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310 | The Shop Your Closet Challenge Starts Tomorrow! Here's What to Expect (and How to Make the Most of It)
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Welcome back, friend. We've been covering some pretty big topics on the show this month, and if you've been listening and thinking, okay, yes, this makes so much sense. I see why buying more pieces isn't the answer and why copying outfits doesn't always translate when I look in the mirror. But what do I actually do with this? Now then this episode and this entire week really is for you. Because tomorrow we start our free three day Shop your Closet challenge. And I want to walk you through exactly what it is, what we're going to be doing together and why this experience is going to feel so different from anything you've tried before. We're about to solve a very specific problem that I see over and over again with women who already have great taste, full closets and continue to struggle over what to wear. You're just missing a repeatable way to make better decisions when you get dressed. And we're gonna fix that together this week for good. So stick around, settle in, and let me break down exactly what's waiting for you inside the Shop your Closet challenge this week. If you already know that you are in and you've been meaning to save your seat, then go ahead right now and head to Her Style LLC lc.com challenge so you don't miss a thing.
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Welcome to her Style podcast where we're all about empowering you to show up and get dressed every day with confidence. I'm your host, Heather Riggs, a 15 year and counting certified image consultant and color specialist, ready to build a wardrobe and a personal style you love.
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Let's get started. Foreign excited for this episode because if you know me, you know that I'm a big time planner. I love to know what's happening, have as many details as possible, and kind of map everything out before I get into action. So if you're anything like me and you've been hearing me talk about the shop your Closet challenge coming up and you're like, okay, I get that this is kind of going to help me with this problem I've been having, but what is it like, what are we doing? What is this all about? What do I need to plan for for the next couple of days? Then this is your moment. I'm going you all the juicy details that you've probably been waiting for. So let me start by explaining what this challenge is not. It's not a here are some cute outfit ideas challenge that I'm just going to toss out to everyone. Like, you all have the same style. No, no. It's also not a capsule Wardrobe challenge. I'm not going to encourage you to whittle your wardrobe down to 33 perfectly curated pieces in, you know, this many neutrals and one accent color. We're not doing that either. This is not a elimina everything you have, or Marie Kondo, your closet, and take everything out, throw it on your bed, and get rid of half of it. Like, none of those things are what we're doing this week. And I will also say it is definitely not about telling you what to buy next. This challenge exists because of what so many people have been telling me lately. And I have heard this before, but I feel like I'm maybe either more aware of it or more present to it, or I'm just hearing the same things over and over. And it's like I have the right pieces, and I just can't put them together. Or I come up with an outfit idea and it looks good in my head, but then when I put everything on, it doesn't feel right or it doesn't look like me, or I buy things, and then I quickly feel disappointed, like it's never enough, or I'm wearing the same outfits over and over again, even though I own so many great pieces, and I never quite feel finished or pulled together, no matter how hard I try. And what I noticing is in particular about comments like these is that they're not coming from beginners. They're coming from women with experience who've been hanging around in this community for a long time. Like, you know what to do. You're just having trouble finishing that little bit of execution. You've got taste. You have good style intuition. You know when something looks off or when something is working and you have a closet full of clothes that you genuinely like. Yes. You might have gone through some kind of transition in your life. Maybe you've hit a new season of your life, or you've made a career change or you've had a baby. And so some of the things aren't working as well as they used to. But overall, you don't completely struggle when you shop. You know what you like, and you've picked up some really great pieces over the years. And so all of this really tells me that the problem isn't effort, and it isn't motivation. You're working hard at this, and it's definitely not that you don't know your style. There might be some fine tuning to do there, which, of course, we're gonna cover this week. And when you sign up, you'll also get access to our signature sty Reset Masterclass. So if you are a little bit stuck on your style, that's going to give you really great prep coming into day one tomorrow, so you can get super clear on what you want your style to look and feel like. So if you have some question marks around that, you're in the right place. But I think the problem really is that no one ever showed you how to actually use your wardrobe in a way that feels intentional and repeatable. That's what this challenge is all about this week. So here's the promise that I want to give you, and I want you to think about this as you listen to the rest of the episode. Okay? So over the next three days, I'm going to show you how to stop guessing, stop over buying, and stop feeling disconnected from your wardrobe without buying anything new. I'm not going to give you a million rules to follow this week or tell you how many pieces are acceptable to keep in your closet. This isn't about putting you into a box or about chasing trends that don't really fit your life anyway. This is kind of a bigger framework or a bigger piece of the puzzle that you're missing that you will be able to take and reapply season after. So what we are going to do together is help you finally understand how to make decisions with the clothes that you already own so that getting dressed stops feeling like a daily puzzle that just cannot seem to fit together. I will admit I'm the stubborn one who. I'll find a piece that looks like it fits into the open spot, and then I'm trying to shove it together, and I know it's not quite right. I'm like, okay, this looks like it's the right piece. It's not fitting exactly, but I just keep trying to make it work anyway. Yeah, we're not going to do that with your wardrobe anymore. We're going to figure out where things do belong and how to make every outfit one of your favorites so that it really does start to come together in an easier and more exciting way. So if you've ever stood in front of your closet thinking, I should be able to make this work, there's a lot of great stuff in here, but it just isn't. This challenge is for you. So let me tell you a little bit about what to expect during each of our three sessions together. I'm gonna be teaching live every day at 8pm Eastern for about 45 minutes, and then we're gonna have some good Q and A time at the end because I wanna support you with getting into action this week. It's a challenge. It's not a sit back and listen. It's a get in there, do the work, and get the results. So you can come and hang back and just watch and learn. But if you don't get into action on what I'm teaching you, nothing is actually gonna change. So every day of this challenge has a very specific purpose. They're gonna build on each other, but they're gonna do a different job. So I want you to make sure that you're available to watch all three sessions, and we'll talk about whether you do it live or with the replays in just a bit. But if you've tried things before that have felt helpful in the moment but didn't really stick for you long term, this is where you're gonna start to see how this event is really different. So in our first session on day one, it's all about defining your style strategy. And this is about understanding why it's felt so hard. Even when you have great taste and you're doing everything right, you're gonna finally understand why outfits can look good in and fall flat in the mirror. And why buying the missing piece that you think is essential to making your wardrobe finally click almost never fixes the problem. And why you keep feeling like your wardrobe and your outfits feel like 80% of the way there, but never get exactly where you want them to be. And here's the most important part of day one. My hope is that you are going to see this is not a you problem. It's not your body. It's not what you've bought up until now. Instead, we're going to uncover the real issue. And once you see it, you cannot unsee it. You're going to think about everything differently from here on out. And the best news is that you're going to have a strategy to make the style you want and the pieces in your closet start to work better for your real day to day life. So tons of stuff coming in day one right out of the gate. Day two is all about curating your closet with intention. And this session is going to give you that sense of relief that you have been waiting for. Like when you finally let out a deep breath and you realize that you'd been tensing your shoulders and you don't even know how long you were doing that until you finally release them. And if you've been living with this sense of stress or overwhelm every day when you stand in front of your closet, this day is when all of that is gonna start to fade away, we're gonna focus on editing your wardrobe, but not in a harsh, restrictive, or we need to get this all done in one day kind of way. I don't know about you, I don't have that kind of time to spend hours in my closet in one sitting. So we're not doing that this week. You're going to learn how to decide in general through the rest of your life what actually deserves a place in your wardrobe without guilt, without regret or fear that you're going to make the wrong call and regret getting rid of something later. So during session number two, you're going to develop a clear yes, no filter for what earns a place in your collection. And we are going to start thinking about your wardrobe as a collection of clothing, not a random assortment of pieces. You're gonna stop holding onto things just in case, and you're gonna feel more confident letting go of the pieces that aren't working for you anymore. And the whole goal of this is so that you can walk away feeling excited about what you have left and you know that you've got the best stuff available for you to work with. So day two is gonna build some incredible momentum. But again, we're just doing a bite sized piece to get you into action, and we're gonna help you see that you can actually do this. So I promise all of the homework is super simple, very doable, and I promise it will fit into your week, this week. And day number three is about thinking and dressing as if you are your own personal stylist. We are all about autonomy at her style. We want to teach you how to do this yourself. So I'm not just fishing for you. I'm not telling you this is what you should wear. We're going layers deeper than that to help you figure out what really works for you and how to put it all together. So day three is where everything that you will have been learning throughout the week really starts to click together. And you're going to begin to feel. I don't even want to say like yourself again. You will feel like yourself, but you're going to feel like the version of yourself that you've always wanted to see reflecting back at you in the mirror. Like the best version of you in this season and this exact moment in your life. Not the version of you who's trying to play it safe or who's been settling or just trying to make something work, but the version of you who feels intentional, confident, and at ease in her Clothes. So on day three, you're going to start to understand how outfits are actually built, what stylists do differently, and why. Copy. Seeing outfits from Instagram or your favorite influencer almost never translates the way that you want it to. This is the day where you're going to realize, oh, okay, this isn't magic. It's not about having a better body or a different body. This is a skill that I can learn. We're going to teach you what that is. And once you experience that shift, getting dressed stops feeling so frustrating. You're going to walk away with real strategies that you can implement right away and well beyond our three days together in this challenge, A lot of style content is about consumption. We know that people are telling you constantly, buy this. This is in this season. This is out this season. Stop wearing this. You need to grab this other thing. I also kind of rejoined Instagram this month, and I've been noticing a big trend of posts. I guess they're the carousel posts that you swipe through. And it kind of starts out like, I'm in my 40s or 50s, and these are the things I wish I'd bought sooner, or these are the things I would buy all over again, or these are the things I'm telling all my friends that they need to have or whatever it is. And then there's like 10 products that you swipe through. And of course it makes you feel like, oh, I need this thing. Because this person looks stylish and happy and she seems to have it all together. So let me just copy paste exactly what she's doing onto my life. And I think even when it is well intentioned and people are trying to give you those shortcuts and help you find better things that you might not have been aware of, what happens is it often leaves you with more ideas, more desires, and kind of a feeling of, oh, what I have is not enough. And also a lot more confusion because this person's telling you you need this thing, but this person really likes that thing, and you're like, well, now I don't really even know what I need or what I'm doing or why I just spent the last 40 minutes scrolling Instagram when I just came in here to send my friend a dm. So this challenge is going to be completely different because we're not piling on more recommendations. I'm not giving you any generic advice. We're going to train you to change how you think about getting dressed. And this is completely personalized for you, so you're not meant to leave this challenge with everything perfectly done. I think that's unrealistic to expect in three days. So I'm going to be very transparent about that. But what you're meant to leave with is a ton of clarity. You're going to understand why certain things work, why others don't, and how to make more confident decisions going forward without starting from scratch every morning or feeling like you have to do a major shopping haul every single season. And once you experience these shifts, I think it's really hard to go back to guessing, second guessing yourself and then, of course, copying everyone else. So finally, I want to give you a few simple ways that you can get the most out of this challenge. And if you're not signed up for it yet, I want you to grab, grab your spot right now. You can go to herstylellc.comchallenge to get signed up. This event is completely free. I just wanna pour into you this week and help you start to see why things haven't been working the way that you want them to. So my first piece of advice is show up live if you can. Again, we're gonna be meeting at 8pm Eastern, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. This week. I wanna be able to interact with you in real time so I can answer your questions during the Q and A portion each day. We're also gonna be giving away some fun prizes when you come and engage with us in the comments. And it's just so great to feel the energy and the excitement in the room. I think there's nothing more motivating to get yourself into action and to feel that you're not alone in this. Like, there's so many other women going through the same challenges, making the same commitment to themselves and to doing the work alongside of you. If you have a conflict or if the times don't work for you, I know some of you with a time difference, it's just completely impractical. Please don't let that stop you from signing up. You will get the replays sent out to you after each session and you'll be available to watch them through or they'll be available for you to watch them through next Friday, February 6th. So you will have more than enough time to catch up. And you can always come and hang out with us inside our special pop up group over on Facebook, which is exclusive for the women participating in this challenge. So it's a nice, intimate, cozy group of women that are doing this alongside of you. You can engage with us there. If you can't make the live session no problem. Now, secondly, whenever you do watch the trainings, whether live or with the replays, I really want you to do yourself the favor of eliminating as many distractions as you can. So settle into a quiet space. Turn off notifications on your phone, set your kids up in front of a movie or something, or, you know, at the end of the day or maybe first thing in the morning when you have a little pocket of time to yourself as best you can and just focus on, give yourself the gift of this time. I'm going to be sending out some workbooks as well, so I really want you to come ready to listen, learn, and take notes. And then, most importantly, my third tip is to implement. I know insight is great and you might listen to some of these things and get these big aha moments, but nothing is going to change if you don't act on that information. So it will serve you in such a big way if you can block off an additional 15 minutes per day to complete the homework that I'm going to give you. These are small, easy steps, but they will make a really big impact. You've just got to do the work, so you are going to get out of this challenge what you put into it. So don't just set up the time to watch. I want you to also grab a few minutes that you can do the work. Don't aim for perfection here. Part of this process is learning through your successes and your failures. And the important thing is to notice what's actually happening from a neutral standpoint. We're not here to judge and criticize ourselves. We really want to learn from the experiences and then keep going because that is where the real breakthroughs and progress are going to come from. And finally, if you can, please participate in our community. You don't have to be loud. You don't have to share everything. You don't have to post all day, although you're welcome to. We love when people are excited and commenting and encouraging one another, but even just just hopping in there to watch and see other women work through the same things is incredibly powerful. You can learn so much from each other and also just feel that sense of camaraderie and excitement to keep going. We also have an incredible team in there who have all been through this exact process and are here to support and encourage you through each step. And of course, I will be in there all week, too. And as a team, we're all here to answer your questions along the way. So remember, you're not alone this week. That's the beauty of doing this challenge in real time with us for all three days. We are in it together, my friend. So if you're tired of feeling like your wardrobe is almost there but not quite, or if you've been making a lot of progress and you don't want to lose it, or if you're ready to stop fixing problems with more purchases, this challenge is for you. This is where everything we've been talking about on the podcast the last few weeks is really going to start to come to life. So the challenge kicks off tomorrow, Tuesday, January 27th at 8pm Eastern. Of course, you can watch the replays at your convenience throughout the week. It is completely free. You can invite all your friends and I genuinely cannot wait to do this with you. If you've been looking for the missing piece, this is it. So head to hearthstyle llc.com challenge to save your seat and I will see you very soon inside the shop. Your Closet Challenge.
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Thank you for listening to today's episode. If you want to stop copying everyone else's a style and start dialing in your own swoon worthy signature look, head over to take my free 5 minute personal style quiz which you can find at the link in the show notes. If you've enjoyed our time together, please be sure to rate, review and subscribe to her style podcast so you never miss an episode. Finally, I invite you to make this a two way conversation and send me a DM over on Instagram eatherigstyle to let me know how I can best support you on your style journey. I'm always here for you in style and service. Until next time.