27 Ways to Cultivate a Paris State of Mind

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Prefer to listen? Click below. Are you tired of feeling constant worry, overwhelm and living life like a race? For over 10 years, I tried every diet on the market, felt hopelessly inferior to everyone around me, and chronically worried about everything from work to how I was parenting my daughter. So, when I had […]

How to go from Overwhelmed Mess to Calm Sophisticate

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Prefer to listen? Click below. As a modern woman, you probably have experienced that “drowning in obligations” feeling that seems to be our operating set point these days. “I just can’t catch up,” one client told me. “I can’t keep doing it all,” another said. “I feel like all I do is run around from […]

Ease Does Not Mean Easy

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Prefer to listen? Click below. I feel virtuous because my soul is at ease. Women will often confess to me, “I want an easy life.” And, I always challenge them that they’d be miserable if they chose that route. The human soul is designed for growth, which is rarely easy. But, what I do believe women […]

10 Ways to Live with More Ease

Prefer to listen? Click below. Is it just me or does our society promote and encourage a hard life?  It’s no wonder that we are so busy chasing, pushing and resisting our lives that we’ve disconnected from peace and ease. That’s why I feel compelled to start today’s post off with some Abraham Hicks: WHY do […]

Frenchie Friday: Living an Elegant Lifestyle in the Middle of Nowhere

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Prefer to listen? Click below. I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. We often hear, “Home is where the heart is” and more than ever in my life, this so resonates with me. I thought I’d end up in New York City or Paris, but two years […]

Frenchie Friday: 50 Ways to Be Elegant

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Elegance is not a word we often hear. Worse yet, it’s not one we often aspire to embody. We’re just trying to get the kids to school, run businesses, get to the office on time, clean the house, pay the bills, and put dinner on the table. Living elegantly? Refinement?  Luxuriously?  Who has time for that? Darling, I […]

Frenchie Friday: The Art of Savoring Life

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The journey is the reward. I sat at a table filled with my entrepreneurial friends. The conversation was all about getting ahead.Don’t get me wrong:  I love reaching my goals, watching my desires come to fruition and being productive.But, in that moment, I couldn’t help but wonder, “Have we lost the true meaning of life?” […]

15 Ways to Live with More Ease

You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather. Recently, a nickname has been brought to my attention: The ease whisperer. If you know a little about me, you most likely know that I despise words like grind and pressure, and the term “pushing your way to success” holds no place in my vocabulary. I’ll leave those for men in power suits […]

Wine, Horses and Paris: The Adventure of a Lifetime!

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Do you think you can have what you want? It’s an important question to answer, because if you doubt that you can, you never will. Let me share a story with you. Over a decade ago, I remember feeling extremely overwhelmed and stuck in life. I’d wake up and ask myself, “Is this it?” I was floundering, resisting, constantly searching for […]