Stressed But Well Dressed

Dahlia is joined by Kate Ball, multi award winning Founder of Mini First Aid, the leading provider of paediatric first aid across the UK.Kate shares her founder journey with Dahlia, discussing the pivotal milestones in building Mini First Aid including her first photo shoot and a nail biting pitch on Dragon's Den.Kate talks about how she set out to create an impact first business and how in 11 years she has gone from a kitchen table start up to a business that trains over 1000 families in life saving first aid every single week.Listen to be inspired by Kate's authenticity and tenacity and to hear how she chose her outfit to face the Dragons.Kate's top First Aid tips:1. Carry a kit with you where ever you go2. Educate yourself on first aid basics3. Know where your nearest A and E is at all times.Find out more at www.minifirstaid.co.uk

'Stressed But Well Dressed' addresses topics linked to stress, clothes and confidence helping listeners to understand how to set themselves up for success through unlocking what Dahlia defines as a 'well dressed mindset'. Each episode tells a new story of how what you wear influences how you feel, and how finding the right clothes for you can contribute to your success. Dahlia is joined by a weekly guest to discuss how they use their style as a way to shape their identity and personal brand. Guests include psychologists, authors, actors, television presenters, fashion designers, engineers, founders and even Barbie herself. Listen to hear the link between clothes, confidence and mindset.

Topics include:

#fashion

personal branding

confidence

founder

business

dragons den

resilience

first aid

Dahlia is joined by Paula Zuccotti, to discuss the storiesthat our clothes tell today and the role that they will play in predicting the future.

Paula is an industrial designer, ethnographer, trendsforecaster, creative strategist and visual artist. Through the conversation, Paula explains the role that clothing plays in helping her understand how peoplechoose to live, personal identity and consumption trends.

As a leading expert in global consumption Paula looks at consumer behaviour and product interactionin the past, the present and in the future. She discusses her work on the ‘Future Archaeology’ challenging listeners to think about how what they own tells theirstory and how in the future people will use our clothes to understand how lifewas in 2024.

Just like archaeologists use the artefacts they find to connect the story of the past, Paula’s work helps us understand the way future generationswill view how we live today by analysing what we own and how we interacted with the clothes and objects around us.

The conversation includes an exploration of themeaning of clothes, reflections on how fast our product needs evolve with technology and the shocking fact of how much of what we ‘use’ is now centred onone handheld device.
Paula travels the world running strategic leadcreative projects researching people’s everyday lives, society, markets and culture uncovering insights and trends to envision user-centric products,brands, comms and services. Since 2012 she runs her own practice in London taking on large scale projects for the likes of Google, Nike, IKEA, LVMH,Starbucks, Hyundai, McKinsey, R/GA and LG. She specialises in working across industries primarily in: technology, home living, media consumption,entertainment, mobility, fashion, retail, luxury, food and drinks, personal care, sports, banking, fintechs. (She is currently working across five continents on a study about financial inclusion and empowerment).

Paula is the author of "Every Thing We Touch: A 24-Hour Inventory of Our Lives”, the book that introduced us to storytelling with objects, as she portrayed the lives of people around the world presented by a single photograph of every object they touched in a day. Her work relate to the project can be found at www.everythingwetouch.org

'Stressed But Well Dressed' addresses topics linked to stress, clothes and confidence helping listeners to understand how to set themselves up for success through unlocking what Dahlia defines as a 'well dressed mindset'. Each episode tells a new story of how what you wear influences how you feel, and how finding the right clothes for you can contribute to your success. Dahlia is joined by a weekly guest to discuss how they use their style as a way to shape their identity and personal brand. Guests include psychologists, authors, actors, television presenters, fashion designers, engineers, founders and even Barbie herself. Listen to hear the link between clothes, confidence and mindset.

Topics in this episode include:

fashion

technology

design

archaeology

product design

culture

society

evolution

psychology

Dahlia is joined by Daiva Byrne to discuss what to wear to win at poker. Daiva shares her journey and explains how she transferred her business, strategy and psychology skills from a job in the city to play chips at the tables. The conversation includes Daiva's view on how to interpret people through their dress and their body language and how she uses this to her advantage in her play. Her focus through FLIP is to create more diversity at the table, empower women in poker and create a sense of community for female players. Listen to understand why poker is as much a mental sport as a game, how to pick up on body language in negotiations and why consistency is key to success. Daiva Byrne is a professional poker player and founder of FLIP - Fantastic Ladies in Poker - the world's largest female only poker community.Her mission is to empower women in poker and business through learning the game, using those skills in all areas of life, and celebrating female successes.The next FLIP live events Daiva is hosting are:WSOPC Ladies event in Tallinn, Estonia on the 22nd JulyBattle of Malta Ladies event in Malta at the end of October.

'Stressed But Well Dressed' addresses topics linked to stress, clothes and confidence helping listeners to understand how to set themselves up for success through unlocking what Dahlia defines as a 'well dressed mindset'. Each episode tells a new story of how what you wear influences how you feel, and how finding the right clothes for you can contribute to your success. Dahlia is joined by a weekly guest to discuss how they use their style as a way to shape their identity and personal brand. Guests include psychologists, authors, actors, television presenters, fashion designers, engineers, founders and even Barbie herself. Listen to hear the link between clothes, confidence and mindset.

Topics in this episode include:

poker

confidence

negotiation

resilience

strategy

leadership

women in leadership

women

fashion

business

psychology

In this episode Dahlia is joined by guest Visha Kudhail to discuss the topic of sparking joy.

'Ask yourself:

Am I being a smarter me?

Am I being a healthier me?

Am I being a more creative me?

Am I being a kinder me?'

Dahlia and Visha's conversation looks at how we can find those moments of joy through movement, music, community and clothing - even during tougher times.

The conversation touches on the need for us to be resilient more than ever and shares practical tips for how to manage challenging situations and how to re-find joy if you have been through something difficult.

Visha and Dahlia look specifically at the idea of joy through community in the workplace and unpick the topic of 'Mean Girls' giving advice on how to identify toxic work cultures and how to handle them.

Expect advice on:

Ideas to spark joy in your everyday

How to manage difficult people and toxic workplaces

Getting honest about what you are managing outside of work

Being ok with not being ok

Visha is the former EMEA Head of Business Marketing for Pinterest where she set up and built the EMEA function, leading the team and the strategy across the regions. Her experience includes marketing roles in Google, YouTube and at Thinkbox.
Visha was a 2012 Futures Leader Award Winner (now rebranded to WACL Talent Awards) and Co-Founder of the FUTURES Network. Visha is a huge supporter of Industry diversity and inclusion initiatives. Past Exec Sponsor of Pinterest's Global Women@ group, 2021 award winner for BIMA's Champion for Change and winner of 2022 Best Marketing Leader at the Global Women in Marketing Awards. Visha sits on the Soho House Committee board and is a Board Advisory Member for Lively Worldwide, supporting on strategic advice and customer insight.

Visha runs the podcast Behind The Face of Success and is based in London, UK.

'Stressed But Well Dressed' addresses topics linked to stress, clothes and confidence helping listeners to understand how to set themselves up for success through unlocking what Dahlia defines as a 'well dressed mindset'. Each episode tells a new story of how what you wear influences how you feel, and how finding the right clothes for you can contribute to your success. Dahlia is joined by a weekly guest to discuss how they use their style as a way to shape their identity and personal brand. Guests include psychologists, authors, actors, television presenters, fashion designers, engineers, founders and even Barbie herself. Listen to hear the link between clothes, confidence and mindset.

Topics in this episode include:

joy

women

leadership

health and wellness

egg freezing

fertility

psychology

positivity

happiness

mean girls

Dahlia kicks off Season 4 of the podcast in conversation with Lydia Brearley discussing 'what to wear to protect our planet.'

Dahlia and Lydia discuss the growth of the circular economy and how brands can find new routes to market and create a path for truly sustainable growth.

The discussion looks at the need to accessibility of products at the time we need them vs our desire to constantly own more. Lydia shares incredibly useful facts and information about the current trajectory of the planet and helps us to understand how we can take action to reduce the risk of climate change - all related to clothes.

Lydia is founder of This is Enkel, a consultancy focused on helping fashion brands understand how to truly become more sustainable. As part of her work she has set up 'Sustainable Fashion School' to help create an educational space for individuals and organisations to learn how to truly create a more sustainable future through fashion. Her experience includes fashion buying and ESG roles in the UK, Europe and China. She joins Dahlia on the podcast from her home in Malmo, Sweden.

Tune in to:

Learn about the growth of the circular economy

Understand the role fashion buyers can play in moving towards sustainable growth

Reflect on your own wardrobe, the clothes you own and the things you need.

'Stressed But Well Dressed' addresses topics linked to stress, clothes and confidence helping listeners to understand how to set themselves up for success through unlocking what Dahlia defines as a 'well dressed mindset'. Each episode tells a new story of how what you wear influences how you feel, and how finding the right clothes for you can contribute to your success. Dahlia is joined by a weekly guest to discuss how they use their style as a way to shape their identity and personal brand. Guests include psychologists, authors, actors, television presenters, fashion designers, engineers, founders and even Barbie herself. Listen to hear the link between clothes, confidence and mindset.

Topics in this episode include:

fashion

planet

sustainability

ESG

waste

recyling

circular economy

business

development

What we wear has the ability to boost our confidence and improve our mindset.

This podcast was recorded on a very delayed train from London to Leeds after a conversation between strangers on the link between clothes, confidence and mindset.

It's noisy, it is unedited and it is an honest reflection from six strangers on how what they wear influences how they feel. Listen to a fashion buyer, a government worker, a TV producer, a charity CEO, an ex paramedic and a GP surgery receptionist discuss what they wear, how it makes them feel and whether they are stressed but well dressed.

Expect lots of laughter, real time conversation and train backgrounds. Let's get real about how what we wear makes us feel.

Dahlia is joined by guest Sarah Edmondson to discuss what to wear when you are in a cult.Sarah describes the twelve years of her life involved in what she initially thought was an Executive Leadership Programme - that transpired to be a sex trafficking cult.Sarah and her husband were two of the whistleblowers of the NXIVM cult and have been on a journey of recovery and realisation over the last few years. Part of this journey has included building the podcast 'A Little Bit Culty', writing the book 'Scarred' and being part of the HBO show 'The Vow' to expose cult mentality.Dahlia and Sarah look at the link between fashion and belonging - and the influence that style had on Sarah during her time in NXIVM. They discuss some of the clothes used to denote hierarchy in the cult and what those items came to mean to her over time. Sarah reflects on her personal style since leaving the cult and how she has redefined who she is.This episode is an incredible insight into the danger of being part of a cult, the importance of knowing who you are and the balance between belonging and conforming. Thank you Sarah for letting me share your story.

Topics in this podcast include:

fashion

style

coaching

leadership

cult

NXIUM

belonging

relationships

friendship

clothes

Dahlia is joined by Adrianne Carter, the UK's foremost expert in Body Language. Adrianne is known as 'The Face Whisperer' and works with organisations and individuals to help them understand how body language influences the interpretation of human behaviour.

In the episode Adrianne explains how we use our body language to display our emotions - helping to paint a picture of how we 'wear' how we feel on our face. Adrianne and Dahlia discuss specific examples of how body language is used, talking about top tips for interpreting our body language and also aiming to break down some common myths.

Should we try and put on a brave face? Adrianne explains 'It's ok to own our emotions and we don't do that enough'.

Listen out for the tips to assess your own body language, interpret the language used by those around you and don't be afraid to stand in front of the mirror and try out a few of your feelings on your face!

Topics in this conversation include:

fashion

clothes

confidence

style

expressions

leadership

body language

psychology

How do you encourage someone to be courageous? Dahlia is joined by Ryan Berman, founder of 'Courageous' to talk about how we can build our confidence and cultivate our inner courage.Ryan shares the three criteria he believes are needed for courage, identifying them as Knowledge, Faith and Action. He explains why all three need to exist together for true courage.Dahlia and Ryan discuss the link between clothes and confidence and Ryan gives his top tips to take those bold steps forward through using knowledge, having faith and being confident enough to move to action. Ryan Berman is the founder of Courageous, theauthor of “Return On Courage” andthe Host of The Courageous Podcast. Ryan believes that change is hard; but the hardships that come from not changing are far harder. He has consulted on the topic atGoogle, Snapchat, Kellogg’s Europe, Procter & Gamble, Discover Card, charity: water, and many others.Ryan believes “Your future is safe with change” and his company helps those who have been stuck, scared, or safe liberate their business forward. You can learn moreat www.couragebrands.com. As per our conversation on this show, ifyou’d like to delve into your own personal core values, email Ryan at [email protected] forhis free personal core values assessment.

Topics in this conversation include:

fashion

clothes

style

leadership

coaching

courage

teams

resilience

action

teamwork

confidence

In this episode Dahlia is joined by Adrienne Cole, Founder and Procurement Consultant.

Adrienne shares the story of starting out a new professional identity at the same time as facing an incredibly challenging personal situation. At the same time as becoming a founder in the Procurement industry (working within the Beauty sector) Adrienne encountered a severe issue with her skin. She talks about how her personal journey of resilience influenced her professional work, encouraging her to 'dig deep' and find an inner strength that she didn't before know she had.

Adrienne's story is brave and inspiring. She explains how she took influence from Brené Brown's advice to have the courage to tell the story of who you are with your full heart and lives with that mindset every day.

This episode touches on facing and overcoming adversity, cultivating courage and resilience.

Topics in this episode include:

stress

skin

autoimmune conditions

leadership

confidence

resilience

bravery

courage

kindness