Are Your Clothes Helping You or Hurting You with Melanie Lippman

02/20/23 • 44 min

This week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Melanie Lippman. Melanie is an Image Consultant and Personal Branding expert who helps high-powered women in male dominated fields use style to communicate confidence, build connections, and achieve next-level visibility.

Navigating the duality of motherhood and building your firm, Elise chats with Melanie about ‘How style can encapsulate both your leadership and motherhood persona’”. Deep diving into:

The challenges women face balancing their role as a boss and a mom when it comes to style (and how they can ensure neither get left behind)
Getting out of the ‘I should wear a suit’ funnel women in law often fall into
How to discover your own powerful personal style (and put it into action) based on your personal priorities and style goals
The types of opportunities that women pass up because they don’t have the clothes to suit the occasion
The transformational impact that showing up authentically as you can has on your career
And more!

Listen in!

02:00 Meet Melanie who believes that the only way to feel free is to know that it’s yours!

07:28 Finding power in dressing the way you feel is the “real” you ...

09:40 How to pull out peoples' styles of clothes out of them when they are hiding.

14:36 When you have a closet full of clothes but nothing to wear — what do you do?

19:44 How do finances play a part of dressing yourself

23:33 Hacks and tips for clothes shopping

29:07 “I don't have time to learn how to dress myself”

38:35 Teaching your kids how to dress for themselves

Connect with Melanie:

🎧Listen to the podcast here .

📹 Watch the interview here.