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.

Ho, Ho, Are You Kidding Me?!

By: Mary Fran Bontempo [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"] Santa and Mrs. Claus in their holiday mug shot. I kind of wanted to punch Santa Claus. Along with Mrs. Claus and the jolly elves flitting around the both of them as they sat on their Clausy thrones at the mall this past Saturday. [...]

2018-10-30T09:41:45-04:00November 11th, 2014|0 Comments

The Divine Miss M. is Back!

By: Mary Fran Bontempo The Supremes, The Ronettes, and more recently, TLC. Who doesn't love a great "girl group?" Bette Midler does, for sure. And now, the Divine Miss M. has taken her love of the girl group sound and treated her fans to her take on classic girl group songs with a new album titled, It's The Girls. With numbers by the groups above, as well as classics by some of the [...]

2018-10-30T09:41:45-04:00November 7th, 2014|0 Comments

A New Kind of Spa Experience

By: Mary Fran Bontempo Dim lights, flickering candles, soft music. As the attendant led me to a private dressing room, after gifting me with a single long stemmed rose, I thought, Well, this has potential. I was further encouraged when I found, waiting for me in the dressing room, a robe which had been warmed, along with warmed wipes to remove my deodorant. Wait, what? Remove my deodorant? Why would I need to do [...]

2018-10-30T09:41:45-04:00November 4th, 2014|0 Comments
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