interviews other content creators in regards to their journey thus far. Not only do we do interviews here, but I always like to provide some lessons in regards to the things I'm learning about the mindset, how we think, how we process information, how sometimes our past can influence our present, which is something that sometimes we don't want. Sometimes we do it without thinking about it. Sometimes it just happens because that's our routine. And today is a lesson day. I will be going over the topic that I picked. I've been seeing a lot of this issue lately, a lot of people talking about it, a lot of people saying that they have it. And I want to shed some information on what I've found during my course of studying mindset and psychology and just the way that our brains interact with information. And hopefully, this will open up a new perspective to someone who'll be like, hey, that's what that is. And I can change that. That's my goal here. I'm not only a content creator, but I'm also a mindset coach because I believe that our mindset is our greatest asset and also our greatest weakness if we do not take care of it. So mental health is of course something that's huge for me. But without further ado, let's go ahead and jump into today's lesson, which is imposter syndrome. Now, let's start with what people think imposter syndrome is. A lot of people say it, some may know what it means, or maybe they're just parroting their favorite content creator. But this is what most people think imposter syndrome is. They have feelings like, I'm feeling like a fraud, or I'm doubt you doubt your abilities, or maybe you're afraid of speaking on particular topics because you feel like you're not an expert on it yet, or somebody's gonna call you out for not being an expert. What it boils down to is people believe that imposter syndrome is a confidence issue. They think the solution is to believe in yourself more. But I believe that confidence isn't the problem and you don't have to believe in yourself more. While it sounds good on paper, if it was that easy, people wouldn't have imposter syndrome. That's not what imposter syndrome is. Imposter syndrome is not a personality flaw, it's not even an emotion. A lot of people like to think, oh, I have imposter syndrome, oh, I'm feeling imposter syndrome. I don't believe imposter syndrome is imposter syndrome is an emotion as well. It's a misfire, and your unconscious processor, your mind, is reading neutral or even positive information, like people praising your work or people saying, hey, you're doing a good job, is threatening. Now, why would your why would your brain do that? Because the processor is doing its job, scanning for danger, but it's reading old and irrelevant data like if I mess up, I'll be humiliated. Being seen equals being unsafe. I don't belong here unless I'm perfect. I know I need to know everything about the situation before I'm able to start. I haven't studied long enough or I haven't researched long enough to talk about this subject. That is all old or irrelevant data that your mind is using to spark up that imposter syndrome menu. It's not logical, it's not even emotional. It's outdated survival code because again, your brain, your mind, the processor's job is to keep you safe. So before we move forward, I keep saying the word processor. That's just the word that I use because I love technology and the ways that computers work, crazily enough, work align a lot of how the brain works with emotions and processing data. And it's just the easiest way for me to convey this information. But let me give you a quick metaphor on what's actually happening. So, your brain runs on two systems the processor, which is your unconscious mind, it's fast, emotional, and automatic. Like an old security system. I say old because, as we know, we need to update our security systems on our computers, on our phones, on our buildings as much as possible because with old data comes hackers. I know that makes sense to you, and if it doesn't, that's essentially why there's so many security updates in the world. The conscious mind, the second part of this system, is slow and logical, like the manager of a building. When alarms go off, the manager can't focus or fix anything because the alarm's going off. So he's like, oh shit. So there's no focus. Like he's relying on instinct. Your alarm system, which is comprised of the amygdala, the brainstem, all primitive part brain parts is still responding to old information, like a fire drill that never ended. Like that alarm is continuously going off, and that system has not been updated. Like, oh, let me go ahead and turn this off. I didn't realize that. You don't need more confidence. You need the set system to stop misreading the room. And so what I do as a coach, instead of trying to fix the feeling, we help the processor stop responding to the wrong signal. So there's no need to build confidence because again, confidence isn't what creates or lack of confidence is not what creates imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is your processor, aka your subconscious mind responding to old data. So I don't help you build confidence, I help you clear confusion. Once your processor stops misreading the room, the fraud feeling evaporates. Not because you believed harder, but it's because your mind updated the file. It's responding to correct information. Again, if you think or there's part of your brain that thinks I need to be perfect before I start making money on TikTok. And since you're not perfect, boom, imposter syndrome. Your mind's like, oh no, this is unsafe. If we do this and we're not what you said we need to be, it's unsafe. And unfortunately, to our processor or our subconscious mind, unsafe equals dangerous equals death. It's that simple. So in those moments where you're feeling that imposter syndrome, what do you need to tell yourself to clear it? What I always do, or what I used to do, because I can't remember the last time I had imposter syndrome, which is a blessing, and I love that for me. But what I used to say is nothing's wrong with me. My mind has just been reading the wrong file, reading the wrong data. And that file is already getting cleared. That file is being updated. If I mess up, I won't get humiliated. That's not a true statement. That is someone's thought. That is a possibility out of millions of possibilities. If I'm seen or if I get 4,000 people watching my stream, that's gonna equal unsafe. That's not a fact. That is a possibility out of 4 million possibilities. I don't belong here unless I'm perfect. That is not a fact. That is a possibility out of 4 million possibilities. You see where I'm going here? When those misfires happen, again, it's not logical, it's not emotional, it's just responding to old data that somehow at some point got instilled in us, or for some reason, this is the thought that we have running in our head. When you come see me, those thoughts get wiped out, and all we bring in is clear and clarity. No more confusion, no more responding to old data. We update that shit. Now, is it possible to overcome imposter syndrome by yourself? Yes, 1000%. Honestly, just telling yourself nothing's wrong. My mind has been reading the old file, the old data, and that data has been updated. And whatever it is that pops in your head that makes you hesitate before you go live or makes you think you have imposter syndrome, especially if you are doing something that you've never done in your life. Let's say you get reached out by uh a brand, a brand ambassador reached out to you, or a brand rather, reached out to you and was like, hey, we want you to make a video for this product. It's a product you love, never done it before. In some cases, some people will have imposter syndrome because they've never done it before. And because they never done it before, they think that they're going to mess up, or they think that they aren't worthy of that opportunity. But how are you going to get these opportunities if you don't start, if you don't move forward with the ones that show up for you? In those moments, you tell yourself, nothing's wrong with me. There's no anxiety. This is actually a great opportunity for me, and I'm excited to get it done. Doing so is not going to equal me being unsafe. Messing up doesn't mean that I'm going to be humiliated because, and this is another lesson that I'll have to wrap into another another episode, but only focus on what you want and not what you don't want. Doing that helps a ton with imposter syndrome. Letting your mind know that you are safe does a ton for imposter syndrome. But the overall thing that I want to get out to you is imposter syndrome is not a character trait. Imposter syndrome is not a feeling or an emotion. Imposter syndrome is a security system that is responding to old data. This is the tool that your mind uses to stop you from doing something that it conceives is unsafe. Once you update that data file, your mind falls in line and you're able to move forward without that feeling of imposter syndrome. Now, if this landed home for you and this, like, oh shit, okay, and you're done letting those outdated alarms run your creative life, you can clear it fast. Hit me up on the link in this description, set up an appointment, and let's just tackle this imposter syndrome for you so you can move forward with creating amazing content. 90 minutes, it might not even take that long. One session. It is mental health for those who don't want to process their feelings, who don't want to talk about their childhood, who don't want to dig deep because again, it's not emotional. Now, somebody in your past might have told you, your mom might have told you, hey, if you show up on the internet, you're gonna get kidnapped, or some shit like that, and that might have stuck with you, but we don't need to talk about that to update the file. That's the beauty of this. So that's why I do what I do, because there's so many little mind tricks, little things that we don't pay attention to from the way that we talk, from the content that we consume, that are affecting our subconscious mind in ways that we aren't even aware of. But once they do infect our subconscious mind, that doesn't mean that's the end. That doesn't mean that we need to fill it to heal it. That doesn't mean that we need to gather more confidence. That doesn't mean we need to study more. It means we need to update the file that our subconscious mind is using to keep us safe. Hope that hit home for somebody. I'm very passionate about this. If you couldn't tell, I love studying how the mind works, and I love even more helping people understand these little things to help them live a better life. I am what, 43, 42? I don't even remember. I'm happy as fuck. I've never been this happy in my life ever, and I attribute that to paying attention to the content that I consume, paying attention to the way I talk about myself, the way that I think about myself, paying attention to how I respond to what people may cause or people may call roadblocks or things that typically would have upset me in the past. Paying attention to those things and how I respond to them has fundamentally changed my life for the better. Again, this is uploaded and unfiltered. If you know anyone who could benefit from conversation like these and more, please share the podcast with them. We truly appreciate it. We are on every podcast catcher of choice. We are we just passed two years of doing this podcast, and I have not missed an episode yet because I am that passionate and I believe that deeply that these conversations need to happen, and why not me? You know? Other than that, I appreciate y'all listening. As always, protect your mental, keep creating content, and I'll see you in the next one. Peace. If you've been second-guessing yourself or stuck trying to figure it all out, you don't need another course. You need clarity. That's what I hope my clients get. Faz. Check the link in the description to book a session or grab the five day coaching option if you want quick, real relief.