When Winning Becomes Your Whole Identity 🏆😶

Mental

Did you know nearly half of high-achieving students say they constantly feel like a fraud—even when they’re winning?
That’s the twist: imposter syndrome doesn’t wait for failure… it feeds on success.

Alexia grew up the definition of the winner.
State champ. MVP. Recruit magnet. The one her parents called their “little champion.”
But when she gave up her full-ride to pursue computer science far from home, something broke.

In Iowa, she was unstoppable.
In Arizona, she couldn’t even pass her midterm.

She wasn’t just failing a class.
She was failing herself—because the girl who always delivered suddenly couldn’t even understand the assignment.
And instead of saying “I bombed the test,” she whispered, “I’m not smart enough.”

That’s the moment it hit her:
She’d stopped being someone who failed at something—and started becoming someone who thought she was a failure.

The power to understand turning verbs into nouns and identities become an unnecessary burden you put on yourself. Join us this Sunday as we unravel the ending to Alexia's story.