Showing results for "Impostors" in Biographies & Memoirs

Edgar Laplante was a small-time grifter, an erstwhile vaudeville performer, and an unabashed charmer. But after years of playing thankless gigs and traveling with medicine shows, he decided to undertake the most demanding and bravura performance of his life. In the fall of 1917, Laplante reinvented himself as Chief White Elk: war hero, sports star, civil rights campaigner, Cherokee nation leader - and total fraud.

Are you creating work that fully expresses who you are? Does the process of making the thing give you energy upward momentum? Are you living a creative lifestyle that is aligned with your values and desires? The Creative Impostor exits at the intersection of identity and creativity. It’s a deep inquiry into both who we are and why we make what we make. Host Andrea Klunder has inhabited many creative roles: singer, actor, writer, filmmaker, yoga teacher, bodyworker, meditator, entrepreneur, podcaster, teacher, media producer, strategist, speaker… She’ll take you inside her own head and ...

Welcome to The Serial Impostor Journal, your user-friendly toolkit for navigating everyday life with a dash of emotional intelligence. This mini-podcast is your go-to collection of quick rants, candid observations, success and failure stories, anecdotes, hacks, and learnings. Here, you won't find a guru, therapist, or influencer. Instead, join a regular guy who's figuring things out as he goes along, just like you. I think of the word "impostor" positively, embracing the mindset of confidently tackling new and daunting tasks as if I've mastered them already, before becoming genuinely ...

Tras No digas nada y El imperio del dolor, Patrick Radden Keefe explora los límites, a menudo imperceptibles, entre lo legal y lo ilegal, a través de doce retratos reales protagonizados por maleantes de medio mundo.

A round table for aunties like us to come together to share our brilliant ideas, sharp wit, and A+ advice. Whether you're called Auntie, Aunt, Tia, Titi, Aunty, Tante or by any other name, and related by blood or by spirit, you are a fountain of wisdom, a trusted guide, a beguiling role model who brings tremendous love to those you call family. Join us for some conversation, a little bit of self-improvement, and whole lotta laughs because aunties need a place of our own too. And now you've found it!

Nancy Regan appeared as if she had it all together; she was a happy wife and mother and loved her successful career as a television broadcaster. Her memoir, From Showing Off to Showing UP, reveals just how close she was to having everything in that perfect illusion fall apart. With lyrical prose, Regan explores overcoming impostor syndrome, stage fright, and perfectionism, and the journey toward embracing our most authentic selves.