Hello and welcome to the French Kiss Life podcast, all about living with more elegance, style,

and joie de vivre in your everyday life. I'm Tanya Lee, your hostess. Let's get started. Hello, my friends.

I hope you are having a lovely day.

And I'm so excited about today's podcast, where I'm going to be talking about the perfect bikini season and why

Googling bikini ready workouts is not required.

The long warm days of summer are among us in the northern hemisphere and I think these days

were made for dancing under the full moon, lounging in the sun with a refreshing beverage in your hand,

picnics under a shade tree, backyard barbecues, and bikinis. Yes, I just said the forbidden B word.

Just the mere mention of this word can cause many women to experience cold sweats and hard palpitations and unbearable anxiety.

And these experiences completely drain any possible joy that could have been created.

What a waste, right?

I wasted my life for years thinking this way.

I was the woman who used to have meltdowns in the department store dressing room

while criticizing every angle in that god-awful lighting.

Can we just stop for a moment and address this issue of lighting in these dressing rooms?

We're like in the 21st century.

You'd think they'd figure that out by now. But anyway,

I digress. But here's what I do now. I never walked out excited about the season of fun and

sun. Instead, I'd make a quick exit through the nearest door like the building was on fire,

feeling discouraged and hopeless. Then, like clockwork, every summer, I'd instantly

try to fix my bikini unworthy body. And it went something like this. Step number one,

feel miserable. Number two, run home from the store. Number three, Google bikini ready

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