Self.Styled.Life with Janelle Wehsack

Hosted by Janelle Wehsack

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Aug 2026

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Hosted by Janelle Wehsack, a writer, speaker and certified life & style coach who also happens to have over 30 years experience in corporate, Self Styled Life is designed to support professional women to aim high in their career and create a life that’s way beyond just ‘fine’. In these episodes, Janelle shares the concepts, tools and techniques to help you get clear and confident about the career and life you want, dance with your self-doubt and take the next step toward your dreams and goals.

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August 11, 202613 min

More Presence Please - Career Feedback Nobody Can Explain

Welcome to the SELF.STYLED.LIFE Podcast with Janelle Wehsack. Imagine going to your GP because something isn't right. You describe your symptoms, they listen very carefully, they nod, and then they say, yes, you need more wellness, and then they show you out. You'd be livid, wouldn't you? Which wellness? How much wellness? Wellness starting when? And how would you even know if it was working? You wouldn't accept that from a professional, and nor should you. And yet, somebody has almost certainly told you that you need more presence. Or more gravitas, or more executive edge, or whatever. And then they've shown you out. And that's what this episode is about. I'm not going to tell you to stand up straighter or lower your voice because that isn't it, and I suspect you already know that. We're going to work out what that feedback is genuinely pointing at, and then I'm going to give you 5 ways to build the real thing. Read this episode's full transcript here . Complete your Career Assets Audit. Steal my 60-second Strategic Value Script Build the same Momentum Plan I use with my private clients . Find more from Janelle here: Complete Career Clarity Join the waitlist for the Limitless Experience Download your Confidence Codes Toolkit Access Time:Redefined Connect on Instagram

July 28, 2026Episode 11811 min

Why "Just Be More Confident" Is Useless Advice

Welcome to the SELF.STYLED.LIFE Podcast with Janelle Wehsack. Have you ever been told to just be more confident? In a review, by a well-meaning boss, by every article you've ever skimmed. It's advice about as useful as being told to just be taller. You've walked out of a meeting knowing you had more to offer than you actually showed. And you've listened to an inner critic that never once argues with your track record - it just changes the subject. Always the next thing. Your memory is not a fair witness to your own capability. Left to its own devices, it will always go against you. Confidence is not a feeling you wait around for. It's a conclusion you draw from evidence. In this episode, I'm introducing you to the evidence file - a 10-minute tool that puts your proof somewhere you can actually see it and use it. Read the this episode's full transcript here . Complete your Career Assets Audit. Steal my 60-second Strategic Value Script Build the same Momentum Plan I use with my private clients . Find more from Janelle here: Complete Career Clarity Join the waitlist for the Limitless Experience Download your Confidence Codes Toolkit Access Time:Redefined Connect on Instagram

July 14, 2026Episode 11712 min

Stop Being Afraid For Your Career. Get Excited Instead.

Welcome to the SELF.STYLED.LIFE Podcast with Janelle Wehsack. What would happen if you stopped being afraid of everything that might go wrong in your career and started getting excited for everything that could go right? You are good at your job, you're respected, you're experienced, you've got a career behind you that honestly, most people would be very, very proud of. And yet when you really think about it, did you choose any of it or did it just sort of happen to you? Did an offer come along so you took it? A new role opened up so you stepped into it? Someone tapped you on the should so you said yes? And this probably happens more often than you realise, and then you're 10 years into a career that isn't actually what you wanted, but you took it because you were afraid of what might go wrong if you didn't? In this episode I've got a story for you about what just might happen if you start to back yourself, get clear on what you want and go after it. Read the this episode's full transcript here . Complete your Career Assets Audit. Steal my 60-second Strategic Value Script Build the same Momentum Plan I use with my private clients . Find more from Janelle here: Complete Career Clarity Join the waitlist for the Limitless Experience Download your Confidence Codes Toolkit Access Time:Redefined Connect on Instagram

June 30, 2026Episode 11613 min

Why Backing Yourself Is So Hard (And Why It's Not Your Fault)

Welcome to the SELF.STYLED.LIFE Podcast with Janelle Wehsack. You can back everyone else - your team, your friends, the colleague who comes to you in a panic at 4pm you talk her off the ledge. You're everyone's biggest cheerleader, so why on earth can't you back yourself? In this episode we're going to pull apart the actual reasons that backing yourself is so hard. There are four of them and not one of them has anything to do with how capable you are. You've already proven you're capable. You do hard things every single day. The reason it's so hard is that you are taught slowly and thoroughly to look everywhere except inwards for the final word on whether you're any good. Once you see them, you can't unsee them, which is exactly the point. Read the this episode's full transcript here . Complete your Career Assets Audit. Steal my 60-second Strategic Value Script Build the same Momentum Plan I use with my private clients . Find more from Janelle here: Complete Career Clarity Join the waitlist for the Limitless Experience Download your Confidence Codes Toolkit Access Time:Redefined Connect on Instagram

June 16, 2026Episode 11511 min

Real Talk: People-Pleasing And Power Can’t Coexist

Welcome to the SELF.STYLED.LIFE Podcast with Janelle Wehsack. The message in this episode is pretty clear: People-pleasing and power can't co-exist. If you want to step into your power. If you want a seat at the table. If you want the bigger role, the authority you've earned, the promotion. But you also really need everyone to like you, to not be disappointed in you. That is the thing that's holding you back. In this episode we're discussing just how much people-pleasing and power are incompatible (and I'm not talking just a little bit of tension) and how you can park that protective behaviour for good. Read the this episode's full transcript here . Complete your Career Assets Audit. Steal my 60-second Strategic Value Script Build the same Momentum Plan I use with my private clients . Find more from Janelle here: Complete Career Clarity Join the waitlist for the Limitless Experience Download your Confidence Codes Toolkit Access Time:Redefined Connect on Instagram

June 2, 2026Episode 11427 min

The Three Things Keeping High-Performing Women Feeling Stuck - And The Momentum Plan To Fix Them

Welcome to the SELF.STYLED.LIFE Podcast with Janelle Wehsack. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? I'm almost positive you've been asked this or some version of it before, but I am here to officially retire that question. In a world where AI is reshaping entire industries, restructures are happening at pace, and the role that you're aiming for today might look completely different by the time you get there, a rigid five year plan is not a strategy either. It's a comfort blanket. So what are the women who are crushing it right now doing if they're not making 5 years plans? They are getting to know themselves so deeply that they know what they want right now, and who have the confidence, tools and deep self-knowing to move deliberately even when the landscape keeps shifting. In this episode I want to show you the way that works for incredible women just like you, that isn't setting a plan for the future, but instead a clear, practical shift from operating on autopilot and hoping things get better to knowing exactly what you want and backing yourself to go after it. That's what we're building in this episode and I hope you'll join me. Read the this episode's full transcript here . Complete your Career Assets Audit. Steal my 60-second Strategic Value Script Build the same Momentum Plan I use with my private clients . Find more from Janelle here: Complete Career Clarity Join the waitlist for the Limitless Experience Download your Confidence Codes Toolkit Access Time:Redefined Connect on Instagram

May 19, 2026Episode 11313 min

My Clients Are Winning Right Now. Here's Exactly What's Driving Their Success

Welcome to the SELF.STYLED.LIFE Podcast with Janelle Wehsack. My clients are absolutely on fire right now. New roles, promotions, big corporate opportunities landing seemingly out of nowhere. Here's what I need you to understand about every single one of these women. They're not women who got lucky or who were simply waiting for the stars to align, and then the universe finally showed up on time. They are women who have been doing specific things, quietly, consistently, sometimes very uncomfortably, and the results are showing up because of that. Five things are consistent across all of them. And that's what today's episode is all about. Read the this episode's full transcript here . Complete your Career Assets Audit. Steal my 60-second Strategic Value Script Build the same Momentum Plan I use with my private clients . Find more from Janelle here: Complete Career Clarity Join the waitlist for the Limitless Experience Download your Confidence Codes Toolkit Access Time:Redefined Connect on Instagram

May 5, 2026Episode 11210 min

Good work is not enough. There. I said it.

Welcome to the SELF.STYLED.LIFE Podcast with Janelle Wehsack. A leader once described me as a "fixer". Someone they could throw a difficult problem at and trust it would get solved. He was right. I was that person. I'd spent years with my head down, working hard, being reliable and capable. Looking back, it was the moment the belief I had been operating on started to show its limits. The belief that good work done consistently and excellently would eventually be enough on its own. It was not and it still isn't. In this episode of the SELF.STYLED.LIFE podcast I want to make you aware of the outdated strategy that many women are working with and how to become known for your thinking instead. Read the this episode's full transcript here . Complete your Career Assets Audit. Steal my 60-second Strategic Value Script Build the same Momentum Plan I use with my private clients . Find more from Janelle here: Complete Career Clarity Join the waitlist for the Limitless Experience Download your Confidence Codes Toolkit Access Time:Redefined Connect on Instagram

April 21, 202619 min

Restructure-Proof Your Career - What To Build Now So You Never Have To Feel Scared Again

Welcome to the SELF.STYLED.LIFE Podcast with Janelle Wehsack. Today we are talking about the very specific, very real, very physical feeling of dread that kicks in when you hear the word "restructure", or when you read yet another headline about AI replacing jobs, or when you get passed over for a promotion, role or project. And the career uncertainty and the dread that can come with it is VERY real. I keep seeing the same pattern over and over again in my coaching practice, in my corporate life, and in my DMs. Incredibly capable, experienced, and hard working women who are letting fear drive decisions that deserve to be driven by clarity. In this episode we're going to talk about why that happens, what is actually going on underneath it, and most importantly, what you can do about it. Because there is absolutely something that you can do about it. Read the this episode's full transcript here . Complete your Career Assets Audit. Steal my 60-second Strategic Value Script Build the same Momentum Plan I use with my private clients . Find more from Janelle here: Complete Career Clarity Join the waitlist for the Limitless Experience Download your Confidence Codes Toolkit Access Time:Redefined Connect on Instagram

April 7, 2026Episode 11012 min

New Levels, Old Devils: Why Uplevelling Brings Back Your Oldest Stories

Welcome to the SELF.STYLED.LIFE Podcast with Janelle Wehsack. Despite the more common saying "new levels, new devils" I've always found a different version to be true. "New levels, old devils." When I recorded this episode I had just finished a big tick off my Live List. Despite this having been a goal of mine for some time, despite feeling confident walking in, not being nervous in the lead up, and not comparing myself to other people, by the time I walked out, by brain was whipping out all sorts of unhelpful stories. And honestly, they were all things that I have heard many, many times before. There was nothing new about them, despite feeling like I was stepping into a new level. In this episode I'm getting a little bit more vulnerable than usual and talking about what really happens when you reach that next level, and how you'll be able to tell that you've reached an extraordinary level of growth. Read the this episode's full transcript here . Complete your Career Assets Audit. Steal my 60-second Strategic Value Script Build the same Momentum Plan I use with my private clients . Find more from Janelle here: Complete Career Clarity Join the waitlist for the Limitless Experience Download your Confidence Codes Toolkit Access Time:Redefined Connect on Instagram