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Have you ever walked into something fully prepared — and then immediately felt like a fraud?

Imposter syndrome hits differently when you’re building your own business. You’ve done the work. You have the credentials. And yet, the moment someone more experienced walks in the room, your body starts sending panic signals your brain never asked for.

In this episode of The Multi-Passionate Sould, Crystal — multipassionate entrepreneur, associate marriage and family therapist, and someone currently learning to sew her own clothes — shares the moment a client revealed she was also a therapist, and what that clammy-hands experience unlocked about the psychology of confidence and entrepreneurship.

What she discovered goes way beyond mindset work. There’s a Gestalt therapy technique, a body of research on enclothed cognition, and a surprisingly practical tool called the Bank of Success — and together, they point to something most business coaches won’t tell you:

How you get dressed might be one of the most underrated confidence tools you have.

But there’s a tension here, too — and [YOUR NAME] doesn’t skip it. What happens when you genuinely love comfort? When formality feels performative? When you’re doing telehealth from home and wondering if any of this even matters if no one can see below the waist?

That part’s in here too. Honestly.

SOURCES

* Adam, H. & Galinsky, A.D. (2012). Enclothed cognition. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

* Slepian, M.L. et al. (2015). The cognitive consequences of formal clothing. Social Psychological and Personality Science.

* Maran, T. et al. (2020). Clothes make the leader. Journal of Business Research.

* Wesemann Lekkas, H. et al. (2025). Appearing authentic: How dress formality influences perceived authenticity in investment evaluations. Journal of Management.

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