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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 177: Week 7 of the B.R. Summer Reading List!...

Brilliantly Resilient ·

2023/08/15

S.E.L.F. Serve others, Eat and exercise, Learn something, Forgive somebody. ~ Rob Kenney: 'Dad, How Do I?' Everyone has, or had, a dad. But not everyone has been lucky enough to have a great relationship with their father. Rob Kenney, a.k.a. "Dad, How Do I?" was one of those people. After a challenging childhood, Rob eventually became a father himself, and decided to become a virtual dad to anyone who needed one. We've interviewed many folks here at Brilliantly Resilient, and we can

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Episode 176: Week 6 of the B.R. Reading List--Learn...

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2023/08/08

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

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Episode 175: Brilliantly Resilient Reading List Week...

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2023/08/01

"Create a silver lining. Do something, build something, create something." ~ Dr. David Fajgenbaum, Chasing My Cure Dr. David Fajgenbaum: Chasing My Cure David Fajgenbaum, a former Georgetown quarterback, was nicknamed the Beast in medical school, where he was also known for his unmatched mental stamina. But things changed dramatically when he began suffering from a form of Castleman disease, an extremely deadly and rare condition. When he relapsed while on the only drug in development and realized

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Episode 174: How to Use Personal Trauma to Help...

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2023/07/25

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

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Episode 173: Find your "Why" with Keith Baldwin and...

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2023/07/18

Week 3 of the Brilliantly Resilient Summer Reading List! Life not turning out exactly as you planned? Read about how to limit your "pity party" and find renewed purpose, energy and perspective from our friend Keith Baldwin in A Leap Year of Firsts! 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, 'A Leap Year of Firsts' A Leap Year of Firsts When Keith Baldwin started his innocent and

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Episode 172: Pictionary Creator Rob Angel and "Game...

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2023/07/11

Week 2 of Brilliantly Resilient Reading! Read more about Game Changer by Pictionary creator Rob Angel! I had to break things down into smaller pieces. I couldn’t handle the entire thing at once; my mind doesn’t work that way. ~ Rob Angel, Creator of Pictionary and Author of ‘Game Changer’ Who hasn't played Pictionary as a kid--or as an adult?! It's a classic, and we've got our Brilliantly Resilient friend, Rob Angel, the creator of Pictionary, here to talk about his book, Game Changer! Game

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Episode 171: Week One of Our Summer Reading List!...

Brilliantly Resilient ·

2023/07/02

Our Summer Reading list is here!! First up, our friend and mentor to women, Selena Rezvani, with her new book, Quick Confidence! Read on for more…. Experiment with dog-code and initiate a warm hello. When we start with warmth, it’s like a door that we open. Be curious, ask questions, be empathetic. Start with warmth and focus on your competence later. ~ Selena Rezvani How confident are you? It may depend upon circumstances or your environment in a particular moment, but all of us have suffered a

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Episode 170: Get Ready to be Brilliantly Resilient...

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2023/06/27

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

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Episode 169: How to Build a Bridge Between the...

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2023/06/20

I 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

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Episode 168: Why Every Company Should Have an ERG...

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2023/06/13

The goal is to provide support for the workforce. The pandemic really forced this to the forefront from a mental health and employee retention standpoint. We were taking care of everything and everyone and there was no way to hide that anymore. You can sustain a healthy work/life balance and we shouldn't have to hide that. ~ Margaret Guerrette, Reliance Matrix Co-Chair of the Women's Employee Resource Group (ERG) Have you ever felt the need to put on your "happy hat" at work to convince colleagues

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Episode 167: How Persistence Gave Voice to the...

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2023/06/06

If 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

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Episode 166; How to Wake Up Your Inner Rebel to Live...

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2023/05/30

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

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Episode 165: How to Build a Future and a Business...

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2023/05/23

When 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

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Episode 164: How to Master Menopause with Modern...

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2023/05/16

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

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Episode 163: How to Learn Resilience from Civilians...

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2023/05/09

I 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

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Episode 162: How to Keep Negativity From Determining...

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2023/05/02

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

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Episode 161: How to Manage Stress, Anxiety and...

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2023/04/25

We 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

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Episode 160: How to be Seen, Heard and Remembered,...

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2023/04/18

Be 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

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Episode 159: How to Have “Tough Conversations for...

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2023/04/11

Having 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

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Episode 158: How to "Do Your Bit" to Make the World...

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2023/04/04

Nobody 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

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