About 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.

Beach Tags–Prime Currency at the Shore

By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.Just make sure you pay us first!“Where are they?”“I don’t know! I had one the other day but now I can’t find it!”“I can’t find mine either! What are we going to do?”“No one leaves this house until we find every one of them!”It’s not stacks of hundred dollar bills. Nor is it bags of precious gems that [...]

2018-10-30T09:51:16-04:00July 10th, 2012|1 Comment

Beatlemania Now!

By: Mary Fran Bontempo“I Wanna Hold Your Hand.” Just for a few minutes, as we take a quick tour of the 60’s and the most influential band of all time—The Beatles.Beatlemania Now is a full production stage show that takes its audience on a psychedelic time traveling trip through the decade when The Beatles ruled the airwaves, and the lives of their fans. With a background screen streaming images from the tumultuous 60’s, [...]

2018-10-30T09:51:17-04:00July 6th, 2012|0 Comments

Behind the Glitz of the Movies

by Chrysa SmithI walked into a large building of contractors painting, sanding, drilling, installing electricity, flooring, screens and drapery. It was the making of a theater, and I found the whole experience quite fascinating.The back story is that my husband has spent most of his career --actually all of his career in the Theater Industry. In fact, we met at a theater convention--but that's a story for another day. So, the equipment he [...]

2018-10-30T09:51:17-04:00July 5th, 2012|0 Comments

For the Red, White and Blue

by Chrysa SmithListening to the news is like being a spectator at a ping-pong match. He's to blame for a bad economy. The other guy ships jobs oversees. He doesn't understand business. The other guy is out of touch. Yikes! It's hard to believe that we get up everyday, put on our socks and live our lives. It sounds like our country is in a real mess. And that's not something to celebrate [...]

2018-10-30T09:51:17-04:00July 4th, 2012|1 Comment
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