Natalie Portman Felt Like A Fraud At Harvard. Why Do Women Struggle More With Impostor Syndrome?

Natalie Portman Felt Like A Fraud At Harvard.  Why Do Women Struggle More With Impostor Syndrome? At the core of Impostor Syndrome lies a deep fear of our own worthiness. To counter it many women set the bar ‘super-woman’ high. So high that it’s near impossible to get over, even with a cape. Which is why, conquering Impostor Syndrome requires accepting that we don’t have to attain perfection or Da Vinci like mastery to be worthy of admiration, promotion, power, or for that matter, anything we really want in life. This isn't about lowering the bar and settling for mediocrity but resetting it to a realistic (i.e. human) level that doesn’t leave us on the merry-go-round of forever striving, never arriving, and constantly feeling like we’re not measuring up.