This week on Imposter Hour, Liz and Greg sit down with Danielle Girard to talk about perspective, how it shapes our writing, our ambition, and the stories we tell ourselves about who we are allowed to be.

Danielle joins us on the heels of her new novel, Pinky Swear, and opens up about what it meant to write into a new genre while navigating personal upheaval. We explore the creative risk of stepping outside reader expectations, the complexity of female rage and empathy on the page, and the strange truth that success does not inoculate anyone against imposter syndrome.

This episode is about reinvention, creative courage, and the quiet power of shifting your perspective.

Liz and Greg press pause to look back on sixty conversations that turned a small side project into a creative lifeline. They talk honestly about what the show became, the strange math of the writing life, and how community keeps the doubt from taking over. It’s a soft landing, not a goodbye, full of gratitude for the guests, the listeners, and the chance to keep talking about the beautiful mess of making things.

Therapist and Broadway Production Stage Manager Larry Smiglewski joins Imposter Hour to make imposter syndrome feel less heavy and more workable as we trace his path from teaching in the Bronx to calling cues on Broadway to supporting clients in the therapy room. We talk about the surprising ways our theater educations gave us lasting life lessons we still use every day, how becoming a therapist later in life gave Larry grounded wisdom and perspective, and simple ways to spot triggers, follow the thread of self-doubt, and remember you are actually qualified. We also tackle the age-old question with a smile: who is more challenging to work with, fifth graders or Broadway divas? Larry works with individuals, couples, and families at Equity Therapy in NYC and is the Production Stage Manager for Mamma Mia! on Broadway.