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Scenario

When personal experience feels necessary for professional credibility

I love working in maternal and child health but I am forty-one and childless and I feel like a fraud counseling teenage mothers about parenting when I have never done it myself.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional competence can feel undermined by lack of personal experience with the populations or issues being addressed.

Your guide for this
Aurelius
Aurelius works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Healthcare — Public Health & Epidemiology?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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