Inner Brilliance, Outer Shine: 10 Antidotes to Imposter Syndrome, Workaholism and Stress
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ISBN-13: | 9781789048032 |
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Publisher: | Collective Ink |
Publication date: | 03/08/2022 |
Pages: | 256 |
Product dimensions: | 5.63(w) x 8.57(h) x 0.54(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Foreword 1
Acknowledgements 3
Introduction 5
Chapter 1 Antidote #1: Know Your Co-ordinates 10
Groundhog Day: Screw up and Repeat 11
Burnout 15
Stress
An Inside Job 17
Craving Reassurance 18
Shrinking Your Space 19
Imposter Syndrome 20
Not Good Enough 21
Getting Stuck in Denial 22
Summary of Key Points 27
Chapter 2 Antidote #2: Captain Your Ship 28
Your Ship
Owner-ship of Your Treasure Trove 30
Coming off Autopilot 32
The Unconscious Mind a 33
Your Captain is Calling 36
The Conscious Mind 37
Your Bridge
The Crow's Nest 39
Victim, Persecutor or Brave Captain? 41
But I was a Victim 44
Project Me Time 45
Summary of Key Points 48
Chapter 3 Antidote #3: Understand What Causes You to Sink 49
Nature Versus Nurture Model of Personality
Nature 50
Nurture - Imprint Phase 51
Safe and Stable or Unsafe and Unpredictable? 52
Loved or Rejected? 53
Success or Failure?
Nurture - Modelling Phase 54
Nurture - Socialisation Phase 55
When Faking it Doesn't Help You Make it 56
When Inner Stuff Dulls Your Shine 58
Cheating Change 59
Outdated Beliefs and Coping Strategies
Snapshot 61
Reality Check 63
The Inner Brilliance, Outer Shine Journal 64
Summary of Key Points 66
Chapter 4 Antidote #4: Align Towards Your Stars 67
Strengths 68
When Our Shine is Dulled 69
Accepting Our Nature-Based Weaknesses 70
Fixing Our Nurture-Based Weaknesses 71
Spotting When the Stars Align 74
Overdoing Strengths 76
Values 77
Values Misalignment 78
When Negative Feelings Are a Sign of Misalignment 80
Towards and Away from Values 81
Overdoing Values 82
Purpose 85
Summary of Key Points 87
Chapter 5 Antidote #5: Navigate to Destination Joy 88
Destination Grim
The Magical Mystery Tour 89
Why Fantasising Screws up Your Navigation 91
Natural, Unconscious Happiness and Success 92
Destination Joy: Vision 93
Vision Statement Checklist 96
Be the Brave Captain 97
Ports of Call: Goals 98
Four Types of Goal
Plotting the Course: Tasks 101
Programming the Quickest Route into Your Ship's Navigation System 102
Summary of Key Points 104
Chapter 6 Antidote #6: Offload Excess Baggage 105
Are You Exceeding Your Baggage Allowance? 107
More Shine 109
What is Havening? 111
What can Havening be Used for?
How Havening was Created 112
How Does Havening Work? 113
It Might Feel Like Magic 114
Does Havening Really Work? 115
What to Expect from Havening 116
The Small Print 117
Part 1 Understand the Havening Procedure 118
Part 2 Find Unwanted Baggage 120
Part 3 Offload Excess Baggage 121
Summary of Key Points 122
Chapter 7 Antidote #7: Run a Tight Ship 123
Parkinson's Law 124
Time Boundaries
We've Got 4 Hours 125
Your Production Line 126
Your Production Plan 127
Choc-a-Block 128
Managing Your Production Line 129
Saying Yes When You Mean No 131
Time Stealers 133
People Boundaries 135
Boundary Management Solutions: 137
Owning Your Space 138
Be Mindful of the Gap 140
Recognise When You've Used Up Your Help Quotient 142
Summary of Key Points 144
Chapter 8 Antidote #8: Develop Your Inner Captain 146
The Impact of Negative Thoughts and Language 148
Your Inner Captain 149
Blackpool Illuminations 151
What If-ing and Plan B 153
Useful or Use-less Thoughts? 155
Down in the Doldrums 156
Your Inner Captain's Voice 159
Learn to Take the P Bob 161
Reverse Gratitude 162
Re-Dipping 163
Gratitude and Mindfully Seeing 164
The Inner Brilliance Outer Shine Journal - Processing Thoughts 166
Affirming Instructions 169
Summary of Key Points 170
Chapter 9 Antidote #9: Learn to Handle Rough Seas 172
Boosting Performance
State of Mind 174
Why State Matters 175
When State Damages Our Performance 176
Rocks and Rough Seas 177
Joy Has Competition 179
Meta Emotions 180
When Your Bucket is Overflowing 181
Under Captain's Orders 182
Calming Rough Waters: EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) 183
What is EFT? 184
EFT Efficacy 185
How to Use EFT 186
Cultivating Joy 190
Scheduling Joy 191
Summary of Key Points 193
Chapter 10 Antidote #10: Access the Mess Deck 194
My Manifesto for Your Change
Missing Life and Making Ourselves Sick 195
Your Energy Bank 197
The Root of All Evil - Inflammation 200
Your Duracell Batteries - Mitochondria 203
Donuts Make You Cross - Putting Good Fuel In 204
Self-Care: Treat Yourself Like a Baby 206
Sleep 207
Brainwaves 209
Meditative Breathing 210
Preparing Ourselves for Sleep 211
Move Your Body 213
Staying on Course 214
Visit the Mess Deck Daily 215
Summary of Key Points 216
Conclusion 217
About Estelle Read 224
Work with Estelle Read 225
Endnotes 226
References and Further Reading 231