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Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 223: I Went Back to Therapy, And Here's Why--with Mary Fran Bontempo“Please don’t assume you’ll just talk yourself out of dark places. Help is there—and there’s a reason for it.” ~ Mary Fran Bontempo: Brilliantly Resilient podcast host and author of "From Broken to Brilliant: How to Live a Brilliantly Resilient Life" This week on the Brilliantly Resilient Podcast, I’m getting personal. I recorded a solo episode about something we all face—but rarely talk about: knowing when it’s time to ask for help. Lately, I’ve felt overwhelmed, anxious, and just plain out of juice. So I did something both diffic...2025-08-0418 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 221: Why your 20's Suck and What to Do About It with Kate Berski and "30 Phobia""The 20s are not the best days of your life. It is a myth that needs to be busted.” ~ Kate Berski, Author: 30 Phobia: Why Your 20s Suck and How to Get Unstuck Ah, to be 20 again, right? After all, the 20s are supposed to be the best time of our lives, right? Not so fast. Kate Berski, author of 30 Phobia: Why Your 20s Suck and How to Get Unstuck notes that despite the myth, the 20's are a "tumultuous decade" full of self-doubt, unhealthy comparisons and societal pressure. Saddled with a dem...2025-06-2435 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 220: How to Reset, Rise, and Scale Your Business, with Ivy Slater, Author of "Best of the Best: Lead Boldly, Scale Rapidly, Create Your Legacy"“Great leadership starts by leading with a mindset that's scalable—being willing to see things bigger. What would this look like if...?” ~ Ivy Slater, CEO of Slater Success and Author of Best of the Best: Lead Boldly, Scale Rapidly, Create Your Legacy What does the word "scalable" mean to you? If you are an entrepreneur, or work with an organization seeking to build (aren't we all?), the word "scalable" should motivate and inspire. Yet, "scalable" also holds some weight, and can be intimidating. Slater Success CEO and author Ivy Slater reminds us tha...2025-06-1039 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 219: How to Navigate AI and the Changing Job Market, with Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek“My work directly acknowledges that anxiety (around AI) and talks about what actions we can take to take care of ourselves, our families, our communities, during a time that’s high opportunity but also really high volatility.” ~Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek AI Expert and Author of: Your AI Roadmap: Actions to Expand Your Career, Money and Joy" Are you afraid of AI? Artificial Intelligence has long been the stuff of science fiction, with the "artificial" becoming real and taking over the world. Yikes. But AI is here to stay, and according to AI expert, Dr. Joan Pa...2025-05-3037 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 215: How to Develop Your Money Mindset with "She Grows Rich" Author Audrey Faust "Be involved in both your business and personal finances. 80% of women will die single. At some point in your life you are going to have to manage your finances. A man is not a financial plan." ~ Audrey Faust: Author of She Grows Rich; Expert CFO and Money Mindset Authority Are you in financial survival mode? Many women are. It's a mindset trap that many women, especially female entrepreneurs, can fall into. But it's possible to make the shift from survival mode to lasting wealth. Audrey Faust is the best-selling author of She Grows Rich. Audrey n...2025-03-3136 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 214: How to Manage--and Change!--Chronic Pain with Pain Reprocessing Therapy and Patty Tashiro"Acute and chronic pain are processed in different parts of the brain. If you aren't healing and are still in pain, it's possible that your brain has established learned neural pathways that can continue to cause pain, which becomes chronic." Patty Tashiro ~ Natural Brain Solutions Is your brain keeping you in pain? The emotional responses we have to trauma--which often stay with us--can trigger the brain to continue to send a physical pain response in our bodies. Huh? Isn't pain caused by a physical issue in the body? Well, yes. Unless it isn't. Patty Tashiro...2025-03-0440 min
Keep’em Healthy with Jami PodcastMary Fran Bontempo: Building Resilience in Your ChildrenIn today’s episode, Mary Fran Bontempo joins me as we discuss resiliency! What does Resilience mean? How does that impact our day to day? How does it impact our children? You will learn tools and strategies to encourage your child and yourself to be resilient in your life! Mary Fran Bontempo is a speaker, author, podcast host and humorist who teaches audiences to control their most powerful influence: Self-Talk. Her podcast Brillantly Resilient and new book “From Broken to Brilliant” teaches us how to Reset, Rise and Reveal your Brilliance with simple strategies and tools!2025-02-0330 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 212: Advocating for Kids Without "a Voice," with TeamChild's Christina SorensonThe Maasai tribe of Africa greets one another by saying "How are the children?" We have to recognize that all the children in our community are our children. Christina Sorenson Attorney and Advocate for Foster Children at TeamChild Christina Sorenson was in 15 different foster care homes from ages five to fifteen. Separated from her sister and eventually adopted at age fifteen, Christina has made it her life's work to provide legal and supportive aid for children and young adults in foster care. An attorney at TeamChild in Seattle, WA, Christina has thoughtfully incorporated her own l...2025-01-2836 min
Beyond the BestsellerFrom Broken to Brilliant: Embracing Resilience with Mary Fran BontempoHow do you turn life’s toughest challenges into opportunities for growth and brilliance? In this inspiring interview, I chat with Mary Fran Bontempo, author, speaker, and co-founder of Brilliantly Resilient, about her journey through adversity and the transformative process of building resilience. Mary Fran shares her personal story of navigating her son’s addiction and how she turned that experience into a teachable system that empowers others to reclaim their lives.
We explore:
The pivotal moment that inspired Mary Fran’s book, From Broken to Brilliant.
The foundational steps of her Brilliantly Resilient framework and how it can...2025-01-1325 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 210: How to "Be Better" in 2025, with Mary Fran Bontempo I came down to those two words. Be better. I think if we can boil it down to something, 'Be better' might be the most that we should be asking of ourselves. ~ Mary Fran Bontempo, Author 'From Broken to Brilliant: How to Live a Brilliantly Resilient Life' It's 2025. How are you feeling about that? I find the time right after Christmas to be a bit challenging. After a month of being jolly buying, planning, decorating, eating, drinking, visiting with family and friends, suddenly it's over. And sure, New Year's Eve is fun, but it...2024-12-3112 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 209: Mindfulness and Honoring the Pause with Shawnta Hooks"I needed to embark on a journey to reclaim my connection, both personally and professionally." Shawnta Hooks ~ Leading Belonging and Mindfulness Speaker. Shawnta Hooks was never a believer in meditation or mindfulness. Working in accounting and corporate compliance during her 20 year corporate career, Shawnta found herself in a toxic work environment after a company reorganization, feeling completely disconnected, unseen and unheard. Her first instinct was to lay blame on the company, until she realized it wasn't entirely her work environment that was causing her challenges. Having just lost her father and become a ne...2024-12-1838 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 208: New Book! From Broken to Brilliant: How to Live a Brilliantly Resilient Life, with Mary Fran Bontempo You have everything in you already to live a Brilliantly Resilient life. You have Resilience and you have your own personal Brilliance. It's already there. You were born with both of those things. ~ Mary Fran Bontempo, Author, From Broken to Brilliant: How to Live a Brilliantly Resilient Life Have you uncovered your Resilience yet? Since Covid, we’ve been reminded constantly about the need for resilience, as though every day, we must gird for battle before we wander into the unknown terrors of the world. Truthfully, that scenario doesn’t seem that...2024-12-0419 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 202: How to Create Your Own "Order of Things" with Author Sarah GormleyI’m a gold star chaser…. If you just give the right answer, everybody’s happy. I started this pattern of doing what my parents and the world wanted. It took me a long time to figure out there’s another way…. The gold stars make it really easy to ignore your gut. Sarah Gormley Author of The Order of Things Have you ever done something not because you wanted to, but because you thought you were “supposed” to? From the time we’re young, we learn what we’re “supposed” to do. Behave, answer th...2024-07-3036 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 201: Ending Food Insecurity while Offering Dignity and Respect with the Warminster Food BankFood insecurity relates to choices that people have to make economically. The choice between a prescription drug or buying food; the choice between buying gas or buying food, the choice between buying school supplies and buying food. We serve over 3,000 local families a year--a definitive need that lies below the surface. Mike Cerino: Executive Director, Warminster Food Bank When was the last time you ate? When was the last time you stopped at a Walgreens or CVS to pick up a necessary prescription, or drove to Costco to fill your car up with gas? Now...2024-07-0936 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 200: Bringing People Back to Food with The Farm at Catawissa CreekEveryone needs food. Everyone should be concerned about how it’s being grown. Anne and David Darling ~ The Farm at Catawissa Creek How many times a day do you eat? How many times a day do you think about what and when you’re going to eat? (My husband says he can always tell when I’m talking to my mother because we’re talking about food!) Now, how many times a day do you think about where that food is coming from? Anne and David Darling, the young farmers who are the “stewards”...2024-06-1839 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 199: Enabling Literacy for Kids with Dyslexia with Cole AansenI'd like for parents going into parenthood to have a slightly more open expectation that when you have a child you don't necessarily know what their educational needs might be.... Maybe normalize awareness of learning differences. Perhaps we can then change how we expect our children to be. Cole Aansen Do you know anyone who is dyslexic? Whether you're aware of it or not, you probably do. Cole Aansen, a Certified Literacy Intervention Teacher and this week's guest on the Brilliantly Resilient podcast, tells us that statistics show that 20% of the population is dyslexic, regardless o...2024-05-2836 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 198: How to Address Corporate Wellness to Protect People, Purpose and Profits, with Princess CastleberryPeople are the magic in every company. People are the center of wellness and risk management…We have to stop trivializing burnout and chronic stress and address corporate wellness. ~ Princess Castleberry Does your business have a company wellness plan? Sometimes words like “wellness” begin to sound like static–annoying and with little meaning. But this week’s guest on the Brilliantly Resilient podcast, Princess Castleberry, knows that ignoring corporate wellness means putting an organization’s people, purpose and profits at risk. According to Princess, every leader must be a risk manager, and addressing employee well...2024-05-1435 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 197: How to Use--And NOT use--A.I. and ChatGPT with Dr. Jennifer GardellaPeople need to trust that you're the one saying what you're saying. ~ Dr. Jennifer Gardella, PhD. Do you struggle to create written content and social media posts for your business? How would you feel if hou had a program that could write all of your social media, articles and marketing copy with just a few simple prompts from you, allowing you to create enough content to fill an editorial calendar for an entire year? A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) and its go-to application, ChatGPT, promise just that, with a few key strokes. YAHOOOOO!!! Right? Not so...2024-04-3038 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 196: How to "Do Your Time" with Vision, Committment and Determination, with Jonathan Greene, a.k.a. Davon and GreeneWhen you're incarcerated, how you do your time is up to you. I doubled down and concentrated on my physical and mental health and reading so I'd be prepared when I got out to do whatever it takes to make my family whole and be a plus to society. ~ Jonathan Greene, a.k.a. DaVon and Greene "How you do your time is up to you." Although Jonathan Greene was referencing his time in prison, the statement is profound. Anyone can incorporate the message into a thoughtful approach to living a life--especially if you want to live...2024-04-1634 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 195: The Deadly Silence--How Education Becomes the Cure for Ignorance, with Hisham MohammedThe important thing is to talk and to educate. The cure for ignorance is education. We don'tknow what's going on with other people--we can't assume. ~ Hisham Mohammed In 2006, at age 8 Hisham Mohammed became paralyzed from the neck down by a bomb that went off just outside of his home in Iraq. In a moment, young Hisham became a victim of a war he never chose to be part of, as shrapnel ripped through his spinal cord, also killing a 12-year-old friend. After the blast, Hisham's parents, both physicians in Iraq, shifted their entire focus from l...2024-04-0234 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 194: How to Take Your Power Back with Dr. Jennifer GardellaBrilliantly Resilient is back!! After some much needed time off, B.R. is back with new episodes, amazing guests, and more inspiration for you to live a Brilliantly Resilient life. Let us know what you think and reach out at howdy@brilliantlyresilient.net. Be sure to check out www.brilliantlyresilient.net for more! And now, on with the show! Who is to say my day is worth nothing? Take your power back and say "I get to choose." ~ Dr. Jennifer Gardella Are you an entrepreneur or just starting a business? Do you have an area...2024-03-1940 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 193: How to Create Activism Through Story-Telling, with "Live Through This" Author, Kristen McGuinessStorytelling is a Trojan horse, with our activism inside. It’s a much gentler approach to guide someone to a wider lens of understanding, compassion and empathy. ~ Kristen McGuiness Have you ever felt “changed” by a book? Those who love to read–and write–know what it’s like to become lost in a story, feeling along with characters and experiencing their trials and triumphs along with them. Kristen McGuiness, founder of Rise Publishing and author of Live Through This, believes in the power of storytelling as a tool to create understanding and change while building all...2023-12-0539 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 192: How to Build “Organization Muscle” in Your Business, with Author Kevin NolanBuilding community both in your business and with your customer community is essential. I see community as “common unity.” Everyone in a community has something they care about and we want to be part of that. It’s good for employees and good for customers. ~ Kevin Nolan By their nature, entrepreneurs often start their businesses alone, taking on many roles as they try to build their companies into sustainable, viable organizations. But going it alone, without recognizing the need for a community of support–and for building a community of support for employees–can stop an entrepre...2023-11-2840 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 191: How to Tap Into Resilience Through Gratitude with Mary Fran Bontempo & Kristin Smedley!Gratitude is a tool that connects us to our happiness, success and power. ~ Kristin Smedley & Mary Fran Bontempo NOTE** This episode was previously aired, but it's fun, has a great message and deserves to be run again! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! Has it ever occurred to you that gratitude can help you tap into your power? We don't often think of thankfulness as a powerful thing. In fact, some of us feel that being grateful may make us seem weak. Here at Brilliantly Resilient, we are card-carrying members on the gratitude train. Even in ou...2023-11-2122 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 190: Living an Empowered Life Through "The Pause," with MenoWell Energy Bar Founder, Julie Gordon WhiteI don’t subscribe to the idea that women, as we get older, we just fall apart. This may sound crazy, but I believe menopause is empowering…after so many years of caring for so many people, this is our time. ~ Julie Gordon White Have you experienced “the pause?” As women, we are all destined to experience menopause, should we reach the age. If we believe the media, that’s when we go from Snow White to the old crone–shriveled, dried up and useless. But Julie Gordon White knows it doesn’t have to be that way. In fact...2023-11-1433 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 189: How to Claim Peace and Ditch Shame, with "These Broken Roads" Author, Donna Marie HayesNormally, because of how I was raised, I would steer clear of anything that was confrontational because I wanted to keep the peace. But I started to wonder, whose peace was I keeping? ~ Donna Marie Hayes How many times have you avoided confrontation to “keep the peace?” How many times have you explained away red flags in relationships or situations because you couldn’t or wouldn’t face your own doubts and fears? After experiencing great loneliness during her childhood, Donna Marie Hayes felt she was on sure footing. After two failed marriages, Donna took eight ye...2023-11-0737 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 188: How to Let Go of Should Be and Make Room for Could Be with Brilliantly Resilient Co-Founder, Mary Fran BontempoBy making best friends with denial and distraction, I was refusing to see what "could be" going on in my life, which was that my son had been struggling for a very long time with substance abuse issues. I kept holding onto what I thought my life and my son "should be," instead of facing and dealing with the truth. ~ Mary Fran Bontempo Have you ever known that a crisis was barrelling down on you but you refused to see it? Some truths are just too hard to face, leading us to deny their existence and distract...2023-10-3118 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 187: How to Own Your Power with Women That Influence Founder Sara CanusoWe live stories and beliefs that we've inherited. It can be so difficult to get rid of the trash in our heads that weighs us down. But the truth is that we are all "Women That Influence," we just have to believe that. ~ Sara Canuso Do you recognize your power to influence? It's not always easy to see how we can impact those in our lives and the world at large, especially when life's minutiae can so quickly weigh us down. But Sara Canuso knows that every woman has the power to influence; we just h...2023-10-2439 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 186: How to Use Perception to Become Brilliantly Resilient with B.R. Co-Founder Kristin SmedleyThe most important foundational pillar of being Brilliantly Resilient for me is perception. It is how you are seeing your challenges. Are you looking at your life the way it "should be," or are you seeing what "could be?" ~Kristin Smedley How do you see your challenges? No one looks at challenges as a blessing, at least not at first. But many people report feeling as though their challenges changed them in positive ways--once the crisis was navigated. Brilliantly Resilient co-founder Kristin Smedley recognizes that challenges can leave us stuck in the negative if we don't intentionally s...2023-10-1725 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 185: How to Light Your Spark and Find Your Purpose, with Aleta NorrisLet’s wake up every day and let’s be on fire about a contribution that we’re making to a broader audience. ~ Aleta Norris What’s your purpose? Yes, it’s a heavy question–one most of us grapple with often. But we can start to find our purpose once we look beyond ourselves. Aleta Norris, best-selling author of Women Who Spark and Women Who Spark After 50, joins the Brilliantly Resilient podcast to share her wisdom about how to live happy, successful lives when our life journey doesn’t always match the visions of our younger selves. 2023-10-1042 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 184: How to Hear the Signs of Domestic Violence with Dr. Jennifer GardellaWe are always looking for signs of domestic violence, but we hear them more often than we see them. Domestic violence doesn’t always look like broken bones and bruises. I was living in domestic abuse and I didn’t even know it. ~ Dr. Jennifer Gardella Do you know anyone who is experiencing domestic abuse? Are you sure? As Dr. Jennifer Gardella aptly notes, domestic abuse is not always visible. In fact, if we listen, we can “hear” domestic abuse more often than we can see it. Cutting through all areas of class, education or outward...2023-10-0343 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 183: How to Become Client Rich Through Marketing with Tai GoodwinSome people think of marketing as flash. I was Facebook rich and client poor for 5 years. Stop friending your peers, they aren’t your clients. ~ Tai Goodwin Are you an entrepreneur? If you own or promote a business, how much time do you spend posting on social media? Better yet, how much time do you spend posting on social media and assume that you are marketing your business? Tai Goodwin, founder of That Marketing Team, knows about the distinction. As Tai notes, “The internet has made the barrier of entry very low. But people don’t want to do t...2023-09-2638 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 182: How to get up and keep swinging, with John Lee Dumas of Entrepreneurs on Fire!Getting sucker-punched is part of everyone's journey. Sometimes the most successful people had more worst moments to share with the audience. But it always came back to them being resilient, getting up again, swinging that bat and eventually connecting and hitting that single, double, home run or sometimes grand slam. ~ John Lee Dumas, EOFire Have you ever envied—just a little—people who are highly successful? Have you ever thought their lives were somehow charmed and problem free? Have you ever thought—that could never be me; I've been knocked down too many times? John Lee Dumas has in...2023-09-1921 min
Entrepreneurs on FireHow to be Brilliantly Resilient After Life's Sucker Punches with Mary Fran Bontempo and Kristin Smedley: From the 2021 archiveFrom the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Mary Fran Bontempo and Kristin Smedley know their brilliance. But they didn’t always. Both Kristin and Mary Fran know what it feels like to be sucker punched by life. But they refuse to let those sucker punches define them. Together they created Brilliantly Resilient - a show, podcast, program and now a book to teach ot...2023-09-1736 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 181: Welcome to a New Season of Brilliantly Resilient with Mary Fran and Kristin!For several seasons we've been bringing you all of the stories about how if we can do it, you can do it. Then it was with our guests, if they can do it, you can do it. But people were asking okay, "But how? How do you do it?" ~ Kristin Smedley We're back!! Welcome back to a New Season of Brilliantly Resilient Live! As former teachers and moms, September is our New Year. We get excited about new beginnings and this new season of Brilliantly Resilient is just that. We're changing it up a bit this season. W...2023-09-1209 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 180: B.R. Summer Reading List Week 10--"Hope is the First Dose," with Dr. Lee Warren Doubt can go two ways: One direction leads to fear, the other to hope. ~ Dr. Lee Warren: Hope is the First Dose What does it mean to hope? As children, we hope for a bike for Christmas or a puppy. As we grow, hope may be in the form of a prom date. But as we grow, and life brings its challenges, it becomes harder to hope, sometimes resulting in depression or despair. Dr. Lee Warren has survived more than most--divorce, war, the loss of a child to an unsolved murder. Any one...2023-09-0538 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 179: B.R. Summer Reading Week 9--How to Find Resilience in "Everyday War" with Dr. Greta UehlingI went to Ukraine thinking I'd find victims of war and recipients of humanitarian aid. What I found were civilians creatively, consciously engaging in what was going on around them. Every person had their own process as a starting point to resilience. ~ Greta Uehling: 'Everyday War' Can you imagine life in a war zone? For those of us living in the United States, life in a war zone is something we observe from afar. The images we most often see are devastating, showing civilians huddling in fear near bombed out homes and cities. Yet, when Dr. Greta...2023-08-2945 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 178: B.R. Summer Reading List Week 8! How to Find Grace and Strength in Trauma, with Geralyn Ritter and "Bone by Bone" Bad things happen. It’s what we do with them. Grace is defined as an undeserved, unmerited gift. I’ve been given a gift. ~ Geralyn Ritter: 'Bone by Bone Have you ever experienced devastating trauma? We've all had challenges, but thankfully, most of us have never had to deal with crushing, life-altering trauma. Geralyn Ritter knows what can happen to change life in an instant. In 2015, a terrifying train crash changed Geralyn's life in a moment--forever changing who she was and who she would continue to become. Here at Brilliantly Resilient, we t...2023-08-2234 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 176: Week 6 of the B.R. Reading List--Learn to Love Your Career with Fran Hauser!Look at your calendar from the last few months and see what put a smile on your face. What about those experiences can you do more of? ~ Fran Hauser: 'Embrace the Work, Love Your Career' Does your work make you smile? Not everyone grins when they wake up on Monday mornings thinking of work. Our friend Fran Hauser has a plan to help anyone struggling with work re-evaluate and move forward in the search for meaningful work that satisfies--and yes, makes one smile. Fran Hauser: Embrace the Work, Love Your Career Embrace the Work, Love Yo...2023-08-0837 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 174: How to Use Personal Trauma to Help Others with Dr. Lise DeGuire and "Flashback Girl:" Week 4 of the Brilliantly Resilient Summer Reading List!The gift of suffering is that we are here to help other people who are suffering now. ~ Dr. Lise Deguire: Flashback Girl Few of us get through life without suffering. Yet few have suffered as our friend Lise Deguire, and even fewer have made a life-long committment to help others despite, or perhaps because of, that suffering. Flashback Girl At the age of four, Dr. Lise Deguire suffered third-degree burns on 65% of her body as the result of both maternal and corporate negligence. Against the odds, she lived through the trauma, beginning decades of treatment as a bu...2023-07-2535 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 170: Get Ready to be Brilliantly Resilient This Summer with Our Summer Reading List!!GET OUR SUMMER READING LIST!!! If you’re like us, you’re gonna need some resilience reminders and some super strategies from some of our most favorite guests all summer long. You’ll get the book selections and the podcast episodes. ~ Kristin & Mary Fran It’s SUMMER!!! We love summer here at Brilliantly Resilient, especially because it means Beach Reads!! And have we got a list for you! From some old favorites (Pictionary creator Rob Angel’s story in Game Changer and Rob Kenney’s Dad How Do I?) to some inspiring new best-sellers...2023-06-2716 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 169: How to Build a Bridge Between the Sighted and Unsighted Worlds Through Art, with Blind Artist, Clarke ReynoldsI try and bridge the world between the visual and tactile worlds. You must touch the artwork. It’s a way to physically engage with the art. My artwork allows you to chat with it, chat with strangers next to it, and have a conversation. ~ Clarke Reynolds We humans love to talk. It’s our primary means of communication, and one specific to us as living beings. Yet so many of our conversations in this world are fraught with anger, mistrust and frustration. Clarke Reynolds wants to change that. As a blind artist, Clarke is inten...2023-06-2029 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 167: How Persistence Gave Voice to the Silent, with Judy ChinitzIf I don’t ask, I have a zero percent chance of getting what I want or need. I had to keep trying. Through persistence you can solve problems. ~ Judy Chinitz Have you ever tried to get a point across to someone but couldn’t find the right words? Most of us occasionally struggle to find the right words to communicate our thoughts. But what if you couldn’t communicate at all? What if you were trapped in a body incapable of speaking or sharing your thoughts? Worse, what if everyone around you believed you were p...2023-06-0632 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 166; How to Wake Up Your Inner Rebel to Live the LIfe You Want, with Shereen Thor!Long story short, I was a disgruntled cubicle monkey who followed the rules believing they would make me happy. Spoiler alert: They did not. ~ Shereen Thor Did you have a life plan? Most of us did. We thought if we chose an “acceptable” career path, did the “right” things and followed all of the rules, life would be grand. Except it doesn’t always work out that way. For many of us, “acceptable” career paths and life choices don’t make us happy, usually because the roads are rigid and don't allow us to stretch to be who we rea...2023-05-3042 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 165: How to Build a Future and a Business Using Your Transferable Skills, with Paige Leigh DeAngeloWhen dance was taken away during Covid, I had to say, ‘Who am i?” I realized dance was external, so I had to dig deep and realize what I loved about dance and see how I could put those things into myself and put them into other things. I’ve transferred those skills over and do one thing at a time. Ask yourself ‘What am I made of? What else do I have?” ~ Paige Leigh DeAngelo Did you lose anything during Covid? All of us lost something or someone, and some losses were far more painful than others.2023-05-2332 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 164: How to Master Menopause with Modern Midlife Founder Catherine Grace O'Connell!We have to change the idea of menopause as a four-letter word. Who do you trust? Where would you go for care? Take care of your mental state. Do whatever it is that makes you feel good. For me it’s meditation, being in nature, exercise. Eat well. Be mindful; be aware. Talk to your doctor. Find the resources that are right for you. ~ Catherine Grace O’Connell The “M” word. If you’re a woman, menopause looms in your life as something to dread–the end of vitality and usefulness. At least, that’s the way it used to be...2023-05-1640 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 163: How to Learn Resilience from Civilians in a Country at War, with Dr. Greta UehlingI went to Ukraine thinking I'd find victims of war and recipients of humanitarian aide. What I found were civilians creatively, consciously engaging in what was going on around them. ~ Dr. Greta Uehling Can you imagine life in a war zone? The residents of Ukraine have lived amidst devastating war and crisis for years, first with the invasion of the Crimean Peninsula and now with Russia’s further invasion starting in 2022. For those of us living in the United States, life in a war zone is something we observe from afar. The images we most of...2023-05-0945 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 162: How to Keep Negativity From Determining Outcomes, with Superstar L.A. Williams!Don’t pre-plan a negative experience for yourself. Stop yourself within 17 seconds to keep a negative thought seed from germinating. Stop the negative thoughts and don’t attract that negative vibration. ~ L.A. Williams How often do you look towards an upcoming event, goal, work or personal situation, and think, “This isn’t going to go the way I want?" Most of us are guilty of sometimes assuming the worst of a situation even before it happens. Whether it’s a form of self-protection, preparing for what we believe is certain disappointment, or planning a next step after fail...2023-05-0240 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 161: How to Manage Stress, Anxiety and Isolation in the Business World with Executives’ Global Network founder Nick JonssonWe need to slow down our conversations and not just say, “I’m fine,” when people ask how we are feeling. ~ Nick Jonsson How often do you respond, “I’m fine” when someone asks how you are feeling? It’s almost automatic–partly because it’s a standard greeting, but also because many of us believe that sharing our feelings, especially if we don’t feel like rainbows and sunshine, is a sign of weakness. Being vulnerable and admitting to feeling lonely, stressed, anxious or depressed is particularly taboo if you’re an executive in today’s business world. We expec...2023-04-2527 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 160: How to be Seen, Heard and Remembered, with Mildred TalabiBe seen, heard and remembered. I had a whole period of my life where I was afraid to use my voice. I was afraid to be visible. I could have done so much more if I hadn’t been afraid to be visible. Start being visible. ~ Mildred Talabi Have you ever found yourself wanting to speak up about something but you remained silent? Whether it’s because we lack the confidence to speak up, we think our opinion isn’t valuable, or we feel less than others in the room–especially at work–it’s not uncommon for people, especially w...2023-04-1834 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 159: How to Have “Tough Conversations for Easier Endings,” with Yvonne CaputoHaving the hard conversations with a loved one and then sharing what we’ve learned can be a gift to others who love that person but can’t have those conversations. The Five Wishes helped me start those conversations. ~ Yvonne Caputo How much do you enjoy having hard conversations? If you’re like most of us, you’d rather go to the dentist than have a difficult conversation with a loved one–or anyone, for that matter. Hard conversations are, well, hard. They frequently involve intense and unpleasant emotions, and we only venture into that territory when we’ve exha...2023-04-1136 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 158: How to "Do Your Bit" to Make the World Better with Lynn CummingsNobody told us we couldn’t change the world, so we thought we could. ~ Lynn Cummings What would your ideal world look like? Lynn Cummings and her husband, parents of 3 adopted children (all abused) are a mixed race family. For Lynn, a diverse neighborhood full of welcoming people, regardless of race, was the dream. Yet, when people of color began moving into Lynn’s suburban neighborhood years ago, Lynn noticed the sale signs that soon sprouted up on the lawns of her white neighbors. Lynn notes, “I was so happy to see the neighborhood that I wanted to live in and...2023-04-0443 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 157: How to Define YOUR Success, with Matthew TurnerIf you’re only subscribing to someone else’s version of success, it’s not going to make you happy because it’s not your version; you never really wanted it. We have to take time on the front end to figure out what that success means to us. ~ Matthew Turner How do you define success? For most of us, the word “success” is tied to professional recognition, money and some level of prestige. But do those things truly bring happiness? And what is the cost of achieving them? Author Matthew Turner explores those questions in his latest book...2023-03-2839 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 156: How to De-Glamorize the Lack of Self-Care in College Students, with Gabi DrobotYou have to trust yourself. If I didn’t trust myself when everything went wrong, I wouldn’t be where I am. Even if you trust yourself though, you also have to have someone else trust you. It’s okay to not be okay. It’s okay to feel what you feel. Keep talking and someone will eventually listen. ~ Gabi Drobot No sleep. Lousy diets. Stress and continuous overwhelm. Feelings of failure. Sounds awful, doesn’t it? Yet, that’s precisely what many of our college students experience every day. In our idealized vision of college life...2023-03-2137 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 155: How to Help Girls "Dream It and Be It" with Soroptimist International of Indian RockI just wanted to say that I really needed to hear this today. I’m going through something and I really needed to hear that I can do it. Thank you. ~ Attendee from Soroptimist “Dream It, Be It” Conference for Girls It’s not easy to be a young person today. Conflict is the norm, uncertainty is the future, and Covid has wreaked havoc on every aspect of life, particularly affecting young people, for the past three years. The U.S. Surgeon General has warned of a crippling mental health crisis affecting our youth. Enter Soroptimist International, a volunte...2023-03-1410 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 154: Happy 3rd Birthday, Brilliantly Resilient! Don’t operate from a fear mindset, operate from a growth mindset. Look at life from a Brilliantly Resilient lens. ~ Kristin Smedley and Mary Fran Bontempo Happy birthday to us!!! We can’t believe it, but this week–March 7th–marks the 3rd birthday of Brilliantly Resilient! When we started Brilliantly Resilient, we planned a “world tour” of speaking on stages, sharing our process to Reset, Rise and Reveal Your Brilliance to the world. We prepared, we created, we dreamed and then, on March 7th, we had our first Brilliantly Resilient live event! It was amazing!! We...2023-03-0733 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 153: How to Build a Values-Based Business, with WeShape's Katie BramlettI had a very successful fitness business, but I had to get away from the toxic expectations of the fitness industry. I couldn’t sell six pack ab products anymore. I had to shut it down. ~ Katie Bramlett Have you ever had something that’s supposed to be good for you end up feeling bad for you? Many of us feel that way about exercise. We know it’s good for us, but it doesn’t always feel that way. Katie Bramlett, this week’s guest on the Brilliantly Resilient podcast is a fitness guru. But even Katie knew...2023-02-2832 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 152: How to Create Alternative Learning Pathways for Students with Carlos Aponte and "We Love Philly!"Alternative pathways to learning and education are really the key to educating today’s students. So, how are we interconnected to businesses? How are we connected to the community? Everyone has that buy-in. How can we get businesses and the community and non-profits involved? ~Carlos Aponte Do you remember what you learned in Geometry class? Philosophy? Chemistry? Much of what we learned as students was intended to offer a well-rounded education, gearing us towards college–where we often took classes that were equally forgettable. (A course in James Joyce for English? Mary Fran had a headache for a solid mont...2023-02-2137 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 151: How to Listen to Your Emotional Indicators, with Shannon CohenEmotions are indicators. If we see the red on a battery, we don’t shame our computers. We see it as something we have to take care of for optimal performance. Imagine if we gave these human vessels…that same grace to say my emotions are indicators, not inconveniences. They let us know that if you want me to operate optimally, you need to acknowledge that I feel this….We need to ask ourselves, “What do I need in order to be well?” ~ Shannon Cohen How often have you warned yourself to control your emotions? Though we...2023-02-1439 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 149: How to Make Change By Setting Impossible Goals, with Jeremy Grater of The Fit Mess PodcastIt’s about doing it. It’s not about anything else. It’s not about the goal. Pick a goal that you will never achieve but start putting into place each step and focus on the ladder rungs. One action at a time. ~ Jeremy Grater “This is the year.” How many times have you told yourself (especially at the start of a new year), that this would be the year you would…lose weight, get a new job, start your own business, write that book….? The list goes on, as does the number of times we mak...2023-01-3134 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 148: How to Keep Monogamy Hot, with “Swing” Author Ashleigh Renard“I really think that none of us has to be as scared of ourselves as we are. We don’t have to be worried that we’re going to turn into monsters.” ~ Ashleigh Renard Are you married or in a long-term relationship? Have you ever thought about what life would be like if you weren’t in that relationship? If we’re honest, most of us have had moments where we fantasize about being free of obligations–and sometimes, that even means a marriage. But rather than examine why we’re feeling that way, we shame ou...2023-01-2440 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 147: How to Support Our Health Care Workers, with State Board of Nursing and PCNP Member Donald Bucher!There’s a perception about what nurses do and there’s what nurses actually do. Nursing needs to start talking about itself. Every healthcare consumer should understand what nurses do. Visibility is key. ~Donald Bucher Do you feel safe and respected while doing your job? Most of us would say, “Of course.” While we might not have the perfect working environment, we don’t go to work with the expectation that we might be abused verbally or physically on any given day. Not so with nurses. One study noted that almost 90% of nurses reported e...2023-01-1741 min
The Dr. Lee Warren PodcastFriday Conversations: Mary Fran Bontempo
Mary Fran Bontempo is a force of natureA successful columnist and humorist, Mary Fran found herself in an industry that was rapidly changing, marginalizing her and forcing her into an unwanted and unplanned obsolescence. But she wasn’t ready to be “old,” or to let her voice be silenced. Mary Fran reinvented herself, and became a sought-after public speaker and author. And then life delivered what she calls the “Sucker Punch.”Her story of how she navigated her son’s overdose and addiction recovery, kept her family together, and became a thought leader, TEDx...2022-12-2333 minThe Dr. Lee Warren PodcastFriday Conversations: Mary Fran Bontempo
Mary Fran Bontempo is a force of natureA successful columnist and humorist, Mary Fran found herself in an industry that was rapidly changing, marginalizing her and forcing her into an unwanted and unplanned obsolescence. But she wasn’t ready to be “old,” or to let her voice be silenced. Mary Fran reinvented herself, and became a sought-after public speaker and author. And then life delivered what she calls the “Sucker Punch.”Her story of how she navigated her son’s overdose and addiction recovery, kept her family together, and became a thought leader, TEDx...2022-12-2333 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 131: How to Live When You're Told You're Dying, with David BrinkleyYou cannot live your best life until you allow yourself to be happy. You must give yourself permission and make the choice to be happy. Otherwise, you’re just pushing a broom through the room of your life. ~ David Brinkley Do you remember the Tim McGraw song, Live Like You Were Dying? David Brinkley knows exactly how that feels. At age 49, David received a cancer diagnosis, giving him only 18 months to live. As David tells us, “Every perspective that you have in life changes when somebody tells you there’s a clock and that clock is run...2022-10-0522 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 130: How to be Your Own Best "Yes!" with Whitney ReynoldsI made a vow to myself that I was going to be my best ‘Yes.” I believed in myself wholeheartedly. ~ Whitney Reynolds How many times have you heard the word “No?” When we’re young, we hear ‘No” often from our caregivers as a way to keep us safe. But as we grow, we begin to hear “No” when we’re being stopped for different reasons. A project we believe in, something we have our hearts set on to do or obtain, a promotion at a job, so many things can lead us to a ``No,” despite h...2022-09-2721 minBrilliantly ResilientEpisode 129: Building Trust and Community with Public Media, Big Bird, and Clifford the Big Red Dog!What people trust you on is essential. We trust that what Public Media puts out there will be beneficial, trustworthy and real. ~ Kristin Smedley and Mary Fran Bontempo How much do you trust what the world is saying to you? In a world of fake news (often driven by people promoting falsehoods), disrespect and fear as a driving force, it’s almost impossible to know whom to trust. But the folks behind public media–think Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers, RoadTrip Nation and more–know the value of trust, and deliver it consistently through their p...2022-09-2220 minBrilliantly ResilientEpisode 128: How to Let Go of the Should Be and Make Room What Could Be!Let go of what should be to make room for what could be. ~ Kristin Smedley and Mary Fran Bontempo Where would we be without our goals and plans? For many of us, it’s essential to have plans, even to begin a day. Without them, we can feel adrift, unsure of where we’re headed or what we’re doing. But how many times do your plans actually work out? Sometimes, when we tie ourselves to what we want and expect, especially if we’ve worked hard to get it, we’re crushed when thing...2022-09-1221 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 127: How to Live, with Diane BerberianEvery day, just be enough. ~ Diane Berberian It is with a mixture of both sadness and joy that we bring you this week’s episode of the Brilliantly Resilient podcast. Our dear friend, Diane Berberian, passed away peacefully last week after a long battle with cancer. To say that Diane was a bright light is an understatement, but she never saw herself that way. In her mind, she was always “just Diane,” although she inspired so many with her grit and grace. A true Northeast Philly girl (we’re a tough lot!) Diane fought...2022-09-0648 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 126: How to "Pushback" for what you want with Selena RezvaniThe messages about who I was supposed to be got in the way of what I needed to say. ~ Selena Rezvani Did you grow up thinking you were "supposed" to be something, act a certain way, live your life according to a vision that wasn't necessarily your own? Many of us did. But it's never too late to own who you are and stand up for who you want to be. As we near the end of summer, we want to empower you to "pushback" against an idea of you that doesn't match who you r...2022-08-2934 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 125: Jessica Cox (the First Armless Pilot in Aviation History) Shows the True Meaning of Resilience!During our summer of focus on mental health and imperfect action, we wanted to share again our interview with Jessica Cox, the first armless pilot in aviation history. As Jessica shares her Resilient mindset, (Jessica gives new meaning to the word "Resilient!") note how she continues to remind us to respect ourselves as well as others. Tune in for more from the Brilliant Jessica Cox! If we carry ourselves with confidence and love, it allows others to respond to us in the same way. ~ Jessica Cox Okay, Brilliantly Resilient listeners, today there will be no...2022-08-2236 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 124: How to Forgive Childhood Trauma with Dr. Lise Deguire, Author of Flashback GirlThe gift of suffering is that we are here to help other people who are suffering now. ~ Dr. Lise Deguire How would you cope knowing your mother ran from you to save her own life instead of saving you? Our childhood experiences can traumatize us terribly, keeping us stuck in unhealthy behaviors and patterns throughout our lives. But it doesn't have to be that way. As a child of four, Lise Deguire was horribly burned in a fire and left by her mother as her mother ran to save herself. Today...2022-08-1535 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 123: How to Learn From Failure and Tragedy, with Jennifer Lynn RobinsonI still make mistakes that I learn from, and if you don’t admit that, you’re lying. ~ Jennifer Lynn Robinson This summer has been all about mental health and action here at Brilliantly Resilient. This week, we're going to celebrate one of the most courageous, smartest, chicest women we know--our friend Jennifer Lynn Robinson, a.k.a. Mrs. Classic Universe 2022-2023!!! Wooooooo!!!! Jennifer Lynn Robinson had an amazing career, bright future--life looked limitless. Until a devastating accident took it all away. But Jennifer fought her way back with fierce determination,2022-08-0935 min
Brilliantly ResilientEpisode 064: How the "Dad How Do I" Guy Rob Kenney Helps Millions to be Brilliantly ResilientSince this summer is all about mental health and taking imperfect action, we wanted to again share one of our favorite guests--Rob Kenney of "Dad, How Do I Fame." Rob's prescription for healthy living (below) says it all! S.E.L.F. Serve others, Eat and exercise, Learn something, Forgive somebody. ~ Rob Kenney, a.k.a. Dad, How Do I? Rob Kenney is America's Dad. A kind, fun-loving guy, Rob has sky rocketed to rockstar status - all because he gives some good Dad-ly advice and tells a few goofy Dad jokes. Yet...2022-07-2634 min
Awakened NationHow do you Reset, Rise & Reveal Your Brilliance when Life Knocks You Down? with authors Kristin Smedley & Mary Fran BontempoWhat would you do if the doctor told you your newborn son would be blind for the rest of his life? Or as a mom, finding out that your son was a heroin addict?Kristin Smedley & Mary Fran Bontempo had to answer the big questions in life when their children forced them to change direction, and shift all hopes and dreams."This is a parent's worst nightmare, and I was living it."If you are a parent, this is a heartwarming episode on resilience, parenting, and learning to shine despite every setback possible.2022-03-1852 min
Talking With TeriTalking With Teri with Mary Fran Bontempo and Kristin SmedleyWe are Mary Fran Bontempo and Kristin Smedley, and we know our Brilliance. But we didn’t always. In fact, we know what it feels like to be lost, afraid, unproductive, unsuccessful and unhappy-in other words, BROKEN. That’s a lot of yuck, but without it, there would have been no need for RESILIENCE, the key to uncovering your BRILLIANCE. We’ve learned our lessons the hard way, with few resources and little guidance. And while the road was rough–like ugly crying rough–we also managed to come through with skills, tools and strategies that helped us not only survi...2022-01-1328 min
The SmallBizChat with Melinda EmersonBeing Brilliantly Resilient with Mary Fran BontempoIn this episode, Melinda Emerson chats with Mary Fran Bontempo about managing uncertainties in business. They discuss Mary's 3-step approach to resilience, the value of recalling better times, and various stress management techniques. The conversation also covers tools for business growth, maintaining motivation in tough times, and the role of a personal mission in driving purpose.
(0:00) Introduction and welcome to guest Mary Fran Fontempo
(2:09) Coping with uncertainties and challenges in business
(5:25) Mary Fran's 3-step approach to resilience: Reset, Rise, Reveal
(9:55) Sponsor: Promotion of Melinda's book "Fix Your Business"
(10:47) Coping mechanisms and importance of recalling better times
(13:18) The role of faith...2022-01-0518 min
Resilience and Relationships (R&R)Reset with Resilience, Rise, and Reveal our Brilliance with Guests Kristin Smedley and Mary Fran Bontempo: Resilience in Life and Leadership Episode 006402-521-3080Stephanie Olson talks to co-founders of Brilliantly Resilient. Mary Fran Bontempo and Kristin Smedley are Resilience experts, TEDx speakers, best-selling authors, media hosts, content creators and presenters who have been featured on Entrepreneur.com, Thrive Global, Medium and others, co-founders of Brilliantly Resilient, and pretty darn funny. But, as a young mother, Kristin found herself raising two blind sons; Mary Fran navigated her son’s crushing heroin addiction. With few resources, they were determined to survive and thrive. They founded Brilliantly Resilient to teach others to come through challenges Brilliant, not broken, with to...2021-10-2250 min
The Funky Brain Business PodcastMary Fran Bontempo | 2x TEDx Speaker | Funky Brain Podcast with Dennis BerryMary Fran Bontempo is a speaker, humorist, and podcast host. She is a 2x TEDx speaker. Mary Fran Bontempo is also an author of four books and was a former newspaper columnist. Her recent book, The 15 Minute Master, narrates her journey of her son's heroin addiction. For more than 30 years, she has used her insights to uplift audiences. She believes in the power of making small changes to create long-lasting results.
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Thanks for listening to The Funky Brain Podcast with Dennis Berry!
Dennis is a Life Coach for Addiction Recovery and Life...2021-08-2442 min
Feminine RoadmapFR Ep #213 Becoming Brilliantly Resilient with Mary Fran Bontempo and Kristin SmedleyToday on Feminine Roadmap we talk about the process of living brilliantly resilient. Guests Mary Fran Bontempo and Kristin Smedley share their mission to help others live brilliantly resilient so that they can come through struggles and setbacks brilliant and not broken. Resilience, it turns out, exists in everyone, we don’t have to go look for it but only to activate it. Both women learned this when they experienced major personal setbacks that were catalysts for them to activate their own resilience. When the women met they realized that they shared intense sucker punches from life that they were bo...2021-03-011h 00
Courage UpBrilliantly Resilient with Kristin Smedley and Mary Fran BontempoGet ready to laugh and learn as Kristin Smedley and Mary Fran Bontempo share their train wrecks and how they came through it stronger. They show us how to uncover our resilience when life hits us hard, and then discover our brilliance to take our journey in a new direction. Kristin and Mary Fran guide us through their formula of Reset, Rise & Reveal, with actionable steps they used to achieve their success. Description: Courage Up Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1526947990801218/ Courage Up Show Notes https://www.m...2021-02-1554 min
The Go-Giver Podcast168 Brilliantly Resilient - Kristin Smedley & Mary Fran BontempoResilience, Courage, Relationships, Family, Change Summary Devastating life events can happen. The question is: If or when they do, can we be resilient enough to overcome them and thrive? We’ll look at that in our Thought of the Day. And in our interview segment, Kristin Smedley and Mary Fran Bontempo, two women who have had to be resilient, will share with us how to be brilliantly so. That and more on today’s show. Bob’s Thought of the Day We’ll explore: A...2021-01-1927 min
Sober Nation FMBrilliantly Resilient with Mary Fran BontempoMary Fran Bontempo is an award-winning author and 2-time TEDx speaker who teaches audiences how to uncover their brilliance and resilience 15 minutes at a time.
Although not in recovery herself, she watched for years as her son David struggled with addiction for years.
She saw the early warning signs, but like many parents, she justified what was happening.
In retrospect, Mary has come to understand how hard it can be to see situations like this for what they really are.
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Entrepreneurs on Fire Business PodcastHow to be Brilliantly Resilient After Life's Sucker Punches with Mary Fran Bontempo and Kristin SmedleyMary Fran Bontempo and Kristin Smedley know their brilliance. But they didn’t always. Both Kristin and Mary Fran know what it feels like to be sucker punched by life. But they refused to let those sucker punches define them. Together they created Brilliantly Resilient--a show, podcast, program and now a book, to teach others how to Reset, Rise and Reveal their Brilliance to the world! Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Do not be married to outcomes. There’s always going to be something that pushes you off course, but the beauty is there’s also opportunity in tha...2021-01-1335 min
Gift In A Gift (GNG) PodcastBrilliantly Resilient with Mary Fran BontempoMary Fran Bontempo is an award-winning 2-time TEDx speaker, author, humorist and media host who teaches audiences to uncover their brilliance and resilience 15 minutes at a time. A sought-after presenter for corporate and association events, Mary Fran is author of The 15 Minute Master and co-founder of Brilliantly Resilient. Mary Fran proves small changes can create life-altering transformations, allowing individuals to be positive and successful in a rapidly changing world. A columnist for numerous websites, Mary Fran created a life-affirming brand of wisdom and wit after meeting the challenge of her son’s heroin addiction. A fr...2020-10-2240 minThe SmallBizChat with Melinda EmersonBeing Brilliantly Resilient with Mary Fran BontempoIn this episode, Melinda Emerson and Mary Fran Bontempo discuss strategies for navigating current challenges and financial stress in business. They explore Bontempo's 3-part strategy: Reset, Rise, Reveal. The conversation also covers coping mechanisms, importance of physical activity, favorite business tools, and motivational tips.
(0:00) Introduction and Guest Introduction: Mary Fran Bontempo
(2:12) Discussion on Navigating Current Challenges and Uncertainties
(4:03) Strategies for Dealing with Financial Pressures and Stress
(5:29) Mary Fran Bontempo's 3-Part Strategy: Reset, Rise, Reveal
(10:08) Sponsor: Melinda Emerson's "Fix Your Business"
(11:12) Coping Mechanisms and the Power of Positive Recall
(13:40) Importance of Physical Activity and Managing Stress
(15:06) Favorite Business Tools and How...2020-09-3018 min
The Robyn Graham Show - Life and Health Strategies for Christian Women to Maximize Potential in Parenting and LeadershipDo you ever feel overwhelmed and like you can't take another minute? You can survive if you take it 15 Minutes At A Time With Mary Fran BontempoAbout Mary Fran Bontempo Mary Fran Bontempo is an award-winning 2-time TEDx speaker, author, humorist and podcast host who teaches audiences to uncover their brilliance and resilience 15 minutes at a time. A sought-after presenter for corporate and association events, Mary Fran is author of The 15 Minute Master and The Woman’s Book of Dirty Words and co-founder of the podcast 4 Chicks Chatting. Mary Fran proves small changes can create life-altering transformations, allowing individuals to be positive and successful in a rapidly changing world. A Huffington Post, Thrive Global contributor and columnist for numerous websites, Mary Fr...2020-06-1554 minThe Robyn Graham Show - Life and Health Strategies for Christian Women to Maximize Potential in Parenting and LeadershipDo you ever feel overwhelmed and like you can't take another minute? You can survive if you take it 15 Minutes At A Time With Mary Fran BontempoAbout Mary Fran Bontempo Mary Fran Bontempo is an award-winning 2-time TEDx speaker, author, humorist and podcast host who teaches audiences to uncover their brilliance and resilience 15 minutes at a time. A sought-after presenter for corporate and association events, Mary Fran is author of The 15 Minute Master and The Woman’s Book of Dirty Words and co-founder of the podcast 4 Chicks Chatting. Mary Fran proves small changes can create life-altering transformations, allowing individuals to be positive and successful in a rapidly changing world. A Huffington Post, Thrive Global contributor and columnist for numerous websites, Mary Fr...2020-06-1554 min
Doing (good) Business52 - How to bring humor into the workplace (yes, even now!) with Mary Fran BontempoHumor might seem like the furthest thing from your mind right now, but the truth is, it’s times like this that we need it most - especially when we’re trying so hard to maintain connection! What’s the point of humor in the workplace? Mary Fran Bontempo to the rescue! She takes the points Kelly & Lara made in episode 51 and expands beautifully. Yes, there are downsides of not having/allowing in the workplace! Humor humanizes and relaxes us and it’s a great tool in business. What happens when there’s resistance to humor and how do...2020-04-2034 min
Monday Morning RadioGive Mary Fran Bontempo 15 Minutes and She Just Might Save Your BacksideMary Fran Bontempo, an award-winning speaker, author, and humorist, just came out with a crisis management book called, “The 15 Minute Master.” The book promises to teach readers “how to make everything better 15 minutes at a time.” With no advance warning, host Dean Rotbart decided to test the premise on Mary Fran, herself, using his stopwatch to give her exactly 15 minutes to explain her method, why it works, and how business people can apply her lessons both at work and in their personal lives. “15 minutes could save you more than just car insurance premiums,” Rotbart says...2019-11-1122 min
Leaders Of TransformationMary Fran Bontempo: Stop Talking Yourself Out Of Your Own BrillianceMary Fran Bontempo is a two-time TEDx speaker, author, and humorist who teaches audiences to control their most powerful influence: Self-Talk. Author of The Woman’s Book of Dirty Words, and Not Ready for Granny Panties, She’s written for multiple online platforms, including The Huffington Post and Thrive Global. After thirty years’ experience as owner of a full-service recruiting firm, and finding herself in the middle of a perfect life storm—turning 50, a crashing economy, and most devastating, a son with a heroin addiction—she created the blog, Not Ready for Granny Panties, authoring two books in the series and dev...2019-07-1840 minLeaders Of TransformationMary Fran Bontempo: Stop Talking Yourself Out Of Your Own BrillianceMary Fran Bontempo is a two-time TEDx speaker, author, and humorist who teaches audiences to control their most powerful influence: Self-Talk. Author of The Woman’s Book of Dirty Words, and Not Ready for Granny Panties, She’s written for multiple online platforms, including The Huffington Post and Thrive Global. After thirty years’ experience as owner of a full-service recruiting firm, and finding herself in the middle of a perfect life storm—turning 50, a crashing economy, and most devastating, a son with a heroin addiction—she created the blog, Not Ready for Granny Panties, authoring two books in the series and dev...2019-07-1840 min
Be The Talk096: Bounce Back with Mary Fran BontempoMary Fran Bontempo is an author and humorist who teaches audiences to control their most powerful influence: Self-Talk. Author of The Woman’s Book of Dirty Words, and Not Ready for Granny Panties, Mary Fran is a Huffington Post and Thrive Global contributor as well as co-founder of the podcast, 4 Chicks Chatting. A frequent media guest and speaker, audiences delight in her empowering and entertaining message. Watch Mary Fran's Talk HERE Connect with Mary Fran HERE. BeTheTalk is a 7 day a week podcast where Nathan Eckel chats with talkers from TEDx & branded ev...2018-05-0518 min
BeTheTalk with Nathan Eckel096: Bounce Back with Mary Fran BontempoMary Fran Bontempo is an author and humorist who teaches audiences to control their most powerful influence: Self-Talk. Author of The Woman’s Book of Dirty Words, and Not Ready for Granny Panties, Mary Fran is a Huffington Post and Thrive Global contributor as well as co-founder of the podcast, 4 Chicks Chatting. A frequent media guest and speaker, audiences delight in her empowering and entertaining message. Watch Mary Fran's Talk HERE Connect with Mary Fran HERE. BeTheTalk is a 7 day a week podcast where Nathan Eckel chats with talkers from TEDx & branded events. Ti...2018-05-0518 min
Rock Your Retirement ShowBad Words with Mary Fran Bontempo: Episode 080I spoke with Mary Fran Bontempo about bad words.
Mary Fran has a great sense of humor and you can tell by the name of her blog, “Not Ready for Granny Panties.” She is also the author of 3 books. Today we talked about her latest book, “The Woman's Book of Dirty Words”.
These bad words aren't what you might think they are.
Before we talked about Mary Fran’s book, I just had to go over an article on her website about “Shhssing your brain” Do you ever feel like you just can’t shut your brain off? This is called ‘brain cha...2017-06-2634 min
Productive Flourishing Podcast119: Your Self-Talk Is Where Your Life Starts with Mary Fran BontempoMary Fran Bontempo joins Charlie to discuss how aging can be a gift, and how to make words like change, fear, and fine not be dirty words. They also discuss how much of our identities is fixed by the stuff we accumulate. Key Takeaways:[1:19] - Introduction to Mary Fran Bontempo and how she got started in her writing career. She talks about how her creativity grew from a really dark spot in her life. The fear and hesitance of her situation sparked her creative process.[2:30] - Many p...2016-12-0953 min
Women to Watch Media® with Sue RoccoMary Fran BontempoMary Fran Bontempo, an award winning author, speaker and humorist who believes in the power of women, shared the story behind her title. For over 30 years, Mary Fran has written for and about women and girls, sharing laughter, joy and (sometimes hysterical) tears. Founder of the lifestyle blog, Not Ready for Granny Panties, Mary Fran is […]Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/women-to-watch-r/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy2016-11-1057 min