MS Warrior & Advocate
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Workplace Wellness Strategist
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Speaker
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Podcast Host
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MS Warrior & Advocate · Workplace Wellness Strategist · Speaker · Podcast Host .
Most leaders don’t realize they’re burning out until something cracks. A decision feels heavier than it should. A conversation that used to be easy suddenly takes everything out of them. The pressure builds quietly until it isn’t quiet anymore.
I know this pattern well because I lived it. After two decades of running businesses, leading teams, and holding everything together for everyone else, I hit a point where my capacity collapsed. My clarity was gone. My authority didn’t feel like mine. And I realized something important: when a leader burns out, the whole culture feels it.
Fearless Wellness Solutions
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Fearless Wellness Solutions was built from that turning point.
Today, I work with leaders, healthcare providers, and educators who are carrying enormous responsibility but have never been taught how to protect their own energy, judgement, and wellbeing while they lead. My facilitation style is grounded, honest, and deeply practical — because burnout doesn’t need theory. It needs tools, awareness, and a reset in how leaders relate to themselves.
Through half-day and full-day facilitation sessions and luncheon learns, I help leaders:
Recognize the early signs of personal burnout before performance or relationships suffer
Protect their capacity and clarity, even in high-stakes environments
Set boundaries that support healthy leadership presence
Match tasks to energy zones using my Energy Mapping Framework
Prevent reactive decision-making that destabilizes teams and culture
Lead sustainably without abandoning themselves in the process
This work isn’t about making leaders tougher. It’s about making leadership human again — grounded in awareness, self-leadership, and the understanding that strong cultures begin with leaders who are well.
Whether I’m facilitating for corporate teams, nurses and healthcare professionals, or educators navigating complex systems, the goal is always the same:
To help leaders stay well enough to lead well.
When Mary Tibbetts steps on stage, she doesn’t just share ideas, she shares herself. With humor, honesty, and heart, she brings people into her world of resilience, possibility, and fearless living.
Speaking That Sparks Courage and Lasting Change
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As a speaker, Mary draws from her own journey with Multiple Sclerosis and over twenty years of entrepreneurial leadership. She knows what it means to face burnout, rebuild energy, and rise again and she gives audiences the tools to do the same.
Mary’s keynotes are more than inspiration. They’re an experience of connection and clarity that leaves people ready to take action. Whether you’re a team navigating workplace challenges, a community seeking hope, or individuals wanting to thrive in everyday life, Mary’s message reminds us that transformation is possible and it begins now.
MS Nation Community Foundation
The MS Nation Community Foundation was founded by Mary Tibbetts after her own diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis in 2024. Experiencing firsthand how isolating and overwhelming MS could be not only physically, but emotionally and socially Mary recognized a gap in support. While many organizations focused on research, few addressed the daily realities of living with MS. MS Nation was created to fill that gap, offering the kind of real-world resources and community that Mary wished had been available to her.
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The foundation’s mission is simple: to ensure no one living with MS feels alone. Through education, connection, and wellness-based programs, MS Nation bridges the space between diagnosis and daily life.
Core Programs Include:
Community Days – In-person gatherings featuring workshops, guest speakers, and supportive connections.
Peer Support Coffee Chats – Small-group conversations led by trained facilitators, creating safe spaces for sharing and coping.
MS-Friendly Fitness – Accessible movement classes tailored to a variety of abilities and mobility needs.
Wellness Education & Workshops – Covering topics like nutrition, mindset, rest, and stress management.
Counseling Support – Free or low-cost counseling services for individuals diagnosed with MS and their family members, ensuring emotional well-being is supported alongside physical health.
Family Resources – Guidance and support for caregivers and families navigating the challenges of MS together.
MS Nation envisions a world where every person with MS has access to connection, support, and hope. Because no one should face this journey alone.
About Mary Tibbetts
Mary Tibbetts is a keynote speaker and Burnout & Wellness Strategist whose work is rooted in lived experience. For more than twenty years, Mary built and led businesses while raising a family, supporting teams, and carrying the kind of responsibility that rarely gets talked about out loud. She knows what it feels like to be the steady one, the reliable one, the person others look to when things get hard.
She also knows what happens when the weight becomes too much.
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After facing her own burnout and later receiving a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, Mary was forced to slow down long enough to see what leadership had been costing her. That season reshaped her understanding of energy, boundaries, and the quiet ways people lose themselves while trying to hold everything together.
Mary’s style is rooted in honesty, clarity, and deep care for people. She has a rare ability to name what others feel but don’t always have language for. Her audiences often describe her presence as grounding and her perspective as the “permission slip” they didn’t know they needed.
At her core, Mary believes this:
Leadership is human work. And when people feel supported, understood, and well everything they touch becomes stronger.
Fearless With Mary is Mary’s podcast dedicated to honest conversations about living with Multiple Sclerosis. Each episode shares real stories, practical strategies, and the voices of people navigating MS, from managing symptoms and treatment options to finding resilience, community, and hope.
Podcast
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Fearless With Mary is not about theory, it’s about real life with MS. This podcast was born out of Mary’s own journey and the recognition that too many people with Multiple Sclerosis feel alone, unseen, or unsupported. Each episode dives into the realities of living with MS, from the emotional rollercoaster of diagnosis to strategies for managing fatigue, stress, and lifestyle shifts.
Mary’s podcast features conversations with other people living with MS, caregivers, wellness experts, and medical professionals who share practical tools, lived experiences, and encouragement. Whether you are newly diagnosed or years into your journey, Fearless With Mary offers a space where you feel understood and connected.
The podcast is available on Apple Podcast, Youtube and other major platforms. Tune in to find community, strength, and inspiration.
Let’s start the conversation.
Whether you’re looking for a keynote speaker, a wellness strategist, or a partner to help transform your workplace culture, I’d love to connect.