Ellie Steinbrink: Trusting Your Style, Trusting Yourself

Ellie Steinbrink: Trusting Your Style, Trusting Yourself

From Anxiously Ambitious by Janette Downie

October 27, 2025 · 48 min

About this episode

Ellie Steinbrink discusses the importance of self-trust in personal style and how it impacts women's confidence and branding.

Send us a text In this episode of Anxiously Ambitious , I’m joined by Ellie Steinbrink — Expert Stylist, Personal Brand Coach & Speaker, and the founder of Style Decoded. Ellie spent over 20 years in marketing and branding before realizing she was on the wrong path. In the messy middle of burnout, part-time work, and even insomnia, she followed a nudge she couldn’t ignore: start posting one outfit a day on Instagram. That daily ritual awakened a new career, a new sense of confidence, and eventually became the foundation of her business helping women entrepreneurs align their inside with their outside. We get into what it means to stop hiding behind your clothes, why self-trust is at the core of style, and how the way you get dressed in the morning changes more than your outfit — it changes your day. In this episode, we explore: The moment Ellie heard the “voice” that told her to follow her passion for style Why giving yourself grace in the messy middle leads to breakthroughs The vulnerable truth about standing out vs. blending in as a personal brand The “closet effect”: how what you wear literally shifts your brain chemistry and daily outcomes Practical ways to clear the…

People in this episode

Host: Janette Downie

Guest: Ellie Steinbrink

Topics covered

  • personal branding
  • self-trust
  • style
  • entrepreneurship
  • confidence

Keywords

  • personal brand
  • style
  • confidence
  • entrepreneur
  • self-improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Style Decoded

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