Dear Royal Friends, What a glorious time of year it is! Full of glad tidings and good cheer…except when it isn’t. The holiday season arrives and life continues, as do our worries and cares.  The nanny’s at war with her assistant for smuggling in commercial baby food. The chauffeur defected… Read More »Change your words – Cheer up your life!

Dear Royal Friends, Do you ever feel like society is conspiring to make you conform? From political speech (whether left, right or in between), to body types, to fashion, the pressure is on to have the  “group think” of whatever group to which you think you belong. Are you part… Read More »Ladies, Stand Up for Your Right to be Unique!

Dear Julia, I’m a huge fan of yours and I send my heartfelt wishes for good health and a complete recovery.  I myself just finished up surgery, chemo, radiation and reconstruction after the positive diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer. I’m sure the irony is not lost on you that our diagnosis… Read More »An Open Letter to Julia Louis-Dreyfus: 3 Keys to Beating the Breast Cancer Blues

Dear Royal Friends,   Did you know you are related to royalty?  Yes it’s true! You may have seen me advocate this principle before, but it’s so important, I want to make sure my new royal friends receive this information and my long-standing fans don’t forget. According to my theory,”The Sixth… Read More »You are Related to Royalty, and Why It Matters

Dear Royal Friends, Our friendships account for a big chunk our happiness currency. We need to protect them from the damage we can do in a knee-jerk reaction to some perceived or real infraction. Were you ever just about to indulge in some delightfully decadent dessert, when an inner voice… Read More »Hold Your Tongue – Keep Your Friendships

Dear Royal Friends, I love being a bit like a French Girl. It gives a princess a certain air, a certain mystery, a certain feminine style with a powerful stance.   There’s one aspect of being a bit like a French Girl that I’d like to suggest you adopt, because when… Read More »The Most French Girl Thing About French Girls

Dear Royal Friends, Many of you out there in the kingdom have bought into the false narrative that as you age, your worth in the (world, job market, meat market) diminishes.  Through my travels and coaching I’ve seen how many of you have bought into this false narrative, not only… Read More »How to Start Thinking You’re Never Too Old

Dear Royal Friends, I’m back from the phenomenal World Happiness Summit in Miami. Woohoo WOHASU! As promised I’m excited to share my 3 TOP TRANSFORMATIONAL HAPPINESS  takeaways from the WOHASU conference on happiness, where I was honored to be a facilitator.  Here they are, in random order: #1 Happiness starts… Read More »3 TOP TRANSFORMATIONAL HAPPINESS IDEAS FROM WOHASU – MIAMI WORLD HAPPINESS SUMMIT