27. Is Imposter Syndrome Holding you Back from Your Calling?

Do you find yourself questioning if you have what it takes to go after your calling or dream career? What is holding you back? Do you fear that someone will discover who you "really are"? Guess what. You're amazing just as you are! Join guest Iliana Rabbat as she walks us through common limiting beliefs that may be holding us back. 

We highly recommend listening to Episode 19: How Your Awakening Can Help You Find Your Calling, as a companion to this episode. 

During the last 20 years, Ilaina has been working actively towards social change across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, India, and East Africa supporting individuals and organizations to increase their impact.  She started her career working at the International Cooperation Department of the Youth Council of Galicia-Spain, supporting relations with the European Union. Since then, and consistent with her passion for education and learning from other cultures, she has worked on community-based projects in Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Haiti. Ilaina also worked at Ashoka, as a Director of a youth program in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the Washington DC, USA headquarter as Global Campaigns Manager, as the leader of the expansion of Ashoka in Central America, and as a consultant to build the youth ecosystem in Nairobi, Kenya.  In 2011 Ilaina co-founded Amani Institute, an award-winning global social enterprise that has, to date, helped nearly 10,000 people from over sixty-five countries accelerate their careers in social impact. Under her leadership, it has also supported more than 250 organizations around the world, from large global UN departments to small local businesses, and everything in between, to increase staff capacity, motivation, and impact. She stepped down as Executive Director of the organization in 2021.

Currently, Ilaina is the Head of Talent Development at Proximity Designs, an award-winning social enterprise with the mission to increase incomes across rural Myanmar.

Also, Ilaina has served or is serving in Board of Directors or Advisory boards across the world: Open Society Foundation (Global), Amani Institute (Global), Cola-Cola Institute (Brazil), The Bio-Leadership Project (UK), Recipes for Wellbeing (Global), the School of Future (India), Universidad Camilo José Cela (Spain).

Ilaina has two Master’s degrees, one in International Studies and Peace and Conflict Resolution from Torcuato Di Tella University (Argentina), and one in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania (United States). She is also a Certified Executive Coach by the International Coaching Federation.

She recently wrote a book chapter about how social entrepreneurs can move from surviving to thriving apart from several publications in the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

When she is not working, she loves spending time with her husband Ivan, daughter Maya and her dog Punky.

Purchase her book ‘The New Reason to Work’ here.

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