Brilliantly Resilient

By Mary Fran Bontempo

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Episodes: 106

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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!

Episode Date
Episode 240: The “Kudos Folder” Mindset: Owning What You’ve Achieved with "Unapologetic" Author, Nicole Stephenson
Mar 23, 2026
Episode 239: How to Stay Professionally Relevant in Changing Times, with "Make Waves" Author, Theresa Hummel-Kralinger
Mar 03, 2026
Episode 238: How to Move from Grief to Growth, with ExpressIt Delivery Owners Andi Shaughnessy and Danielle Carter
Feb 17, 2026
Episode 237: How to Avoid Self-Sabotage Through "Tapping" and EFT with Therapist and Author Carol Looke
Feb 07, 2026
Episode 236: Turning Grief into Resilience with a Purpose, with Author, Patient Advocate and Blue Faery Founder Andrea Wilson Woods
Jan 25, 2026
Episode 235: How to Practice Active Hope and Build Resilience with Author and Speaker Jay Armstrong
Jan 19, 2026
Episode 234: Resilience in Action: Turning Setbacks Into Service and Purpose into Brilliance, with Bishop Kevin Foreman
Nov 19, 2025
Episode 233: The Art of Rising: Finding Resilience Through Creativity with Pia Mailhot-Leichter
Nov 10, 2025
Episode 232: Turning Resilience into Action: Introducing the Brilliantly Resilient Mini-Course Series
Nov 01, 2025
Episode 231: Building Resilience One Move at a Time with Jake Weiner of Zooz Fitness
Oct 27, 2025
Episode 230: How to Build Resilience By Questioning the Status Quo, with Victoria Lenormand
Oct 17, 2025
Episode 229: How to Make Leadership a Habit, with Habituelle Founder, Jessi Sheridan
Oct 06, 2025
Episode 228: Resilience Beyond the Expected: Harnessing Neurodivergent Brilliance with Rita Ramakrishnan
Sep 26, 2025
Episode 227: How Conflict Offers Opportunities to Build Resilience and Growth, with Ursula Taylor
Sep 14, 2025
Episode 226: The Power of Sharing Your Story, with Sara Connell
Sep 03, 2025
Episode 225: How to Reset When Achievement Feels Empty, with Dr. Toni Warner
Aug 19, 2025
Episode 224: How to ”Graduate” into a Joyful, Fulfilling Retirement, with Author and Retirement Expert Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons
Aug 13, 2025
Episode 223: I Went Back to Therapy, And Here’s Why--with Mary Fran Bontempo
Aug 04, 2025
Episode 222: How to Redefine Success, with ”No Half Cakes” Podcast Host and HeartCore Growth Founder Jim Sabellico
Jul 01, 2025
Episode 221: Why your 20’s Suck and What to Do About It with Kate Berski and ”30 Phobia”
Jun 24, 2025
Episode 220: How to Reset, Rise, and Scale Your Business, with Ivy Slater, Author of ”Best of the Best: Lead Boldly, Scale Rapidly, Create Your Leg...
Jun 10, 2025
Episode 219: How to Navigate AI and the Changing Job Market, with Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek
May 30, 2025
Episode 218: How to ”Live with Courage and Become an Everyday Leader” with Ash Beckham
May 15, 2025
Episode 217: Building Resilience Through Acceptance and ”Owning Ataxia,” with ”A Good Calamity” Author, Jay Armstrong
Apr 30, 2025
Episode 216: Leading with Resilience, Compassion and Empathy with Catalynt Solutions Owner and CEO Meg Gluth
Apr 15, 2025
Episode 215: How to Develop Your Money Mindset with ”She Grows Rich” Author Audrey Faust
Mar 31, 2025
Episode 214: How to Manage--and Change!--Chronic Pain with Pain Reprocessing Therapy and Patty Tashiro
Mar 04, 2025
Episode 213: How to Expand Diversity and Inclusion to Include Everyone, with Toby Mildon
Feb 11, 2025
Episode 212: Advocating for Kids Without ”a Voice,” with TeamChild’s Christina Sorenson
Jan 28, 2025
Episode 211: How to Live with a ”Pilgrim’s Heart” with Christine Eberle
Jan 14, 2025
Episode 210: How to ”Be Better” in 2025, with Mary Fran Bontempo
Dec 31, 2024
Episode 209: Mindfulness and Honoring the Pause with Shawnta Hooks
Dec 18, 2024
Episode 208: New Book! From Broken to Brilliant: How to Live a Brilliantly Resilient Life, with Mary Fran Bontempo
Dec 04, 2024
Episode 207: Finding the Brilliance and Resilience in Generational Relationships with ”Gentelligence” Author, Dr. Megan Gerhardt
Oct 22, 2024
Episode 206: How to Mourn the Loss of a Sibling with Annie Orenstein, Author of Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourners Guide to Grief
Oct 08, 2024
Episode 205: Empowering Those Who Stutter, with Nolan Stuttering Foundation President, Brian Nolan
Sep 24, 2024
Episode 204: How to Love Yourself, with Best-Selling Author (And Ellen DeGeneres Favorite!) Rachel Madorsky
Sep 10, 2024
Episode 203: Adaptive, Sensory-Friendly Clothing for Kids with ”Sense-ational You” Founder Julia DeNey!
Aug 21, 2024
Episode 202: How to Create Your Own ”Order of Things” with Author Sarah Gormley
Jul 30, 2024
Episode 201: Ending Food Insecurity while Offering Dignity and Respect with the Warminster Food Bank
Jul 09, 2024
Episode 200: Bringing People Back to Food with The Farm at Catawissa Creek
Jun 18, 2024
Episode 199: Enabling Literacy for Kids with Dyslexia with Cole Aansen
May 28, 2024
Episode 198: How to Address Corporate Wellness to Protect People, Purpose and Profits, with Princess Castleberry
May 14, 2024
Episode 197: How to Use--And NOT use--A.I. and ChatGPT with Dr. Jennifer Gardella
Apr 30, 2024
Episode 196: How to ”Do Your Time” with Vision, Committment and Determination, with Jonathan Greene, a.k.a. Davon and Greene
Apr 16, 2024
Episode 195: The Deadly Silence--How Education Becomes the Cure for Ignorance, with Hisham Mohammed
Apr 02, 2024
Episode 194: How to Take Your Power Back with Dr. Jennifer Gardella
Mar 19, 2024
Episode 193: How to Create Activism Through Story-Telling, with ”Live Through This” Author, Kristen McGuiness
Dec 05, 2023
Episode 192: How to Build ”Organization Muscle” in Your Business, with Author Kevin Nolan
Nov 28, 2023
Episode 191: How to Tap Into Resilience Through Gratitude with Mary Fran Bontempo & Kristin Smedley!
Nov 21, 2023
Episode 190: Living an Empowered Life Through ”The Pause,” with MenoWell Energy Bar Founder, Julie Gordon White
Nov 14, 2023
Episode 189: How to Claim Peace and Ditch Shame, with ”These Broken Roads” Author, Donna Marie Hayes
Nov 07, 2023
Episode 188: How to Let Go of Should Be and Make Room for Could Be with Brilliantly Resilient Co-Founder, Mary Fran Bontempo
Oct 31, 2023
Episode 187: How to Own Your Power with Women That Influence Founder Sara Canuso
Oct 24, 2023
Episode 186: How to Use Perception to Become Brilliantly Resilient with B.R. Co-Founder Kristin Smedley
Oct 17, 2023
Episode 185: How to Light Your Spark and Find Your Purpose, with Aleta Norris
Oct 10, 2023
Episode 184: How to Hear the Signs of Domestic Violence with Dr. Jennifer Gardella
Oct 03, 2023
Episode 183: How to Become Client Rich Through Marketing with Tai Goodwin
Sep 26, 2023
Episode 182: How to get up and keep swinging, with John Lee Dumas of Entrepreneurs on Fire!
Sep 19, 2023
Episode 181: Welcome to a New Season of Brilliantly Resilient with Mary Fran and Kristin!
Sep 12, 2023
Episode 180: B.R. Summer Reading List Week 10--”Hope is the First Dose,” with Dr. Lee Warren
Sep 05, 2023
Episode 179: B.R. Summer Reading Week 9--How to Find Resilience in ”Everyday War” with Dr. Greta Uehling
Aug 29, 2023
Episode 178: B.R. Summer Reading List Week 8! How to Find Grace and Strength in Trauma, with Geralyn Ritter and ”Bone by Bone”
Aug 22, 2023
Episode 177: Week 7 of the B.R. Summer Reading List! Rob Kenney Shines as America’s Dad with ”Dad, How Do I?”
Aug 15, 2023
Episode 176: Week 6 of the B.R. Reading List--Learn to Love Your Career with Fran Hauser!
Aug 08, 2023
Episode 175: Brilliantly Resilient Reading List Week 5! Creating Silver Linings with Dr. David Fajgenbaum
Aug 01, 2023
Episode 174: How to Use Personal Trauma to Help Others with Dr. Lise DeGuire and ”Flashback Girl:” Week 4 of the Brilliantly Resilient Summer Reading ...
Jul 25, 2023
Episode 173: Find your ”Why” with Keith Baldwin and ”A Leap Year of Firsts”--Week 3 of the Brilliantly Resilient Summer Reading List!
Jul 18, 2023
Episode 172: Pictionary Creator Rob Angel and ”Game Changer”--Week 2 of Brilliantly Resilient Summer Reading!
Jul 11, 2023
Episode 171: Week One of Our Summer Reading List! Featuring Selena Rezvani and Quick Confidence!
Jul 02, 2023
Episode 170: Get Ready to be Brilliantly Resilient This Summer with Our Summer Reading List!!
Jun 27, 2023
Episode 169: How to Build a Bridge Between the Sighted and Unsighted Worlds Through Art, with Blind Artist, Clarke Reynolds
Jun 20, 2023
Episode 168: Why Every Company Should Have an ERG (Employee Resource Group) with Margaret Guerrette and Reliance Matrix.
Jun 13, 2023
Episode 167: How Persistence Gave Voice to the Silent, with Judy Chinitz
Jun 06, 2023
Episode 166; How to Wake Up Your Inner Rebel to Live the LIfe You Want, with Shereen Thor!
May 30, 2023
Episode 165: How to Build a Future and a Business Using Your Transferable Skills, with Paige Leigh DeAngelo
May 23, 2023
Episode 164: How to Master Menopause with Modern Midlife Founder Catherine Grace O’Connell!
May 16, 2023
Episode 163: How to Learn Resilience from Civilians in a Country at War, with Dr. Greta Uehling
May 09, 2023
Episode 162: How to Keep Negativity From Determining Outcomes, with Superstar L.A. Williams!
May 02, 2023
Episode 161: How to Manage Stress, Anxiety and Isolation in the Business World with Executives’ Global Network founder Nick Jonsson
Apr 25, 2023
Episode 160: How to be Seen, Heard and Remembered, with Mildred Talabi
Apr 18, 2023
Episode 159: How to Have ”Tough Conversations for Easier Endings,” with Yvonne Caputo
Apr 11, 2023
Episode 158: How to ”Do Your Bit” to Make the World Better with Lynn Cummings
Apr 04, 2023
Episode 157: How to Define YOUR Success, with Matthew Turner
Mar 28, 2023
Episode 156: How to De-Glamorize the Lack of Self-Care in College Students, with Gabi Drobot
Mar 21, 2023
Episode 155: How to Help Girls ”Dream It and Be It” with Soroptimist International of Indian Rock
Mar 14, 2023
Episode 154: Happy 3rd Birthday, Brilliantly Resilient!
Mar 07, 2023
Episode 153: How to Build a Values-Based Business, with WeShape’s Katie Bramlett
Feb 28, 2023
Episode 152: How to Create Alternative Learning Pathways for Students with Carlos Aponte and ”We Love Philly!”
Feb 21, 2023
Episode 151: How to Listen to Your Emotional Indicators, with Shannon Cohen
Feb 14, 2023
Episode 150: How to Heal From Betrayal with Dr. Debi Silber
Feb 07, 2023
Episode 149: How to Make Change By Setting Impossible Goals, with Jeremy Grater of The Fit Mess Podcast
Jan 31, 2023
Episode 148: How to Keep Monogamy Hot, with ”Swing” Author Ashleigh Renard
Jan 24, 2023
Episode 147: How to Support Our Health Care Workers, with State Board of Nursing and PCNP Member Donald Bucher!
Jan 17, 2023
Episode 146: How to Look Forward and Rebuild Life After Incarceration with Jeffrey Abamowitz
Jan 10, 2023
Episode 145: How to De-Clutter and Make Space for Happiness, with Tracy McCubbin
Jan 02, 2023
Episode 144: How to Look Forward to the New Year with Enthusiasm, Hope, and no Pity Party--with Keith Baldwin!!
Dec 29, 2022
Episode 143: Lessons in How to Live, with Diane Berberian--A top episode from 2022!
Dec 26, 2022
Episode 142: Celebrating the Season with America’s Dad, Rob Kenney--One of the Year’s Top Episodes!
Dec 19, 2022
Episode 141 : How to Become a Chief Peace Officer with April Ervin
Dec 12, 2022
Episode 140: How to Lead Through Chaos, with Antonia Hock!
Dec 05, 2022
Episode 139: How to Heal from Trauma ”Bone by Bone,” with Geralyn Ritter
Nov 29, 2022
Episode 138: How to Build Your Happy EVEN AFTER, with Renee Bauer
Nov 21, 2022
Episode 137: How to Give Yourself a Self-Care and Energy Audit, with Pag Sadie
Nov 14, 2022
Episode 136: How to Feed Your Tigers, with Steven Rudolph
Nov 08, 2022
Episode 135: How to Avoid the Loneliness Epidemic with Small Packages’ Julie Schechter
Nov 01, 2022