Synopsis
Michele Charles Gustafson hosts the Confidence Shift Podcast for the female entrepreneur, professional or community influencer that wants to transform her style, image presence, and confidence mindset but doesnt know how they are connected or where to start. If thats you, you belong here! Michele Charles Gustafson is a 20+ year award-winning veteran entrepreneur, marketing strategist turned image consultant, wife, mom, confidence coach and the creator of Hue and Style®. Join Michele each week of the season with teaches and reflections to help you gain clarity, spark your personal growth and see the power in learning to master traditional marketing strategy woven together with image consulting concepts that have created massive breakthrough results for her global clientele. Whether youre building a business or climbing a career path and dont know if your image, your confidence level (or both) is holding your back, Michele is here to break it down for you. Gal, lets get you started exploring the image-mindset-success connection. For more resources, check out HueAndStyle.com, the Facebook community and start finding out for yourself if your image makes the right impact on your confidence and others at www.hueandstyle.com/linkinbio
Episodes
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Journey To Resilient Confidence: Balancing Business, Babies & Breakthroughs
08/03/2025 Duration: 35minIn this International Women's Day special, aligned with this year's theme of "Accelerate Action," my special guest, Rose, will inspire you to change how you see yourself whenever life tests your belief in yourself and how to tap into renewable confidence that drives ultimate resilience.My special guest Rose is an ambitious, award-winning entrepreneur who has learned to tap into renewable confidence that drives ultimate resilience. She shares: Her story of running an industry-leading business in rural Saskatchewan while raising confident girls.Her self-discovery journey of owning the value of her uniqueness in an industry that can feel uniform and male-dominated.Her #1 secret to resetting her confidence when life gets uncertain.She'll also share her #1 favorite Hue and Style® Instant Confidence Reset strategy that helps her bounce back whenever she needs a boost of new momentum.You are going to love Rose's story, especially if you are:a business ownera mo
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What You Might Not Like To Hear About Your Style
05/06/2024 Duration: 10minDon't hate me, but - I'm going to point out something you may not want to hear about your closet, your style and your dressing behavior.I was a little itchy and got a little spicy on this audio about something I have been deeply passionate about for almost 30 years.Experience more like this: SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK: https://michelecharlesgustafson.substack.comAdd these resources to your journey with me!Take A Course: https://www.hueandstyle.com/shop-coursesMy Book (Show Up Confident): http://www.showupconfident.com/Connect with me along the way:Facebook: www.facebook.com/michelecharlesgustafsonInstagram: http://instagram.com/michelecharlesgustafson/For all things: http://www.hueandstyle.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/confidence-shift-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Step Into A New Season of Confidence
31/05/2024 Duration: 03minYou're invited to step out of any overwhelm and into a refreshing way to renew your confidence. Join me over on SubStack where I've got a new journey set up for you (with me)!It's easy and free to take part: SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK: https://michelecharlesgustafson.substack.comAdd these resources to your journey with me!Take A Course: https://www.hueandstyle.com/shop-coursesMy Book (Show Up Confident): http://www.showupconfident.com/Connect with me along the way:Facebook: www.facebook.com/michelecharlesgustafsonInstagram: http://instagram.com/michelecharlesgustafson/For all things: http://www.hueandstyle.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/confidence-shift-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Journey To Courageous Confidence: From Paused To Possibilities
13/02/2024 Duration: 35minWhen you finally make your presence match your voice, you'll have everything you need to be seen & heard the right way! Kim is a dedicated brand-builder with a passion for helping entrepreneurs own the value of their voice but......she didn't "see" herself living her dreams in the mirror. Kim was urgently eager to show up differently in her business after life changed. She recognized that even as an audio assets coach and podcaster, she needed to prepare herself to use more than her voice to market her business. She needed more presence to expand toward her matured definition of success! She knew she needed to allow herself to be seen, not just heard. She learned to make getting dressed part of her marketing strategy, and something else happened... Kim said "yes" to herself first, boosting her courage to launch a bigger business vision! In under 6 weeks, she learned to master her newly empowered personal brand message in every way she puts herself into her communities - no ma
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Don't Dress In Style, Dress In Confidence
06/02/2024 Duration: 09minTo "dress in confidence" is a new concept to most. It's a phrase and idea I coined inside Show Up Confident and throughout my career to speak to a more profound personal style.While the rest of the world wants you to focus on fashion, I want something more lasting.Welcome to a Show Up Confident Book Reading! Listen as I read from my pages - for what it is and then take the challenge I give that beats any regular old closet clean-out purge.Learn more with me! Take A Course: https://www.hueandstyle.com/shop-coursesMy Book (Show Up Confident): http://www.showupconfident.com/My Podcast (Confidence Shift): https://www.hueandstyle.com/podcastlinksFacebook: www.facebook.com/michelecharlesgustafsonInstagram: http://instagram.com/michelecharlesgustafson/For everything else, public speaking, the blog, and my clients' successes: http://www.hueandstyle.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/confidence-shift-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Style Myths That Keep You From Aging Authentically
30/01/2024 Duration: 17min"Midlife" has become a buzzword, a community, and a movement. What does it mean for how you think and feel about getting dressed? A lot of mish-mashed feelings is what! Am I right? Between body changes, calls to love what you've got, pressure to find your "authentic style" and challenge beauty standards - it's. a.lot.Not to worry, I have some advice for you after working with countless women passing through these changes, redefining what life means in every way, including how they express themselves. I'm an expert on midlife women making a massive confidence shift, starting with tossing out three huge myths about what you need to do to age gracefully, vibrantly, and with maximum self-love and confidence.Tune in if you're a woman at this stage of transition, and share this with the women who need to hear that quieting the noise about finding style is more important than ever at this stage when life shifts: family, careers, health and happiness.Learn more with me! Take A Course: https://www.hueandstyle.com
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Why What You Wear Must Evolve With Your Confidence
23/01/2024 Duration: 13minIf it feels like there is too much "style advice" out there, you're right, and it will get you only serve you temporary results and more overwhelm instead of raising your ability to communicate the best of yourself after change if you don't incorporate three vital pieces of symbolism in your whatever you put on your body.And hey, if you just want to "look cute," cover up how your body has changed, buy the latest trends "the gram" tells you, that's cool, but if you have a goal of reclaiming your confidence so you can stand up and out in new ways, capture new audiences or step into new leadership, let me share my 30-year expert image & confidence advice on the art, science and psychology to "dress in confidence" and what you need to do to get it right. For those who love personal growth and aligning everything in their life with authenticity, this one is for you!Learn more with me! Take A Course: https://www.hueandstyle.com/shop-coursesMy Book (Show Up Confident): http://www.showupconfident.com/My
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How A Pause Is Preparation For New Success
16/01/2024 Duration: 08minWhen faced with a pause around a big change in life, it can feel like time "freezes" until you figure out your direction. Discover what getting out of a rut to show up has in common with the extreme cold deep of winter. This is a chat chat over hot tea!Subscribe on your favorite platform at https://www.hueandstyle.com/podcastlinks and turn on your notifications so you don't miss my releases!Take A Course: https://www.hueandstyle.com/shop-coursesMy Book (Show Up Confident): http://www.showupconfident.com/Facebook: www.facebook.com/michelecharlesgustafsonInstagram: http://instagram.com/michelecharlesgustafson/For all things: http://www.hueandstyle.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/confidence-shift-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Better Way To Start A New Year (Or Season)
09/01/2024 Duration: 18minSetting New Year resolutions may be on their way out of style, but don't be fooled. Even other popular ways of goal-setting for a new season of life are actually set up to limit your growth. Listen as I share three components of what you need to set direction and focus to actually achieve success (no matter what the fad buzzword is at the time). And that's where the true joy and success lie.Subscribe on your favorite platform at https://www.hueandstyle.com/podcastlinks and turn on your notifications so you don't miss my releases!Links For More Learning:Want To Explore More? CLICK HERE TO ACCESS FREE RESOURCESMy Book (Show Up Confident): http://www.showupconfident.com/See others just like you who have mastered my image-confidence process in my mentorship: https://www.hueandstyle.com/clientsSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/confidence-shift-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Journey To Clear Confidence with Maureen: From A Rut To Ready For More
19/10/2023 Duration: 34minThere's a reason you want to REINVENT YOUR IDEA OF DRESSING FOR SUCCESS!To celebrate my Amazon best-seller, Show Up Confident's 3rd Book-versary, I know I wanted to have one of my clients join me who learned to embody the beginner's teachings in the book. You'll learn how she became another real-life case study of the chapter on "Dress In Confidence." I can't wait to introduce you to Maureen who re-invented her idea of "dress for success" into something more lasting, powerful and fulfilling!Maureen is an award-winning executive career coach, who needed to move through life's transitions and prepare herself to create more success in her business, she found an unexpected way to make it happen - she learned to shake up how she thought about getting dressed!Maureen has spent decades in fast-paced corporate environments helping high-achieving executives get unstuck in their careers while helping them find satisfaction beyond work, but when life presented it's twists and turns in her own life, she kn
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Journey To Blossoming Confidence with Adria: From Frustrated To Fulfilled
30/08/2023 Duration: 32minThere's never been a better time to replace the way you get dressed! Learn from this woman why! Adria is an award-winning TV & film producer with a heart for leading the creation of change-making stories.In this inspiring and genuine chat, Adria will share:Her story of feeling paralyzed by career imposter syndrome despite having decades of excellence in the competitive Canadian film industry.How she knew she needed to increase her self-trust so she could project more authority to land projects worth millions.Why, as a creative project leader, she wanted to enhance the way she silently influenced others with her image.How she now uses the silent psychology of her Hue and Style® personal style profile & color palette to enhance communication and strengthen connections with her industry collaborators - whether they realize it or not!Why women need to cultivate the powerful connection of self-belief & self-presentation (not just fashion style) if they dream of finding long-term self-acceptance that le
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Double Your Professional Image & Direct How People See You
28/02/2023 Duration: 17minIf you feel like you are falling behind, missing opportunities or not where you "should be" in your business or career, there is a chance that your professional personal brand image is not communicating completely what others need to see about you.Your resume and social media can only go so far to help you be visible; in the end, people will need to see you, and your appearance contributes 60,000x faster than any other element, whether who they choose on paper or from the internet as someone credible, knowledgable and competent.Your image appearance is a language all its own. Do you know what yours is communicating today, or are you leaving it to chance?In this season's finale, listen and learn in this micro-masterclass podcast how to double your professional image using it as communication. You'll direct how people see you in a brand new way.If you need to get it right starting today, enroll in my most comprehensive short workshop specially designed for professionals on the move and entre
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Cure A Midlife Crisis This Way
06/02/2023 Duration: 09minJust before my birthday, I plopped down in front of the mic with a few midlife musings. If you've ever felt the crunch in the middle of life - pulled between growing kids, shifting relationships, aging parents, and a body that you don't know anymore - I've got a word about how to shift how you see yourself in all of it. ❝You can turn what could have been a midlife crisis into midlife courage❞ ~
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Journey To Empowering Confidence with Stacè: From Silent to Seen
31/01/2023 Duration: 52minStacè is a powerful force and champion for women to be seen and heard with ultimate authenticity. She came to me urgent and ready to create the kind of energetic alignment between her passion for serving women and every way the world experienced her essence. She had done some typical style programs before but after experience and practice Hue and Style®'s repeatable process of daily image intention and renew, her voice, value and vision amplified! She is a woman for all women and is ready to share why getting dressed to see the woman she is becoming is a vital tool in her abundance-creating tool-kit.In this engaging and electric chat, Stacè shares:Her own story of feeling invisible and why it is critical for women (and women of color especially) to invest in connecting their contribution to the way they present their image with authenticity.Why as a coach of women she continues to commit to intentional dressing practice that helps her serve her clients at a higher level. Ho
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In Tears There's Truth And Power
24/01/2023 Duration: 08minIn times of change, tears can be a clue to what will set you free, yet so many push them down and away. Learn how to think about your tears differently and embrace their power to give you all the necessary answers.❝Cry. It's a beautiful signal that you are as close to the heart of your feelings as you can be.❞ ~
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Journey To Adaptable Confidence: From Hidden To Happy
18/01/2023 Duration: 50minWHEN YOU SHIFT HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF, YOU CAN ADAPT TO ANYTHING WITH CONFIDENCE!Amanda is a growing real estate professional who knows what you can build in your life when you have a daily confidence-building habit that renews your courage and motivation. She came to me 7 years ago after switching careers and needed an image presence that would set her apart from others in the highly-competitive real estate field. She nailed my teachings and has used Hue and Style®'s repeatable process of communicating her value and authenticity ever since. She's used her learned confidence skills to adapt through changing times - not letting the rampant self-doubt of the pandemic days take hold. Not only has her business grown, so has her self-love, fulfillment, and joy!In this candid and casual chat, Amanda shares:The priceless asset of investing in "seeing herself differently" (first in the mirror, then in life) that became a foundation for her current success.Why she can feel completely "competitionless" even in an in
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How To Stop Comparing Yourself To Others This Year
12/01/2023 Duration: 18minThey say, “comparison is the thief of joy.” Well, actually, Teddy Roosevelt said it, and I agree, but there’s more!Adapted from my first live broadcast of 2023, I talked about what 3 elements that make up “joy,” how comparison steals them from you and why they are essential if you want to raise your value, lift your voice or land a new opportunity. Starting with this:❝If whatever exercise you did this year to set an intention didn't give you goosebumps, it's not strong enough to motivate your past every fear or to look past any comparison.❞ ~
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Your Motivation To Get Dressed & Your Success
20/12/2022 Duration: 09minIf you’re getting to your closet and second-guessing what to do with what’s in there, it’s a symptom of a different thing. It’s not a fashion problem. It’s not an out-of-style problem. It’s something else, and I’m here to help you uncover the start of it!❝THE MOTIVATION TO GET DRESSED SPEAKS TO YOUR INTENTION TO BE SEEN!❞ ~
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The Secret To Success That Makes You Magnetic & Happy
13/12/2022 Duration: 10minThe real secret to success for what will help you not only boost your confidence or increase your presence but also develop a life you love is a quality artists, and creatives use all the time.I'm sharing the six facets of this quality which, once uncovered and used, will never let you down and help you feel like you can handle anything.Links For More:If you are starting a new year (or a new season of life) soon, I have a curated podcast journey for you here: https://www.hueandstyle.com/podcastLove the ‘cast? Become a show supporter. Leave a tip
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The New Definition of Personal Branding
06/12/2022 Duration: 21minAfter years of change, the way people buy from you and buy into you has changed. Ditch the empty "go build your brand" hustle-culture cry of 3 years ago and instead embrace what will powerfully communicate your value, worth and passion to those who need you. ❝Can you imagine being competitionless? The new definition of personal branding starts in the heart❞ ~