The 2 "F" Words that Every Woman Should Embrace
Prefer to listen? Click below. I was recently asked, “What are you fiercely committed to?” Without hesitation, I said, “to the feminine and fancy.” This response may cause an eye roll from some, mostly from those who associate femininity with weakness and fancy with superficiality, or those who are just too darn busy or resentful to embrace a more […]
Is Your Past Defining You? Please read my story.
Do not let your shadow walk you. You are not a slave of the past. If you’ve ever allowed your past to define you, please allow me to share some brief snippets of my story: I grew up in a little trailer in a little town. Now, I live in a penthouse (actually, it’s a condo on […]
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 […]
Why This is Your Year of Grand Adventures and Wild Freedom
Maybe some women aren’t meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with them. I’ll start tomorrow. I’ll wait until next year. I don’t know what I want. I don’t have enough money. I’m not smart enough. I don’t know how. Why these excuses can feel real, they are complete […]
Frenchie Friday: My Valentine’s Gift To You + 10 Reasons Why Every Woman Must Go to Paris
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast. The saying goes: “Spend time with people whose lives you admire.” I love this motto and think that if we follow it, we […]
Overworked? Overwhelmed? Over It ? . . . Try This More Luxurious Approach to Life!
I just spent an hour on the phone with a very dear friend of mine. She is a successful entrepreneur; bright and beautiful; and has a mindset that allows her to be unstoppable. While she could achieve just about anything she put her mind to, there is a lot of resistance in her life because […]
Learn the Art of Intellectual Foreplay
Words really flattering are not those which we propose but those which escape us unthinkably. Sitting at a dinner party in the South of France many years ago, I was captivated by the conversation. All the topics that I was taught were off limits at any social function — sex, religion an politics – were […]
French Feminine Secret: Work to Live
Prefer to listen? Click below. People who know how to employ themselves always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry. I just e-mailed a friend of mine who lives in the South of France, and here is the automated response I received: Bonjour, je suis en vacances du 28/7 au […]
French Feminine Secret: Tend to the Details of Life
Prefer to listen? Click below. Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another. When I decided to become an entrepreneur years ago, I was driven by my love of beauty — beautiful thoughts, places, things and people. My […]
French Feminine Secret: Stop Chasing Happiness
Prefer to listen? Click below. If only we’d stop trying to be happy wecould have a pretty good time. Cheer Up. Don’t Worry, Be Happy! Put on a Happy Face! Smile, dammit! Dust yourself off and put a smile on that face of yours! Rah-rah-rah! Just reading this exhausts me. And, it certainly doesn’t create a sense of joie de vivire. Yet, these […]