Bonjour bonjour.
This is Mentor Cynthia.
Here I share my real life — marriage, romance, beauty, family, and personal growth. I’m a wife, a Harvard student at 55, a widows policy advocate, founder of a beauty brand, and a woman who believes it’s never too late to evolve.
You’ll find conversations about:
• Keeping love alive in marriage
• Living with grace and intention
• Returning to yourself at any age
• Building a beautiful life — inside and out
I am also the founder of The Cynthia Policy Initiative for Widows, a national advocacy initiative advancing legislation to protect widows’ financial and housing security across the United States.
This channel is for women who still believe in elegance, depth, and doing life well.
Thank you for being here. Let’s live beautifully — together 🌸
Website: www.LaReineCynthia.com
Instagram: @TheRealMentorCynthia
TikTok: @TheRealMentorCynthia
Facebook: Cynthia Blanc Preiss MacLean
#GracefulLiving #Chivalry TimelessElegance #usa #America
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You’ve heard the headlines. This Friday, you’ll hear from him!
I sit down with the man leading Miss USA @officialthombrodeur National Director of Miss USA, for a conversation that goes beyond titles and talking points.
What does leadership look like when the pressure is high? What shapes his judgment? What have the most difficult moments taught him? And where does he believe he is taking Miss USA from here?
This is the conversation everyone’s talking about. I intend to have the one no one else is having.
Join me, La Reine Cynthia, the Queen of Pageant Talk, LIVE on The Crown Voice. 👑🎙️
Have a question you think I should ask Thom? Send it to me by DM. I may include a few during the LIVE conversation.
📣 Share this with a woman who competes in pageantry who needs to hear this conversation.
#MissUSA #MissUSA2026 #PageantNews #RoadToMissUSA #PageantQueen
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City Councilor Mike Canon showed up to our Library Trustee board meeting last night, except he’s also my neighbor. 😂
A little behind the scenes of public service. 📚 Always good to see our city councilors staying engaged with the work of our library and hearing firsthand what’s happening.
@frampub @electcynthiamaclean
#PublicService #LibraryTrustee CivicLeadership #electedofficials #BlackWomenWhoLead #WomenInLeadership
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Our son Ziv stood at the bimah during High Holiday services at our temple yesterday and read with a steadiness that filled the room.
Watching him carry this tradition forward with such presence, at such a young age-is one of the proudest moments of my life.
Shanah Tovah to everyone celebrating .
5787 — תשפ״ז 🍎🍯
#RoshHashanah #ShanahTovah #JewishNewYear #InterracialLove #familyTraditions #GrandeDame
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Rosh Hashanah celebrations at our home over the years. ❤️
Shanah Tovah my friends. Wishing you a sweet and meaningful New Year.
5787 — תשפ״ז 🍎🍯
📸 captured by our son, Ziv
#RoshHashanah #ShanahTovah #JewishNewYear #InterracialLove #familyTraditions GrandeDame
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Since hearing the news that Yolanda Cellucci passed away, I can’t stop thinking about the day I sat across from her on Style and Glamour with Yolanda.
I was there as Mrs. Massachusetts, crown on, sash on, ready to talk about fashion and personal style, the things Yolanda knew so well. But she didn’t stop there.
When I began talking about widows, she leaned in. She wanted to understand why the work mattered to me, what women experience that no one talks about and how loss can change a woman and what she decides to do with that loss.
Yolanda had experienced profound loss herself, and I’ve often wondered if that was part of why she listened the way she did. She wasn’t simply moving through questions for the camera. She was actually listening.
Boston has lost a true original…a Grande Dame whose style touched presidents, Celtics legends and generations of Boston women, yet who made space on her show to look beyond my crown and ask real questions about my work for widows.
Rest beautifully, Yolanda. Thank you for appreciating my style while also seeing all of me that day…not just the crown. 🤍🤍🤍
#BostonFashion #BlackWomenInFashion #YolandaCelluci #WomenOfStyle #FashionOver50 #BostonInfluencer
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✨ NEW WEBSITE ✨
Today is Labor Day here in America. 🇺🇸 I honor the work, resilience, and contributions of women everywhere.
For more than a decade, I have used my voice and resources to advocate for widows, and I remain committed to ensuring that women facing one of life’s most profound transitions are seen, heard, and protected.
The work continues. The purpose is greater than ever.
Visit: cynthiamacleanonline.com
Happy Labor Day. 🇺🇸
#WidowsAdvocacy #WomenWhoLead #CivicLeadership #WomenInPublicService #LaborDay Widows SocialImpact GrandeDame
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Ladies I reiterate, life is about the survival of the mindsets. I trust my current mindset completely, and I trust that the mindset you’ve chosen is already working in your favor too. 👑 YES?
📸 captured by our son, Ziv
#MindsetMatters #interracialcouple #PowerOfFocus #ManifestYourLife #CoupleGoals #GrandeDame
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9 years later 🗓⏳ …Same fire. 🔥
Miami vs. Boston. 🌴🍂
#ThenAndNow #MiamiToBoston #ConfidentWomen #WomenOver50 #GrandeDame
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It’s Friday, ladies. Before you pay everyone else, remember to pay YOU. 💰
Years ago, I began practicing a simple financial discipline: pay yourself first.
Take a percentage of what comes into your hands, whether it’s income from a career, a business, or money you manage for your household, and put it aside for your future.
Start with $1 if that’s where you are. Start with 5%. Work toward 10%. The amount matters less than establishing the habit.
Because financial independence doesn’t begin when you become wealthy. It begins when you decide that your future deserves a place in your present-day budget.
That message means even more to me today.
As a woman, entrepreneur, investor, and widow policy advocate, I have seen what can happen when women are not adequately prepared to understand, protect, and make decisions about money.
Financial knowledge is not just about becoming wealthy. It is about having choices. Security. Independence. And power over the direction of your own life.
That is one of the reasons I wrote Money Lies Exposed.
If you’re ready to examine what you’ve been taught about money and start making different financial decisions, get the book.
📖 Download Money Lies Exposed at MentorCynthia.com.
And ladies, before this Friday is over: PAY YOURSELF FIRST. 💎
#ConfidentWomen #ElegantWomen #WomenOver50 #FeminineLifestyle #GrandeDame #SmartMoneyWomen
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What I looked like at 16 when I knew I could have any guy I wanted. 😂 #ActualAndFactual
Now be honest… what did YOU look like at 16 when you thought you were THAT girl? 😂👇🏾
#Throwback #TeenageMe #80sTeen #ThrowbackThursday #ThatGirl
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