Combating Self-Doubt with Mindfulness 

In this episode, herdacious host Lorelei chats with Gloria Chan Packer to discuss curbing self-doubt. Gloria emphasizes the importance of building resilience so we can confront failure and use it as a tool to progress professionally. As self-doubt widely disempowers pursuit of our ambitions, Gloria teaches us cognitive awareness techniques to build a practice of mindfulness.

Host: Lorelei Gonzalez
Co-host: Gloria Chan Packer 

Gloria Chan Packer is a mindfulness teacher, mental wellness expert, experienced corporate leader, and owner of Recalibrate. Recalibrate is a workplace mental wellness provider, focused on delivering science-based education and accessible tools for busy professionals. After several years working in the Fortune 500, Gloria faced the first-hand impacts of a high-stress work environment. Once Gloria learned about the scientific health benefits behind mindfulness, she founded Recalibrate to help people in the workforce build healthy mindsets in today’s high-stress society.  

Things you will learn in this episode (chapter markers available):  

• Building resilience 4:14 
• Negative effects of self-criticism 6:29 
• Confidence in taking risks 13:20 
• Mindfulness: What is it? 17:40
• Cognitive awareness benefits 20:30
• Beginning a mindfulness practice 31:35
• Intentional thoughts and feelings 35:56
• Femme fact: Women in Medicine 37:40

Resources mentioned in this episode:  

• Recalibrate (Corporate Mindfulness, Meditation & Mental Wellness) 
• Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness meditation for everyday life By Jon Kabat-Zinn (Book)
• Teach girls bravery, not perfection | Reshma Saujani (TedTalk)  

Link to show transcript here. 

Episode sponsors:  

• HERdacity   
• Moonray 

Looking for additional resources on this topic? Check out our webinar “Banishing Perfectionism & the Imposter Syndrome | Darlene Templeton” 

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