Reflecting on her own struggle with imposter syndrome, Sheila Paylan unpacks the weight of inherited trauma and the seduction of Armenian exceptionalism. Through the lens of identity and confidence, she calls for both an individual and collective shift—from needing to be seen as exceptional to doing the work of becoming truly excellent.
True freedom isn’t in the absence of fear, but in the willingness to confront it, writes Sheila Paylan in her next piece about embracing discomfort to walk the talk and transform private convictions to public action.
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