Why Does Self Love Matter?
Prefer to listen? Click below. To love one’s self is the beginningof a lifelong romance. Have you ever been in love? If you have, you know that those first few months are exhilarating — full of passion, romance, attentiveness, excitement, desire. Suddenly, the world that felt very lonely and gloomy suddenly feels warm and light. […]
What Every Woman Should Know
Prefer to listen? Click below. What do my mother and Oprah have in common? Yes, they both grew up in the South on farms But there’ something else. Something far more important. They both figured out where they shine. For my mother, it’s in the kitchen cooking 20 course meals (yes, I said 20. But, it’s buffet style, […]
8 Investments that Changed Me as a Woman
Prefer to listen? Click below. Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. it will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you. I grew up in a trailer in rural North Carolina. My closet was skim, filled with a few things my mom had […]
The Missing Ingredient to a Well-Lived Life (and a Vivacious Body)
Prefer to listen? Click below. I wasted many years of my life binging on the wrong things — things that didn’t bring me more life. I indulged in worry, sadness and anxiety. And, my biggest binge of all? Dieting! I spent a decade going to South Beach, being a Skinny Bitch and living in the Zone, but […]
A Sexy Question to Ask Yourself Every Morning
Prefer to listen? Click below. Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love. Steve Jobs suggested, “Live each day as if it was your last.” Well, that sounds all fine and dandy, but if I knew that it was my last day, honestly, I’d be a wreck — crying and snotting all over […]
Let’s Talk about Style, Beauty & Life (11 of Your Questions Answered)
Prefer to listen? Click below. At the end of the day, the questions we ask of ourselves determine the type of people that we will become. I love questions — asking and answering them. And, recently, we’ve had a lot of questions coming in via email and on my Facebook page — everything from aging and style […]
How to Be the Queen of Your Comeback
She finally looked up and realized that there was a much bigger plan. I received this email recently: Tonya, My husband just lost his job, and we may be losing our house. To be honest, I don’t even know where to begin to start nurturing my self-image! To you, ma chérie, and anyone who can relate, please know […]
Frenchie Friday: The (Not So) Hopeless Romantic
Medicine, law, business, engineering: these are all noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, romance, love: these are what we stay alive for. I love love.I am a romantic.I am an idealist and a dreamer.I am a lover of classics: chateaux, castles, and churches. I am a lover of art, poetry, music and […]
Frenchie Friday: Do You Have a Red Velvet Rope Policy?
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. Love it or hate it, the French are very careful in choosing who they let in. Here’s an idea: You’ll move to Paris and become BFFs with […]
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 […]