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The Perfect Bikini Season (Googling "bikini ready workouts" not required)

Prefer to listen? Click below. Fill your life with experiences, love and bikinis. The long warm days of summer are among us in the northern hemisphere. These days are made for dancing under the full moon, lounging in the sun with a refreshing beverage in our hands, picnics under a shade tree, backyard barbeques and…bikinis. […]

3 Areas That Deserve Your Daily Attention

Prefer to listen? Click below. Every fall, I take the most fabulous group of ladies to Paris for an indulgent retreat on femininity, style, confidence and luxurious living. The intention: to French Kiss Life with every ounce of our beings. Every woman comes back changed.  But, it’s not because we’re sitting around writing out our 5-year vision […]

When Someone Doesn’t Like You

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Prefer to listen? Click below. A few months back, I was meeting with my private clients in my virtual living room. We always have tons of fun, musing on everything from style to courage. During one particular meeting, we spent an hour talking about self-belief: What do you choose to believe about yourself? One of my clients […]

The Two Questions I Ask Every New Year’s Eve

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Prefer to listen? Click below. I have four bottles of Veuve Cliquot Rose chilling in my fridge, a fancy outfit picked out and one of my dear friends is flying in for one of my favorite holidays of the year: NEW YEAR’S EVE! There’s something about the New Year that gets me all giddy inside. It’s a […]

What Will Your Year’s Story Be?

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About six months ago, I was curled up on my sofa, sobbing. These moments of deep sadness coupled with occasions of overwhelming gratitude and joy have been my life this past year. At the beginning of 2015, I set my intention to deepen into a woman of style and substance, because one without the other doesn’t […]

Follow the Fun

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Prefer to listen? Click below. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. I just returned from a week in Costa Rica. I played in the ocean, sipped mojitos by the beach, scheduled a work day by the pool and hung with the locals. Fun…that’s the only way I know to describe […]

How to Cultivate Your Exotic Appeal

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Prefer to listen? Click below. The person who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The person who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever seen before. Do you ever look in the mirror and feel like you need to massively alter something in order […]

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 […]

Write Your Own Epitaph + 11 Inspiring (and Clever) Final Sentiments

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Prefer to listen? Click below. The fear of death follows from the fear of life.A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Death fascinates me.  I’m not so scared of dying (although, I’d prefer to stick around for a while longer).  What concerns me most is what will be written on […]

How to Be the Queen of Your Comeback

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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 […]