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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed that she suffers from “impostor syndrome” and watches “bad crime shows” to relax.
Ardern won a second term in a landslide victory in October after successfully leading his country through the coronavirus pandemic with fewer than 30 deaths.
In an interview with John Kirwan, a former All Black and mental health advocate, Ardern said that he was “working his way through Christmas” but has never found leadership to be alone, preferring a collaborative leadership style. Being around people constantly “makes me happy,” he said.
Telling Kirwan that his main mental health coping strategies include prioritizing good sleep and good food, he revealed that he also enjoyed watching “bad crime shows” to “quiet” his mind and tune out. Ardern said she was lucky she had no trouble sleeping as she was “exhausted” most days. She also said she was outgoing: “probably like most politicians.”
He said he tried to turn his doubts into “something more positive.”
“Some of the people I admire the most have that shyness and that slight lack of confidence, I think there is also a bit of Kiwi, it is a bit in our nature,” Ardern said about experiencing imposter syndrome.
“I’ve tried to channel that … ‘Why am I feeling a bit worried about that, does it mean I need to do a little more preparation, I need to think more about my decision making?'”
Although her exercise regimen (“walking”) had fallen by the wayside since she became prime minister, Ardern said she had replaced it with dancing, as her two-year-old daughter Neve loved to dance to nursery rhymes before. going to bed and when he woke up. above.
Ardern said she had seen her daughter less since she stopped breastfeeding and found she missed her “very hard.”
“For me it is a daily struggle, when I go out in the morning and she cries, which is not every morning. Sometimes it’s just ‘see ya mom!’ Ardern said.
“It reminds me that I’m not the only one going through it, all parents at some stage have experienced it and that means I can understand it.”
But, she added, “I also tell myself that Neve is fine … as long as the children are surrounded by a village of love, they are absolutely fine.”
Ardern also said he believed he had yet to process some of the tragedies that have taken place under his supervision, and the anniversaries could be triggering. “I don’t think he processed Whakaari, March 15 [the Christchurch shootings] – none of that really, ”he said.
For the Christmas holidays, Ardern said she was looking forward to reading cookbooks and cooking, her preferred form of “active relaxation.”
“During the summer I have to be contactable, and I am, but I could quit. [my phone] sitting in another room, ”he said.
