Galen Sedlak

08/03/23 • 63 min

Galen feels very much one with imposter syndrome

In this episode we talk about our feelings of insecurity as teachers, understanding that "fake it till you make it" is actually "learn it till you make it", along with his story of how he landed a gig with Super Simple Songs.

This episode was not only an exciting one for me, but my 5 year old was star struck when he got to meet the voice he hears on tv everyday in person. Magical!!

As a side note, this episode does not contain any explicit language so that this episode could be appropriate for all ages to listen to. Which turned out to be a challenge for me, but we kept it clean :)

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Galen feels very much one with imposter syndrome

This episode was not only an exciting one for me, but my 5 year old was star struck when he got to meet the voice he hears on tv everyday in person. Magical!!

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Previous Episode

Patrick de Belen

Patrick feels furious about imposter syndrome.

Patrick and I discuss talking to other people about their grieving experiences to help with our own, the difficulty Patrick experienced coming up in his early days as an artist and a member of the BIPOC community, and his new documentary called, "Tell me a story about someone you miss". In this documentary, Patrick sits down in a park and talks to random strangers about their experience with loss and grief.

This episode is an extra special one to me. Patrick came to me as a student after his brother, Jordan de Belen, past away from suicide. Jordan was one of my favorite students. Jordan and I liked the same type of music. And as a voice teacher, Jordan's classes were a wonderful treat for me because we got to sing songs that him and I both loved. I love our classes together. He brought so much light and joy to my week each and every week. Hearing the news of his passing was devastating. I am so grateful for the time I got to spend with Jordan.

This episode is dedicated to Jordan de Belen

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Lizzy Clarke

Lizzy feels aggravated about imposter syndrome. Although, she would like to monologue on it more.

We talk about coming back to the artist grind after COVID, understanding and accepting audience validation, and learning to treat ourselves with kindness and compassion in the same way we as voice teachers do for our students.

Lizzy has been such an important part in my life as we were part of the elite 4 at the first music school I started teaching at. The group consisted of myself, Lizzy, Joanna, and Nevon. These three were some of the most supportive and influential people, not only in my teaching career, but also in my life. They challenged me, they comforted me, and they help me to see the kind of teacher I am and who I could become. I am forever grateful to all three of them!!

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