A Life Worth Living: Healing From Autism Spectrum Disorder

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In Part 1 of this two-part episode of Fountain of Vitality with LaMont Leavitt, Mary Gardner represents the intersection of mother's intuition and alternative healing that defies medical limitations. As charisma coach and host of the Mary Gardner Radio Show on Salem Communications, Gardner's journey began with a two-pound premature baby diagnosed on the autism spectrum at age five. Her refusal to accept lifelong suffering predictions launched a 20-year healing protocol combining massage, scripture reading, exercise, filtered water, and brain supplements that transformed her energetic son into an Air Force pilot candidate. Her story challenges assumptions about permanent diagnoses while offering actionable wisdom about vision statements, manifesting income jumps, speaking health into existence, and protecting positive energy from barnacles.

Gardner's transformation story demonstrates how mothers rejecting expert opinions as final verdicts create outcomes medical professionals never predict. When support group conversations focused on mental illness and anxiety, she recognized victim mentality perpetuating suffering. Her alternative approach moving toward joy rather than claiming depression created healing opportunities unavailable to those accepting diagnoses as identity. Continue exploring healthcare innovation in Part 2 when the conversation shifts to AI removing friction from medical systems.

Two-Pound Baby and Autism Diagnosis  

Mary Gardner's motherhood journey began under extreme circumstances. Her son weighed only two pounds at birth, requiring extended hospital stays in the NICU. Living in New York City during this period, Gardner experienced the challenges of premature infant care while maintaining her fast-walking, hustler lifestyle. She assumed her baby wouldn't slow her down, but God had other plans. At age five, her son received an autism spectrum diagnosis. Unlike many autistic children, he possessed great verbal skills, so he wouldn't have been called autistic under older classification systems.

He was simply "on the spectrum," different in ways doctors couldn't fully explain. He was a crusher, incredibly energetic with ADHD-type behaviors, constantly jumping on people and running away. He was a lot to handle. When doctors delivered the diagnosis, Gardner experienced devastation like any parent would. But her response differed from typical acceptance of lifelong limitations. She made a decision: there's no way I'm not going to take a diagnosis. And he's not going to suffer. There's no way we're curing this.

Mother's Intuition Healing Protocol  

Gardner didn't follow conventional autism treatment protocols. Instead, she used her mother's intuition to design alternative approaches combining multiple modalities. She started with massage, spending quality time with her son, reading him scriptures, and implementing regular exercise routines. Over several years, she expanded the protocol to include magnets, filtered water, alkaline water, brain supplements, prayer, and subliminal training. She created a support group bringing together doctors, network marketers, moms, and therapists to discuss healing approaches. The focus remained consistently on "how do we heal it?" rather than accepting permanent conditions.

When Jerry reached seven or eight years old, Gardner attended meetings where mothers discussed mental illness, depression, and anxiety dominating their children's lives. She couldn't tolerate the victim mentality. "Stop living in that place," she told them. "You've got to focus on what's working." This philosophy still guides her reactions when people claim depression, anxiety, and other conditions as permanent identity. Even the Bible says you're ensnared by the words of your mouth. If you claim these things, your subconscious mind will make them true. Gardner always moves toward joy, happiness, health, and healing.

Speaking Health Into Existence  

Gardner's approach to healing extends beyond her son to helping many people overcome various conditions. Her primary method involves speaking health into existence. The principle operates on subconscious mind programming. When people repeatedly declare "my depression," "my anxiety," or "my issue," they reinforce neural pathways, making those conditions permanent features of their reality. The alternative involves rejecting negative declarations and consistently speaking of positive outcomes.

This isn't positive thinking denial. It's strategic subconscious programming using the same mechanisms that make victim mentality permanent but directing them toward healing instead. Gardner has witnessed this technique help numerous people overcome conditions they believed were permanent. Her son's journey validates the approach. Now 25 years old, he studies to become a pilot with plans to join the Air Force. They don't live under the shadow of autism anymore. The diagnosis that doctors presented as permanent limitation became a temporary challenge overcome through persistent alternative protocols and positive declaration patterns.

Vision Statements and Income Manifestation  

Beyond health, Gardner applies similar principles to life purpose and financial success through vision statements. The technique comes from Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill and its updated version Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy. One story particularly influenced Gardner's approach. John Mitchell, a University of Texas professor featured in the book, documented his experience with vision statements. For 20 consecutive years, Mitchell earned $200,000 annually. His income plateaued completely despite ongoing efforts to increase earnings. Then he created a detailed vision statement describing his ideal life and income goals.

Mitchell read his vision statement for six minutes every morning and six minutes every night. After implementing this 12-minute daily practice, his income jumped from $200,000 to $25 million in one year. The transformation wasn't luck. Subconscious mind attracts when we are focused. The vision statement programming created attraction mechanisms manifesting synchronicity events leading to the income explosion. Gardner now uses AI, specifically ChatGPT, to help clients create personalized vision statements. She instructs the AI to emulate John Mitchell's script format, then describes the desired life outcomes.

The AI generates one-minute, six-minute, and 12-minute scripts customized to individual goals. She carries these scripts in her purse and computer, places them by her desk and bedside, and reads them consistently. The technique works for various goals. Gardner manifested her current boyfriend by creating a 300-item list describing desired traits. Not superficial attributes like brown hair or blue eyes, but nuanced characteristics: fun but doesn't make fun of people, has integrity but sees laughter in life. She walked up and down her living room thanking God for these qualities, speaking them into existence. Within months, she met someone matching the description.

Positive People as Barnacle Magnets  

LaMont Leavitt introduced a concept Gardner found particularly valuable: positive people become magnets for barnacles. When someone maintains good energy and their life progresses well, others naturally want proximity to that positive force. People struggling with challenges attach like barnacles, seeking to be lifted. The dynamic creates danger for positive individuals. Barnacles don't just seek lifting. They pull down. Repeatedly. With the same problems. Same complaints. Same refusal to implement suggested solutions.

Gardner admits having a bleeding heart that made her particularly vulnerable to this pattern. She loves helping friends but eventually recognized when people don't follow advice and keep returning with identical problems, boundaries become necessary. Within the past year, Gardner eliminated several people from her life after setting clear requirements for restored friendship: counseling attendance, church involvement, full-time employment generating sufficient income to eliminate borrowing requests. These aren't cruel requirements. They're basic life functionality standards that demonstrate personal responsibility and growth commitment.

Taking Action on Personal Transformation  

Mary Gardner's journey from autism spectrum diagnosis to Air Force pilot candidate son demonstrates how rejecting permanent limitation narratives creates healing opportunities medical professionals never predict. Her techniques combining alternative protocols, positive declarations, and vision statement manifestation offer replicable methods for anyone seeking life transformation.

The insights shared in Part 1 reveal that subconscious mind programming through spoken words and written vision statements creates attraction mechanisms manifesting desired outcomes. Whether healing health conditions, manifesting income goals, or finding ideal relationships, the principles remain consistent: speak what you want into existence, focus daily through vision statement reading, and protect your positive energy from barnacles dragging you down.

Continue the conversation in Part 2 when Mary Gardner and LaMont Leavitt discuss using AI to remove friction from healthcare systems and InnoviHealth's innovative medical technology solutions. Visit MaryGardner.com to explore charisma coaching and influence training.

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 Mary Garner 

A nationally recognized speaker and public speaking coach, Mary Gardner rose to prominence in the industry as an agent at Keppler Speakers. She then founded The Coaches Certification Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, the first business and life coaching and training school on the east coast.

An avid communicator with a passion for helping others find their charismatic voice, Gardner has worked to raise the profile of many executives, celebrities, professional athletes, and influencers, and transition them to new, lucrative careers in the motivational speaking circuit. In her role as the President of the Inspirational Speakers Academy, she has created a workshop series that fast tracks former professional football players into an exciting new career as professional motivational speakers.

Mary draws on her experience as a television and radio host, where she appeared on Nightline, The Today Show, CNN, ABC 20/20, CBS, Fox, and MSNBC. She has addressed corporate and college audiences across the country, and her client list includes Goldman Sachs, Mercedes Benz, Computer Associates, and numerous Wall Street financial institutions. She also has experience as a professional spokesperson.

In a coaching capacity, Gardner has worked with astronaut Mark Kelly, professional athletes Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, Peggy Fleming, Bernard King, Mike Hayes and Randy Grimes as well as TV anchors, CEOs, and executives who are respected experts in their fields.