By Ryan Holmes — 2018
The feeling that you haven't earned your place is all too common among entrepreneurs. Here's how to fight back.
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Even though Black women are starting businesses at a rapid rate, their businesses earn less revenue, remain smaller, and have a higher failure rate.
As entrepreneurs, black women can neglect their wellness and experience triggers that disrupt their mental health.
There is no magic cure for getting rid of feeling like an impostor, but the good news is that it will wane as you age. In the meantime, there are some tools to help manage the feeling when it starts to rear its ugly head.
Who owns your identity, and how can old ways of thinking be replaced?
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Demand from patients seeking help for their mental illnesses has led to underground use in a way that parallels black markets in the AIDS pandemic. This underground use has been most perilous for people of color, who face greater stigma and legal risks due to the War on Drugs.
Darian Hall and Elisa Shankle wanted to create a space for growth in all its forms.
To the list of identities Black people in America have assumed or been asked to, we can now add, thanks to this presidential election season, “Obama’s people” and “the African Americans.”