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Brilliantly Resilient

Mary Fran Bontempo

What"s your train wreck? Everyone has one–past, present, or future. But why do some people come through stronger while others never recover?Hang on for the ride as Mary Fran teaches you to move beyond crisis to discover your Brilliance and Resilience. You"ll face challenges with strategies to come through brilliant, not broken, for personal and professional fulfillment and success!

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Episode 137: How to Give Yourself a Self-Care and...

Brilliantly Resilient ·

2022/11/14

Self care is not about bubble baths. A self-care and energy audit encourages us to look at six essential areas of our lives to see what is feeding us and what isn’t working. Where are we in terms of relationships, emotionally, psychologically, environmentally, spiritually, and career-wise? ~ Peg Sadie In the last three years, how many times have you heard the term “self-care?” Probably almost as often as you’ve heard about “resilience.” But what do they mean? If we try to define either word, we

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Episode 136: How to Feed Your Tigers, with Steven...

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2022/11/08

Understand what the situation needs and bring the tigers. There’s too much emphasis placed on being the lone wolf. ~ Steven Rudolph We Americans love our independence. It’s kind of our thing, going all the way back to our founding as a country. There’s something about individual success that’s empowering. Saying “I did it–all by myself!” makes us feel strong. It can also make us feel lonely. And contrary to what we may think, taking on challenges as a “lone wolf,” in the words of our friend Steven

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Episode 135: How to Avoid the Loneliness Epidemic...

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2022/11/01

The Surgeon General has pointed to a loneliness epidemic. Losing your support group is the equivalent of smoking 15 cigarettes a day. We have to invest in our relationships. ~ Julie Schechter How many Facebook friends do you have? How about Instagram followers? What’s your count of LinkedIn connections? Isn’t it amazing to have so many friends? If you’re on social media, odds are you have thousands of “friends.” But how many of those are people whom you really know, and who know you? Even with so

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Episode 134: How to LISTEN to Teens About Mental...

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2022/10/24

“It’s important to make sure the teen perspective on mental health is understood. Having kids speak about it is really relevant. By hearing teenagers speak, it makes you feel represented….Hearing other teen voices comforted me and provided a safe space.” ~ Matt Suescun and Faiza Ashar from On Our Minds Do you remember what it felt like to be a teenager? As we get older, it’s easy to romanticize our teen years. We were young, we had our whole lives ahead of us, and life was easy. But was it really

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Episode 133: How to Serve a Community in Crisis, with...

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2022/10/18

Does it align with the message we’re trying to deliver? People don’t know what their brands are anymore.You see brands struggling to be something else. We need to do what we do and do it better and stop trying to be something else, and people will find you. Do you. ~ Jen Cook, GM of WUCF TV & FM Orlando Do you have a brand? Believe it or not, you do. Everyone does. A brand is just another word to describe what you stand for. Here at Brilliantly Resilient, the word brand represents values–the things

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Episode 132: How to Give Yourself Grace Amid the...

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2022/10/11

You can’t blame yourself. You can’t blame others. You just have to give yourself grace and move forward. Grace is a beautiful word. ~ Amy Combs This week brings a special episode of Brilliantly Resilient. September is suicide awareness month, and during that time, we were honored to meet Amy Combs, who lost her brother to suicide. Amy shares her challenging story with us and after telling of her loss, goes on to offer hope to others affected. Amy speaks of giving yourself grace–something we should

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Episode 131: How to Live When You're Told You're...

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2022/10/04

You 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

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Episode 130: How to be Your Own Best "Yes!" with...

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2022/09/27

I 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 how much we work towards

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Episode 129: Building Trust and Community with Public...

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2022/09/22

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

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Episode 128: How to Let Go of the Should Be and Make...

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2022/09/11

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 things don’t work out

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Episode 127: How to Live, with Diane Berberian

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2022/09/06

Every 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

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Episode 126: How to "Pushback" for what you want with...

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2022/08/29

The 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 really are. And our friend, Selena

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Episode 125: Jessica Cox (the First Armless Pilot in...

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2022/08/22

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

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Episode 124: How to Forgive Childhood Trauma with Dr....

Brilliantly Resilient ·

2022/08/15

The 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, Lise

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Episode 123: How to Learn From Failure and Tragedy,...

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2022/08/09

I 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

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Episode 064: How the "Dad How Do I" Guy Rob Kenney...

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2022/07/26

Since 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

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Episode 097: How to Move from Pity Party to...

Brilliantly Resilient ·

2022/07/20

Summertime, and the livin' is easy! We're taking a few weeks off, here at Brilliantly Resilient, so we've decided to bring back some of our favorite episodes, focusing on mental health and action. This week, our buddy Keith Baldwin talks about moving out of his own pity party and taking on messy, imperfect action. Brilliant! Enjoy, and thank you, Keith! Limit your Pity Party. I threw a hell of a Pity Party, but those emotions don’t help you with solutions or move you forward. ~ Keith Baldwin Have

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Episode 120: How to Be It Til You See It with Lesley...

Brilliantly Resilient ·

2022/06/28

It’s important to give ourselves that space for self care and a lot of people think they don’t deserve it. ~ Lesley Logan How many people and things do you put before yourself in your life? Family, friends, work, even picking up the dry cleaning top our To Do lists before we even think about ourselves. The result is that we’re often exhausted, frustrated, and maybe a little (or a lot!) cranky. Lesley Logan stumbled onto the importance of making time for herself by accident when she took a Pilates

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Episode 119: How to Set Boundaries to Heal the Pain...

Brilliantly Resilient ·

2022/06/20

There are two kinds of pain–one that goes on and on and on, and the kind where there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Go towards the light. ~ Candace Plattor Challenge and crisis are never easy. But they do come with choice. While we can’t always change our circumstances, we can change our responses to our challenges. The choice to change our response can break the cycle of pain and allow us to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Candace Plattor, this week’s guest on the Brilliantly

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Episode 118: How to Find God in Abiding Through the...

Brilliantly Resilient ·

2022/06/13

The God lens is always going to be a more compassionate, but a less certain lens. It’s going to take away the absolute convictions with which we are looking at many things and open us up to the possibility that we are mistaken. ~ Christine Eberle Geez, we hate being wrong. It happens–rarely–but we really, really hate it when it does. Yet, it happens to us all, probably more often than we’d like. Much of the angst we experience when we’re wrong comes from our insecure egos. If we’ve examined

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