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, and thanks so much for tuning in. Let's get started.

Thank you. Hello, my wonderful friends. How are you? I am doing fantastic for so many reasons. First of all, my mother is in town and I don't know what it is,

but every time she's around, I feel like a kid again. I can just relax. You know, as a single

mom, I'm so used to doing everything by myself. And so it's nice to have a little bit of help.

And on top of that, spring is here, and I have been loving these warm days, living in Colorado.

I am officially tired of the snow.

So we are rounding the corner of spring, and it was like 75 degrees today, which is so lovely. And then on top of that, I'm alive.

And there's something to celebrate about that. I think we can become so just inundated with

all of our worries and our stress. And sometimes I just stop and think oh my god how wonderful is it that

i'm breathing and I'm alive that in and of itself is worth celebrating I'm also feeling really

fantastic because of the podcast that I've created for you today and I really hope that you

enjoy it as much as I loved creating it for you.

And it's called the Parisian lessons that will help you create anything.

Yes, anything.

So here's the story.

The number was 205.

That was the number that appeared when I looked down at the scale many years ago.

Between being a new mom, working as a full-time critical care nurse, and juggling the responsibilities of a home life,

my body was simply a walking testimony to the state of affairs of my life and I'll never forget it there was a surgeon that I worked with in the critical care unit who

nicknamed me the blimp now ladies that does not do a lot for your self-esteem and

that was the straw that broke the camel's back. And so I came to

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