Please stand up. Yep, right now, stand up. Now, step your legs apart so they are hips distance apart. (No, this isn’t a new “elegant” workout – Ha! Ha!). Are you in that position?
Good. Now put your hands into fists and after I count to three I want you to forcefully shout, “YES!” while moving your arms in any way that makes you feel powerful. Ready?
ONE…TWO…THREE!
YES!!!”
So? How do you feel right now? Different?
Every time I do that I feel extremely powerful, pumped up & full of self-confidence!
This is because I changed my state. At The Elegant Life we focus a lot on creating the state (emotion) we desire to feel because we know it gives us the ability to literally create our reality…with self confidence and ease.
There are many ways to build your self confidence so in keeping with this month’s theme of “Self Love“, I am sharing 3 easy ways to elegantly build your self confidence so you are able to do, be & enjoy anything your Soul desires.
ENJOY! And please share this with any woman you think could benefit from it.
It’s that time again! Time to thrill you with my December Favourites! Or as I like to call them, Mes Petits Plaisirs;)
This month I have TWO favourites. The first will gift you absolute relaxation and pleasure (and romance!) and the second? Well, you will be the talk of any party or celebration with this one! Let’s dive in, shall we?
My December Favourites
Novel – Seven Letters From Paris by Samantha Verant
I discovered this novel about 2 years ago. I’m always on the look out for a great francophile novel and when I read the synopsis for this book I KNEW I had to read it.
Synopsis:
At age 40, Samantha Verant’s life is falling apart-she’s jobless, in debt, and feeling stuck… until she stumbles upon seven old love letters from Jean-Luc, the sexy Frenchman she’d met in Paris when she was 19. With a quick Google search, she finds him, and both are quick to realize that the passion they felt 20 years prior hasn’t faded with time and distance.
Samantha knows that jetting off to France to reconnect with a man that she only knew for one sun-drenched, passion-filled day is crazy-but it’s the kind of crazy she’s been waiting for her whole life.
After reading this book (in about 1 day) I just had to find the author and tell her how much I loved it (Facebook is a wonderful thing!) I told her how much her story reminded me of my own personal love story in France and she encouraged me to write about it. So I did! Samantha Verant is the inspiration behind my blog series: The Making of a Spiritual Woman: A Pilgrimage That Began in Paris.
This blog series has been THE most watched series here on The Elegant Life. So many women tell me they see themselves in different parts of my story. ENJOY discovering yourself!
This cake has such a lovely, soft flavour and a very moist texture. Best of all, it takes no more than 5 minutes to prepare. Okay, even better than that, it looks absolutely elegant and will be the showstopper of any party or celebration. Ready to learn the recipe? (Watch how in the video above at minute 4:50)
Ingredients:
160 g/5 1/4 oz. caster sugar
250 ml/8 fl oz. vegetable oil
225 ml/ 8 fl oz. natural yoghurt
2 eggs
225 g/ 8 oz. plain flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
250ml/8 fl oz. double cream (whipping cream)
25 g/ 1 oz. icing sugar
100 g/4 oz. fresh raspberries plus 8 same sized raspberries for the garnish
Method:
Grease 2 round bakings pans.
Preheat oven to 160°C/325°F.
In a blender or food processor, mix the sugar, oil, yoghurt, eggs, flour, baking powder, and vanilla until just mixed. Be sure not to overmix.
Evenly pour batter into the cake pans and bake in oven for approx. 30 minutes (until lightly browned and top springs up when touched).
When ready, flip both cakes onto a cooling rack. Leave until cool.
Pour cream into a medium bowl. Add icing sugar and whip until stiff peaks form.
Fold in the 100 g raspberries.
Place 1 cooled cake on a cake pedestal. Spread the raspberry cream mixture on top. Place second cooled cake on top of the cream.
Sift icing sugar on top to lightly garnish the surface. Finally, place the 8 raspberries on top to decorate.
Voila! Un beau gateau!
See you in 2018!!!
Love,
SHOP THIS POST – December Favourites
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I realised something HUGE recently and I have to apologise to you!
You see here on The Elegant Life blog I am constantly talking about gifting yourself pleasure, receiving pleasure etc. yet I have never actually made any blog posts specifically around pleasure!
One day I was enjoying some of my favourite You Tubers sharing their November Favourites and a message whooshed down into me,
Erin, you have SO many things you love and enjoy and you need to share them with the Spiritual, Elegant Women who follow you!”
How could I not have thought of this myself? J’adore talking about things I love and sharing my favourite things with women who I know would love them too!
So, Voilà! Welcome to a brand NEW monthly series on the blog!
Each month I will share my favourite things so that you may be introduced to things that could potentially bring you tremendous pleasure as well!
My November Favourites
Fragrance – Jasmin Rouge by Tom Ford
This Tom Ford fragrance is my absolute new favourite! Those of you who follow me on social media know that my signature scent has always been My Burberry, and I still adore that and wear it often, but… but! This fragrance blew me away when I tested it while casually shopping with my hubby. I literally could not stop sniffing myself! The notes in here are some of my favourites:
Jasmine
Bergamot
Cardamom
Mexican Vanilla
The mixture of these notes with all the others creates a full bodied scent that makes you feel Signature, unique, and beautiful. You’ve got to have it!
Book – Choosing the Simply Luxurious Life by Shannon Ables
About 5 years ago I was searching for francophile blogs as I felt the urge to bring more of my Frenchie-ness into my life. Well, I stumbled upon a blog I have been reading ever since, www.thesimplyluxuriouslife.com
Shannon Ables, the woman behind the blog, wrote a book which encompasses all the topics I love – cooking, organisation, signature style, french way of living etc.
I resonate with her on many levels but perhaps the biggest one is that she often mentions how we must CHOOSE to live simply luxuriously.
Yes, we Spiritual, Elegant Women know that we CHOOSE how to live our lives every – single-moment- of – every – single – day.
This book is one you can reread often or just pick up, turn to a section and get inspired in 5 minutes.
I really don’t watch much TV, but two summers ago my parents introduced me to a show that my husband and I have become obsessed with!
This show is like the best novel ever! (Well, the show is based on the book series by Diana Gabaldon, so that would make sense).
There is love, passion (wowza!), incredible drama, history, a whole season based in Paris, France, shocking twists, and some of the best acting I have ever witnessed, particularly from Sam Heughan, who plays one of the main characters.
The episodes are on regular cable but you must, must, must start back at Season 1, which can be found on Netflix or Apple TV. Trust me on this one!
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Okay, I couldn’t do this November Favourites post without mentioning what I believe is THE best gift you will ever give yourself.
If you desire a deep connection with the Divine|God|Source AND you adore luxury, abundance & beauty (even if you don’t fully experience them…yet) then THIS spiritual retreat is for you.
Most spiritual retreats strip back the luxuries of life but at The Elegant Life we ADD them to your life since the Divine epitomises Unlimited Abundance, Beauty, Creativity & Expansiveness. At this Spiritual Retreat you will be basking in an environment full of LOVE , BLISS, & PEACE as well as beauty and abundance.
If you have ever dreamed of staying at The Ritz Carlton Hotel as well as one day attending a Spiritual Retreat, then this opportunity is perfect for you as you’ll be checking two items off your bucket list!
For 5 nights and 4 Full days, you will embark upon a personal pilgrimage back HOME – where truth and bliss and peace reside.
You’ll fall back in love with yourself, have unwavering confidence and reverence for yourself and feel more connected to the Divine/God than ever before.
See you in a couple of weeks! And, if you love any of the November Favourites I mentioned above please tell me about it in the comments below, okay? Thank you!
How wonderful it is that we have found each other in this great worldwide web (it’s not an accident by the way;)
This Blog has been wanting to be born for a year, but my LIFE has been preparing me for it for 44 years.
You see, my life has taken me on a beautiful, but very tumultuous journey, and although at times it felt too difficult to handle, through every experience, I was gifted the opportunity to evolve into the woman I am today.
What I have gone through has given me immense compassion and empathy for people.
It also created a strong desire to search for answers.
I went on a personal pilgrimage to find my way back to that “happy place” I so often experienced in early childhood.
Find my way back I did and today, LIFE is BEAUTIFUL!
Life With Elegant Processes
Today I have self love, an unshakeable confidence, deep inner peace, joy, connection with Source, special friendships, a soul mate for a hubby, two gorgeous, happy and healthy children, a dream summer home by the Sea, a gorgeous home just seconds from Windsor Castle in England, which William and Kate frequent often, and now a lovely new home in Dubai.
An Elegant Home by the SeaAn Elegant Life near The RoyalsAn Elegant Relationship with my soulmate
Miracles now happen daily and life FINALLY flows instead of causing me struggle after struggle after struggle.
Everything I have learned will be shared on this blog; the good, the bad and yes, the ugly, so that I can inspire and assist you in moving more elegantly through whatever you are dealing with and more elegantly towards whatever you are desiring.
Every technique I know that really works and that I use in my everyday life will be shared with you.
to be a platform for me to express my authentic self and truth in a way that uses my God given talents.
to inspire and assist YOU in living your own Exquisite Life
to have FUN and experience La Joie de Vivre with ladies like you!
Here at The Elegant Life we ADORE connection with the Divine, beauty, elegance, abundance, miracles and yes, most of us are somewhat, if not fully, a francophile;)
If The Elegant Life sounds intriguing, I invite you to come back daily to align yourself with the Divine energy and wisdom that is infused into it.
Choose to come here instead of watching the news, scrolling through Facebook or reading yet another magazine that will only leave you feeling “Not Good Enough”.
This blog is for YOU, beautiful lady!
Videos are something I truly enjoy doing, so you’ll see those on here. However writing is something I love as well, so you’ll receive both videos AND the written word from me.
We’ll talk Peace, Pleasure, Prosperity, JOY and Beauty, but also fabulous, high vibration Foods and Recipes along with luxurious Travel and Home Decor.
The Elegant Life is a lifestyle, a way of living, not another tool for you to have to add to your life.
If you follow The Elegant Life and begin using the Elegant Processes I will share with you, life will begin to transform and shift more quickly and elegantly than you ever thought possible.
Yes, we love Elegance, but we also ADORE results! That’s part of the fun, right??
So, once again, welcome!!!
You can begin your Elegant Life journeyHERE by learning about The Elegant Society, a sacred space where spiritual women, like you, gather to learn how to Embody Elegance & Elegant Flow, as well as to support and celebrate one another as our dreams and desires elegantly come to life!
Go HERE to JOIN The Elegant Society today. It’s free!
P.S. TOMORROW I’m starting a blog series that I believe you will LOVE. It’s got drama, romance, passion, Paris, France, and evolution of the soul in it…curious??? Come back to TheElegantLife.com TOMORROW. Heck, put it on your calendar! If you’ve found your way to this blog, it is not a coincidence and I KNOW there is something in this passionate, very raw and personal blog series for you.
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