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So Many Wins Zero Posts: Downside of Imposter Syndrome



Picture day for VirtueLead Fellows 2025

When you reflect about your year, and you lay out what worked out and what didn’t, how much of it did you share with the world?

Me? About 2, if I’m being honest one was out of necessity, I didn’t have much of a choice, I had to share the news.

I don’t remember when I stopped clapping for myself, I don’t remember when and why I pushed the goal post, I just remember thinking, “not good enough yet”

I actually joined WorldPulse to start over, here no one knows me, yet, I thought. Yet almost three months in, not even a comment on the very many inspiring stories I get to read.

Ladies, I don’t remember when I silenced myself or what to do to get my spark back. Have you ever been in this position, what did you do, what are you doing? I’m now a CEO and building a personal brand is not optional.

Maybe I’ll start here, now. I’ll lay out my wins here…


2025 is the year I started my leadership journey, selected for VirtueLead Fellowship by Emerging Leaders Foundation. For the next 9 months I’ll learn how to lead from a place of virtue.

2025 is the year I found my calling, as co-founder and CEO, after years of building others, I’m finally investing in something that lights up my world and it will light up yours too! Emerge Lens is a creative marketing and communication for NGOs and Nonprofit in East Africa.

2025 is the year I recognized my full potential and without seeking validation! From creating a campaign to launch the company to pitching to organizations and ending up partnering with them! This is big, I’ll get to more of this soon “Spread Your Mission” put a pin on this.

2025 is the year I got engaged, I set myself free and allowed myself to love and be loved by a man who brings out the best in me and sits with me through my worst.

I am not sure what 2026 has in store for me, but I have one goal, to speak up more, to clap more, to network more, to create more… more and more, because I’ve had enough of pretending that I don’t want more.


I’m I out of the rut? We’ll see, I know I’m not alone anymore. If 2025 was my year, then 2026 is THE year. I’m already excited!


It’s tiiiiiiiiiiime!


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