What happens when you build your Inner Temple.

I can relate to being offered a significant role, such as VP of Product, and feeling an overwhelming sense of doubt. It took me two offers before I finally accepted, and even then, the first three months were filled with anxiety, convinced that any moment I might be "found out." On the outside, everything seemed fine. I was performing well, but inside, I was drained from constantly monitoring myself, over-preparing, and fearing that one wrong decision would reveal me as a fraud.

As a woman in a predominantly male industry, I spent years feeling like I had to work harder to be regarded as competent. Although I was performing at a senior director level, I constantly felt like an outsider. Even though I doubted it was true, I just felt tolerated rather than truly valued.