• Your Elegant Posture: 7 Tips For Greater Poise

    Some years ago, before I switched to fitness classes, my regular workout was to ride one of the stationary bikes while reading a book. I’m not a social person and… Read More

  • Have A What Not To Wear List: 11 Things I Avoid

    It can be overwhelming to curate a capsule wardrobe, confusing to identify your signature style. How many pieces do you need? Are you boho chic or rock chick – who… Read More

  • Elevate Your Mind: Small Ways To Be More Chic

    A lovely way to be more chic and elevate your mind is to expand your horizons by learning new things and exposing yourself to fresh ideas. Elevating your mind adds… Read More

  • Don’t Be Frumpy: My 3 Anti-Frump Rules

    Mes belles, to live a chic life, don’t be frumpy. What do I mean by frumpy? The proper question is: what do you mean by frumpy? Being chic is about… Read More

  • CHIC AT HOME: 6 Ways To Have More Style

    Welcome to my new Chic At Home series – ideas and inspiration to help you have more style, embrace simplicity, and practice self-care as we stay home in lockdown, isolation, quarantine,… Read More

  • Personal Values: 2 Questions To Avoid Defensiveness

    Does this sound familiar? You’re heading home from a dinner party or work or family thing and something niggles at you. An offhand comment somebody made to you. The expression… Read More

  • Aging Gracefully: 9 Goals To Help Me Age Well

    Aging gracefully means being a woman ‘of a certain age’ The French, the originators of ‘chic’, do not say a woman is ‘middle-aged’ or ‘older’ or ‘elderly’. Once she is… Read More

  • Inner Voice: 3 Ways To Trust Your Gut And Be More Chic

    Yet there’s an even more basic factor beneath style, simplicity, and self-care, something without which it’s impossible to be truly chic. It’s the ability to hear your inner voice. To… Read More