Day 1 Homework:

1. How do you think imposter syndrome tends to show up for you? And what might it be telling you? Brain dump your fears, doubts, worries, everything onto a page.

2. On a new sheet of paper, write a letter to your scared-self. Think of yourself as your higher-self, the most nurturing, loving, mother who is caring for this scared, small version of you. Read the fears you wrote and write the most loving, caring letter showing yourself love, support & encouragement. (What would you say to a young child or best friend? How would you hold her and speak to her?) 

3. What is one thing you NOW believe after writing this letter to yourself?

   • Turn it into an affirmation to claim it!! 

Articles for Inspiration:

• https://kajabi.com/blog/celebrities-with-imposter-syndrome

• https://www.thecut.com/2017/01/25-famous-women-on-impostor-syndrome-and-self-doubt.html

• https://www.developgoodhabits.com/successful-people-failed/

Day 2 Homework:

1. Brain Dump a list of everything on your plate – look at your calendar, schedule, to-do lists, and get everything in one place. TIP: Try putting each thing on a Post-It Note so you can easily move it around for these next steps.

2. Under each item, write down why this task is important for you. This helps you assess why it’s on your list. If it’s not important, toss it!

3. Prioritize — What are your top 3 things that are most important to YOU right now? 

4. Freeze Pile: What are things that don’t need to be done in the near future — future ideas, things that can wait, things you’re waiting on, etc.

5. NO Pile: What are things that you need to say NO to? Things you feel that you really don’t want to do, aren’t interested in, feel obligated, or dread. Get these off your list, say “No,” delegate, or ask for help.

6. Carve out dedicated, non-negotiable time for your 3 most important things — on your new schedule, add dedicated time for these 3 things first.

7. Reassess your Schedule: With your new priorities and list, reassess your schedule, remove things off your calendar, and reorganize your time — YOU have control!

Day 3 Homework:

1. Where or How are you feeling overwhelmed currently with your BIG idea? Journal on this so you can identify it and understand it at a deeper level. 

2. What are you currently feeling unclear about? Write down all of the things or questions that come up for you around your big idea and be specific. Remember, this is something new, so you will probably feel unclear about a lot, which is normal.

3. Looking at the things you feel unclear about, what is 1 action you can take this week to gain clarity and answer that question? 

   • Beta testing – this starts with questions that we feel unclear on. So ask yourself, how could I get this question answered? Call or talk to someone you think could be your ideal client. Share a poll or post on social media. Ask a friend or family member. Reach out to someone who’s doing what you want to be doing. How can you be resourceful? 

     • Reminder: “There are no unresourceful people, just unresourceful states.” Overwhelm is just an unresourceful state.

Day 4 Homework:

1. When you are working on or thinking about your Big Idea, what emotions tend to come up for you? 

   • What is that emotion telling you? 

   • How does that emotion feel in your body? 

2. Which of the 4 trauma responses do you resonate with most? (Top 1 or 2)

3. Use these tools based on the trauma response you have:

   • Fight – Do a cold plunge; exercise, shake your body, hit a pillow or punching bag

   • Flight – Take deep belly-breaths; ground yourself, do the orient practice, or meditate; go for a slow present walk; dance or shake your body

   • Freeze – Take some deep breaths; movement is key — softly shake, do yoga, go for a walk; take a warm bath; do the orient practice

   • Fawn – Show yourself compassion and love, do self care practices; shake your body; buy yourself time, make slow decisions, practice boundaries; find small ways to make choices for YOU (practice, practice, practice)

Orienting — Grounding Practice:

When you find yourself starting to go into a trauma response…

• Recognize your response

• Stop what you’re doing

• Take a couple deep breaths

• Orient to the space around you — What do you see? What sounds do you hear? What do you feel and what does it feel like? Etc.

• Bring yourself back to the present moment to remind yourself: I am ok – there’s nothing wrong with me. My body and brain are trying to keep me safe – I am safe, right now, in this moment.

Day 5 Homework:

1. Write down your Big Idea: What is your idea and why do you want it? Why is this important for you to do? 

2. Visualize this future version of you who is doing this – picture her doing what you want to be doing. Allow yourself to day dream in this for at least 10 minutes. 

3. Who is this future version of you? Who is this version you need to become in order to achieve that? (What is she doing? How does she dress and carry herself? What habits did she start or stop? What does she believe? How does she take action?) 

4. Each day forward, I want you to start with this question in the morning: What is ONE thing I can do today to become that future version of you?