VIRTUAL | DEIB Series with Dr. Rebecca Baumgartner | It Begins With Us Part 1: You Are Enough – Dealing with Imposter Syndrome

Imposter Syndrome is commonly described as the negative voice in your head that is saying "you do not belong here." This voice is not only distracting, but it can be detrimental to your personal and professional growth and development.

This session features special guest, Rebeka Garcia Cook, diving deeper into what this voice sounds like, ways that it manifests in your actions and behaviors, and identify ways to mitigate these feelings of self-doubt. 

Takeaways from this program include:

• Imposter syndrome is a common experience
• Imposter syndrome can be overcome
• Sometimes what a woman experiences as a personal failing is a systemic failure

Rebeka Garcia Cook, MPH, is an epidemiologist and health educator with eighteen years of applied public health experience and consultation. That work clarified for her that helping leaders make sense of data to accomplish a greater vision was her real passion.  She pivoted into leadership coaching and is now the owner of Green Boat Coaching and Consulting where she helps leaders create transformational change in the systems that matter to them.

Rebeka specializes in helping female business and organizational leaders create the future they desire. These women care deeply and are passionately involved in their businesses, families, and communities, and desire fullness in all of these areas. They are most at peace when transforming their world, their systems, by using their gifts and resources to impact the things that matter deeply to them. However that passionate heart can also create a frenzy that is exhausting and demanding and robs the joy from work and life.  Rebeka helps clarify what is most important and supports them as they align and focus their energy to continue to transform the world and enjoy life while doing it.

Rebeka helps change and transformation happen faster, fuller, and more sustainably by coming alongside them to clarify, listen, contain, propel, and encourage them as they create their desired future.  Learn more about Rebeka and the work she does at greenboatcoaching.com.


Dr. Rebecca Baumgartner is the Vice President of Human Resources for the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. As a champion for personal and professional wellbeing, Rebecca brings her extensive background in human resources, organizational development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion to help others strengthen their personal awareness and build new skills to more powerfully navigate their journey. She draws from skill sets such as emotional intelligence, positive psychology, resilience, and courageous leadership to support others in their goals to become more inclusive and more impactful leaders to themselves and others.