Imposter syndrome can make us feel like frauds in the workplace — like we are never good enough and always about to be exposed. How can we respond? Today’s question comes to us from an anonymous young woman. “Pastor John, I thoroughly enjoy listening to these podcasts and find them exceptionally helpful for dealing with life’s challenges. My challenge is anxiety at work. I work in medicine. For some time, from school until now early in my career, I think I’ve suffered from ‘imposter syndrome,’ a phenomenon that commonly affects professionals, often females, with tendencies to be perfectionists, leading them to think they’re a fraud at their job, not good enough, and any success is by chance. I don’t trust my own talents and skills. “Because of this, I experience significant anxiety before and during work, to the extent that I feel like I need to quit. This is really affecting my mental health, but not because I don’t enjoy my job — I do. I have prayed to overcome this, asking for help and for healing. Do you have any thoughts? Also, I recently came across a coach who specializes in ‘imposter syndrome,’ and she overcame it herself. Would it be wrong for me to seek help from a non-Christian coach?” Read or listen to this interview at our website: https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/how-do-i-battle-imposter-syndrome Find other recent and popular Ask Pastor John episodes: https://www.desiringgod.org/ask-pastor-john