"I am someone who always took lemons and made lemonade," Nkonoki said. A housewife and mother from Greenwich, Connecticut, reeling from a painful divorce, enlists the help of a high-end life coach. 5

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She looked at her client and said: "Why are you shooting so low?

"The nice thing about Lisa is that even at the hardest times she always had a positive way of looking at things.

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Recording began in earnest in late 2014, with Tulchinsky selecting an eclectic mix of songs she'd always loved, including "Je Te Veux," a waltz she'd first heard while studying abroad in Paris.She also recorded "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," which she associated with fond nights at Chez Josephine in midtown.

Nkonoki, whose clients include Ray Charles Jr. (with whom she recently traveled to the White House for a celebration of his father's legacy) and a Greenwich finance executive named Jill Gilbert Callahan, recalled her first tentative meeting with Tulchinsky, saying with a laugh: "Mina probably wasn't expecting that I'd be African American. "It's taken Mina some time to realize-and she's still figuring it out-that there's value to this outside her love of these songs.

"My son has squash lessons, one daughter plays tennis, one daughter plays indoor field hockey.

Life had passed in a blur.

Not so, she insists, likening herself to a well-connected cheerleader instead.

She had performed in the children's chorus of an opera company in Milwaukee and was even accepted into the conservatory at Oberlin to study voice.

And as Nkonoki repeated often: "You don't have to feel guilty about investing in yourself. Preston Bailey, a favorite event planner of Oprah Winfrey (and the man who planned Donald Trump's wedding to Melania) helped transform the space, bringing in cherry blossoms and endless red flowers. One of them wondered aloud: "Is that really her singing?" She seems to genuinely hope her own efforts may prove a beacon to anyone similarly adrift: "The album came from a deep place in my heart. No less than Sylvia Weinstock supplied the cakes.Nkonoki milled about the room as the album played, and she overheard some of Tulchinsky's friends excitedly whispering.

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"It had been years since she'd really sang.

I'm not your Junior League, ladies-who-lunch type. You don't know how to manage your life.' '"Tulchinsky clarified, saying: "I'm not afraid to know. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website.

For her part, Tulchinsky jokingly referred to Nkonoki as her "alter ego. "When people hear 'life coach' they think, 'Oh, you need a crutch.' Your voice is not just some little music box. But I told her, 'I can see things you don't see yet.

"In early April, Nkonoki organized a listening party for the album at Sear Sound, a recording studio on 48th Street, inviting Tulchinsky's friends from Greenwich, who milled about the space feasting on rock shrimp lettuce wraps and Kobe beef sliders covered in truffle cheese. )"I had met Lisa because I was going through my divorce and it was a horrible time for me.

It was the latest stop in a two-decade long … "At first glance they make an unlikely pair: The petite, blonde divorcee with almond-shaped eyes and a hulking rose gold Rolex on her wrist and the brash, no nonsense life coach who envisioned a surprising second act for her client and wouldn't let go.Neither would disagree with that "odd couple" assessment.

I also want to cut to the chase: What are you trying to tell me?