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Stasia Savasuk on Dressing for Confidence and Joy (Full Transcript)

Stasia Savasuk at TEDxPortsmouth

Full transcript of Style School’s Stasia Savasuk’s TEDx Talk: Dressing for Confidence and Joy @ TEDxPortsmouth conference.

TRANSCRIPT: 

Stasia Savasuk – Style School

What if changing your pants could change your life?

Here’s a photo of my friend Dana from a couple of years ago, when she was wearing not quite right pants, working in a not quite right job. She didn’t understand what was not quite right about either of them, but she intuitively knew that something was off.

So she joined my online program called Stasia’s Style School, with the hopes of getting some insights into her pants situation. But what she didn’t know was that Style School would ultimately change the course of her life.

In Style School, Dana did some serious soul work and asked the big question: “Who am I, and how do I want to show up in the world?”

Her answer? Fierce. Grounded. Vibrant. Playful.

And so Dana went on a mission to find pants that connected her to those feelings. Except she couldn’t find any. Turns out Dana doesn’t like pants! She likes dresses.

So, she traded out all of her pants for a closet full of dresses. Dresses that connected her to who she was on the inside, that were congruent with who she was on the inside.

And then a light bulb went off, and it occurred to Dana that her job wasn’t congruent with who she was on the inside.

So do you know what she did? She left that not-quite-right job, and she started her own company — a company that is 100% aligned with who she is on the inside.

What if changing your pants could save your life? Meet Hannah. Two weeks after Hannah and I met in Style School, she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.