About Ed Squire
Ed is the creator and host of The Visible Kindness Podcast and a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. He is also the founder of MeTooWhatNow, a nonprofit organization that helps survivors of childhood trauma and abuse move beyond declaring, “ME TOO” and start living their ‘WHAT NOW’ lives.
On This Episode
- Ed discusses ‘imposter syndrome’.
- He shares a recent victory in his life where imposter syndrome prevented him from share the story of how he forgave his grandfather on his deathbed for sexually abusing him as a child.
- Ed shares 7 steps to authenticity that helped him overcome imposter syndrome.
Steps To Authenticity.
- Make sure you understand it's a process. Take baby steps. Each step will cause you to grow a little more.
- Surround yourself with people you know that love and care about you and will support you. Why? Because it's inevitable that someone's going to try and beat you down.
- Know what you are afraid of.
- Write down your top three fears
- Start working on #3 first.
- Know your core values….really know them.
- Write them down
- Revisit them often
- Change them
- Make them what you want them to be.
- Know that you're going to fall and you're going to fall a lot.
- Use your support system.
- Falling is learning. Falling is not failing.
- Keep getting up and never stop getting up.
- Recognize and acknowledge your growth and congratulate and reward yourself.
Link to the video of Ed's story of forgiving his grandfather: https://youtu.be/VZWaLgjjndI
Link to this podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0Q5TaWX2qyQ
CONNECT WITH ED:
Visible Kindness Website: https://www.visiblekindness.com
MeTooWhatNow Website: https://www.metoowhatnow.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metoowhatnow
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrvoCb8aYfT8V6Qo53cs81A
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visiblekindness/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edsquire/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/metoowhatnow
