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Coaching the Imposter Syndrome Tap Dance

A close-up of a tap dancer’s lower legs and tap shoes on a backlit stage, symbolizing the pressure and performance of imposter syndrome.
Imposter Syndrome is like a tap dance trying to keep up with imagined expectations.

There’s a particular rhythm to imposter syndrome.

It’s not just doubt—it’s choreography. Clients describe it like an internal tap dance: precise, quick, controlled… and exhausting. Their feet know the steps, yet their mind insists they are one click away from being exposed as an amateur in borrowed shoes.

Imposter syndrome isn’t about capability. It’s about the pressure to perform. And coaching becomes the place where clients can finally step out of the routine long enough to breathe, choose, and move in a way that feels like them again.

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