About ten years ago I had a client, who, when shown her skin color...said "that is the most horrible color ever". When I asked why she taught so she said as a child whenever they were out shopping and she and her mum came across this toffee color, whether in a carpet of coat, her mum would remark " what a horrible color." And this became imprinted on her brain, this shade of brown...is horrible.

Feeling beautiful and confident is a process of understanding and acceptance. Understanding the unique language of your body and features....empowers you with great self-acceptance. I am a big believer in the power of  coaching and an outside opinion. And am immensely grateful, even  over just this past year, to all the wonderful coaching I have received. Why?

I am sure that one of the first questions that popped into anyone's mind who got an invite to the royal weding was...What will I wear. And rightly so, the even was televised around the world and thousand of photographer caught people at every possible angle. And so many people nailed it, including of course Meghan Markle...but that is for my next blog post.

Myers-Briggs and psychological type are based on the idea that people have preferences. Some people like more alone time and some people prefer more team activities. Some make decsions based on how they feel....others prefer to review facts. Learning you type helps you devlop self awareness in four areas: how you get energized, gather information, make decsions and how structured…

Confidence doesn't start when you walk into the meeting or interview but when you open your closet and intentionally decide what your agenda is and how you need to achieve it: by listening, by powerfully stating your case, by showing empathy etc. Solution-oriented thinking requires looking at yourself in the mirror and describing what you see in positive terms.

Creating a personal color palette isn't about choosing right or wrong colors. The process of creating a palette of your genetic portrait colors and your souls colors goes much deeper to reveal who you are. This process takes you into a new world where you learn self acceptance of your genetic makeup and are inspired by how harmoniously your soul colors relate to your natural self.  If chic is about successfully combining clothing and accessories...elegance is you shining though. Elegance reduces clothing and accessories to the essential...so the woman is seen first.