139. Do This One Thing Every Morning (with Alison Lumbatis)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are you a fashionista? Do you love or hate clothes? I am thrilled to have</span> <a href= "https://alisonlumbatis.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Alison Lumbatis</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">in the studio with us today to talk about her new book,</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08YRPN84X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Ultimate Book of Outfit Formulas: A Stylish Solution to What Should I Wear?</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and realizing how much of an impact she has had on my life.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Especially when it comes to clothes.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Imagine how your day and mood will be different, just by getting dressed. No matter how you feel in the morning and no matter if you are leaving your home or staying in, getting dressed is a type of selfcare. This one action has the power to change the outcome of how you feel and how you present yourself.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alison gives us the history on how she stopped getting dressed and she noticed her loss of motivation after working from home after six months. In hindsight, she recognized there were signs of depression by being in her yoga pants rut. One day she asked herself, “what is one tangle thing I can do to make myself feel better today?” Alison tells us the answer was easy, the first step was putting on real clothes. This not only made her feel better but it allowed her to also set an example.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alison explains to us that we only wear 20% of the clothes we have in our closets. She states that cleaning out your closet is an emotional process and that we are holding on to articles of the past. In order to effectively clean it out, we need to take everything out and go through each piece individually, in order to know what to put back in your closet.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We ask the to