Dear Tonya: Passion, Goals, Detractors & Body Acceptance
Prefer to listen? Click below. Sometimes a different perspective can shift everything in a woman’s life, which is why I’ve always loved advice columns And, because I receive so many questions each week, I’ve decided to start my own. On this inaugural “Dear Tonya” episode of the French Kiss Life podcast, I’m answering listeners’ questions […]
How I tend my own garden (and I don’t even own a hoe)
Prefer to listen? Click below. Do I compare myself to others? I admit that I used to…. But not anymore.Here’s why: I’m too engaged in my own life to waste time examining what everyone else is doing.I barely have time to peruse Facebook. I don’t have the space to follow other blogs, except a couple of my […]
Why You Should Stop Searching For Your Passion
Prefer to listen? Click below. “I want to find my passion.” I hear these words so often from women who are frustrated, burnt out and overwhelmed. The personal development world doesn’t help the situation. Countless books, programs and workshops have been created all around “finding your passion,” and quite honestly, I think it’s bad advice. […]
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 […]
23 Ways To Be Miserable (Tested & Proven)
Prefer to listen? Click below. I don’t reckon misery loves any damn thing at all. People say that they desire to be happy, but then they do everything to guarantee that they are not. I speak from experience on this one. I used to be one miserable chick — full of pessimism, doubt and frustration […]
12 Ways To Have Je Ne Sais Quoi
She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city. Je ne sais quoi. Most likely, you have heard the phrase before, but what emotion does it evoke for you? For me, it’s two-fold: it’s that special French feminine essence, but it’s […]
Frenchie Friday: 50 Ways to Be Elegant
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 […]
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 […]
Passion (and how we’ve got it all wrong)
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion,some humor, and some style Are you asking the wrong “Passion” question? Women all around the globe are seeking their passion. They believe that if they can find it, life will be much easier. They […]
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 […]