Welcome to another episode of the Style and Strategy podcast. I am so thrilled to have you here and listening along. So thank you very much for following the show along and all your support in the journey. If you are really finding value in these episodes, please let me know. I would love to hear your feedback, or any other guests you'd love to nominate to have on as well. But don't forget, if you hit that little subscribe button as you are listening in, you'll get notified every time I drop a new podcast. So today I wanted to really cover off on it's school holidays here, and I was chatting with my daughter, and it ended up being a really insightful conversation around clothes and the impact they have on your emotions. Now we know this, and I talk about it a fair amount, but I think you'll find this conversation quite interesting in terms of perception. So my daughter, for note, is seven, almost eight. So hence why this conversation really hit home for me. So I hope you enjoy one of those days where we kind of got into the wardrobe. I'd been running around the house trying to make sure everything was organized and sort of set up, and my daughter came out of her bedroom really happy and excited because she had this new outfit on. And she said to me as she spun around in her new outfit, Oh, I love the weekend and holidays. And I had thought she was referring to the fact that she was on holidays and just, you know, it's always nice when you're on holidays. And I said, Well, what specifically about holidays and the weekends is so good she and she's saying, she turned around and said to me, it's the fact that I get to wear whatever I want to wear. And so she really stopped me in my tracks, and I sort of walked over to her and said, Tell me more about that. And she had said, Well, I get to wear this cool pink top and these sparkly boots like Taylor Swift, and, you know, I get to mix and match these colors. And I thought, oh my goodness, she's been listening to me too much. But I said, when you are at school, but you still, you know you've got a nice uniform and everything. And so what's so different for you? And she said, It's because my uniform is really nice, but it just doesn't feel like me. And so I probed again with her on that said, Well, what feels like you or why doesn't it feel like you? And she says, because we're all the same. And I clarified to say, at school, you mean because everybody is dressed the same, we all look the same. She said, Yeah, so I don't feel as bubbly and bright like I normally do when I get to wear the clothes that I have at home. So that conversation really brought home for me the discussions I actually have with clients, but I don't think that I'd really understood until I had that conversation with her, how much it actually impacted her as well, and that just that she is still An extremely bright and colorful and fun loving little girl, but it's probably just a shade or two darker than what she would normally be when she's wearing an outfit that matches who she is on the inside, on the outside, and So I really wanted to share that with you today, because it's one of those things that a lot of us don't realize, the impact that our outfit can have on how we feel about ourselves, and I Know I think I've spoken about various studies and psychology studies that have been done around this, I'm certainly in no way, shape or form, saying that, you know, clothes are the be all and end all However, they do play a role, and being able to see. Did that come out through my daughter's experience? I think many of you could resonate around that. You know, I'm sure we've all had those experiences where perhaps when you were younger, you were told what to wear, how to wear it, not to wear certain things, and you may not have got a chance to really lean into well, what do you like? What is it that really does make you feel happy wearing and which one of those really represents who you are? And I recall many years ago, one of my family members had, you know, she went as a teenager through so many different styles, but that was her experimenting and working out what look, what style, what felt really comfortable on on her. So, you know, we went through the whole sort of rapper look, and then the tracksuit look and the sneakers, and really defying anything that might have been perceived as as feminine, or anything like that, and then to go through the other side as well. So again, we've never had that where you might have experienced not being able to experiment with your clothes. It just really shows, through the example of my daughter's experience, that there is that innate connection there. So today, I kind of really wanted to leave you with that thought a Have you had a chance to really spend some time and figure out what is your style, what is your brand? What what do you want it to represent? And have you tried different looks and outfits to actually gage how it makes you feel and see whether you can get a few shades of lighter and more fun into your every day. Thanks for listening. I hope you enjoyed this little bite size. Short you.
