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Motivational Speaker. Certified Life Coach. Award-Winning Writer. Breast Cancer Survivor.​

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How a small shift in perspective helped me deal with my big fat fear

How a small shift in perspective helped me deal with my big fat fear

Welcome to my ‘tongue-in-chic’ life, style, and happiness guide from a funny princess point of view! Today I’d like to talk to you about how making small shifts in your perspective can promote big changes in your level of happiness. I had one of the biggest, life-altering shifts in perspective when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was wallowing in fear, not knowing how to handle the trauma facing me. I didn’t know how to quiet my racing, run-away thoughts of despair and sorrow. Read on for the story of how just a small shift in my thinking helped me quash the monster of fear… and the story of how a fuzzy little gosling used a shift in thinking to solve its big fat (feathered) fear too!

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Don’t let stress steal your dreams when you first start out

Don’t let stress steal your dreams when you first start out

Welcome to my ‘tongue-in-chic’ life, style, and happiness guide from a funny princess point of view!

We’re often told that we should sail in the direction of our dreams.  That’s great, but we’re not often told how choppy the waters are on the way. Especially in the beginning when we’re just getting our sea legs. We’re not prepared for the rough waters facing us as we launch our boat. We don’t foresee the stressful moments that make us question our talents.

When I started my career as a lawyer, I certainly didn’t think I was Clarence Darrow, but I had enough gumption to start my own law practice in a quaint New Jersey town after a stint as an associate. My office was located on the first floor of a building next to a train station parking lot. My very first law client was a “walk in” off the street. I was excited to have any clients at all, so I didn’t question the method of his engagement. After all, wasn’t getting a “walk in” one of the benefits of having a first-floor office? 

The guy looked around my office, stopping to investigate each diploma and certification on my walls. After a few moments, he asked me how much it would cost to have his name changed. Nothing weird about that request. I pulled a number out of my head as I had no idea what something like that should cost. I had never done a name change for a client. I had never had a client! The next thing he asked me was weird, however. Weird and disturbing…in a huge way…..CLICK ON TITLE TO CONTINUE!

How to Find Your Life’s Meaning and Purpose this New Year 2022!

How to Find Your Life’s Meaning and Purpose this New Year 2022!

Welcome to my ‘tongue-in-chic’ happiness lifestyle guide from a funny princess point of view! Are you sick and tired of watching other people sky rocket to the moon on a jet beam of dreams, while you’re feeling totally unfulfilled riding your Tinker Toy horse? If only you could figure out what floats your boat!…This blog post will help you find your life’s true meaning….CLICK ON TITLE TO CONTINUE!

Enchanting Discoveries…People, Places, Things: Prince Dimitri talks tiaras…and other royal jewels!

Enchanting Discoveries…People, Places, Things: Prince Dimitri talks tiaras…and other royal jewels!

Welcome to my tongue-in-chic life, style & happiness blog from a funny princess point of view!

I’m delighted to share the newest installment of my Series: Enchanting Discoveries…People Places Things that highlight fabulous treasures I encounter in my travels.

Today’s enchanting discovery highlights the brilliant, multi-talented and yes, enchanting Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, whom I had the honor and pleasure to meet at a recent event in New York City. The prince’s story is a real time fairy tale of majesty in the mists; he’s related to history book royals like Charlemagne, Catherine the Great, and Louis XIV.   He’s also a world-renowned jewelry designer.  His new book, “Once Upon A Diamond” with a forward by Carolina Herrera illuminates this fascinating heritage and staggering swath of cross-continental history using a unique and fascinating perspective to tell the tale: the magnificent jewels his ancestors owned and wore. It’s quite an amazing voyage to read about the lives of these royals and how they handled the waves of turmoil and change. Of course some of them didn’t. Prince Dimitri’s unique heritage enables him, in many instances,  to give us a birds-eye view and insider’s “scoop” on their thoughts and feelings, some passed down and some gained first-hand. Reading the book, one feels like a fly on the palace walls. A very privileged fly…CLICK ON TITLE TO CONTINUE!

Enchanting Discoveries…People Places Things.  An article in about one of my fans in “HomeLess Made”

Enchanting Discoveries…People Places Things. An article in about one of my fans in “HomeLess Made”

Welcome to my tongue-in-chic happiness life & style blog from a funny princess point of view! Today I’d like to share with you my newest installment of Enchanting Discoveries…People Places Things. My Enchanting Discoveries are the royally fabulous treasures I meet and find in my travels all over the world. Virtually or in person! Today I’m featuring artist, poet, and musician John Sheehy. John has been a fan of mine for quite a long time and I am grateful for his expressions of gratitude that he sends to me in his letters. I was thrilled for him when he informed me he was being featured for an article on the website “HomeLess Made.” Please take a moment to read about this talented man and his world. HomeLess Made explains that it is “a social enterprise created by Barons Court Project – the only drop in centre in Hammersmith and Fulham to support people living with homelessness or with mental health conditions.” PLEASE CLICK ON THE TITLE TO CONTINUE.

Tiara Tawk Tidbits -How to go from feeling invisible to invincible!

Tiara Tawk Tidbits -How to go from feeling invisible to invincible!

Welcome to my tongue-in-chic happiness lifestyle blog from a princess point of view! Today I’m excited to share my newest Tiara Tawk Tidbit… making your life easier one quip at a time!  Does any of this heartache sound familiar in one form or another? Playing in the sandbox in first grade and your BFF-of-the-day shares her shovel with the girl in the pigtails when she wouldn’t share it with you. You didn’t get a singing part in the school musical and were cast as the Old Apple Tree. Your high school crush is more interested in pigskin than you or your own skin. Or, you’re passed over for a promotion and that timeshare in Tahiti has turned into a Staycation at Starbucks…if you could only find a table! There’s an antidote for the rotten feelings of neglect and overlook that can take you from feeling invisible to invincible! But how?…. CLICK ON THE TITLE TO CONTINUE.

Tiara Tawk Tidbits – Do you really want to say that? How and why to hold your tongue

Tiara Tawk Tidbits – Do you really want to say that? How and why to hold your tongue

Welcome to my tongue-in-chic happiness lifestyle blog from a princess point of view! I upgraded my web hosting and some of you did not get this missive, so here’s a resend. If you already got it…thank you for your indulgence in my resending this Tiara Tawk Tidbit designed to make your life easier one quip at a time! We’ve all been there. Someone done us wrong and we feel slighted. Or pissed. A colleague at work misses a deadline…and you miss your mahjong game to pick up their slack. Your mom tells you your clothes look a little tight…while you’re wearing your husband’s UNTUCKit! Your friend doesn’t call you as much as you call her…by a 1 to 57.3 ratio.  These are just a few examples that could make a princess hot under the ruff. You’d be justified to rip them a new one right? And boy, wouldn’t that feel good. But hold your Clydesdales. Blowing off steam is not always a good idea. Because steam burns. And burns take a really long time to heal. Is that the result you are really after? Read on for lots or reasons you need to learn to hold your tongue and lots of simple strategies to do so! Because a princess needs to keep her cool… CLICK ON THE TITLE TO CONTINUE.

ENCHANTING DISCOVERIES: people, places, things-ARTIST & DOG PAINTER & SCRIBBLE EXPERT BARBARA NEIBART

ENCHANTING DISCOVERIES: people, places, things-ARTIST & DOG PAINTER & SCRIBBLE EXPERT BARBARA NEIBART

Welcome to my tongue-in-chic happiness lifestyle blog from a princess point of view! Today I’m excited to share the next adventure in my series for a wonderful life: #ENCHANTING DISCOVERIES…PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS!  Get ready to enter the super-sized WHIMSICAL and imaginary world of the PLAYFULLY ELECTRIFYING ARTIST & SCRIBBLE EXPERT EXTRAORDINAIRE, BARBARA NEIBART. In addition to being one of the most intellectually creative AND  rip-roaringly silly creative people in my life,  Barb is also my childhood friend!  I Love her work so much I asked her to immortalize my beloved French bulldog, Princess Lalo. Ready set go! Let’s enter Barb’s world where joy, creativity, giggles and greatness, and even playfully erotic dogs collide! You won’t want to miss this! And btw…neither will your dog…she does pet portraits on commission!  CLICK ON THE TITLE TO CONTINUE.

ENCHANTING DISCOVERIES: people, places, things-ViaLove Designs

ENCHANTING DISCOVERIES: people, places, things-ViaLove Designs

Welcome to my tongue-in-chic happiness lifestyle blog from a princess point of view! Today I’m excited to share the next adventure in my series for a wonderful life: #ENCHANTING DISCOVERIES…PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS!  In this post I interview talented jewelry designer and entrepreneur, Jen Ecklund-Bistline, founder of ViaLove Designs. I first discovered (and fell gaga over) ViaLove Designs when one of my dearest girlfriends gave me a piece from the ViaLove collection for my birthday. (Photo of me wearing it inside…woohoo!)  I wanted to see more where that came from! ViaLove creations have a romantic air about them that’s evocative of past eras which resonates with me because the jewelry feels regal, as if a long ago princess commissioned them! You won’t want to miss Jen’s interesting story, the inspiration behind the Old World feel of her collections and a peek into her creative process and FUN FACTOIDS thrown in as always just for…well…the FUN of it! CLICK ON THE TITLE TO CONTINUE.

When you look in the mirror, do you see a weed or a flower?

When you look in the mirror, do you see a weed or a flower?

Welcome to my blog, a tongue-in-chic life, style and happiness guide from a funny princess point of view!  Today I’d like to chat with you about your self image and how you can trade up for a better one if yours is lacking.  Do you sometimes struggle with negative inner thoughts that you’re “Not enough?” Take your pick of not pretty enough, smart enough, wealthy enough, educated enough, successful enough, lovable enough, or any number of “not enoughs?” If you don’t ever struggle with self-esteem issues, lucky ducky you!  If you do, join the party. The garden party.  CLICK ON TITLE TO CONTINUE and see how you can make your life easier with this little change in perspective!

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About the Author

About the Author

Princess Diane Von Brainisfried

My passion in life is to help women find the princess inside them and live their royally happy life!

I love writing, laughing, singing opera, groan-worthy puns, lightweight tiaras, and all things French (especially French Bulldogs).

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