Episode #24: Feeling More Confident in YOUR Body Now! with Trish Taylor
TRISH TAYLOR: And so when I started to get into this world of entrepreneurship, I started to really narrow down the people that I was loving working with. And it was less of my everyday. Uh, clients were like searching for the perfect jeans, and it was more about helping other entrepreneurs feel comfortable taking up more space, comfortable telling their story in an interesting and creative way, expressing themselves through their brand photos in a way that they've never done it before.
Because so many times when we go to post photos of ourselves, Ugh. Like it just, we get like, I don't know, hundreds of photos back and there's like one that we like, you know, and we're just so, we're like cringing, scrolling through these galleries. And so I had experienced that myself. And so I developed something called the batch Wardrobe that was a blueprint, a guideline to help other entrepreneurs create six months worth of content and six, , outfits that they were gonna look and feel amazing in it. My goal was really to help the most people as possible, finally feel comfortable in their body right now, without having to wait, because both you and I know, like 10 pounds is not gonna do a lot if we are still not comfortable in our bodies.
INTRO: Welcome to Healthy Sexy Nutrition with me, Michelle Fox, Culinary nutritionist, health coach, and your host For this podcast, I teach busy professionals how to get more nutrition in their bodies. And how to have more fun in their home kitchens. If you struggle with consistency or sometimes forget to make your needs a priority or you avoid planning your meals.
Michelle Fox: You, my friend, are in the right place. Join me [00:02:00] each week for inspiration to increase your energy, discover new recipes, manage your hormonal woes, and so much more. You are a busy professional, but that does not mean your nutrition should suffer. You deserve to live in a body and have a life that you love.
Michelle Fox: So let's dig in.
Michelle Fox: today we are talking about one of my favorite topics, as you can see on my Instagram feed, wink wink. If you haven't been following me yet, head right on over to Michelle Fox. Love. But hopefully you've seen quite a few reels of me shaking my booty, showing off my body. And guess what? It is a body that I have finally loved.
Michelle Fox: Yes, at the age of 50. I don't mind sharing with you. It has taken me a while to get to this place where I can say, yes, I love my body. No matter if I'm [00:03:00] 10 pounds up, five pounds down, this is the body I'm in. And as long as I know that I'm showing up and nurturing my body and feeding her the foods that feel good in her body.
Michelle Fox: I feel really good at it. I know it definitely helps my self-confidence. And guess what? We have a guest today that is gonna help us with some tools to help you feel this way if you are not there already. And I wanna read a little bit about this powerhouse who I also call Ray of Sunshine, my friend Trish Taylor.
Michelle Fox: She is a former celebrity stylist, turned brand stylist, and she is a marketing expert. Trish Taylor helps entrepreneurs show up unapologetically. Yes ma'am. And yes, please, also helps to attract. Clients soulmates. She also helps her clients with their online presence. She helps people feel [00:04:00] worthy of being seen as an expert in their space, and she helps us all look at our fear of judgment.
Michelle Fox: As the creator of the Batch Wardrobe and Magnetic Marketing Agency, Trish Taylor supports online entrepreneurs sustainably scale with a line style from the inside out and feel worthy of receiving magnetic visibility. Can you see why I am so excited to share her with you today, Trish, I am so glad you are here.
Michelle Fox: Welcome. Thank you
Trish Taylor: so much for having me on. I am so excited to be here with you in this space and just supporting your beautiful
Michelle Fox: community. Hmm. Thank you. And so clearly I have a few questions I like to call 'em juicy gems that I wanna, you know, drop some beautiful knowledge to help our community show up exactly who they are, how they are, where they are today, so that people can show up as their best selves.
Michelle Fox: And so I know we're about to jump [00:05:00] right into that. But first I like to play what I call the rapid fire game. Would you be willing to play with me? Of course. I'm super excited and a little nervous.
Trish Taylor: It's okay, , but I'm here for this .
Michelle Fox: I had a feeling you're one of my playmates and I promise nothing too harsh.
Michelle Fox: Hopefully it's all fun. Okay, sweet. So. Favorite movie of all time.
Trish Taylor: Oh my gosh, that's so hard. .
Michelle Fox: I thought that
Trish Taylor: was the softball . No, probably the hard one's. Funny. The harder ones will probably be the softball for me. Oh my gosh. Okay. So favorite movie. Oh my goodness. I mean, I do love like a cute little romcom that gets me in my fields for sure.
Trish Taylor: Oh my gosh. Do you know what? It's so funny and so cringey. Maybe embarrassing to admit, but I love anything with, um, Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. So like, [00:06:00] never been, no wait. Is that it ever been Kiss? No. Adam Sandler's not in that, but that was a good one. 51st dates blended. Like, they're just so cute and they're just, they just feel so good to just be
Michelle Fox: in that world with them.
Michelle Fox: I totally agree, especially the 51st dates every time that certain song comes on, that when she's painting, just so I won't give any spoiler alerts to anybody who hasn't seen that movie. Please go watch that movie cuz you're right. It just makes my heart so happy every time I watch that. Just his commitment to loving this woman like that is not cheesy.
Michelle Fox: You, Ugh. Yeah, we, we are soul sisters. I. Good. I'm glad.
Trish Taylor: Okay. Pass the first one. I feel better now.
Michelle Fox: Whew. Yeah, you got an A plus. Keep going. You got an A plus. Good job, . All right. How about this? Sweet, salty, or savory?
Trish Taylor: Oh my gosh. All of them. But if I had to choose Sweet for sure. Biggest sweet tooth ever.
Michelle Fox: And because I know you're in maternal mommy mode right [00:07:00] now, wondering, just being nosy, have cravings started or have your taste buds changed since becoming pregnant?
Trish Taylor: So funny because I am, like, typically my, my food of choice or the restaurants that I always pick are some sort of like Asian cuisine, so like Thai food or sushi or like something, something like that, which does tend to lead more, um, sweet, you know, like a curry or something.
Trish Taylor: , and since baby I have been so into Mexican food and spicy. , and that is not like a typical thing for me. In fact, um, through my own health journey, I've learned. , tomatoes, peppers, night shades in general are not necessarily my friends , and so it is surprising for me to be, you know, really excited about a taco with like these tomatoes on them because , because I normally try to avoid them, but, oh my gosh, baby girl, she is into it.
Trish Taylor: Mm.
Michelle Fox: That is so [00:08:00] sweet. Oh, so cute. Thank you for sharing that with us. All right, let's see. How about this as a brand strategist, I know you have an inbox, so would you say inbox zero or inbox 10,000? Oh my God, it's totally 10,000 .
Trish Taylor: But it's because I have so many emails. You know, I try and they're really from back in the day, so I should really clear them out too.
Trish Taylor: But yeah. Yeah. It is what it is. It's okay, .
Michelle Fox: Amen. Amen. All right. And last but not least, would you be willing to share one of your favorite childhood memories in the kitchen?
Trish Taylor: Of course. Okay. So in the kitchen we do funny things with pancakes with my family. It's, it's so funny. I didn't realize that it was a weird thing until I grew up and, you know, I found a partner. I got married and I started to cook these things called scrambled [00:09:00] pancakes or rolled up pancakes. Yeah. He gave me a look like that too.
Michelle Fox: Thanks for our podcast listeners who are listening and can't quite see the YouTube video. Uh, which by the way, we are on YouTube if you wanna to watch this podcast episode, but yes, I just gave Trish the side eye. I'm so curious. I'm also leaning in. So tell us more. .
Trish Taylor: So honestly, so scrambled pancakes, like how it happened, As an adult, I was thinking like, what is this?
Trish Taylor: You know, what happened? Did my grandma just one day dump the pancake batter into the, into the pan and you know, mess it up? Wasn't able to flip it and start scrambling the pancakes. So you get these chunks of pancakes and they're like, Little pillows and nuggets of deliciousness, right. That are coated with, you know, whatever syrup or we would do honey sometimes.
Trish Taylor: Um, and it's just, they're delightful. .
Michelle Fox: That sounds amazing.
Trish Taylor: Very good. But I just, uh, recently made, um, an incredible friend from [00:10:00] Germany and she said that it's actually a very common practice in Germany, and I can't remember what the name. It's difficult, obviously for me to pronounce . It is an actual thing where they make scrambled pancakes and so generations passed.
Trish Taylor: I do have some ancestors, you know, from Germany, so that makes sense. I guess maybe they've passed it down in that way. , so
Michelle Fox: not so funny, I guess. That is fascinating and you're giving me a new challenge. I've got my kiddos this weekend, so I'm gonna pull out the gluten-free batter and see if it works the same way, because that actually could be really delicious.
Michelle Fox: It sounds like they're really
Trish Taylor: good, just, you just gotta keep going and chopping 'em and making 'em smaller. It's, they're really fun. , send me a
Michelle Fox: photo. I'm excited. . Okay, I'm making notes right now. Make scrambled. Pancakes and send photo to Trish. Done. Oh my gosh. In
Trish Taylor: fact, for your whole community, like can you please just all tag us in this if you decide to do it, because [00:11:00] I will feel so vindicated.
Trish Taylor: I'll show my husband, look, people are doing this. , .
Michelle Fox: I love it. And of course we'll have it in the show notes, but tell us where should people tag? You're welcome to come
Trish Taylor: connect with [email protected] on Instagram. I would love to say hello and I would love to cheer you on in the kitchen. .
Michelle Fox: Fabulous. Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous.
Michelle Fox: So speaking of fabulous, you know my heart, I believe every single person listening to this podcast, every single person in both of our communities are already fabulous as they are who they are. And so to tie that to our title of today's, Chat is feeling more confident in your body right now. I know you have led the charge in this conversation in a lot of ways, and so I would just love to hear more like one, how did you come to know this?
Michelle Fox: Cause I imagine it wasn't a straight line, just being a female in the United [00:12:00] States. I, I think it's fair to make that assumption. . And then two, I'd love to hear just more about your feelings about that subject.
Trish Taylor: Oh my gosh, yes. And you're right, nothing is ever linear, is it? And so , the journey has been such a beautiful winding road and, and a lot to do with my own personal journey.
Trish Taylor: And, and of course like the clients that I have helped along the way. And so, um, I think so many of us can find ourselves in, in a position like that where we. Entrepreneurs or business owners where we're helping people or just women in general with big hearts who want to give back in a, in an area that we've learned to support ourselves in.
Trish Taylor: And so, gosh, I remember growing up and always feeling uncomfortable in my body. No matter what size I was, you know, I'm a relatively tall woman, and so I'm like five, eight, and even as a size like two, you know, a hundred and whatever, 15 pounds, I would [00:13:00] be covering myself, you know? , like I would feel uncomfortable in bathing suits.
Trish Taylor: I wouldn't want to like run around or we would do things in college, right? We would do like an und run, and I never wanted to be a part of that. I even remember one time like. Like staying behind, like missing out on the fun and the memories of these college moments because I felt so self-conscious and a lot of that was to do with my family and upbringing and you know, it's, it's nothing that they did intentionally, but it is a societal standard that we are all navigating through and we're.
Trish Taylor: So often attaching our worthiness to external validation. So do you fit in a certain size? Do you look a certain way? Is your skin smooth? Right? That like, do your thighs touch, you know, all of these things. Were things that went through my head, even as like an [00:14:00] adolescent, because I was seeing it modeled in front of me too.
Trish Taylor: And so when I went off to college to become a celebrity stylist, I was in LA and I was working with these in incredible people, you know, who, who had trainers and nutritionists in their entire job was to, was to uphold this certain standard of beauty. and so quickly I became disillusioned with the celebrity styling industry.
Trish Taylor: , it was so fun and so creative with all of the clothing, right? It's, it's literally like dressing people in art. But what I realized was , I was missing the, the human connection. You're making someone feel good being seen. Feeling worthy of being seen, and I didn't know it until I went back to school and I got my master's in counseling because I was desperately trying to find a way to link these two [00:15:00] worlds together to try to like bridge my experience of how do I feel good in my body?
Trish Taylor: Why is it that clothes are really helping? Like feel comfortable. I was using them as a tool of expression, a tool of support versus how, you know, how in the celebrity styling world it was really just, um, showcasing certain designers. And so that's where my career kind of evolved. That's where , that's really where my journey of self-love started because when I started working, Personal clients.
Trish Taylor: So I said goodbye to mys celebrity clients, and I said hello to working with incredible men and women. And I started working with them both, and I didn't have a very specific niche, right? I wasn't working with entrepreneurs just yet. I didn't have anything really, really nailed down in my messaging and marketing, and I was just kind of playing.
Trish Taylor: I was trying to feel [00:16:00] comfortable. And in doing so, I had to start showing up too .
Michelle Fox: Mm. So it
Trish Taylor: was a whole nother layer of this like uncomfortable gut wrenching visibility that I was now finding myself less the supporter behind the scenes, because that's what I was. As a stylist, right? I was behind the camera.
Trish Taylor: I was fixing things. I was propping someone else up. I was making them feel amazing and wonderful, and speaking words of affirmation to them because so often we don't see ourselves as clearly as someone else does, and that really is one of my superpowers. I can hold space for someone and see them like right into their soul.
Trish Taylor: I almost miss your body and I can see who you are at as like in essence, um,
Trish Taylor: Yeah, so then I started to show up myself. I started to get visible. I started to meet clients online, but really the most uncomfortable part for me was actually posting photos of myself.
Trish Taylor: And [00:17:00] so when I started to get into this world of entrepreneurship, I started to really narrow down the people that I was loving working with. And it was less of my everyday. Uh, clients were like searching for the perfect jeans, and it was more about helping other entrepreneurs feel comfortable taking up more space, comfortable telling their story in an interesting and creative way, expressing themselves through their brand photos in a way that they've never done it before.
Trish Taylor: Because so many times when we go to post photos of ourselves, Ugh. Like it just, we get like, I don't know, hundreds of photos back and there's like one that we like, you know, and we're just so, we're like cringing, scrolling through these galleries. And so I had experienced that myself. And so I developed something called the batch Wardrobe that was.
Trish Taylor: A blueprint, a guideline to help other entrepreneurs create six months [00:18:00] worth of content and six, , outfits that they were gonna look and feel amazing in it. My goal was really to help the most people as possible, finally feel comfortable in their body right now, without having to wait, because so many of my clients were saying, Oh, I, I really wanna get visible.
Trish Taylor: Like I really want to start posting these photos of myself. I really wanna update my website. I really wanna create this, uh, presence online, but I just, I'm gonna wait, you know, until I lose those extra 10 pounds. And both you and I know, like 10 pounds is not gonna do a lot if we are still not comfortable in our bodies.
Trish Taylor: Right? Me as a size two, now I'm a size. Right, like there's a big gap. My body looks very different, but I am so much more confident right now than I was at a size two. And Love it. Love it. I, yeah. And there's nothing you could have said to me as a size two when [00:19:00] I was in that frame of mind, like, oh. I'm, I'm worthy of this attention.
Trish Taylor: I'm worthy of being seen. I'm worthy of posting photos of myself. It wasn't until I had this introspective moment, this transition, when I was like, oh, it's actually so much more than just the size of my body. I'm actually not attached to this exterior validation anymore. I was able to cut those cords and.
Trish Taylor: Through the Batch Georgia, but I was able to help other people do that as well. And so that's kind of where it all began. .
Michelle Fox: That is incredible. I wanna highlight a few nuggets you just said. I was taking notes rapidly because I'm like, oh, truth bomb. Ooh, truth bomb. And when I start to get like full body goosebumps, I'm like, okay, that's when I know this is divine.
Michelle Fox: And that's when I know I'm hearing the truth.
Michelle Fox: So you mentioned that you were attaching your worthiness to external validation. You also shared a little insight about your experience dressing [00:20:00] celebrities, which a lot of what you said, I like to call hiding and plain sight. Because you were there, you were pouring into these celebrities, and yet it sounds like you gave them and their energy.
Michelle Fox: A lot more credibility than perhaps your own until you went to school. You did the work, as I like to call it, the work, quote unquote. So looked at it spiritually and emotionally and found out, wait a minute, I am just as worthy to pour into myself and to take up space. That's another thing you said that I love, love, love.
Michelle Fox: I have two teenage daughters. I do as much as I can to put nuggets in here and there to remind them that yes, they are just as worthy and valuable as anybody else in their classroom. To take up that space, to advocate for themselves, to raise their hand and say, uh, excuse me. Can we go over that again? Or, excuse me, I have the answer to that.
Michelle Fox: So taking up space, I love that you [00:21:00] used that term. So can we talk a little bit more about the outside validation? Because I will tell you that in a lot of my nutrition programs and a lot of the clients I work with, we talk about the steps as far as.
Michelle Fox: Protein, healthy, fat, and fiber at every meal. And we talk about designing a meal plan that works for you. But the Achilles heel and or the point that people get really tripped up on is, oh, I see what you're saying, Michelle, but I can't spend money on organic, or I can't. Make the time to meal plan because I have, you know, two kids I have to drop off at school.
Michelle Fox: Oh, I have a partner who doesn't wanna eat gluten free. Oh, I have a demanding boss who needs me on call 24 7. But it feels like there's always these outside, which I say lovingly excuses, but I truly think it's a worthiness conversation because I think when we feel worthy, that's when [00:22:00] we're like, oh. This is my boundary.
Michelle Fox: This is how I wanna show up, and I know that I need to pour into myself before I can be there for my friends, for my community, for my coworkers. And so tell me more, just your feelings about how people, maybe even some tactical tools, if you have any, how people can just start feeling more validated to make better choices for their own bodies.
Michelle Fox: Oh my
Trish Taylor: gosh, yes. I love this so much. And I think that first it always starts with awareness, right? Even realizing that we're doing it. Um, I am so grateful to say that I had worked with a mentor years back, and one thing that she really instilled was make yourself comfortable. You know, like stop sacrificing your own comfort, your own basic needs and desires.
Trish Taylor: Like literally creature comforts for other people. Like as simple as we were on retreat when she was talking about this and she was saying like, do you [00:23:00] wanna sit in a chair? Sit in a chair, right? Like, don't, don't sit on the floor if you don't want to. Like, because so often so many of us are, are removing our own needs.
Trish Taylor: So that other people can feel more comfortable in. Of course, like that's what we're trained to do as like respectful, like members of society and, and to a certain extent, of course, like I believe in it.
Trish Taylor: And like politeness and kindness and nurturing. And also first, we have to put the mirror up to ourselves and make sure that we are being kind, that we are nurturing ourselves, that we are giving ourselves the same love and respect that we give to others. Because once we pour into our cup, then we can give from the overflow.
Trish Taylor: , and so I think that that's like the very beginning. So just being aware that you are not filling up your cup first. What I found in my own journey is that saying yes to myself, even little tiny micro [00:24:00] yeses led to so many bigger, like leaps and bounds of being able to call in more, more comfort and less need for other people's opinions and and validation.
Trish Taylor: I definitely would've been one of those people who would. Asked for others' opinions, like I don't, I'm a Libra, right? And so they say Libras are indecisive. I don't, I don't necessarily feel that way about myself and I
Michelle Fox: think, but I'll not argue with you, . I think it's cause
Trish Taylor: I've done this work around trying to get comfortable with my desires.
Trish Taylor: Mm-hmm. Oh, that's what I want. And it's not wrong. For me to want that. Oh, okay. And so I think it's about saying little tiny micro yeses to yourself, and then building upon that. So maybe for your clients it's about buying, you know, uh, one organic fruit that week, you know, and seeing how luxurious the taste is, [00:25:00] how much like richer it is, how much better their body feels like when they're actually craving an apple.
Trish Taylor: Like we, we don't necessarily crave an apple because all of the flavors and all of like the juicy nutrients have been like stripped away in other farming practices, right? So if we can then give ourself the gift of nurturing ourself in this way, which is maybe one thing, then maybe we see this snowball effect start to compound in our.
Michelle Fox: That is brilliant. I'm actually gonna try that today, this evening when I journal, I'm gonna look at what is one micro yes. That I, that I can start practicing this week. Thank you for that. And it's so beautiful because you present yourself as a brand.
Michelle Fox: Strategist coach, a wardrobe coach, the magnetic marketing coach. And so on the surface, it's like all the beauty out here, but as we're talking to you, we can see so [00:26:00] clearly how much you believe in people and how much you are able to pull out the best in people. And so one thank you. And two, do you have any other tools that we can practice?
Michelle Fox: We're gonna try the making space for ourselves. We're gonna try the. Micro yeses. Do you have one more tool or tip that , people in my community can take away from this conversation?
Trish Taylor: Sure. I have a style related one. I mean, I am a stylist, right?
Michelle Fox: I should talk about that. Yes, bring it. I would love
Trish Taylor: it. good.
Trish Taylor: Okay, great.
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Trish Taylor: So it's actually three tips within one, but it's really just a way to dress your body at any size right now. And I tend not to use the word flattering. . Because I think that so many of us attach like other meanings to that word sometimes. And so [00:28:00] what I like to say is to feel really good in your body.
Trish Taylor: So that you love the way that you look in your body, in your photos right now, right? That's the whole point of this. What we're this conversation that we're having right? For you, not to wait for you to say yes right now, for you to make space and express yourself right now. So let's not wait until you have to lose those 10 pounds or get back into those skinny jeans.
Trish Taylor: So right now, let's open up the conversation, how we can use our wardrobe, our style as a tool to support our. And so there's a few things that you can do to really elongate your frame, to make you feel comfortable and confident from all the angles wearing clothes that you even have in your closet right now.
Trish Taylor: And it's just about paying attention to the proportions of your body. And so inside the Bachelor by diving to this really deep, but this is good for everybody type and every body shape. So as long as you have [00:29:00] some sort of v. Or if you have a necklace that creates a V shape or a scarf, that's a V shape something.
Trish Taylor: And I am totally not following this rule today.
Michelle Fox: Okay, everybody look up at me. Look up at me for this one. Okay. Yes,
Trish Taylor: I'm looking but kinda cuz I have these long drawstrings. So there's different ways that you can play with this. It's not about wearing the same uniformed thing every day, but it's about being mindful about the shapes that you're creating with your wardrobe on your.
Trish Taylor: And so if you can create this V shape, so from neck to kind of chest, even if it goes longer to your waist, then it starts to draw the person's eye like someone else's eye, in and up towards your face. Mm-hmm. . So we look less. Um, broad on top right? Okay. If you have a larger chest, if your shoulders are broader, if you have a petite frame and you wanna draw your eye in and up, we always want [00:30:00] people to notice us.
Trish Taylor: Our, like, feeling good in your clothes, having cute clothes like that is a beautiful cherry on top. But really these beautiful clothes are a gateway for someone to get to know the real you more. Mm-hmm. . So we want them to see you first and then to look at your clothes and be like, oh. She's got some style like, oh, I see her personality.
Trish Taylor: So that's the first thing, just
Michelle Fox: stepped in the room. Exactly. .
Trish Taylor: You light up a room,
Michelle Fox: you know . Yes.
Trish Taylor: So the first thing is that the shape around your face. The second is to highlight your waistline. And so that's your natural waistline. And so that's different for everybody, but typically, If you play that little game, you know, with little kids like the, I'm a little Teapot game where you put one hand on your hip and the other one's out and you kind of bend where you find that bend, that's your natural waist.
Trish Taylor: And so typically it's like two inches above your belly button.
Michelle Fox: Yeah, I did not know that. Okay, that makes
Trish Taylor: sense. It's an easy [00:31:00] hack, right? Love it. But if you can highlight that part of your body, then that creates a natural proportion for visual lengthening. And so that's why when you look at celebrities, like on the red carpet, they all look like the same height.
Trish Taylor: You know, they're not all standing in a line or next to each other. You, you don't know that one of them is four 11 and the other one is six two. You know, they all look. Like a consistent height. Cause they're
Michelle Fox: proportions that's so interesting. Are all
Trish Taylor: correct and exact with, , their wardrobe. And so we all through fashion
Michelle Fox: mm-hmm.
Michelle Fox: Oh, that is fantastic. The third thing
Trish Taylor: is to add layering. So layering pieces like, , a bomber jacket or a leather jacket, or a blazer or a kimono or some sort of cardigan or duster. Like all of these things that you would put over. A t-shirt or a blouse or something like that, that gives a lengthening effect, a column like draping, right?
Trish Taylor: That [00:32:00] allows your eye then to focus on the interior portion, so like the pop of color from your blouse, or a different texture or a pattern or whatever that is encased by the layering piece. So not only is that lengthening, but it's also feeling. More polished like you, like you planned, you know your outfit like it, you took a little bit longer to prepare this.
Trish Taylor: Look, we're a little bit more stylish and elevated, but really you're just putting on a layer. It's no big deal. So , if you follow those three things, you create a V-shape, you highlight your waist, and you wear a layering piece, you instantly elevate your look and you feel comfortable in your body, in whatever size you are every single day.
Michelle Fox: And this is why I just cannot get enough of Trish Taylor. Oh my goodness. Every time I talk to you, sincerely, my friend, I learned something new. And even in my excitement of getting ready [00:33:00] for today's episode, I'm like, am I dressed appropriately? Do I have my V-neck? What else did Trish tell me? Okay. Thank, thank, thank.
Michelle Fox: Okay. And I think you gave me an a plus when we signed on, so thank you for helping me to elevate my look, which. As you said, it does elevate my confidence when I actually just take even just one small step of like putting an actual blouse on versus putting my t-shirt on that I'm more comfortable in. I will say, however, , I think one of the tips you shared with me a couple weeks back is, And tell me if I, if I'm quoting this correctly,
Michelle Fox: you said I show up more confidently online and doing live stories when I actually put effort. Earlier that morning into my appearance, and so that's actually stuck with me, so thank you for that. Oh, of
Trish Taylor: course. Oh my gosh. Absolutely. And that was a lesson that I had to learn as well, right? Because working from home and working virtually with so many of my clients, I would tend to be like, you [00:34:00] know, in leggings and a top knot and no makeup and.
Trish Taylor: I would be less likely to hop on stories, especially when I was in that phase of confidence building. Um, now I can happily say that I can hop on Instagram stories, Stan's makeup. I even filmed a reel the other day without makeup and I was like, who am I? Who is this woman? ?
Michelle Fox: But, but like, this is a grownup woman who is doing the work.
Michelle Fox: Bravo right bra. But
Trish Taylor: it's because not only in my life do I say like micro yeses to things to support my body, but also in my wardrobe too. So like that's what I mean by it can snowball and compound in so many areas. Like in my closet, I don't have things that don't feel good on my body. Mm. They just don't exist.
Trish Taylor: And back in the day, I used to do like, here's a fun little story I used to do in-person styl. And I would go to people's wardrobes, like their actual closets [00:35:00] in their homes and oh my gosh, they have so many, so many funny stories. , but
Michelle Fox: I'll, that means we'll have to have you back. I think we should do like a celebrity expose, even keeping names out.
Michelle Fox: But you could tell us maybe some of the really funny and maybe bizarre stories that you ran into. Well, one of them, one of the
Trish Taylor: bizarre ones, like totally activated my allergies. I'd never had allergies before, but her closet was so dusty. I was like, We haven't touched, touched these things since the nineties.
Trish Taylor: Like legit, there's a like an inch of dust on this. My friend, like, what is this doing in your closet? But she was holding onto it because she was hoping that she would fit into it eventually. Mm-hmm. . But why? You know, she, like, she was no longer that person. She never, she didn't like the style anymore. I get a keepsake a million percent.
Trish Taylor: I'm not a monster . I have a bunch of clothes that mean something to me, and so I get that. But if we're holding onto something because gosh, we wanna fit back into it, and it's just a daily [00:36:00] constant reminder, it's gonna make you feel worse. , and then you're gonna put on like ratty leggings because n like the cute jeans that you wanna wear don't fit.
Trish Taylor: And then that's where I was not showing up confidently in stories. I was a new entrepreneur with, with, uh, like a bigger body and I was trying to get comfortable. And so my clothes weren't fitting me, I wasn't feeling like the quote unquote . Stylish stylist I should be. And so I was wearing these things that just didn't represent who I was because I didn't feel worthy of shopping in this body that I had right now.
Trish Taylor: And so finally I said no to that because all of my clients in their wardrobe, I had learned this lesson. They would pull out these items and they'd be embarrassed and they'd say, oh my God. Like don't judge me, but I have this in here and I like hate. But I wear it every day, ,
Michelle Fox: oh, that breaks, breaks my heart.
Michelle Fox: Right? Right. That
Trish Taylor: breaks my heart. And so I would look at them and I would just ask them why, [00:37:00] you know? And so we would build better alternatives around it. You know, I, I really love this shirt because it's so comfortable, right? Like, t-shirts are more comfortable for me, but I can't find any of that feel good on my body, and this one doesn't fit anymore.
Trish Taylor: And this is like my only option. Well, let's expand our options. Let's get rid of the things that don't serve us. Let's clean it up. It's like literally cleaning up the energy and bringing in new good stuff. And so, yeah, so I'm able to show up, like you said, more confidently on stories because I'm, I have a wardrobe now that represents who I am.
Michelle Fox: Hmm. So beautiful and so 30 minutes goes by so fast. I have so many more questions, but I'm also just so grateful for these juicy gems that you have dropped on us, and I know you have a community that is blessed enough to get these juicy gems on the regular. Will you tell us a little bit about that membership?
Trish Taylor: Oh my gosh, I'd be so grateful to chat about it. Thank you so much. , I have a community called Scale and Style, and so it's a [00:38:00] hybrid group coaching and , styling and visibility container where we truly start to feel comfortable in our mind, body, and brand so that we can elevate our visibility online.
Trish Taylor: And you feel supported along the way. You know, like so many places I think are so, are, are so good at helping with one specific thing, but I think when we consider showing up online, I can't just have a conversation with you about clothes without also talking to you about. Loving yourself first. We can't talk about creating this magnetic visibility for your brand without talking about style, and then the conversation about worthiness of being seen and taking up space and posting something that feels like a little edgy, but it's gonna be like Sal for the Soul for your soulmate clients.
Trish Taylor: It's, it's a beautiful container to just be seen, feel, heard, and [00:39:00] express yourselves. We do monthly, uh, bimonthly coaching calls and just so much fun,
Michelle Fox: what a gift. What a sincere gift you are to your community. What a sincere gift you are to my community.
Michelle Fox: Where can we find you to get more of your goodness? ,
Trish Taylor: thank you so much. I would love to connect with you. I'd love to say hello and hear what you thought of our conversation here and how I can support you more. , you can come say hi at. Instagram at trishtaylor.co. And I have lots of juicy freebies, , inside that link in the bio, so I'm happy to keep continuing supporting
Michelle Fox: Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. This has been an enriching conversation. You, my friend, our array of sunshine in my life. Thank you for that. And thank you for showing up for this conversation. I am grateful. Thank you
Trish Taylor: so much for having me. I'm so grateful for our new and deep, and profound and beautiful friendship, [00:40:00] and I just cannot wait to see what comes.
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