Emotional regulation is key to becoming a better parental figure for every member of your family. Discover the tools to successfully regulate those emotions so you can work with and nurture your child from the very beginning until they are independent (or interdependent) from you, continuing to grow into a person who trusts themselves and is unafraid of impostor syndrome. Your Child''s Greatness will act as a manual to the principles and skills that are critical in the development of healthy self-esteem in children, including: An ability to develop an internal sense of validation and self; The skills to handle critical feedback with an aim toward growth; A focus on collaboration and building community around them; A lack of fear around who they are, what they want, and the journey that they are on; And so much more. From expert authors Lisa and Richard Orbe-Austin comes an honest, reliable, and nurturing guide that makes sure every parent and guardian has the tools they need to raise their children without impostor syndrome.
Dr. Lisa Orb�-Austin is a licensed psychologist and executive coach. She earned her doctorate in counseling psychology from Columbia University. Her expertise on impostor syndrome is regularly sought by the media and she has appeared in outlets such as
Financial Times, the
Today Show, Good Morning America, Forbes, Huffington Post, and
Refinery29. She has also been honored twice as a Top Voice on LinkedIn in the areas of Job Search and Careers and Mental Health. Dr. Orb�-Austin has been an invited speaker at various national conferences. She recently gave a TEDx talk entitled "The Impostor Syndrome Paradox: Unleashing the Power of You."
Trained as a clinician and researcher, her work is focused on providing practical, achievable results through research-backed science. She is a contributor to The American Psychological Association's volume on Imposter Phenomenon entitled
The Impostor Phenomenon: Psychological Research, Theory, and Interventions (APA Press, 2024).
Her first book,
Own Your Greatness: Overcome Impostor Syndrome, Beat Self-Doubt, and Succeed in Life (Ulysses Press, 2020) coauthored with her partner, Dr. Richard Orb�-Austin, was released in April 2020. Their book was a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Book Award. Her second book,
Your Unstoppable Greatness: Break Free of Impostor Syndrome, Cultivate Your Agency, and Achieve Your Ultimate Career Goals (Ulysses Press, 2022) is focused on dealing with the systemic dynamics in workplaces and cultures that keep impostor syndrome in place and how to directly combat those dynamics.
Dr. Richard Orb�-Austin is a licensed psychologist, executive coach, and consultant. He earned his PhD in counseling psychology from Fordham University's Graduate School of Education and his BA in psychology from NYU. In his practice, Dr. Orb�-Austin works with executives, senior leaders, and mid-career professionals to overcome impostor syndrome, identify their best-fit career options, advance their career goals, and strengthen their leadership skills. He also regularly consults to academic institutions, corporations, and nonprofit organizations on issues related to leadership, diversity, equity and inclusion, anti-racist practice, burnout prevention, impostor syndrome, and creating healthy workplaces.
Dr. Orb�-Austin's opinions and writings have appeared in a variety of publications and academic journals, including
Forbes, Fast Company, ThriveGlobal, Diversity Executive, the
Journal of Multicultural Counseling & Development and the Handbook of Racial-Cultural Counseling and Psychology. He is a TEDx speaker and the author of the book
Own Your Greatness: Overcome Impostor Syndrome, Beat Self-Doubt, and Succeed in Life (Ulysses Press, 2020), coauthored with his partner, Dr. Lisa Orb�-Austin. The goal of the book is to provide a systematic formula to eliminate impostor syndrome and to assist readers to own their talents and power in order to fully realize their goals and lead a more balanced life. It was a Foreword INDIES Book Award Finalist. His second book
Your Unstoppable Greatness: Break Free from Impostor Syndrome, Cultivate Your Agency, and Achieve Your Ultimate Career Goals (Ulysses Press, December 2022), also coauthored with his partner, focuses on how to sustain your impostor syndrome-free life, reduce burnout, and improve healthy leadership skills while conquering toxic work cultures. He is also a contributor to the American Psychological Association's volume on impostor phenomenon, entitled
The Impostor Phenomenon: Psychological Research, Theory, and Interventions (APA Press, March 2024).
