060 I Dr. Sweta : What You Wear Impacts How You Communicate (More Than You Think)
episodePreviously titled “060 I Dr. Sweta, What You Wear Impacts How You Communicate (More Than You Think)” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 19, 2026
Communication Skills for Working Women Podcast:Effective Communication, Healthy Relationships, Direct Communication
31 min
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4 chapters
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How can what you wear influence your confidence, presence, and voice?
What if the way you dressed in the morning is impacting how you speak, show up and lead more than you realize? Today, we're talking about connection, not just with others, but with yourself and how something as simple as what you wear can completely shift your confidence, your presence and your voice. Welcome to Communication Skills for Working Women.
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Today, we are joined by Dr. Swetha, a speaker, facilitator, and leadership coach who empowers professionals to reinvent how they work and lead for greater impact and well-being. Dr. Swetha is a step into your Moxie Vocal Empowerment Certified Facilitator, author of the book, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Now What?, which she is generously sharing with all of you. and a contributor to the award-winning anthology, She's Got This, essays on standing strong and moving on. She has spoken on stages and panels, including at the White House, and has been a facilitator for Hewlett Packard and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. What stands out about Swetha's work is her focus on connection.
how we connect to ourselves, our voice, and how we show up in the world. We are so glad that you are here with us. And I am so excited because I've gotten to hear her in person. And I can tell you that connection is something she just brought to the stage with her presence immediately. I was like, oh my goodness, I feel connected to Dr. Swetha.
So thank you for coming. Yeah, much appreciated.
Oh, I'm so excited to be here. And I have to say it was such an easy yes when I saw your podcast invite because connection is my top value, both personally and professionally, along with the other values that you listed in your podcast. I was like, there's so much alignment here.
Yeah.
I agree. Visiting with you, I totally agree. I was like, I think we're on the same page completely. Absolutely. Dr. Swetha, we want to start with your story. We want to start with your story. The time is yours. Thank you so much.
Well, so like most people, especially at this point in our life, our stories are quite vast. And the aspect that I want to really share with you and what we connected on regarding connection is around clothing and how clothing helps me feel connected and how I use clothing to help me to connect to others. And so I'd like to share a little bit about my journey. So when I grew up, I am of Indian origin. I'm an immigrant and I grew up in a completely Hispanic neighborhood. And By third grade, I started to get bullied, which is kind of interesting, you know, being an immigrant amongst immigrants, I was still an outsider. And one of the brilliant ways that I chose to survive that scenario, and I say brilliant because I think a lot of us lean on ways, you know, we adapt to our environments to survive, to be able to navigate challenging situations.
And for me, it was two things. One was to dim myself by changing the way I dressed, right? So you can literally see in my school pictures, first, second, third grade, I'm wearing cute dresses. My mom would put her Indian jewelry on me. And then you can see like fourth, fifth grade, how much my clothing changed. And I made this kind of decision. Obviously, it wasn't conscious. I was a little girl. But if I wear baggy clothes and don't wear anything bright, I won't bring any attention to me because attention was negative.
Mm hmm.
And the other thing I did was become a people pleaser. So it was, you know, if I can become everyone's best friend, then that protected me from ever being, you know, from being bullied.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
How can what you wear influence your confidence, presence, and voice?
0:00–6:00
2
Who is Dr. Sweta and how did her background shape her views on clothing and connection?
6:00–16:01
3
How did childhood bullying and reinvention change Sweta’s relationship with clothing?
16:01–23:29
4
Why did Sweta shift from safety and people-pleasing to expression through style?
23:29–30:52
Speakers
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