Hallie Bulkin (YouTube, Jan 6, 2026) addresses imposter syndrome specifically for clinicians interested in pediatric feeding. She reframes imposter feelings as a normal sign of growth, advises getting clinical repetitions with mentorship, and recommends building confidence through cumulative evidence—one successful session, one client win, one mentor affirmation at a time. The core message: start now; confidence grows from doing, not waiting.
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Every single therapist that you look up to, colleagues, educators in the pediatric feeding space, started out feeling completely unqualified. Imposter syndrome does not mean you're not ready. It actually means you're growing, you're stretching. Like, it's that uncomfy feeling of doing something new. Right? Your brain is trying to keep you safe by keeping you in what's familiar. And so the antidote here isn't like we're studying, it's getting those clinical reps in. Right. But with support, with mentorship. Right? And you're gonna build belief through evidence. One successful session, one client win, one affirmation from a mentor. Right. At a time. And confidence is cumulative, my friends. So if you're waiting for confidence to come before you start, you are going to be waiting forever. And most of you are probably sitting here going, yeah, I didn't say golf is gonna start for the past five years or two years or past three months or ten years or whatever. Or I've taken all these courses, and I'm still not working with feeding cases, but I want to. Confidence comes from starting.
