Cat Bushera is a personal stylist and founder of Style by Cat. As a stylist, she partners with you to curate a wardrobe and personal style that matches your needs and personality perfectly. Cat has over 10 years of experience working in the fashion industry, from retail management to consulting to working behind the scenes at fashion events! Cat serves clients in the Washington DC metropolitan region, including Maryland and Northern Virginia, and also serves clients virtually across the country. Learn more about Cat at her website here: https://stylebycat.com
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In this episode, Dr. Victoria and personal stylist Cat explore how clothing can be a powerful doorway back to authenticity—an invitation to embody yourself rather than perform. Together, they talk about body image, confidence, and how dressing in alignment with who you are can support greater ease, self-trust, and a deeper sense of presence in your body.
They also speak candidly about the harder parts: accepting your body, navigating body image struggles, and the ways style can intersect with eating disorder recovery, motherhood, and postpartum changes.
Cat also brings in her experience as a leader and entrepreneur, sharing how pursuing a career in fashion required trusting her inner knowing—and how that trust ultimately paid off, even when it didn’t make sense by society’s standards at the time.
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“I’m actually shocked at how empowering it is to show up as yourself in clothes that you feel like reflect who you are.” — Dr. Victoria Ranade
“What is trending is your personal style. Not what Instagram is telling you to wear, not what everyone else is doing – what works for you.” — Cat Bushera
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Timestamps
00:00 – Feeling empowered by clothing and embodiment
02:00 – Introduction to Cat and the question of authentic style
07:30 – Growing up in Paris and discovering fashion
13:00 – Body image, belonging, and early identity
20:00 – Trusting an inner calling when it doesn’t make sense
28:30 – Leadership, retail, and redefining success
36:30 – Getting fired and facing shame
44:30 – Starting a business during COVID and motherhood
52:00 – How Cat identifies personal style
01:01:00 – Body image, postpartum changes, and confidence
01:10:00 – Eating disorder recovery and healing process
01:20:00 – Raising daughters and body-positive messaging
01:29:00 – Unlearning expectations placed on women
01:37:00 – Inner calling, intuition, and “cleaning up your own backyard”
01:44:00 – Closing reflections
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PODCAST LINKS:
✨ Podcast Website: https://www.innercalling.org/
✨ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/innercalling-with-dr-victoria/id1809177408
✨ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4K2khwqNKgs90Hs8vrQenZ?si=41beac3235054354
✨ Podcast Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_zIrjdevY1Q91PX5woaNtjTDvell1ZJ8&si=lvYtBD2PHmF3bVAX
SOCIAL LINKS:
✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drvictoriaranade
✨ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vchranade
WORK WITH DR. VICTORIA + HOPE+WELLNESS
✨ Therapy & Psychological Testing at Hope+Wellness: Kind, Compassionate, Evidence-Based Mental Health Care
👉 https://www.hope-wellness.com
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