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

Dear Princess, As many of you know I’ve been invited to be a facilitator at next week’s World Happiness Summit in Miami, where I will be schmoozing and elbow bruising with some of the world’s most extraordinary thinkers and happiness experts dedicated to promoting a happier world. HERE’S MY PROMISE… Read More »Top 3 transformational happiness concepts – I promise to share my takeaway from WOHASU

Dear Royal Friends, The earth is all sunshine and smiles over the 1st World Happiness Summit!!!  It’s presented by lululemon athletica  March 17-19 in Miami Florida, uniting 25+ leading experts to launch the Global Happiness Movement!  And Princess Diane Von Brainisfried has her sunscreen and sandals packed because… I’ve been… Read More »Why is the Earth Smiling?

Dear Royal Friends, Have you ever met someone whom you instantly realize is so compelling, so compassionate, so insightful, so grounded in their own essence, so inspiring and visionary,  you know they could change the world if they wanted to?  I met such a person. Her name is Debbie Rosas,… Read More »Debbie Rosas of NIA is Awakening Worldwide a New Feminine Spirit!

Dear Royal Friends, Life isn’t always a bed of roses, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still have a sweet-smelling garden!  I’m so excited to reveal something to you today….something very personal,  because if I can help just one of my royal friends face a difficult challenge like breast cancer… Read More »Breast Cancer-Tip For Finding A Positive Attitude

Dear Princess~                                                                 Did you know that the magnificent, breathtaking and awe-inspiring statue of David already existed beneath the giant chunk of marble, even before it was created? According to the artist it did!  Michelangelo said of his statue, ”The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start… Read More »There’s a big chunk o’ greatness inside of you!

Dear Royal Friends, Life has a way of scaring the living crap out of us. Sometimes it’s self-inflicted, like when we ruminate in the Trifecta of Troublesome Thoughts (Fear, Worry & Anxiety). Sometimes we blow up a small problem bigger than Puff The Magic Dragon — the old ‘Mountains out… Read More »Seven Little Known Secrets For Coping With Fear, Anxiety, & Worry

Dear Royal Friends~ You’ve undoubtedly heard the expression,  “one man’s poison is another man’s pudding.” For example, staying on a “roll” with the food theme, I am not a big fan of pig roasts.  It pains me to see these sad-eyed  little critters crammed all whole and real on a… Read More »One princess’s pudding is another’s poison

Dear Princess, I recently hopped into the city for some business meetings in my kingdom.  Lunchtime came around and my colleagues and I spilled outside to grab some grub.   My mind was on some salad or such in a little French bistro (of course) around the corner, when my eye… Read More »Unveiling my princess food truck prototype!