Discover Your Brilliance Challenge

Meant for More?
Go from “Meh” to Meaning in Just 5 Days!

Hey there - question for you. What's your brilliance?

Don’t be looking over you shoulder to see who we’re talking to. It’s you. Yep, you. See, life shouldn’t be just okay. “Meh” is not good enough. Your life deserves Meaning, and knowing your Brilliance will get you there. 

Everyone, every single one of us, has Brilliance. Something unique about who we are and what we bring to the world. Our Brilliance may be something that we use in our professional lives or it may be the “More” that gives our lives purpose and meaning. It’s our gift, and we’re meant to share it. Sadly, most of us never find out what it is.

Right now, you may be thinking:

  • Life isn’t great, but maybe this is all there is for me.
  • I don’t have a special skill.
  • I’m just normal; nothing special here. (BTW, if you figure out what normal is, let us know!)
  • I feel like I’m Meant for More, but I don’t know where to start. 
  • Others are “gifted.” I’m not.
  • Things will never change for me.
  • I’m afraid to try.

 

Well, check, check, check, and so on. We’ve run every one of those miserable mantras through our own heads a zillion times. We thought they were true. But guess what?

They’re all B.S. Every last one of them.

We didn’t see that until we were at our lowest points—like scraping stuff off the bottom of your shoe, low. It was only then that we decided it was time to go beyond Resilience and find our Brilliance. Time to stop living in Meh and find the MORE–the Meaning and Purpose we knew was there.

We don’t want you to wait any longer.

We can help you to discover your Brilliance. Your gift. Your MORE. Your Meaning and Purpose. Because it’s there. It’s always been there, and it’s time you share it with the rest of us. In case you haven’t noticed, the world is in the middle of a giant whirlpool of caca right about now. WE NEED YOU.

This is for you if you are...

  • Tired of living a life that feels Meh when you know there’s MORE.
  • People from all walks of life, including “successful” people, who want to discover their purpose. 
  • Those who feel a “tug” to do more with their life but don’t know where to start.
  • Corporate teams that want to learn about the Brilliance of each member and how that Brilliance can serve the entire team.

When You Discover Your Brilliance, You Will…

  • Feel your life brimming with Meaning and Purpose.
  • Discover the fulfillment of knowing your More and bringing it to life.
  • Experience the joy of knowing you are on the path you’re meant to be.
  • Wake up excited to live and work using your personal Brilliance.
  • Know the peace of using your Brilliance to share your gifts with the world!
 
 

We know what if feels like to be Broken...

We’re Kristin Smedley and Mary Fran Bontempo. We know our Brilliance. But we didn’t always. We know what it feels like to be lost, afraid, unproductive, unsuccessful, unhappy–in other words, BROKEN. That’s a lot of yuck, but we made our way through by uncovering our Resilience. Only we didn’t stop there. We went on to find and use our Brilliance.

We knew there was More. But Discovering our Brilliance (which was there the WHOLE TIME!) made all the difference in who we were and how we lived. It took us from Meh to Meaning–allowing us to live our PURPOSE. And if we figured it out, you can too.

That’s why we created our five day (including the super-awesome final-day live zoom call with us), DISCOVER YOUR BRILLIANCE CHALLENGE! (Seriously, who doesn’t want to know what their Brilliance is?)

There’s been a lot of talk about Resilience in these pandemic times. But no one needs to tell us that Resilience is essential to living a successful life. We were card-carrying members of that club long before COVID 19. After finding ourselves sucker-punched by challenges including blindness and heroin addiction, we found the only chance to claw our way out of what Kristin calls “the pit,” was by digging into our Resilience. Heck, if we hadn’t uncovered our inherent Resilience, we’d be giant puddles of goo by now.

But not only are we not giant puddles of goo, we’re both TEDx speakers (Mary Fran 2, Kristin 1. Cue Kristin’s eye roll), authors, media hosts (online live show and podcast), in-demand virtual presenters, workshop and program creators, online content creators, a founder of a global patient advocate organization (Kristin) and an advocate for the recovery community (Mary Fran).

Pretty cool, huh? But here’s the deal—we didn’t plan for ANY OF IT. What we did do was make a choice. We decided that we weren’t going to live in the pit. Not only were we NOT going to live there, we were going to take what we’d learned in the yuck and DO SOMETHING, anything, to move forward towards something new, even though we didn’t know what that thing was going to be at the time. Along the way, bye-bye Meh, hello Brilliance!

So, what’s this got to do with you? If you know us at all, you know we’re that we’re pretty great at providing tips, tools and strategies to Reset and Rise with Resilience. (And if you’re interested in learning more about how to do that, click here!) But even if you’re a Resilience Rock Star, you can’t just stand there once you Rise after your sucker-punch. If you do, you risk becoming a human punching bag—hanging around waiting for the next blow to land. When you discover your Brilliance, you MOVE—out of the way of the stuff that’s been pounding you or jsut keeping you stuck, and towards change. That’s why this DISCOVER YOUR BRILLIANCE CHALLENGE is for you.

You'll Move from "Meh" to Meaning When you...

  • Examine your experiences to list  skills, talents and gifts (yes, you have gifts)
  • Name and define what you love to do
  • Explore transferrable skills and ways to build your Brilliance
  • Investigate possible Brilliant collaborations
  • Complete a Brilliance Brain Dump
  • Find Brilliance in Service
  • Develop one action step to plan and begin your Brilliance journey

And you'll receive...

  • A daily email containing the day’s lesson along with a video from us
  • Membership in our Brilliantly Resilient Facebook Community, where we will discuss the day’s teaching with the chance to ask questions and share your take with our tribe
  • Our work-ish book to accompany the daily lessons (We don’t believe in blood, sweat and tears.)
  • A final 60-minute wrap-up meeting to discuss what you’ve learned and clarify your Brilliance!
 

Plus, You’ll get a ton of bonuses, including video appearances from some superstar guests, access to all future Brilliantly Resilient offerings, and best of all, a FREE download (Yep, it’s Free!) of our just released Brilliantly Resilient ebook!

What's It Worth?

What is living a life of Brilliance, Meaning and Purpose worth to you? A million dollars? A hundred million? If you thought that, you’d be wrong. Because LIVING YOUR LIFE WITH BRILLIANCE, MEANING AND PURPOSE IS PRICELESS. You can’t put a price tag on waking up each day with a sense of fulfillment, passion and promise. When you live each day working your Brilliance, you just KNOW that’s where you’re supposed to be. That you are reaching the More you know you’re meant to have.

We want that for you. So, RIGHT NOW, we’re offering the Discover Your Brilliance Challenge at a 68% (that’s SIXTY-EIGHT PERCENT!!!) discount over the regular price! (Come on, you didn’t expect us to use a “normal” discount number, did you?!)

What are you waiting for? The time is now. Don’t waste another minute living in Meh. Your Brilliant life full of Meaning and Purpose is within your reach. Join the DISCOVER YOUR BRILLIANCE CHALLENGE today!!!

will you choose brilliance?

This DISCOVER YOUR BRILLIANCE CHALLENGE can change your life. But you have to CHOOSE. Stop playing the “poor me, I’m just mediocre” game. You can be that if you want, but not with us. We believe everyone, yes, especially YOU, has Brilliance they are meant to share with the rest of us. It’s time for you to show us your gift and claim your Brilliance!

Join us. We’d love to add you to our Brilliantly Resilient tribe. We are committed to sharing the Brilliantly Resilient program with the world. It’s amazing, it works, it’s fun and it’s packed with actual strategies (no Woo-woo. Mary Fran hates Woo-woo.) to help you end up Brilliant, not Broken.

You are Brilliantly Resilient! Let’s DISCOVER YOUR BRILLIANCE and share it with the world today!

Discover Your Brilliance Challenge

WHO THIS CHALLENGE IS FOR:

  • People from all walks of life, including “successful” people, who believe they have more to give the world but aren’t sure what that “more” is. The Brilliance Challenge will help you discover your gift to the world.
  • Those who feel a “tug” to do more with their life but don’t know where to start.
  • Corporate teams that want to learn about the Brilliance of each member and how that Brilliance can serve the entire team.
Hey there—question for you. What’s your Brilliance? Don’t be looking over you shoulder to see who we’re talking to. It’s you. Yep, you. Everyone, every single one of us, has Brilliance. Something unique about who we are and what we bring to the world. Our Brilliance may be something that we use in our professional lives or it may be the thing that gives our personal lives meaning. It’s our gift, and we’re meant to share it. Sadly, most of us never find out what it is. Right now, you’re probably thinking:
  • I don’t have a special skill.
  • I’m just “normal.” (BTW, if you figure out what that means, let us know, will you?)
  • I wouldn’t know where to start.
  • Others are “gifted.” I’m not.
  • Things will never change for me.
  • I’m afraid to try.
Well, check, check, check, and so on. We’ve run every one of those miserable mantras through our own heads a zillion times. We thought they were true. But guess what? They’re all B.S. Every last one of them. We didn’t see that until we were at our lowest points—like scraping stuff off the bottom of your shoe, low. It was only then that we decided it was time to go beyond Resilience and find our Brilliance. We don’t want you to wait that long. We can help you to discover your Brilliance. Your gift. Your own personal awesome. Because it’s there. It’s always been there, and it’s time you share it with the rest of us. In case you haven’t noticed, the world is in the middle of a giant whirlpool of caca right about now. WE NEED YOU.

We’re Kristin Smedley and Mary Fran Bontempo. We know our Brilliance. But we didn’t always. We know what it feels like to be lost, afraid, unproductive, unsuccessful, and unhappy. That’s a lot of yuck, but we made our way through by uncovering our Resilience. Only we didn’t stop there. We went on to find and use our Brilliance. That’s why we created our five day (including the super-awesome final-day live zoom call with us), DISCOVER YOUR BRILLIANCE CHALLENGE! (Seriously, who doesn’t want to know what their Brilliance is?) There’s been a lot of talk about Resilience in these pandemic times. But no one needs to tell us that Resilience is essential to living a successful life. We were card-carrying members of that club long before COVID 19. After finding ourselves sucker-punched by challenges including blindness and heroin addiction, we found the only chance to claw our way out of what Kristin calls “the pit,” was by digging into our Resilience. Heck, if we hadn’t uncovered our inherent Resilience, we’d be giant puddles of goo by now. But not only are we not giant puddles of goo, we’re both TEDx speakers (Mary Fran 2, Kristin 1. Cue Kristin’s eye roll), authors, media hosts (online live show and podcast), in-demand virtual presenters, workshop and program creators, online content creators, a founder of a global patient advocate organization (Kristin) and an advocate for the recovery community (Mary Fran). Pretty cool, huh? But here’s the deal—we didn’t plan for ANY OF IT. What we did do was make a choice. We decided that we weren’t going to live in the pit. Not only were we NOT going to live there, we were going to take what we’d learned in the yuck and DO SOMETHING, anything, to move forward towards something new, even though we didn’t know what that thing was going to be at the time. Along the way…Brilliance! So, what’s this got to do with you? If you know us at all, you know we’re that we’re pretty great at providing tips, tools and strategies to Reset and Rise with Resilience. (And if you’re interested in learning more about how to do that, click here!) But even if you’re a Resilience Rock Star, you can’t just stand there once you Rise after your sucker-punch. If you do, you risk becoming a human punching bag—hanging around waiting for the next blow to land. When you discover your Brilliance, you MOVE—out of the way of the stuff that’s been pounding you and towards change. That’s why this DISCOVER YOUR BRILLIANCE CHALLENGE is for you.

So, here’s the plan: When you sign up for the five-ish (really six) day DICSOVER YOUR BRILLIANCE CHALLENGE, we’ll teach you to:
  • Examine your experiences to list your skills, talents and gifts (yes, you have gifts)
  • Name and define what you love to do
  • Explore transferrable skills and ways to build your Brilliance
  • Investigate possible Brilliant collaborations
  • Complete a Brilliance Brain Dump
  • Develop one action step to plan and begin your Brilliance journey
How will we do this? Each day of the challenge, you’ll receive:
  • A daily email containing the day’s lesson along with a video from us
  • Membership in our Brilliantly Resilient Facebook Community, where we will discuss the day’s teaching with the chance to ask questions and share your take with our tribe
  • Our work-ish book to accompany the daily lessons (We don’t believe in blood, sweat and tears.)
  • A final 60-minute wrap-up meeting to discuss what you’ve learned and clarify your Brilliance!
Plus, You’ll get a ton of bonuses, including video appearances from some superstar guests, access to all future Brilliantly Resilient offerings, and best of all, a FREE download (Yep, it’s Free!) of our just released Brilliantly Resilient ebook!

This DISCOVER YOUR BRILLIANCE CHALLENGE can change your life. But you have to CHOOSE. Stop playing the “poor me, I’m just mediocre” game. You can be that if you want, but not with us. We believe everyone, yes, especially YOU, has Brilliance they are meant to share with the rest of us. It’s time for you to show us your gift and claim your Brilliance! Join us. We’d love to add you to our Brilliantly Resilient tribe. We are committed to sharing the Brilliantly Resilient program with the world. It’s amazing, it works, it’s fun and it’s packed with actual strategies (no Woo-woo. Mary Fran hates Woo-woo.) to help you end up Brilliant, not Broken. You are Brilliantly Resilient! Let’s DISCOVER YOUR BRILLIANCE and share it with the world today!

Your Brilliantly Resilient Duo, Kristin & Mary Fran