Kimberly Parry
Kimberly Parry is a TEDx speaker, Burnout Transformation Expert, and Style-Driven Success Strategist who helps high-performing individuals and organizations turn burnout into a launchpad for next-level success. She is a rare breed—not your typical stylist. A jock in high school and a feminist in college, Kimberly had little interest in fashion and spent 16 years as a religion teacher before burnout completely upended her life in 2016. That year, she lost her marriage, her career, and nearly her life, living for months on a bed in her living room as she sought accurate diagnoses for what would later be identified as multiple rare chronic conditions. Through this experience, Kimberly rebuilt her life and career from the ground up, refusing to follow social expectations or other people’s rules that had contributed to her burnout. She turned the tools, strategies, and resources she wished she had during her recovery into the foundation of her career, developing the Succeed with Style™ framework. This methodology combines personal development, leadership coaching, and fashion styling to provide practical tools for clarity, confidence, and sustainable performance. Her work equips individuals and organizations to address the root causes of burnout, build thriving cultures, and achieve success on their own terms. With over 20 years of teaching, coaching, and speaking experience, Kimberly leverages her natural talent for taking complex concepts and making them simple and applicable. As a Certified Master Professional Coach and Certified Personal Stylist, she guides clients through her Signature Soul Style™ programs, keynotes, and workshops, helping them define their personal brand, own their leadership style, and Succeed with Style™ in business, and in the business of life. Known as Your Real Life Fairy Godmother™, Kimberly inspires others to reconnect with their authentic selves, reclaim confidence, and embrace life fully, proving that burnout is not the end of the road but the beginning of transformation.
• Certified Personal Stylist
• Certified Master Professional Coach, Certified Divorce Recovery Coach, Certified Parent Coach, Certified MVVP Coach
• Certified Archetypal Consultant
• Certified Virtual Personal Stylist
• Menswear Styling Certification
• Certified Parent Coach
• Certified Divorce Recovery Coach
• Certified Master Professional Coach
• Brigham Young University - BA, English
• Brigham Young University - MA English, Creative Writing
• TEDx Speaker
What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would say take the advice, get the skill set, but know you don't have to follow rules that don't fit you. When I was trained in menswear, the first thing the guy said is that there is an ideal body shape for men, but no one knows because men don't care. So your job as a personal stylist is to know the rules so you can help them break them. I said, amen, huzzah, why are we not saying the same thing to women? To a young woman entering the career, take the advice, get the skill set, but no, you don't have to follow rules that don't fit you.
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
In the AI world, where our humanity is our differentiator, I think it's an incredible opportunity that we're in right now. A lot of people misunderstand both personal branding and style. Your style is how your unique way of showing up in the world and your personal brand is how powerfully, consistently, and authentically you show up for life. As women, we battle hundreds of years of cultural ideation, which is why women burn out at higher rates than men.When we start to become imitators instead of innovators with our style, and that's where burnout begins. It begins years before the symptoms hit, but we get trained to show up a certain way, do things a certain way, follow certain patterns. The key is to get clear on your brand foundation: to know yourself, trust yourself, and love yourself enough to show up 100% authentically YOU.