Abundance Overload

By: Mary Fran Bontempo

‘Tis the season–of stuff, stuff, and more stuff.

Seems like everywhere you look, the abundance of stuff the holiday season brings threatens to wash over everything in its path like a glittering, shiny, new tsunami.

Everything is stuffed, from your mailbox, with its plethora of catalogs, to your inbox, with its endless announcements of online deals and sales, to department stores, where you can barely get down an aisle without turning sideways, to your refrigerator, overflowing with calorie-laden leftovers that will more than stuff your stomach and waistline before they disappear.

It’s abundance overload, and a bad case of it can leave a woman overwhelmed, cranky and, well, too stuffed to move.

There is a way to side-step this annual case of too much, however. Check out my latest column for Best Kept Self and learn some timely tips to keep yourself from drowning in abundance this holiday season.

Sometimes, it’s as simple as putting some things down….

Mary Fran Bontempo2018-10-30T09:40:04-04:00December 1st, 2015|0 Comments

About the Author: Mary Fran Bontempo

MARY FRAN BONTEMPO is a 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, Mary Fran proves small changes in self-talk yield big life changes, allowing individuals to redefine their lives both professionally and personally in a rapidly changing world. A Huffington Post and Thrive Global contributor, and regular columnist for Women’s Voices Magazine and Best Kept Self, Mary Fran inspires and motivates readers and listeners to tame the self-talk beast, leading them to personal and professional renewal and success. 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 serious addiction issues—Mary Fran created the blog, Not Ready for Granny Panties, authoring two books in the series and developing a life-affirming brand full of practical wisdom and wit. A frequent media guest and speaker, audiences delight in her empowering and entertaining message.