Episode 16 - Emotion at Work Stories - Imposter Syndrome

02/01/18 • 83 min

This episode picks up the Emotion at Work in Stories theme I shared at the start of 2018. This time with Amanda Arrowsmith as my guest, we take a trip into how imposter syndrome has been a part of her life from early childhood but really took hold in her early twenties.

We explore this internal voice that often tells her that she’s not good enough, not enough, that she will be found out and can cause crippling self-doubt. We get into where that voice has come from, what has given it voice, how she quietens it, her strategies for working with it effectively.

As well as exploring the practical, tangible and everyday things Amanda has done and continues to do, we get into how society, norms and life can shape the formation and growth of this ‘inner critic’.

With this being a Stories episode there aren’t many references as such. There are some things from the news and other places we talk about and here are the links to those things:

A story about the liver branding surgeon

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42663518

Reading I did around types of Imposter Syndrome

https://www.fastcompany.com/40421352/the-five-types-of-impostor-syndrome-and-how-to-beat-them

Does imposter syndrome affect women more than men?

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_ladder/2016/04/is_impostor_syndrome_real_and_does_it_affect_women_more_than_men.html

Sas Petherick

http://www.saspetherick.com

A blog from Gemma Dale (@HR_Gem) on Imposter Syndrome

https://hrgemblog.com/2016/06/21/the-imposter-within/

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Episode 15 - Emotion at Work in Memory & Learning

In this episode, you get to hear Nick Shackleton-Jones, Sukh Pabial & I explore and share our views of emotion, cognition, memory, and learning. The conversation takes turns and explores areas I didn’t plan or expect and was really interesting all the same. We talk about the affective context model where Nick suggests that as humans everything that we think, has an emotional basis behind it. We talk about using repetition in learning, making things memorable and emotionally evocative, and how at times we just need to attend to what others are concerned about. As we cover a lot of ground, there are a LOT of resources and links all listed below. Nick’s original blog post that started this conversation https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-dont-think-nick-shackleton-jones Sukh’s post in response https://pabial.wordpress.com/2017/11/29/you-dont-think-except-that-you-do/ Philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche Martin Heidegger https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Heidegger Relevance Theory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relevance_theory Working memory summary https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baddeley%27s_model_of_working_memory TED talk on how your working memory makes sense of the world https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_doolittle_how_your_working_memory_makes_sense_of_the_world Episodic memory summary https://www.livescience.com/43682-episodic-memory.html Semantic (or declarative memory) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explicit_memory Herman Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgetting_curve Summary of Bartlett’s 1932 Study ‘war of the ghosts’ https://www.thinkib.net/psychology/page/8195/bartlett-1932 Elizabeth Loftus talking at TED about the fallability of memory https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory Harris (1973) study into estimates of basketball player height http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1973-23011-001 Concern - Task - Resource Model http://www.aconventional.com/2015/03/concern-task-resource-model.html Iowa Gambling Study https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_gambling_task Paul Ekman and Emotion https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emotions-Revealed-Understanding-Faces-Feelings/dp/0753817659/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1515765283&sr=8-1&keywords=emotions+revealed Tal Ben-Shahar and wellbeing and positive psychology http://www.talbenshahar.com/?CategoryID=170&ArticleID=89 Martin Seligman and positive psychology https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flourish-Understanding-Happiness-Well-Being-Achieve/dp/1857885694/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1515765324&sr=1-3&keywords=martin+seligman The Charity Mind https://www.mind.org.uk Antonio Damasio - Descartes error https://www.amazon.co.uk/Descartes-Error-Emotion-Reason-Human/dp/0099501643/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1515765517&sr=1-1&keywords=Descartes+error How we decide by Jonah Lehrer https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-We-Decide-Jonah-Lehrer/dp/0618620117 Daniel Kahneman- Thinking Fast and Slow

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Episode 17 - Emotion at Work Stories - Burnout

This episode picks up the Emotion at Work in Stories theme I shared at the start of 2018. This time with Amy King as my guest, we take a trip into how burnout has been a part of her life in recent years.

We explore the knowing and not knowing that you are becoming burned out, how loving what she does has contributed towards Amy's burnout experience and how she now approaches life (or does her best to do so) in a way that will prevent it from happening again.

As well as exploring the practical, tangible and everyday things Amy has done and continues to do, we get into how psychology, sociology and wider aspects of burnout.

With this being a Stories episode there aren’t many references as such. There are some things from the news and other places we talk about and here are the links to those things:

When not being sick causes harm

https://hrmannz.com/2018/02/10/in-sickness-and-in-health/

Book - The Obstacle is the Way

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Obstacle-Way-Ancient-Adversity-Advantage/dp/1781251487

Sleep and Burnout

https://vanwinkles.com/putting-the-pieces-together-burnout-insomnia-and-career-satisfaction

Blog post from Karen Bevan about her experiences with what she calls a 'breaking point'

http://hrentrepreneursnetwork.com/2018/02/09/a-post-i-never-thought-id-have-to-write/

A TED talk that Any shared with me that she likes and thinks needs to be in the show notes

https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_david_the_gift_and_power_of_emotional_courage