ARTICLE
You Are Not Here by ‘Mistake’: 1st-Gen Students on Overcoming ‘Impostor Syndrome’
By Catherine Thorbecke — 2018
As increasing numbers of first-generation college students flock to campuses this fall, “GMA” spoke to experts and first-generation college students who shared advice on how to overcome “impostor syndrome” and succeed.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
CLEAR ALL
BY TOPIC
BY TYPE
FILTER
TOPIC
- Self-Discovery (25)
- Well-Being (23)
- Fear (21)
- Identity (21)
- Self-Care (21)
- Anxiety (19)
- Neurodiversity (19)
- Entrepreneurship (18)
- Transitions (17)
- Self-Pressure (16)
- Athlete Well-Being (15)
- Depression (15)
- Self-Worth (15)
- Black Well-Being (14)
- Parenting (14)
- Confidence (13)
- Immigration and Assimilation (13)
- Autism (11)
- Creative Well-Being (11)
- Growth Mindset (11)
- Racism (10)
- Women’s Well-Being (10)
- Academic Struggles (9)
- ADD/ADHD (9)
- Disabled Well-Being (9)
- Failure (9)
- LGBTQIA Well-Being (9)
- Manifestation (9)
- Personal Development (9)
- Resilience (9)
- Stress Management (9)
- Burnout (8)
- Happiness (8)
- Performance Anxiety (8)
- Search for Purpose (8)
- Honoring Emotion (7)
- Identity Shifts (7)
- Latinx Well-Being (7)
- Mental Health Challenges (7)
- Negative Self-Talk (7)
- Performance Pressure (7)
- Physical Health (7)
- Positive Self-Talk (7)
- Transgender Well-Being (7)
- Work-Life Balance (7)
- Asking for Help (6)
- Belonging (6)
- Communication Skills (6)
- Compassion (6)
- Courage (6)
- Finding Meaning (6)
- Self-Esteem (6)
- Setting Limits and Boundaries (6)
- Stress (6)
- Work Challenges (6)
- Community Healing (5)
- Decision Making (5)
- Fellowship and Community (5)
- Leadership (5)
- Learning Styles (5)
- Letting Go (5)
- Meditation (5)
- Motivation (5)
- Positive Thinking (5)
- Self-Love (5)
- Suicide (5)
- Talk Therapy (5)
- Access to Education (4)
- Authenticity (4)
- Cancer (4)
- Chronic Anxiety (4)
- Competition (4)
- Connection with Nature (4)
- Death or Loss of a Loved One (4)
- Emotional Intelligence (EQ) (4)
- Empowerment (4)
- Epigenetics (4)
- Female Empowerment (4)
- Goal Setting (4)
- Men’s Well-Being (4)
- Mindfulness (4)
- Neuroscience (4)
- Nonbinary Well-Being (4)
- Racial Discrimination (4)
- Racial Identity (4)
- Relationship with Time (4)
- Self-Acceptance (4)
- Self-Actualization (4)
- Self-Compassion (4)
- Self-Expression (4)
- Self-Realization (4)
- Speaking Your Truth (4)
- Trauma Healing (4)
- AAPI Well-Being (3)
- Activism/Service (3)
- Aging (3)
- Buddhism (3)
- Climate Change (3)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (3)
- Collaboration (3)
- Cross-Cultural Dynamics (3)
- Curiosity (3)
- Discrimination (3)
- Divorce and Breakup (3)
- Exercise (3)
- Family Dynamics (3)
- Forgiveness (3)
- Gratitude (3)
- Grief (3)
- Habits of Mind (3)
- Intention (3)
- Journaling (3)
- Life Challenges (3)
- Loneliness (3)
- Mind-Body Connection (3)
- Neuroplasticity (3)
- Offering Support to Others (3)
- Othering (3)
- Pleasing Parents (3)
- Psychology (3)
- Racial Healing (3)
- Racial Justice (3)
- Retirement (3)
- Self-Development (3)
- Self-Healing (3)
- Self-Reflection Practices (3)
- Spiritual Growth (3)
- Values (3)
- Veteran Well-Being (3)
- Visualization (3)
- Addiction (2)
- Addiction Recovery (2)
- Anger Management (2)
- Awareness (2)
- Building Culture (2)
- Child’s Emotional Growth (2)
- Connection (2)
- Cross-Cultural Parenting (2)
- Diet and Nutrition (2)
- Digital Life (2)
- Disconnection (2)
- Eating Disorders (2)
- Focus (2)
- Forest Bathing (2)
- Friendship (2)
- Gender Discrimination (2)
- Generosity (2)
- Healthy Eating (2)
- Human Potential (2)
- Imagination and Creativity (2)
- Indigenous Well-Being (2)
- Inner Life (2)
- Inner Peace (2)
- Integrative Medicine (2)
- Kindness (2)
- Laughter Therapy (2)
- Living with Illness (2)
- Mentoring (2)
- Military to Civilian Re-entry (2)
- Mindfulness Meditation (2)
- Mindfulness Practices (2)
- Peak Performance (2)
- Presence (2)
- Problem Solving (2)
- Productivity (2)
- PTSD (2)
- Rest (2)
- Shame (2)
- Sleep (2)
- Social Anxiety (2)
- Social Justice (2)
- Social Responsibility (2)
- Traumatic Grief (2)
- Trust (2)
- Unconscious Bias (2)
- Vulnerability (2)
- Whiteness (2)
- Abandonment (1)
- Acceptance (1)
- Adaptability (1)
- Affirmations (1)
- Brain Health (1)
- Buddha Nature (1)
- Caregiver Well-Being (1)
- Challenges with Teens (1)
- Child’s ADD/ADHD (1)
- Child’s Autism (1)
- Child’s Challenging Behavior (1)
- Children’s Well-Being (1)
- Christianity (1)
- Chronic Health Conditions (1)
- Clinical Depression (1)
- Coming Out (1)
- Compassion Meditation (1)
- Consciousness (1)
- Criticism and Rejection (1)
- Ecospirituality (1)
- Emotional Labor (1)
- Empathy (1)
- Endurance (1)
- Environmental Justice (1)
- Facing Own Death (1)
- Financial Instability (1)
- Flower Essences (1)
- Following Bliss (1)
- Freedom (1)
- Gender Challenges (1)
- Gender Identity (1)
- Gender Justice (1)
- Genetics (1)
- Guided Meditation (1)
- Handling a Loved One’s Illness (1)
- Healing Approaches (1)
- Hero’s Journey (1)
- Highly Sensitive People (1)
- Homophobia (1)
- Humility (1)
- Illness and Injury (1)
- Indigenous Healing Approaches (1)
- Inner Strengths (1)
- Insomnia (1)
- Inspiration (1)
- Islamophobia (1)
- Judaism (1)
- Lifestyle Medicine (1)
- Longevity (1)
- Loss of Partner/Spouse (1)
- Lovingkindness Meditation (1)
- MDMA (1)
- Memoir (1)
- Midlife Crisis (1)
- Motherhood (1)
- Neoshamanism (1)
- Optimism (1)
- Panic Attacks (1)
- Past Life Regression (1)
- Patience (1)
- Perception (1)
- Personality Typing (1)
- Prayer (1)
- Psychedelic Research (1)
- Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (1)
- Race and Gender (1)
- Regret (1)
- Relationship Challenges (1)
- Relationship with Money (1)
- Self-Mastery (1)
- Self-Reckoning (1)
- Self-Reliance (1)
- Sexual Assault or Abuse (1)
- Shadow (1)
- Shamanic Healing (1)
- Social Presence (1)
- Social Psychology (1)
- Soul Mission (1)
- Spiritual Practices (1)
- Spirituality and Health (1)
- Storytelling (1)
- Subconscious (1)
- Tarot (1)
- Tibetan Buddhism (1)
- Time Management (1)
- Transformation (1)
- Trauma-Informed Therapy (1)
- Wake-Up Calls (1)
- War (1)
- Youth Activism (1)
FILTER
TEACHER
- Joanne Cacciatore (2)
- john a. powell (2)
- Karla McLaren (2)
- Mark Manson (2)
- Michael Phelps (2)
- Richard Davidson (2)
- Sandra Ingerman (2)
- Adam Grant (1)
- Amy Morin (1)
- Ashley River Brant (1)
- Caroline Myss (1)
- Charles Eisenstein (1)
- Chinedu Echeruo (1)
- Connie Zweig (1)
- Deepak Chopra (1)
- don Jose Ruiz (1)
- Edward Hallowell (1)
- Eric Maisel (1)
- Gabor Maté (1)
- Gay Hendricks (1)
- Hyla Cass (1)
- Iyanla Vanzant (1)
- James Carse (1)
- James Fadiman (1)
- James Hollis (1)
- Jay Shetty (1)
- Joseph Campbell (1)
- Joseph Chilton Pearce (1)
- Joseph Goldstein (1)
- Judith Orloff (1)
- Judson Brewer (1)
- Laurie Santos (1)
- Light Watkins (1)
- Lion Goodman (1)
- Lorin Roche (1)
- Marie Forleo (1)
- Matt Kahn (1)
- Michael Bernard Beckwith (1)
- Monnica Williams (1)
- Nancy Mellon (1)
- Nataly Kogan (1)
- Nicole Cardoza (1)
- Oprah Winfrey (1)
- Rami Shapiro (1)
- Rick Hanson (1)
- Scott Shute (1)
- Serene Jones (1)
- Shauna Shapiro (1)
- Simone Biles (1)
- Socrates (1)
- Susan Piver (1)
- Swami Mukundananda (1)
- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (1)