Shakaila Forbes-Bell on Big Dress Energy
Not Too Busy To Write
English - November 02, 2022 06:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsBooks Arts Society & Culture Personal Journals Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Shakaila Forbes-Bell is a fashion psychologist and the author of Big Dress Energy: How fashion psychology can transform your wardrobe and your confidence. It's a book that is a pleasure to read, filled with insights and backed up by rigorous research.
In this episode Shakaila talks dressing our different identities, the challenges of switching from academic writing to creative non-fiction, making academic research more widely available to the everyday reader and some of the difficult decisions she made around creating time to write this book, including being honest about her chronic pain condition and her role raising her sisters children.
Big Dress Energy is out now.
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Big Dress Energy - Shakaila Forbes-Bell