Printable Biography of Mary O'Neill

Relationship expert Mary O’Neill, MA, MFT, is known for her unique ability to open the minds and touch the hearts of her audiences. Her motivational presentations and 1:1 Coaching on Stress Management, Conflict Resolution and Team Building provide specific, tangible and practical tools for personal and professional growth.

Mary O’Neill’s professional journey began with a career in public relations on Madison Avenue, working with renowned Fortune 500 companies such as DuPont, Tonka Toys and Givenchy Fragrances. Today, Mary helps individuals and organizations raise their level of personal and professional performance by learning how to easily, peaceably and systematically resolve conflict, diffuse stress and develop creative solutions to the inevitable relationship challenges that arise among groups everywhere.

Mary’s enthusiasm, energy and 20+ years of experience--combined with a heartfelt humor and wisdom--have made her a much sought after speaker and consultant. Her two decades of experience as a licensed psychotherapist and marriage and family counselor enables her to easily grasp even the most complex relationship issues and master the fine art of effective communication.

Mary’s powerful presentations and 1:1 consulting show participants how to uncover the root causes of stress and conflict and how to skillfully work through internal issues that can spoil relationships and impede team productivity. Her life affirming message has helped thousands of participants overcome some of the biggest potential barriers to meeting their goals and paved the way for more successful, productive and high functioning relationships.

Mary has a Master’s Degree in Health Education and Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University and maintains a private therapy and consulting practice in San Rafael, California.

Thanks to Mary’s programs, more and more individuals and organizations are learning how to more easily, peaceably, and joyfully live, work and excel! If stress and conflict are taking even the slightest toll on your organization and you want your group to raise their level of personal and professional performance, book Mary O'Neill. She can help your entire team learn how to convert these challenges into opportunities for growth and change!

Most Requested Topics:

From Stress to Success: In the stress and complexity of managing our busy lives, we can easily wind up feeling stressed out, frazzled and fatigued--with few emotional reserves left at the end of a long and hectic day. Learning how to better manage stress helps us achieve greater levels of personal and professional performance and can provide the enthusiasm and energy every individual and team needs to meet their goals and more gracefully juggle the multitude tasks they’re faced with throughout the day. In this fun and informative program, you will learn a simple, systematic method for processing stress and develop skills that will enable you to turn everyday challenges into opportunities for growth and change. Specific tools are offered on how to respond more positively and productively to stress--both on and off the job--and how to create a happier, healthier workplace environment. Here’s a chance to relax, renew and re-energize--and put some balance back into your life and career!

Turning Conflict Into Opportunity: Life will never be free of conflict--nor should it be. Interpersonal conflicts can be the special “workplace lessons”, that introduce us to our greatest strengths and potential! Left unchecked, however, our differences and disagreements can become the one of the biggest barriers to achieving our goals and working together easily, productively and harmoniously. In this thought provoking and content-rich program, you will learn to empower yourself with problem solving skills, build upon the habit of becoming less reactive and more responsive to conflict and develop more creative solutions to this special kind of relationship stress. You will learn how to communicate more effectively, move through disagreements more easily and come to trust the value--and hidden benefit--conflict has for us as growing, changing men and women.

Boosting Team Effectiveness: Having a unified and highly effective team in place is probably the single most important determining factor when it comes to the overall success of any organization. And successful teams don’t just happen--they are carefully and thoughtfully created, through strategic planning, goal setting and skill building! This program is based upon the foundation that open communication, collaboration and the willingness to share ideas is at the very heart of every team member’s success and ability to remain functioning at its peak. We’ll take a close look at the key components of successful teams, explore proven methods for building and maintaining high functioning teams and explore the most important characteristics of effective team members. You’ll learn how to skillfully work through and get past internal issues that can spoil relationships and impede team productivity. Come away knowing how to keep your team motivated, on track and moving forward and how to bring out the best in yourself and your entire group!

The Courage to Change: Changing can often be difficult and, at times, even scary. Some habits--no matter how limiting they may be--are just simply hard to break. It takes courage to leave behind that which is familiar and let go of outmoded behavior and beliefs. Yet the change process can be especially rewarding and even exciting if we develop the inner strength and outer resolve to see it through. A renewed commitment and greater sense of loyalty to our personal and professional life can emerge. This inspiring and idea-packed program will help your group learn how to: Embrace change as a normal part of life. Prosper and grow from change. Uncover important clues and promising strategies for making effective lasting change. With a heightened awareness, you’ll come away knowing how to restructure negative attitudes or beliefs, how to overcome fear and how to respond more creatively, productively and positively to change.