Beyond The Mask - Healing The Roots Of Impostor Syndrome - by Create the Calm

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Beyond The Mask - Healing The Roots Of Impostor Syndrome

With Create the Calm

This is a three-part course designed to help you move from feeling like a fraud to living authentically. Drawing on my doctoral research into impostor phenomenon in spiritual settings, this course guides you through practical tools to create inner safety, break free from rumination and perfectionism, and begin reclaiming your true identity. Each module combines gentle teaching, guided practices, and reflective prompts to help you calm your nervous system, set healthy boundaries, release old pressures, and step out from behind the mask. This is not about achieving more—it’s about becoming whole.

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Meet your Teacher

Create the Calm
San Tan Valley, AZ, USA

Dr. Judy Boozer is an educator, researcher, and coach with a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership. Her doctoral research was the first to explore the experience of impostor phenomenon in spiritual settings, where achievement was not the primary measure of worth. With a background in teaching, leadership development, and holistic coaching, she specializes in helping individuals move beyond self-doubt and into authentic self-trust. Drawing on years of research and practical experience, she creates tools and practices that make complex emotional patterns understandable and change feel possible. Background music for guided practices is by Liborio Conti.

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3 Days

79 students

5.0 stars

28 min / day

Authenticity

English

Lesson 1

Finding Your Ground: Reclaiming Safety And Presence

In this first module, you’ll learn how impostor phenomenon often takes root—not because you’re flawed, but because your sense of self developed in environments with shifting expectations or conditional acceptance. We’ll begin by building a foundation of safety in your body, using a simple grounding practice to calm your nervous system and create space for reflection. Through a guided exercise, journaling prompts, and gentle reframing, you’ll start to see impostor feelings not as proof of inadequacy, but as signals pointing toward your deeper desire for authentic identity.

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Lesson 2

Breaking The Cycle - Triggers, Boundaries, And The Inner Critic

In this module, you’ll discover that impostor feelings are not a personal failing but a response to experiences that shaped how you see yourself. Together, we’ll gently uncover the hidden roots of those patterns, explore how to set boundaries that honor your worth, and practice simple, compassionate tools to help you feel grounded when doubt strikes. This is your chance to begin letting go of the pressure to be perfect and create space for a more authentic, confident you.

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Lesson 3

Becoming Whole - Forgiveness, Integration, And Moving Forward

In this final module, you’ll explore the path of becoming whole—gently reclaiming the parts of yourself you’ve hidden, practicing forgiveness, and learning to integrate your true worth. Through a guided self-forgiveness meditation inspired by the Hawaiian practice of ho’oponopono, you’ll reconcile the part of you that never felt good enough with the part that held impossible standards. Pondering and journaling prompts will help you unpack and integrate the experience, so you can step forward with greater authenticity, freedom, and peace.

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5.0 (5)

Recent Reviews

Olivia

Olivia

November 1, 2025

This was a valuable and comprehensive course! This really helped me sort out some internal relationships and value both my introverted and extroverted sides. Leading to more integration! Thank you!

Robin

Robin

October 17, 2025

Amazing practice!!! The feeling of being more whole, if only for a moment and the shift in thoughts. Thank you

June

October 13, 2025

This was very helpful for me. I shall be repeating it often as I know it is something I need to do. Thank you so much for creating this and helping all like me who find themselves denying their authentic self in order to be “accepted”. I grew up under the constant dislike and critiscm of an slightly older sister so have great difficulty in discovering who I really am

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