The Visibility Shift with Ellie Steinbrink
Welcome to The Visibility Shift, the podcast where style becomes your most powerful strategy for being seen, standing out, and leading boldly. I'm Ellie Steinbrink, stylist and personal brand coach, and if you've ever thought, "My style just isn't working anymore," take this as your sign. You're ready for your next level.
Instead of launching into a panicked shopping spree, what you really need is a strategy. A style strategy that reflects where you're headed, not who you used to be or who you think you need to be to fit in.
I'm here for the ambitious woman who's evolving. Maybe you're a founder, a speaker, a leader, or someone who's becoming more visible in your role. The opportunities are getting more exciting, the stages are getting bigger, but when you walk into your closet, you suddenly feel off, like you've outgrown it, like it represents a past version of you.
We go beyond outfits and dive into the real strategies that elevate your presence, so your outer image reflects your inner power. Style from the inside out. Self-leadership through style. What it takes to create a strategy that's unique to you without losing yourself along the way.
When your style aligns with your brand and your vision, everything shifts. You lead with more presence, you attract the right opportunities and clients, and you fully step into the woman you're becoming. Showing up as yourself is the most strategic thing you can do.
New episodes drop twice weekly. Ready to stop second-guessing and start showing up as the leader you are? Let's get visible.
The Visibility Shift with Ellie Steinbrink
The Style Audit That Reveals Who You've Been This Year
Most of us end the year by setting new goals, mapping out revenue targets, and planning what's next for our business in the new year. But before you rush into writing your new goals for the year, I invite you to pause and reflect on this year. Not through your to-do list or your revenue numbers, but through your clothes.
Your closet is a record of how you really showed up this year. The outfits you chose for speaking events, client meetings, and networking lunches reveal whether you were leading with energy or playing it safe, showing up aligned or just checking boxes, and making strategic choices or scrambling at the last minute.
In this episode of The Visibility Shift, I'm walking you through the same reflection exercise I do with my clients and just did for myself. We're looking at your style through three lenses of energy, alignment, and strategy. You'll see where your wardrobe supported who you're becoming and where it held you back. Grab your phone and get ready to look at some photos.
3:28 – Energy check to discover how your outfits affected your mood, your behavior, your performance, and ultimately, your results
8:01 – How color, silhouettes, and pieces of clothing can subtly shift your energy and mood
12:09 – Alignment check to identify where practicality, rules, consensus, and outside influence pull you away from your style
18:46 – Strategy check to discover whether or not you’re treating your style like a visual element of your brand
20:06 – How my own ChatGPT experiment exposed the tension between creativity and perceived authority
22:13 – A deeper dive into emotional purchasing patterns that can lead you off course
25:43 – Three action questions that turn this reflection into real momentum for the year ahead
Mentioned In The Style Audit That Reveals Who You've Been This Year
Speaker Style Rules That Make You Forgettable (and What to Do Instead)
The Hidden Style Rules Holding You Back (and How to Break Them)
Why Outfit Polls on Instagram Are Sneakily Eroding Your Self-Trust
Inspired or Influenced? How to Tell the Difference and Protect Your Personal Brand
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The waitlist for my Standout Style Kick-Starter program is officially open. This is my signature one-on-one styling experience where we align your style with your overall brand strategy. If you're ready for more than just another shopping haul that leaves you with a stuffed, chaotic closet, then this is for you.
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