How I Put the Joie back into my Vivre (after struggling for way too long)

Prefer to listen? Click below. I was a happy kid, but I lost that spark around age nine. Perhaps it was the loss of my first boyfriend to Jennifer, the mean girls in school or hormones. But overnight, I went from being a jolly girl to feeling tormented. The teenage years consisted of temper tantrums […]

The 3 French Fry Method

Prefer to listen? Click below. Sitting at a quintessential Parisian cafe, my girlfriends and I ordered a typical French meal: steak and frites with a glass of Bordeaux. I couldn’t help but notice the most elegant French woman, probably in her 70s, dressed to the nines, holding herself proudly while finishing up her meal. She […]

Why You Don’t Want My Life

Prefer to listen? Click below. A lady walked up to me in the grocery store last week as I was searching for my favorite peanut butter. She has been following my blog for a couple of years. I was surprised and honored by her reaction. “Oh, my God! Are you Tonya Leigh,” she squealed. “Yes,” I replied, […]

Which of these two lives are you living?

My beau sent me a message the other day. It read: The brave may not live foreverbut the cautious never live at all. It made me wonder where I’m being too cautious in my own life. Light bulb moment: I have been hiding my body. Rarely, do I ever post a pic of me in a […]

The Next Evolution of You

Prefer to listen? Click below. In my home, the books I read, the clothes I wear, the places I go and the people I surround myself with. I’m always asking myself this telling question: Does this represent the next evolution of you? <TWEET THIS> We are not on this beautiful earth to just work, pay bills and die. […]