Harris’ message is an important one, not only for young women and girls but for women everywhere struggling with imposter syndrome. Many women feel like they don’t have the courage or the permission to work towards their goals. Maybe they’ve been gaslighted. Maybe they’ve been told that their dreams are worthless and they’ll never achieve them.

Harris understands this more than most. Although the most recent midterms in the US saw a record number of women elected to office, the number of female politicians in the US is still greatly outnumbered by the number of male politicians. And, lest we forget, there has never been a female president of America.

Harris wants to change that – and so does Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand and Tulsi Gabbard. Even Marianne Williamson wants to change that. None of these five women are asking permission to lead. And neither should we.

Kamala Harris just shared some powerful advice about dealing with imposter syndrome