In this seminar explain her psychic intuitive process and teach you how to:

- Awaken  your natural 5 senses that will then allow you to enhance your sixth sense.

- Learn to read the Signs and Symbols that are really messages from the universe.

- Surrender your anxieties and take control of your destiny.

- Talk to the Other Side

Section Price: US $19.95

Purchase tickets here.

• Store

Reservations for salon events

The next salon will be Oct. 16, from 7 p.m.- 9 p.m.

$125.00

In an intimate group of 35, Mary will discuss her books, offering insights into meditation, awakening your instincts and Chihuahua energy.

Readings are NOT guaranteed.

The next salon will be Saturday, October 16,  from 7  p.m.- 9:00 p.m. Tickets are $125 per person. Reservations and pre-payment are required.

Here’s a list of local accommodations, including hotels, restaurants and things to do.

Items at the store include hand-made meditation bracelets, meditation CDs, apparel, backpacks and books. Mary also occasionally conducts small seminars, or salons, at the shop. The next salon is Saturday, Aug. 21, from 7-9 p.m. A few seats are still available.

The store is located at 412 Main St., Center Moriches, NY. It’s open Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The phone number is 631-909-4800.

Of course, you can always peruse the online store.

(This column first appeared on Syfy.com as part of the “Mary Knows Best“  reality series web page.)

What I’m about to tell many of my new friends and viewers may come as a complete shock to some of you because when you see me on TV you see a woman who doesn’t stay still and is less than quiet. But to others who have already read one of my three books (which in all of my books I discuss how my medical condition actually enhanced my psychic ability) are very aware that I’ve had my share of health problems and concerns.

What health problems am I speaking of? Or I should say, what health problem did the universe see fit to gift me with in order to teach me life lessons I was ignoring prior to my diagnosis? My friends, I have and live with Multiple Sclerosis.

I was diagnosed with MS in 1992 and was housebound for close to 8 years and was totally disabled. So much so that I was deemed unable to work by the Social Security Administration and was told I would be disabled for the rest of my life. Boy, did I prove everyone wrong and in a big way!

Just how did I overcome MS? The first step was by never allowing anyone including myself to allow MS define who Mary Occhino is. The second step was by never giving up on a healthier future. And most importantly, by listening to my body and firing any doctor who wouldn’t listen to me when I said what I was feeling!

I overcame what most of my friends and family believed would be a life behind the four walls of my home by listening to my intuition. An intuition that told me what was good for me to eat and what wasn’t.

I overcame my fear of not being able to stand longer than 2 minutes at a time, by meditation along with conventional medication as well as homeopathic meds. And most importantly I sought out the best doctor I could find, (which doesn’t always mean the most expensive!)

But, in order to get back the independent life I once knew and allow the remedies, which the doctors had ordered for me to work, I first had to own the person I wanted to be again. I had to see myself healthy again and believe that there would be a tomorrow where I would be able to live an unassisted life again.

I visualized a tomorrow where I would be able to walk again and most importantly a tomorrow where people didn’t look at me with sadness and sorrow for my confinement.

So, for those of you who take your good health for granted …as you read this column whisper to yourself and to the universe, “thank you!”

For those of you who may have a chronic ailment presently and feel as though your life can never be better than it is today … wash that thought away from your mind immediately and in its place see and own these words:

“What you see you shall become!”

Because if you can’t see you well, you won’t be! And if you’re like I was: sick and tired of being sick and tired! Then work your backside off by first listening to your body and finding the best doctors who will listen to your symptoms, complaints and don’t take NO as an answer from anyone ever if they tell you there’s no hope for the future, because where there is life there is hope. And where’s there’s hope, you too can overcome any obstacle.

I wish you good health and the wisdom to be grateful for it! Many blessings and I’m still counting my blessings every day!

Mary Occhino … I may have MS but MS doesn’t have me!



Mary’s daughter Jackie reconnected with her passion for modeling and booked her first gig with PLUS Model Magazine and plus-size online retail and social website, Sonsi.com.

The season finale aired Thursday, Aug. 5, at 11 p.m. Eastern / 10 p.m. Central.

Want to see another season. Tell Syfy by sending an e-mail to feedback@syfy.com.

Thursday, 11 p.m. on Syfy

Mary Occhino, the matriarch of a proud Long Island Italian-American family, always takes her work home with her because communicating with the spirit world is a 24-hour job.

The reality series Mary Knows Best chronicles the poignant and often funny situations that Occhino and her family get themselves into on a daily basis. A successful author, radio host, psychic intuitive and mother of three, Occhino touches the lives of nearly everyone she meets. Her children, Jackie, Chris and Carl, are a mismatched group of siblings consisting of a reluctant psychic, a paranormal investigator and a skeptic. In each episode, viewers will be introduced to an unforgettable cast of family characters including Occhino’s outspoken older brother, Charles, and Mary’s two adorable grandchildren.

Occhino’s radio show, “Angels on Call”, on Sirius Satellite Radio, broadcasts weekday mornings from New York City. Each day she predicts the future, speaks to the dead and offers daily advice to thousands of devoted radio fans, giving “Angels on Call” one of the highest call volumes of any Sirius Radio show. Occhino conducts seminars nationwide, offering guidance on relationships, health, family issues and career concerns. She also provides closure to those who have lost love ones.

Mary Knows Best will give a whole new meaning to the phrase “mother is always right.” Tune in for an entertaining and uninhibited dose of reality.

The official Mary Knows Best web site

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Yvonne, who has owned the bakery for six years, has the brightest, most welcoming smile in Center Moriches. Some of the bakery’s include frosted star cookies, back and white cookies, brownies and seven-layer pastries. She also serves breakfast and lunch, and caters for special occasions.

All amazing stuff.

If you come to downtown Center Moriches, make sure to stop at Yvonne’s shop. It’s located at 430 Main Street, Center Moriches, NY 11934. Call her at 631-909-4089.

Thank you Yvonne for all you do.