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WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU FELT that FEELING?
The exhilaration of taking a risk, betting on yourself and blowing your own mind?
The exhale you make when you step inside your home, look in the mirror and feel completely at ease… because you love what you see?
The energy you feel when you take a break from the ordinary... to delight yourself with experiences that spark something new?
Most importantly of all—
When was the last time you felt like you?
Free of others’ expectations…
Free of self-imposed limitations…
Lit up and turned on by your life?
If your answer was:
Oh … it’s been far too long.
Hmmm … nowhere near often enough.
Ummmm — I don’t even know what that feels like ...
Send help! All of the above!
Then it’s time for us to talk.
When your life feels cluttered, your mind is messy, and the life you want seems just out of reach ...
When you want something that excites you to wake up in the morning …
When you want to stop spinning in confusion and procrastination …
When you want to be a bold, audacious woman who refuses to settle for anything less than extraordinary …
You may be tempted to fix yourself.
Add more to your to-do list.
Try harder. Go faster. Strive bigger.
Only to end up exhausted, frustrated and curled up on your sofa watching reruns of Sex and the City —
Daydreaming of a version of you who’s more stylish, spontaneous, confident and consistently in motion towards her dreams.
So … what’s a woman to do?
It’s devilishly simple:
The opposite of everything you've been doing.
Stop trying to fix yourself (because you're not broken).
Tear up the to-do list (it’s only filled with things that are keeping you stuck and unfulfilled).
And slow down (because trying to change everything at once is a recipe for changing nothing).
It's time to master the art of the edit instead.
it’s time to master
the art of the edit
Allow me to explain ...
Have you ever wondered why the world’s most iconic editors, fashion designers and innovators are so good at bringing their visions to life?
It’s the finely-tuned Autumn/Winter collection that makes waves, the moment they send it sauntering down the runway.
The gorgeous detail in the architecture or artwork you adore because it takes your breath away.
The immaculately written books, the soul-stirring music, the thought-provoking movies that leave you pondering for days …
How do they do it?
How do extraordinary people turn their desires into action ...
Not just in their work, but in every corner of their lives?
From the clothes they wear
To the homes they lovingly decorate
The delightful people & experiences they surround themselves with
Is it willpower? Determination?
Do they just have more time, more talent, more skill than the rest of us?
The answer might look like yes on the surface …
But only if you’re mistaking effort for intention.
If you’re exhausted from trying to keep up with your life
(let alone grow, change and evolve it)
Say no to fixing yourself …
and yes to the
intentional edit instead
Because your life is so much more than a series of problems to be solved.
And when you’re the Editor in Chief of your own life, you get to lead with your vision and what inspires you, instead of what feels broken:
You get to decide what goes, what stays, and what takes up your precious headspace.
You learn how to prioritize and hold onto what truly matters to you, and gracefully let go of what no longer serves you.
You’re intentional, not reactive with your words, actions and decisions … because every choice you make is driven by purpose.
It becomes second-nature to fill your calendar, your home, and your closet with things that inspire you to be your best.
And you become an expert in following your own instincts, even if it means confounding the expectations of others … or even your own.
The Editor in Chief constantly surprises herself with what’s possible when she follows her vision — and she has the courage to do it with conviction.
Better yet?
The editor understands that creating her extraordinary life does not mean starting over from scratch or running away from her life.
Because when you see yourself as the editor of your own life, inspiration isn’t just abundant — it’s unavoidable.
It’s in that one amazing outfit you keep coming back to, even if the rest of your closet is overflowing with pieces you haven’t worn in years.
It’s right there, on your bedside table, tucked under the stack of books you promise you’ll get around to reading someday, when you finally have the energy …
It's in that one bold thought that, if you would practice believing it, would change your entire life.
All of these things are clues for how to create the most extraordinary version of you.
With the eye of an editor, change becomes inevitable ... instead of heavy or impossible
It begins with looking at your life with the eye of an editor and asking:
Does this choice fit my dreams, my desires, and who I want to become?
Does this action flatter my body, mind and spirit, my values, and the way I want to show up in the world?
Does this thought belong in my future or will it only take me further away from what I want to cultivate in my one precious life?
When you practice these questions, everything you do next is an artful experiment: you get to play with what to amplify, what to elevate, what to edit, and when to walk away.
Taking action and “trying on” new habits and decisions stops feeling like a struggle and becomes your new way of life as you follow the clues of inspiration waiting to be found every day.
So you stop waiting, and start creating :
Does this choice fit my dreams, my desires, and who I want to become?
Does this action flatter my body, mind and spirit, my values, and the way I want to show up in the world?
Does this thought belong in my future or will it only take me further away from what I want to cultivate in my one precious life?
What if you could go
from DAYDREAMER to DECIDER?
from CONFUSED to CREATOR?
Instead of waiting until “someday” to create what you want — or staying stuck in the cycle of overhauling everything, burning out, and returning to square one… even more uncertain & unsure than before?
And what if… we could do it together: over 5 delicious days, from anywhere in the world?
Even if the image of your extraordinary life (and your most extraordinary self) feels hazy or out of reach …
Even if you can’t quite picture how to practice “being her now” (and you’ve already tried so many times you’ve lost count) ...
And especially if you’re ready to “try on” the possibility of living like the most extraordinary version of yourself, without setting your current life on fire …
Let’s master the art of the edit and discover her together.
Better yet? Let’s experience what it feels like to become her.
FEELING CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT OR UNSURE OF HOW TO CREATE IT? Not anymore.
Live Like an Editor is a 5-day virtual workshop for women who want to stop waiting and start creating the things they crave:
Whether you desire to upgrade your style, your surroundings, or your relationship …
Or make a big move in your career, take back control of your time & learn to feel incredible in your own skin (or all of the above) ...
You’re going to practice the art of owning what you want and mindfully creating it — one intentional edit at a time.
No more overwhelm. Or second-guessing. Or stopping and starting. Or watering down your goals to match the expectations of others ...
Because when you’re the Editor in Chief, you’re in charge — and you refuse to let anything stand between you & your extraordinary vision.
Led by Master Life Coach Tonya Leigh, your 5-day Live Like an Editor experience includes:
Morning
AUDIO LESSON
Sent lovingly to your inbox each day, tune into a 15-minute voice note from Tonya on your morning walk, with your coffee, or in bed — and reflect on a series of daily prompts to help you hone your vision.
Note to future-self: bringing your desires into laser-sharp focus is the first essential step towards creating them.
Midday LIVE
Coaching Session
Bring your insights, ideas and questions from each morning to your daily Live Group Coaching Session with Tonya Leigh inside our private pop-up community, just for the workshop.
You’ll learn to remove the obstacles and friction to taking action as you begin to create your extraordinary life in real-time.
Evening
Love Note
As you wrap up your day, relax into an evening digest to unwind, catch up & check in.
You’ll receive links to replays of each daily live Fitting Session if you can’t attend live, plus an evening Editorial Insight from Tonya to uplevel your perspective on what’s possible and how to create it.
And because an editor is only as extraordinary as her tools ...
Your 5-day experience comes with an utterly gorgeous workbook that you’ll use every day to craft your vision for your life as if it were your very own personal magazine.
Changing your life can and should feel indulgent, and as you sink into each page of your workbook, you’ll become addicted to seeing your vision for your extraordinary life take shape before your very eyes.
Your Live Like an Editor workbook is where you’ll take everything you learn each day to curate, clarify and take action toward your deepest desires. Anna Wintour? Eat your heart out.
EXTRAORDINARY IS IN THE MAKING …
HERE’S OUR DAILY
AGENDA
Wondering what to expect each day?
An Editor in Chief is always prepared so go ahead and put our daily focus in your favorite planner:
day one
Claim Your Title
When you live like an editor, your life becomes your personal publication: yours to shape and curate however you please.
We’ll spend our first day together envisioning your life as a one-of-a-kind magazine. What do you want the title to say about you? What values will be brought to life inside the pages? And what is the purpose that guides it?
Your answers to these questions will guide your focus for the rest of the week, and serve as the foundation for our editing process.
By the end of Day 1, you’ll reconnect with what truly matters to you and learn to commit to your vision for who you want to become.
Expect: clarity, excitement, and a big dose of creative energy.
day TWO
Your Life In Headlines
Most women’s desires are tangled up in a confusing backstory of their past, the overwhelm of the present, and the uncertainty of the future. No wonder it’s so hard to figure out what you want and how to create it!
On Day 2, we’ll edit out the noise and write your life as a series of head-turning headlines.
We’ll mine for the gold of your past, celebrate the present, and make plans for your future. Sharp and concise, this is the ultimate antidote to overwhelming goals and complicated action plans.
By the end of Day 2, you’ll have a clear sense of how your past, present and future align to pave the way for your extraordinary life.
Expect: closure, focus and forward momentum.
day THREE
Choose Your Setting
If your most extraordinary life had a cover, what would be on it? On Day 3, we’ll envision the cover story of your dream life and where the story would be shot.
We’ll explore what your ideal environment looks like: is it bustling and busy, or calm and serene? What is around you? And how do you feel when you’re there?
When you prioritize how you want to feel, you’ll surprise yourself with how you can create that feeling in your life now, no matter where you are.
By the end of Day 3, you’ll play with ways to make your current space feel like your dream location — because you don’t have to wait to experience the extraordinary.
Expect: expansion, playful curation and imagination.
day four
Style Your Cover
You’ve designed (and started creating) your ideal surroundings — and next, we turn our eyes to style.
The clothes you wear have a remarkable impact on how you show up (or hide). But style runs so much deeper than the clothes on your skin …
On Day 4, we’ll explore your personal style and what you want it to say about you. That’s because style is how you move through the world: from how you hold yourself, the way you enter (and own) a room, how other people experience you … and how you feel in your own skin.
By the end of day 4, you’ll discover exciting new possibilities for how you can dress like your future self now (and it has nothing to do with whipping out your credit card or losing 20 pounds).
Expect: relief, comfort and bold self-expression.
day Five
Your Internal Style Guide
Like the clothes we wear and the environment we surround ourselves with, our words carry energy. But most women are thinking ordinary thoughts and using ordinary words that are off-brand for the best version of themselves.
Your thoughts and words create the content of your publication — and your life. Do you like the results? Either way, you get to make the rules (and on our final day together, I’ll show you how).
By the end of Day 5, you’ll develop your personal “internal style guide” for the thoughts and words that help you live like the most extraordinary version of you — the woman who has already achieved her goals. This is key to staying in motion towards what you want and feeling good along the way.
Expect: higher standards, less internal drama
Over 5 days we’ll develop a vision for your extraordinary life, page by page and cover to cover.
Most importantly, every day you’ll practice living like the extraordinary version of you in small but powerful ways. From your style, to your home, to the thoughts inside your head …
You’ll learn see your life as your personal publication to edit, shape and curate.
It’s impossible to feel powerless when you’re at the top of the masthead.
my cover story
from OFFICER OF OVERWHELM to EDITOR IN CHIEF
I’m Tonya Leigh: Master Life Coach, founder of The School of Self-Image, and a reformed Officer of Overwhelm of my life (the title was as bad as it sounds).
Here are a few things you should know about me:
I grew up in a trailer in the deep south, with an accent so thick that people used to ask me which planet I was from. I dreamed of being worldly … but for most of my life, my world (and what I thought was possible for myself) was incredibly small.
I tried and failed to change my life for over a decade. I gained and lost weight while I gave everything I had to my work as a critical care nurse. I got very good at saying yes to everyone but myself.
My world changed when I was asked who I wanted to be. I knew immediately, as I always had, that I wanted to be a worldly woman who could hold captivating conversations about art, business, culture and everything in between. Fed up with myself and unsure of what to do, I decided to do something that raised the eyebrows of everyone around me...
My world changed when I
was askedwho I wanted to be.
This small-town girl who pronounced Rosé wine like the flower (bless her heart!) decided to enroll in Sommelier school.
It was one small but powerful step towards my most extraordinary self that changed how I saw myself entirely.
With that one decision, I became the kind of woman who believed that she deserved luxury. The kind of woman who had her own back… and the kind of woman who was going to create her rich, vibrant life — one intentional edit at a time.
Becoming this woman has completely changed my life: incredible relationships, a thriving company, a greater sense of well-being, more confidence and joy. (And, yes, I lost the weight and have kept it off for years without dieting or drama.)
Today, my work is helping women create endless possibilities in their lives — and it begins with choosing to see yourself as extraordinary.
Don’t you want to find out what’s waiting
on the other side of believing in
the extraordinary?
And wouldn’t it be mind-blowingly incredible to experience your most extraordinary life now, in as little as 5 days?
You don’t need to run away from your life or wait for your annual vacation to feel alive & energized
You don’t need to lose 20 pounds or buy a new wardrobe to be “worthy” of showing up for what you want
You don’t need a bottomless credit card to connect with the things & experiences you love
The woman you keep dreaming of becoming one day is already you — if you’re willing to believe it and start living like her, too.
Truly.
Even if you’re busy fulfilling obligations and taking care of those around you, she’s waiting for you.
Even if you’ve already read all the books, done the therapy, the journalling, the meditation and feel like it’s impossible… she’s still waiting for you.
Even if you’re not convinced that you can truly be her for more than a day, week or month without settling back into the ordinary… she’s right there. Waiting for you.
All it takes is the courage (and the curiosity) to “try on” what it could look and feel like to cultivate her and a life that supports her.
No matter where you are now, this is available to you. She is waiting for you.
5 Days of Audio Coaching
delivered straight to your inbox, with daily assignments designed to help you practice the art of being her now, from Master Life Coach Tonya Leigh
5 Daily Live Group
Coaching Sessions with Tonya to dive deeper into how to apply each day’s concepts to your life now
The utterly gorgeous Live Like an Editor Digital Workbook
full of insightful questions, reflections, and daily inspiration to help you clarify and take action on your desires
Private Pop-Up Society on Facebook
to share your progress with Tonya & other extraordinary woman who are changing their lives, right alongside you
Say yes to Live Like an Editor if...
You’re doing all the things, but feel like nothing ever changes
You work hard but it feels like you’re running in place.
When it comes to executing on others’ visions, you’re a pro. But when it comes to giving yourself the same gift, you struggle to follow through — and you’re ready to start keeping promises to yourself.
Life (& change) feel so overwhelming that you don’t know how to start
There’s so much in your life you wish was different, and it’s paralyzing.
(Or, your guts knows exactly what you need to change but the fear of failure and the unknown are keeping you stuck). You want the clarity of focus and the courage to go after what you want and get it.
You want the process of change to feel just as good as the results
Because beating yourself up towards a life you love is not required (or desired).
You want to work towards what you want by living out the life you want now — and enjoy it, every step of the way.
You want your life to feel calmer, clearer & more inspiring
Because there’s never a bad time to edit your life (or your mind).
You’re ready to clear the clutter and reconnect with the truth of who you are, what you want, and how to start living it now.
Most importantly, join us for Live Like an Editor if you want to
clarify exactly what’s standing between you and the most extraordinary version of yourself …
And how to channel her now to start living your most extraordinary life.
It was Marc Jacobs who wisely said:
Your life is a series of creative choices.
It’s yours to refine, correct, tweak, modify, adorn and exaggerate to your own desire.
But do you believe it?
And are you living it?
Or — despite your best efforts — is life simply happening to you instead?
If you’re spending more time tolerating your life than creating it...
If you want to push against the edges of what you think is possible for yourself…
And if you want to connect with the truth of who you are, what lights you up, and how to live like the woman who is capable of creating everything you want and more…
Don’t wait another year, month or New York minute to make it happen.
The fact that you’re here, still reading, means you’re ready for a change — even if you don’t know exactly how to make it happen.
That’s your first clue.
And we’ll spend 5 remarkable days discovering and practicing how
to live, act and think like the most extraordinary version of you.
No more waiting.
No more hesitating...
Because I refuse to see you as anything less than extraordinary.
And by the end of our 5 days together…
You will too.
So join us for Live Like an Editor.
You’re just one week of intentional curation (and delightful inspiration) away from meeting your most extraordinary self.
You’re going to love her just as much as I do.
With love,
5 Days of Audio Coaching
delivered straight to your inbox, with daily assignments designed to help you practice the art of being her now, from Master Life Coach Tonya Leigh
5 Daily Live Group Coaching
Sessions with Tonya to dive deeper into how to apply each day’s concepts to your life now
The utterly gorgeous Live Like an Editor Digital Workbook
full of insightful questions, reflections, and daily inspiration to help you clarify and take action on your desires
Private Pop-Up Society on Facebook
to share your progress with Tonya & other extraordinary woman who are changing their lives, right alongside you
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