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Is It Imposter Syndrome, Or Are You Just Manifesting the Life You Asked For?

We’re constantly told to think positively, visualize success, act as if, and manifest the life we want. We journal, dress for the role, walk into rooms that feel too big, and we tell ourselves, “I am already her.”

But then… the moment we actually land in those rooms, take the stage, get the promotion, or launch the thing, we say we feel like imposters.

Wait, what?

Isn’t this exactly what we’ve been working toward?

I’m not dismissing imposter syndrome, I’ve felt it more times than I can count. But lately I’ve started to wonder: what if what we call “imposter syndrome” is just us catching up to the version of ourselves we already decided to become?

You dressed the part. You spoke it into existence. You moved with intention. And now that you’re in it, your brain just hasn’t caught up to the new normal yet.

Sound familiar?

So, no maybe you’re not an imposter. Maybe you’re in the middle of a personal upgrade. One that feels uncomfortable not because you’re faking it, but because you’re finally living it.

Manifestation teaches us to believe before we become. Imposter syndrome makes us doubt once we arrive. But the two aren’t opposites, they’re just different chapters of the same transformation.

So instead of asking, “Who do I think I am?” Try: “Who do I know I’m becoming?”