• Enjoy Life: 2 Steps To Simple Pleasure

    It’s a French attitude to deliberately take pleasure in things like food, love, fashion, beauty. But you can make it your attitude too. You can enjoy true pleasure in your… Read More

  • A Peaceful Practice: How To Enjoy Daily Calm

    If your days are characterised by rushing, with each moment filled and perpetual pressure to get to the next thing, then it’s unlikely you feel chic and elegant. It’s likely… 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

  • 12 Ways To Live A Chic Life | New 12-Week Series

    Each Friday I’ll post a new topic with ideas for adding a touch of style, simplicity, and self-care to your chic life. And each week there’ll be a Chic Life… Read More

  • Inner Peace: 5 Steps To Start Your Self-Care Plan

    We’ll cover many aspects of inner peace at A Chic Life, but now let’s address one piece of a calmer life: a simple self-care plan. Here are 5 steps to get you… 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