Three years ago I moved back to my home town of Winter Park, FL. I have loved running into “kids” who now have kids of their own, even going off to college. Of course our hair is a little greyer, balder, and we might be a little fatter, but the faces are the same and […]

This week I received an amazing gift. It made my heart happy and when I said thank you it was genuine and enthusiastic! The person who gave it to me quickly shared everything about the gift and was just as excited that she was able to give it to me!
What was it?
Not a “traditional” type […]

At Beyond The Stuff we’ve all made a commitment to take certain days to blog. Yesterday was my day. (www.beyondthestuff.com)
I missed it.
I did try. I sat down and started to write. But all I could come up with was this:
“God help me. God help me. God help me”.
Why? Well, because I live with a son […]

Social Skills 101
I. Introduction – What makes an interesting and dynamic and polite person?
II. The IntroductionA. My name is…..B. It’s nice to meet you […]

I was in shock!!!
It changed my life!
I couldn’t believe it but then decided that it was just the way it was supposed to be from about a minute after I discovered it.
I walked in the bathroom to find my blackberry in the sink. Okay, not really. It was in the toilet! It fell out […]

Have you ever taken a look around your company and wondered what in the heck the other people were doing to bring in so much business to the company? You may feel that you’re on equal ground with the other sales person or people, but for some reason they are way ahead of you in […]

“Mary, you model excellence! It’s your energy and passion that I admire. You have an incredible sense of balance, always juggling so much at once. Touching lives is what you do best.
Thanks for your coaching- it helped me focus on what to work with on my daughters.”
Jane
“Mary, I have enjoyed your energy, light and joyful […]

I have thankfully worked with Mary Gardner for a period of about 6 months. She is a tremendous inspirational force who contributes her positive energy to her clients. Over that time, she helped me understand how to read people better, helped me to improve my interpersonal skills and public speaking. She helped me create […]

Like many Americans, my jobs have been dramatically cut back this fall. I heard it time and time again, that the jobs have been cancelled and my services were not required. I noticed it slowly started happening this summer and saw the writing on the wall, even with outstanding contracts that were in place, companies […]

The hunger for being noticed, validated and connected runs deep in our culture, and now with thousands of people jumping on line to do video blogging through sources like You Tube, everyone can be seen across the world immediately, and the reality is that no one even has a “private life” anymore. Ten years ago […]