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New - Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun WeedAsk Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed - 11-18-2025 - Maria Leonard OlsenMaria Leonard Olsen practices law as a commercial litigator in Washington, DC. She is an author (50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life), podcaster ("Becoming Your Best Version"), journalist, TEDx speaker ("Turning Life's Challenges into a Force for Good"), book marketing coach for female authors and mentor to women in recovery. Maria served as a political appointee in the Clinton Justice Department and on numerous boards. She writes for several women in midlife publications (including AARP's The Ethel, The Midst, Kuel Life and CrunchyTales) and is a frequent public speaker on wellness issues. Her next books will be Befo...
2025-11-201h 59
Older Women & FriendsHappiness Is An Inside Job w/ Maria Leonard OlsenMaria Leonard Olsen is a civil litigation lawyer, a journalist, and an author. When she turned 50, she got divorced, got sober, and became an empty nester. For the first time in her life, she was living alone. And for the first time after 15 years as a full-time mom, she had to find a law firm that would hire her. Many women would have folded under the pressure, the loneliness, the Herculean task of putting a life back together. Not Maria. On the suggestion of a friend, Maria decided to try 50 new things in her 50th y...
2025-09-2530 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Jen Hardy, Podcaster, Speaker and EntrepreneurJen Hardy is CEO of Hardy House Media, and a multifaceted content creator and entrepreneur with a focus on video and podcasting. She hosts the “Jen Hardy Show” on YouTube, the “Fabulous Over 50” podcast, and is the author of four books. In her bestselling book, Uncensored YouTube Hacks, she shares practical advice for setting up your YouTube channel for success. As a YouTube consultant, she uses the information she has learned to help other podcasters find their voice through video and get comfortable on camera. Jen also hosts Podfest’s monthly Podlab, as well as being volunteer coordinator for Podfest with...
2025-06-2727 min
The Open NestersReinventing Life After 50: Maria Leonard Olsen on Resilience, Sobriety, and Embracing Change – Open Nesters Podcast Episode (S5 | E187)
Reinventing Life After 50: Maria Leonard Olsen on Resilience, Sobriety, and Embracing Change
Open Nesters Podcast Episode (S5 | E187)
[Tessa] In this episode of the Open Nesters podcast, we engage in an enlightening discussion with Maria Leonard Olsen, a dynamic figure whose journey of transformation resonates powerfully with those navigating life’s challenges, especially after 50. Maria, a litigator and author of the book “50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life,” shares her story of resilience and reinvention following significant life changes, including a divorce, sobriety, and the transition of becoming an empty nester.
Mari...
2025-05-2235 min
Rock Paper Write PodcastEpisode 15: Maria Leonard Olsen 50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your LifeListen as Maria Leonard Olsen shares her inspirational book, 50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life. She talks about how she made lists to come up with the 50 new experiences, how she is able to do so many different things and a little about her amazingly talented son. She has a podcast, Becoming Your Best Version, and so much more. Go to her website or Instagram page to learn more and look for her at the Kensington Day of the Book Festival coming up in April.
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2025-01-2426 min
Heartbreak & Hope with Pat BarbaritoFacing 50 Fearlessly With Maria Leonard OlsenWhether you’re approaching 50, or that particular birthday has been in the rearview mirror for a while, we all recognize the half-century mark as a pivotal moment in life. Host Pat Barbarito invites featured guest Maria Leonard Olsen to share just how transformative her own milestone was and how she overcame personal struggles to begin navigating the next chapters of life with intentionality and hope.The conversation covers: the influence of one’s family of origin, and the impact of childhood trauma;the peace found in facing fractured relationships, alcoholism, and m...
2024-08-2841 min
Magnificent MidlifeDNA surprises, identity, healing and growth with Maria Leonard Olsen #168This is such a fascinating podcast! Maria Leonard Olsen is a lawyer, an author, a TEDx speaker, and a mentor to women in recovery. She wrote 50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life and is host of the Becoming Your Best Version podcast. She's had a very full and fascinating life – so far. She has so many enthralling stories to share. We talk about: - Maria's background and passion for travel - Exploring other cultures and overcoming historical prejudices - The power of continuous growth and trying new things ...
2024-06-2551 min
Menopause Made Easy with Tanya#132 60 & Thriving with Maria Leonard OlsenIn our latest episode of Menopause Made Easy with Tanya, Maria and I discuss the beauty of life in her 60's
🌱 In this episode we cover:
🔥Living life to your fullest in post menopause and you are never too old to change
🔥The beauty of somatics and traveling
🔥Mourning of Motherhood
Maria Leonard Olsen practices law as a commercial litigator in Washington, D.C. She is an author (50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life), podcaster (“Becoming Your Best Version”), journalist, TEDx speaker (“Turning Life’s Challenges into a Force for Good”), book...
2024-05-2626 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Nagina Abdullah, Weight-Loss Coach for Women in MidlifeNagina Abdullah pivoted in her career in 2020 to become a health and weight-loss coach for women in midlife and founder of the website MasalaBody.com. After working a demanding corporate job while raising two children and going from feeling tired, sluggish, and frustrated to melting off 40 pounds in nine months by making changes in her life and eating habits, she started teaching other women how to boost their metabolism when what worked before no longer works. She focuses on natural formulas to combine and time metabolism-boosting foods to reduce belly fat and overall weight gain in midlife.
2024-04-2631 min
Journey To JuneRediscovering Yourself After 50 | with Maria Leonard Olsen | Ep. 47This week on Journey to June, my guest is Maria Leonard Olsen. Maria is a lawyer, author, podcaster, journalist, and mentor to women in recovery. She is also the mother of two and writes extensively about outlets for women in the middle of their lives. Maria is a public speaker on wellness issues and has given a TEDx talk on turning life challenges into a force for good. In this episode, Maria shares her journey of self-discovery and reinvention after turning 50. She talks about the challenges she faced as a mother and the importance of f...
2024-01-0256 min
Living Your Sparked Second HalfMaking Up For Lost Time After Conquering A Lifelong Struggle With Alcoholism, with Maria Leonard OlsenToday’s guest, Maria Leonard Olsen, shares her captivating life story. A woman of immense talent and ambition, Maria is a lawyer, journalist, author, and devoted mother to two wonderful children. She is also a podcaster and mentor to women in recovery.
Maria's dedication to philanthropy is evident through her involvement in various boards, including those of Children's National Medical Center BOV, the Catholic Coalition for Special Education, GirlsUp, and the Alzheimer's Association of Greater Washington. However, one of her most notable things we talked about in this episode is her journey as a recovering alcoholic.
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2023-09-2942 min
InspiHER‘dYou CAN DO hard things with Maria Leonard OlsenWhen we tell you this one is good...we mean it. One of our coolest guests yet. A woman who faced life's hardest parts all at once, and how she got to the other side.
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2023-05-1530 min
Beautiful Second ActAddiction, Sexual Assault, and 23 & Me. An Interview w/ TedX Sensation, Maria Leonard OlsenFrom blowing up her 25 year marriage due to alcoholism, and suddenly finding herself with an empty nest, and living alone for the first time in her life, Maria had no other choice but to make some serious changes.Maria's popular TedX video, "Turning Life's Challenges Into a Force for Good," had me on the edge of my seat. She wrote a book, (50 After 50), about the huge changes she made after turning 50, and candidly shared that with the world too.But what I was not expecting to hear was about her experience with sexual assault, and...
2022-08-2350 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Jodi Silverman, Midlife Mentor, Coach and Founder of Moms Who DareJodi Silverman helps women embarking on the empty nest and midlife transition to rediscover who they are, outside of a mom, mother-figure, daughter or partner. As a mentor and coach, she provides community, tools and strategies to increase resilience, find happiness, and discover purpose, meaning, fulfillment and fun.
Jodi helps women shift the focus that may have been on everyone else back onto themselves. She shares her best tips and strategies, learned from her own daring and continuing journey, to help women release fear and limiting beliefs, preventing them from stepping into their purpose and living their mo...
2022-08-1230 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Life Coach, Emily ClementEmily Clement helps people reclaim their personal power and manifest the lives they truly desire. She is a soul-searching joy-creator with a passion for helping others shine. Emily is an inspirational speaker, certified transformational life coach, educator, workshop facilitator and emotional wellness/healthy boundaries expert.
Emily was a student of life and business strategist, Tony Robbins, and now works behind the scenes at his events. She will travel with him to New Zealand and Fiji this year to work on another of his events.
Emily pivoted from being a full-time teacher (she taught at an...
2022-08-0530 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Margit Novack, Author of "Squint: Revisioning the Second Half of Life"Margit Novack is an entrepreneur, thought leader in aging and pioneer in Senior Move Management. Margit founded Moving Solutions in 1996, when she was in her 40s. Over the next 25 years, her passion and commitment to serving older adults and their families inspired her team to provide world-class service that earned her awards and national media attention in this then-new cottage industry. She had no direct experience in the field at the time she started her company, but saw a need and sought to serve a vulnerable population.
Margit is widely recognized as founder of the Senior Move...
2022-07-2931 min
Beneath Your Beautiful071. Maria Leonard OlsenMaria Leonard Olsen is a TedX speaker, attorney, journalist, podcast host, radio show co-host and author, who talks about overcoming common battles, including divorce, sexual assault, addictions, anxiety and depression. For more info:MariaLeonardOlsen.com________Guests share stories of adversity and perseverance which inspire, encourage and challenge us. Host Hara Allison embraces these tough conversations, intimately exploring our loves, fears and hopes with a delicious combination of depth and lightness.Beneath Your Beautiful won first place in Self Help and Health & Wellness in the 2022 International Positive Change...
2022-07-2321 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Danielle Glosser, Who Amplifies Artists' Visibility/Client Volume, and Helps Collectors Appreciate and Obtain ArtDanielle Glosser is the Principal of Client Raiser, a business dedicated to helping artists to increase their client volume and the visibility of their art. Since 2014, she has worked with nearly 200 artists in 20 states across the country in support of their professional goals. Danielle also assists art collectors in exposing them to new work and finding pieces that bring them joy. She has hosted unique online art exhibitions that have benefitted nonprofit organizations and struggling artists during the pandemic, and brings a passion for social justice to her work. Danielle supports women in the arts and increases exposure of w...
2022-07-2225 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Consulting Hypnotist, Rachel StrableyRachel Strabley is a Certified Consulting Hypnotist through the National Guild of Hypnotists in Nashua, New Hampshire. Rachel studied at the Yale University's The Science of Well Being program. She began her study of hypnosis to help with her own depression and sleep problems, and now uses hypnosis and other modalities to help her clients, who are in the U.S. and abroad. Her youngest child uses Rachel's hypnosis recordings to help her fall asleep!
Through hypnosis, clients are able to overcome a lack of confidence, decrease or eliminate fears and phobias, address weight issues, low libido...
2022-07-1532 min
Late Bloomer Living PodcastEP 106: Becoming Your Best Version with Maria Leonard OlsenSometimes life comes crashing down around you and you are forced to dig deep to find resilience you didn’t know you had. Sometimes you are the driver of that change. My guest this week is Maria Leonard Olsen and she has been on both sides of that equation. In her 50th year she felt lost as she was going through empty nester syndrome, getting a divorce and entering into recovery for alcoholism. That trifecta led her to therapy where she began to heal and eventually started to make active changes for a happier life. She’s since written a book, p...
2022-07-1329 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Cultural Arts Ambassador, International Cultural Arts & Healing Sciences Institute Founder, Musician and Healer, Amikaeyla GastonAmikaeyla Gaston is the Executive Director and Founder of International Cultural Arts & Healing Sciences Institute (ICAHSI). She is a force for change. Proclaimed as one of the “purest contemporary voices” by National Public Radio (NPR), Amikaeyla is a public keynote speaker, performer, educator, and author. She travels the world serving as a Cultural Arts Ambassador for the State Department and is the Founder of the International Cultural Arts and Healing Sciences Institute and co-Executive Director for World Trust Educational Services Organization. With over 25 years experience in the Behavioral Health arena, Amikaeyla has been bringing together artists and healers of all f...
2022-07-0825 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Midlife Life Coach, Empowerer, Author and Radio Show Host, Lisa LuccaLisa Lucca is the author of Ashes to Ink: A Memoir, a story of heartache and the power of forgiveness, about her narcissistic father who came out as gay, and mother who did not want people to know, in their midwestern town, that she was the straight partner of a gay man. Lisa co-authored an epistolary memoir, You Are Loved, with her partner, Mark Mathias. Her memoir with her husband is a beautiful love story, told over the course of ten years via emails betwee the two that delved into life's biggest issues and the choices that shape our...
2022-07-0131 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Creativity Coach and Author, Julia RobertsJulia Roberts, MSc, helps thousands of writers every year see their creative process more clearly and master their strengths and struggles. She is on a mission to help writers glide past those awkward, painful moments that can stop your writing in its tracks. She can help you stare down doubt, dread and delay, and write with more ease and satisfaction.
Julia's new book, Write Without the Fight: Master Your Creative Process to Write with Ease and Satisfaction, was launched in May 2022. With this book, Julia helps writers gain confidence and creativity in their writing. She taps into t...
2022-06-2432 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Hara Allison, Storyteller, Photographer and Host of the "See Beneath Your Beautiful" PodcastHara Allison is a storyteller through photography, design and her podcast, "See Beneath Your Beautiful." On her podcast, guests share stories of adversity and perseverance which inspire, encourage and challenge us. Hara embraces these tough conversations, intimately exploring our loves, fears and hopes with a delicious combination of depth and lightness. One of her most impactful podcast episodes aired on 9/25/21: "Motherless Daughters." Hara interviewed a dozen women who lost their mothers about the impact the loss had on them. Hara has found that talking about one's pain can free us of it.
Despite a traumatic childhood, including sexua...
2022-06-1734 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Creativity & Innovation Speaker, Author and Educator, Meta WagnerMeta Wagner is the author of What’s Your Creative Type?: Harnessing the Power of Your Artistic Personality and of the fabulous Substack newsletter, Page Fright, which is a great resource for writers. She is a writing and creativity professor at Emerson College in Boston, and has also taught at Boston University, Wheelock College and Grub Street creative writing center. Meta is the creator of an original model for creativity, the Five Creative Types, and has given talks about it at TEDx, creativity conferences, and corporate events and webinars. Meta has been a contributor to The Boston Globe opinion pa...
2022-06-1034 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Confidence Coach, Writer, Therapist and Mentor, Lizzie MoultLizzie Moult is a Confidence Coach, Cognitive Behavioral Therapist and writer, who illuminates the energetic dance between our minds and bodies and what it takes to trust ourselves fully. She aims to wake up people’s feelings to get them in touch with the boundaries they need to draw.
Lizzie is an Australian country gal who broke the rules and dedicated her life to the journey of self-exploration. She is an expressive, down to earth soul, who leads with heart and seeks to expand minds. After healing her own stories, beliefs and patterns that kept her feeling small...
2022-06-0331 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Erin Mathis, Empowering Style Coach for Women in MidlifeErin Mathis, cofounder of The Style Core, is a Style Coach for women in midlife who feel stuck in a rut and want to empower themselves to take charge of their future. She helps women up-level their personal style so they show the world who they really are and align their image with the impact they want to make. She applies the same process she used to transform her own image to help her clients reinvent themselves so they can confidently show up as the captivating women they are and tell the world who they are through their look...
2022-05-2730 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Midlife Mindset Coach and Solo Travel Enthusiast, Michela FantinelMichela Fantinel joined the podcast from beautiful northeast Italy. Michela is a life and mindset coach and entrepreneur, based in Italy, who has pivoted a few times in her career and life. At age 44, she swapped a manager's life for a less ordinary life and became a travel blogger and publisher. At 56, she started her coaching practice with the mission to help women over 50 step out of an unfulfilling life, get unstuck, set clear goals and achieve success beyond their realistic expectations. Michela is passionate about healthy living and the art of growing young and sharing her knowledge with like...
2022-05-2032 min
The Open NestersSexual Abuse, Sobriety and Becoming Our Best Selves with Maria Leonard Olsen (S2 | E67)
Sexual Abuse, Sobriety and Becoming Our Best Selves with Maria Leonard Olsen
(Season 2 | Episode 67)
[Tessa] Maria Olsen found herself living alone, on her own, at 50 years old… for the very first time.
Divorce, broken relationships, alcoholism. A wake of trouble behind her.
What would have broken many people somehow inspired Maria to make changes. Lots of them. In her book 50 After 50 Reframing the Last Chapter of Your Life Maria takes us through her process of renewal and the 50 things she did to rebuild her life. In this stand-out interview on The...
2022-05-1835 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Tessa Krone, Educator and Co-Founder of "The Open Nesters," Co-Creating Their Vitality in Act 3 of Their LivesTessa Krone, MA, Speaker, Educator, Podcaster and Coach, is the co-founder of The Open Nesters Podcast. Tessa and her partner Amir have a successful podcast in which they discuss the stage of life as kids become adults, as ACT III, or the OPEN, rather than empty, NEST. They have created new lives for themselves in many ways and, as their adult kids say, they are "living [their] best lives!" The Open Nesters Podcast (available wherever you get your podcasts) has a mission to empower and inspire others whose children are now adults. They seek to imbibe this stage of life...
2022-05-1323 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With College2Career Academy Founder, Career Coach & Professional Pivoter, Andrea KoppelAndrea Koppel coaches young people in how to find their professional passions. She shares, through personal experiences in allowing herself to fail and explore new opportunities, that the best way to finding a fulfilling career is to experiment with different iterations. It is by working through one's fears that we may uncover our true passions and evolve into the most authentic versions of ourselves.
Andrea is a former award-winning CNN correspondent, who followed a path for years along the trail blazed by her esteemed father, veteran news broadcaster and "CBS Sunday Morning" correspondent, Ted Koppel. Andrea currently is...
2022-05-0638 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Nationally Recognized Speech and Presentation Coach, Alicia DaraAlicia Dara is an amazing woman who shared multiple pearls of wisdom with our listeners about how to find your voice, how to become the protagonist in your own story, and even how to truly connect with one's emotions to fully enjoy classical music! She is a nationally recognized speech and presentation coach based in Seattle. She has helped thousands of people including CEO’s, Global VPs, Executive Directors and Presidential candidates break through blocks, find their Power Voice, and put it to work. "What we allow is what we encourage," she shares, in describing how she helps women lear...
2022-04-2933 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Photojournalist & Author of "The Second Half," Ellen WarnerEllen Warner's career as a photojournalist spans more than 50 years. Her photographs have been published in numerous newspapers and magazines and exhibited extensively. Over the years, she has developed a specialty of author portraits and has worked for most publishing houses in New York and London. She has also written travel articles, which have been published in The New York Times and Travel and Leisure in the U.S.A., and in The Traveller in the U.K. Ellen’s recently published book, The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty (Brandeis University Press, March 8, 2022), explores, in photographi...
2022-04-2225 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Intuitive Spiritual Life Coach, Ulrika SullivanUlrika Sullivan, who is originally from Sweden, is a former scientist turned author, intuitive spiritual life coach, yoga teacher and energy healer. She is passionate about helping busy women to connect with their intuition, energy and true selves to find inner calm, self-love and life balance so that they can live from the heart with more ease and flow. Ulrika is the author of Wisdom Beyond What You Know: How to Shift from Being Driven by the Mind to Living from the Heart and Intuition, the creator of the podcast New Light Living - See Your Life in a Ne...
2022-04-1524 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Resilience Expert, Debra Sabatini HennellyDebra Sabatini Hennelly was the student government president and my UVA Law School class president for the class of '88. She teaches organizations ethical leadership, including how to create psychological safety in the workplace, so that employees will feel empowered to speak up, as an early warning about problems that can be prevented and addressed early. Employee wellbeing is crucial to organizational health. The pandemic's "Great Attrition," or "Great Resignation," underscored the importance of creating an ethical culture in an organization, so that employees feel like they belong, that their voices are heard, and that they are doing work tha...
2022-04-0831 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Late Bloomer Living Podcast Creator, Yvonne MarcheseYvonne Marchese is the host of the Late Bloomer Living Podcast, a professional photographer, mother and wife. At the age of 48, she realized that she’d bought into a story about getting old that was adversely affecting her health and relationships. Changing her story about aging inspired her to start the Late Bloomer Living Podcast where she is on a mission to redefine society's ideas on aging and exploring how to live a life by design. Yvonne believes that midlife is filled with possibility, that it’s never too late to pursue a dream and that the stories we tell ou...
2022-04-0124 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Juvenile Diabetes Advocate, Survivor and Thriver, Nancy GaudetNancy Gaudet is a strong, fiercely independent woman who cares deeply and loves unconditionally. Her story involves doing a bike ride for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to raise funds for children with Type One diabetes, as her son had been diagnosed with it at age nine. It was her fourth ride and she was 58 years old. She completed the 100 miles and two hours later had a massive seizure, landing her in the ICU unit at a hospital in Florida. She spent five days there close to kidney failure and was read her last rites. Fortunately, she has no p...
2022-03-2528 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Ground-breaking Author of Courage to Heal, Writing Teacher and Writing Retreat Leader, Laura DavisIn her 30+ year career as an author, Laura Davis has written seven non-fiction books that have changed peoples' lives. The Courage to Heal paved the way for hundreds of thousands to heal from the trauma of sexual abuse. Becoming the Parent You Want to Be helps parents develop a vision for the families they want to create. And I Thought We'd Never Speak Again: The Road from Estrangement to Reconciliation teaches the skills of reconciliation and peace building to the world, one relationship at a time. Laura's ground-breaking books have been translated into 11 languages and sold more than two m...
2022-03-1830 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Trauma and Life/Leadership Authority, Sara Schulting KranzSara Schulting Kranz is an acclaimed author, keynote speaker, trauma and life/leadership authority, wilderness guide, and executive producer of "Walk Through This,” a documentary feature in production of her healing journey in nature. She is also a single mom of three amazing sons. As a multiple trauma survivor who used nature in her healing and transformational journey, Sara coaches clients, leadership executives and organizations on the necessity and benefits of using nature for mental and emotional health. You will find Sara speaking to businesses, corporations and running executive leadership workshops, in addition to leading healing, transformational and leadership re...
2022-03-1129 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With The Midlife Whisperer, Dr. Ellen AlbertsonEllen Albertson, PhD, RDN, NBC-HWC, is a psychologist, registered dietitian, national board certified health and wellness coach, reiki master, and mindful self-compassion teacher. Known as The Midlife Whisperer™, she helps women raise their vibration so they have the energy, confidence and clarity to make their next chapter their best chapter. A bestselling author, inspirational speaker and expert on women’s wellbeing, Dr. Ellen has appeared on Extra, the Food Network and NBC World News and has been quoted in Psychology Today, Eating Well and USA Today. She has written five books and articles for SELF, Better Homes & Gardens and Good Ho...
2022-03-0428 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Happiness and Resilience Thought Leader, Gina VildGina Vild is an author, educator, thought leader and speaker on the themes of happiness, living with purpose and resilience. Her career includes more than four decades in which she held senior leadership positions in healthcare, academia and government. Most recently, she served for 12 years at Harvard Medical School as Associate Dean and Chief Communications Officer. She is known for being a curator of poetry, meditation enthusiast, lifelong learner and mother. Her vibrant approach to life blends academic learning with real-world experiences. She is co-author with Sanjiv Chopra, MD, (Deepak Chopra's brother) of the successful book The Two Most Impo...
2022-02-2524 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Congresswoman, Mom, Nonprofit Founder & Author Marjorie MargoliesThe Hon. Marjorie Margolies is the former Congresswoman from the 13th district of Pennsylvania. She's a 25 year veteran of NBC news and the Founder and President of Women's Campaign International (WCI). She's a professor of political science at UPenn and the author of five books, the mother of 11 and the grandmother of 21. Her son is married to Chelsea Clinton. Her new book, And How Are The Children? (MacKenzie-Wyatt, January 2022), is a wonderful inside look at the world of an Emmy-award winning broadcaster who adopts hard-to-place refugees from Vietnam and Korea, blends them into a joyful, chaotic household consisting of four...
2022-02-1826 min
Most People Don't... But You Do!#55 "Mommy, Why Is Your Skin So Brown?", Feeling "Other Than", and "50 New Things"; The Miraculous Messenger, Maria Leonard OlsenI met Maria Leonard Olsen in New York City when we both were filming our TEDx Talk. Immediately I was drawn to her intellect and communication style. Relaxed, mindful, yet disarmingly intense and so very powerful! She shared her story with me on that day, and now with the world through various platforms. She overcame a tumultuous childhood to live in a place of content. Through her writings, she has enabled others to embrace their uniqueness and accept their imperfect lives. She remains non-judgmental of how others behave toward her realizing that everyone has difficulty.
She is a biraci...
2022-02-1845 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Founder of the Lovin’ Midlife Movement, Dara GoldbergDara Goldberg is a changemaker, entrepreneur, speaker and the founder of the Lovin’ Midlife Movement. She’s known for her undying passion to make the world recognize women in midlife are invincible–not invisible. After 15 happy years advising and raising millions of dollars for nonprofit organizations and charitable foundations as a founding partner in a consulting firm, she woke up one morning and realized something was off. This was the pivotal moment–as society told her she was crazy for wanting to leave a perfect job–where she realized there needed to be a change. Now she advocates for and brings...
2022-02-1123 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Author, Editor and Professor, Iris KrasnowIris Krasnow, a Stanford University grad, became the fashion writer for the Dallas Times-Herald, before moving to United Press International in Washington, D.C. to become the national feature writer. In her several years at UPI, Iris specialized in celebrity profiles, including Yoko Ono, Billy Graham, Ted Kennedy, Norman Mailer and Queen Noor of Jordan. Iris is the author of Surrendering to Motherhood, the New York Times bestseller, Surrendering to Marriage, Surrendering to Yourself, and I Am My Mother's Daughter. The Secret Lives of Wives continues her journey as a journalist who chronicles the adult female growth cycle, followed by...
2022-02-0427 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Social Sculptor, Philippa HughesPhilippa P.B. Hughes is a Social Sculptor and Creative Strategist who designs relational spaces for honest conversations across political, social, and cultural differences. She has produced hundreds of creative activations since 2007 for people who might not normally meet to engage with one another in unconventional and meaningful ways. These relational experiences build social capital, social cohesion, and social discourse. Her practice encompasses a multi-disciplinary approach informed by sociology, psychology, philosophy, political science, history, community organizing, design thinking, creative placemaking, art, and humanities.
Philippa, who has been published many times and has spoken on multiple platforms, speaks...
2022-01-2822 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Brain Health Expert, Dr. Andrea WilkinsonBrain health expert, Dr. Andrea Wilkinson, is helping people find focus, mental clarity and calm through a better understanding of how the body works. She has a Ph.D. in Psychology and has been researching brain health, wellness and mental resilience for the last 20 years. In 2014, she founded BrainShape.ca, a platform for adults who want to optimize their mental vibrancy and physical energy. Dr. Andrea is also the host of the BrainShape Podcast, a weekly show that covers the latest brain health research and shares tips on how to feel your best. Check out https://www.brainshape.ca...
2022-01-2126 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Author & Storyteller, Ronit PlankRonit Plank is a writer, speaker, teacher and mother whose work has been featured in The Rumpus, The Atlantic, The Iowa Review, Writer’s Digest, The Washington Post, The Seattle Times, The New York Times and elsewhere. Her stories and essays have been nominated for both the Pushcart Prize and The Best of the Net and she is author of When She Comes Back, a memoir about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation. Her short story collection Home Is A Made-Up Place won Hidden River Arts’ 2020 Eludia Award and will be publish...
2022-01-1426 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Happiness Coach, Barbara EllisonBarbara Ellison is a speaker, author, host, personality trainer, dream coach and wellness partner. She works with mid-life women who are ready to take charge of their lives so that they can be the best ever version of themselves--the full of energy, well-toned, confident and highly paid version. Barbara is on a mission to make happiness the norm by inspiring people to lead happy, healthy, financially free, abundant lives. Learn more at https://trendsinmarketingenterprises.com.
2022-01-0721 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Feng Shui Expert, Patricia LohanPatricia Lohan joins us from across the pond in Ireland. She is a Feng Shui expert, manifesting magnet, alchemist, healer and real-life Irish Celtic Shaman. Patricia is the creator of PowerHouse Feng Shui and Author of The Happy Home: A Guide To Creating A Happy, Healthy, Wealthy Life. She helps entrepreneurs make their homes & businesses magnetic to money, luck and blessings. She shows you what they don’t teach in business school, what lies between the lines, your top-secret tool for success. She has helped thousands of people across the globe embrace Feng Shui and create lasting changes in thei...
2021-12-3124 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Pleasance Silicki, Integrative & Holistic Coaching/Healing & Sacred Arts GuidePleasance Silicki is an Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselor, Holistic Health Coach, Rising Kohenet, Author, Death Doula, Inner Voice Facilitator and Adjunct Faculty at The American University and the Maryland University of Integrative Health. She teaches from the foundations of evidence-based Positive Psychology and weaves the practices of many wisdom traditions including Vedic Wisdom, Mystical Judaism, Earth-Based Rituals and ceremonies, and Somatic Healing. She is the founder of THRIVE, an online self-care class and LOLA, a dynamic community-based in sacred circles and teachings that cultivate liberation and awakening in daily life.
Pleasance is the author of Delight: 8 Principles for...
2021-12-2426 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Author, Diplomat, Executive and Trailblazer, Lauri Fitz-PegadoCultural and commercial diplomacy are the hallmarks of Lauri Fitz-Pegado’s career. She has been a civil servant at the Voice of America and the U.S. Information Agency, and a Foreign Service Officer in the Dominican Republic and Mexico. Appointed by President Clinton, she was confirmed by the Senate to serve as Assistant Secretary and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service at the Department of Commerce led by Secretary Ronald H. Brown. In the private sector she advised countries, corporations, individuals and non-profits as a senior executive at Hill and Knowlton and Gray and Co...
2021-12-1720 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Afghan Refugee Assistance Nonprofit Founder, Geeta BakshiGeeta Bakshi spent 14 years with the CIA doing counterterrorism work and focusing on the war in Afghanistan, bestowing upon her an enormous responsibility to help protect innocent lives from terrorist adversaries. Geeta is a second-generation American of South Asian descent and the founder of FAMIL, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Afghan allies and their families resettle in the United States after the evacuation of American troops from Kabul in summer of 2021. Geeta founded FAMIL, which means “family” in Afghanistan, to help Afghan allies of the United States, just as they had helped Americans in Afghanistan for so many years...
2021-12-1024 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Life Example and Inspiration, Alma ChopraAlma Chopra is an entrepreneur, inspirational speaker, disabilities awareness advocate and life counselor, who has conquered Cerebellar Ataxia, a disorder that causes progressive loss of coordination and difficulties with balance and gait. Her story is an embodiment of hope, faith and courage in times of darkness and overwhelming uncertainty. Alma, whose name means "soul" in Spanish, wants her journey to serve as an example. "I am willing to show my vulnerabilities to the world. If it can inspire one person globally, my job is done." Learn more about Alma at her website, www.almachopra.in, and follow her on so...
2021-12-0320 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Forever Fierce: Midlife Matters Founder, Catherine Grace O'ConnellCatherine Grace O’Connell is an Ageism Positivist, an Empowerment Cat-alyst, the founder of Forever Fierce: Midlife Matters, a global Facebook Community dedicated to supporting and celebrating the Modern Midlife Woman, and the CEO of MODlife Media, a female-focused message based digital media agency. She is a Motivational Speaker and the host of the Mastering Modern Midlife Talk Show. Catherine is passionate about inspiring and empowering women at Midlife & Beyond to see aging in a positive light.
Women at Midlife & Beyond are the Perfect Storm. We are the first demographic in history to have health and vitality, wis...
2021-11-2622 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With "The Married Widow" Author, Diane Papalia ZappaDiane Papalia Zappa earned her PhD in Lifespan Developmental Psychology in 1971. She went on to teach human development courses to thousands of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, attaining the rank of tenured Full Professor of Child and Family Studies at the age of 30. While in Madison she and co-author Sally Wendkos Olds wrote A Child’s World (now in its 13th edition) and Human Development (in its 14th edition). In 1986, while still a Professor in Madison, she met Frank Zappa’s younger brother, Bob, who was marketing manager for one of her books. They married in 2015. Her latest book...
2021-11-1926 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Power Purpose Play Founder, Kavita AhujaKavita Ahuja is an entrepreneur and founder of Power Purpose Play , a global platform dedicated to advancing the personal growth and inner power of women in midlife. She is the host and visionary behind the successful podcast, “The Midlife Reinvention”, a course content creator, an accomplished writer and a Personal Transformation and Transition Coach. At age 52, Kavita, who also holds a major in Biology and an MBA, left an extremely successful corporate pharmaceutical career of almost 25 years, took control of her health, her spirituality and her personal relationships, and found her next true calling, which is to help women find...
2021-11-1224 min
EmbarkMaria Leonard Olsen: Becoming Your Best VersionIf there's a university for overcoming obstacles, Maria Leonard Olsen has earned her PhD. Maria has numerous hyphenates attached to name, in both her struggles and accomplishments. In today's episode, we talk about endurance, the impact of growing up in an interracial family, the power of owning your happiness and how DNA testing has become a genetic Pandora's Box. Thanks for joining us on Embark.About Maria: Maria is a biracial woman whose parents were forbidden by law to marry in their home state of Maryland in the early 1960s. She is the mother of t...
2021-11-1131 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Tin Can Pilgrim, Lynda RozellLynda Rozell has lived most of her life in Virginia where she earned Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in Foreign Affairs and a J.D. at the University of Virginia. After law school, she joined the firm, Hunton & Williams, as an associate on the Antitrust and Trade Regulation team in Washington, D.C. She subsequently worked as an Attorney Advisor on the personal staff of two presidential appointees to the Federal Trade Commission. Lynda also has worked as a massage therapist and run a small business providing in-home therapeutic massage for pregnant women. She served in a number o...
2021-11-0529 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Holistic Energy Practitioner, Ana McKessyAna McKessy is a holistic energy practitioner, taking women on a transformational energy journey using meditation, energy healing and coaching. Through her Facebook group, the Spiritual Gravy Train, Ana leads a community of women and shows them how to improve their energy and their lives through movement, wholesome nutrition, focused relaxation and connection to their inner self. She provides masterclasses on meditation, breathwork and energy. She also provides one-on-one coaching for women looking to move forward in discovering their true identity and life’s passion so that they can be the best version of themselves! Having devoted much time towar...
2021-10-2929 min
Becoming Your Best VersionCatching Up With Fitness Empowerer, Kelly HowardFor more than 20 years, Kelly Howard has been connecting women to freedom and personal empowerment through fitness consistency, mindset and adventure. She’s changed thousands of lives with her "Fit is Freedom" podcast, courses and events, and is a contributing author to the bestseller, #1 Habits for Entrepreneurs. A serial entrepreneur herself (created and sold four companies), she’s the former owner of Bayou City Outdoors, the largest outdoor activity and social club of its kind. She’s helped thousands of women enjoy and flourish on hiking, biking and kayaking adventures worldwide. She currently calls Houston, Texas her home, but can fr...
2021-10-2218 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Documentarian, Sky BergmanSky Bergman is an accomplished, award-winning photographer. Lives Well Lived is a documentary that celebrates the incredible wit, wisdom and life experiences of older adults living full and meaningful lives in their later years. Encompassing 3,000 years of collective life experience, diverse people share life lessons about perseverance, the human spirit and staying positive in the midst of life’s greatest challenges. It was screened in more than 200 cities, garnered awards, and is being aired on PBS. It is Sky’s directorial debut. Her fine art work is included in permanent collections at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Brooklyn...
2021-10-1522 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Bold Story Press Founder, Emily BarrosseEmily Barrosse is founder and CEO of Bold Story Press, a publishing press by, for and about women. Previously, she founded Bold in Business, a program that teaches professional women to own their power for success in business. Emily developed her track record of publishing success while working in leadership roles in the publishing industry. She has more than 30 years of hands-on experience signing, developing, and publishing best-selling books. As Vice President, Editor in Chief at McGraw-Hill, she was responsible for a $500 million digital and print publishing list. In addition to her publishing and leadership expertise, Emily is a kee...
2021-10-0820 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Voiceover Actor and Storyteller, Liz SolarLiz Solar is a Boston-based voice actor who can be heard on commercials, interactive apps, audio books and corporate narrations for regional and global brands. She has produced and participated in storytelling events, and produces and hosts the Embark podcast. Her mission is to share stories--both personal and universal--to promote understanding, empathy and a little more conversation. Liz coaches reluctant speakers to communicate with more confidence, power and grace. Her signature talks include "No is Not a Four-Letter Word." A founder and contributor to the writer’s blog, Acts of Revision, Liz is completing her first novel. She lives in the...
2021-10-0117 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Luisa Heymann, Author of Get a Move On!After a lifetime of being physically active, in 2014 Luisa Coll-Pardo Heymann was side-lined with a broken neck after being hit by a drunk driver. For months she could barely move, so when finally able to resume something approaching normal life, she had to start getting back in shape in teeny-tiny bite-sized pieces; thus, the concept of mini-workouts was born. She soon realized that these were a fantastic addition to her weekly schedule--even once she could exercise normally again--and has kept it up ever since. If you’re in a similar situation working to come back from an illness or inj...
2021-09-2422 min
Becoming Your Best VersionCatching Up With Brave Healer, Laura Di FrancoLaura Di Franco is the CEO of Brave Healer Productions, where they publish world-changing wellness books. With thirty years of practice in holistic physical therapy, a third-degree black belt, and 20 books and counting, she offers powerful expertise and energy that’ll help you leave a legacy with your brave words. In this podcast, Laura shares a few self-healing techniques and her success in making the pursuit of joy a priority every day. See BraveHealer.com for more information about Laura's work in helping others share their voices.
2021-09-1722 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with the Founder of Me Met Me, Nuthan ManoharNuthan Manohar, who is located in India, is the founder of Me Met Me, a "Sleep Whisperer," "Happiness Mentor" and "Ayurvedic Perfumer." Nuthan is a TEDx speaker on therapeutic perfumery, an adjunct faculty at IIM K (one of the top five management institutions in India, and top 100 globally) for Self Management, an international corporate trainer with clients like Linkedin, Discovery Channel, Indian Navy, Hyatt, and Yoga Alliance. She has a Masters in Yoga and an MBA. A volunteer movement she had started from her Yoga Studio went on to become a best practice case study acknowledged by UNDP.
Du...
2021-09-1029 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Heather Leah, founder of WithLoveDCHeather Leah is a poet, teacher, meditation and yoga instructor, children's book author and community organizer living in Ashland, Oregon. She is passionate about bringing people together and creating a sense of community and support. She is the founder of the movement WithLoveDC and the annual Women of the Wild gatherings. WithLoveDC is a movement to spread love, joy, and acceptance throughout the District. Join us in our mission to make this world a better place; one smile, hug, or random act of kindness at a time. They hold free pop up yoga around DC, including at the U.S. Botanic...
2021-09-0325 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Joy Architect, Robin Joy MeyersRobin Joy Meyers has used her expertise as a molecular geneticist to become a Joy Architect, ICF Certified Self-Mastery Mindset Coach, TEDx & international speaker and author to empower thousands of women worldwide to amplify their voices, embrace change and thrive through life’s transitions. She is the creator of the F.E.A.R. Method and author of Alone, but Not Lonely: Reclaim Your Identity and Be Unapologetically You, which was listed among “The 13 Life Coaching/Self Development Books That Everyone Should Read” by Fupping. Her upcoming book, The Common Denominator, will be released in early 2022. Robin Joy's TEDx Talk, “The...
2021-08-2721 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Entrepreneur and Teach Give Inspire Fridays Founder, Barbara GutermanBarbara Guterman is a seasoned entrepreneur, a passionate business executive, and a veteran community organizer with a desire for creating powerful change. She is a devoted wife and mother to three grown sons who share her passion for business and for giving back. As a consummate entrepreneur for over 35 years, Barbara has launched companies and managed businesses in a multitude of industry segments including telecommunications, retail, franchising, manufacturing, fine jewelry and in internet-based start-ups. Her experience ranges from small business to large scale public corporations and covers many areas of expertise including, management, operations, sales, investor relations, public relations...
2021-08-2024 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Attorney & GirlsUp Executive Director, Debra SoltisDebra Soltis is a founding partner of the law firm of Kiyonaga & Soltis, PC in Washington, D.C., where she specializes in employment discrimination, criminal defense and civil rights litigation. Much of her practice focuses on empowering women in the workplace to combat sexual harassment and other forms of gender discrimination. Debra has been repeatedly recognized by Washingtonian Magazine as one of the best attorneys in Washington, D.C. in employment law and has been repeatedly honored as a SuperLawyer by her peers for her criminal practice. Since 2009, Debra has served as the Executive Director of GirlsUP, Inc, a DC...
2021-08-1325 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Creator of Old Chicks Know Sh*t, Jennifer ArthurtonJennifer Arthurton, who is based in Canada, is the creator and founder of Old Chicks Know Sh*t, a platform and podcast designed to inspire and support midlife women in chasing their dreams and creating their kick ass next chapter. Jennifer is an empowerment coach, podcast host, writer and speaker, and having made her own midlife course corrections, she is a passionate advocate of the inherent power and wisdom that women possess at a time when they often feel overlooked in society and doubt themselves most. Jennifer regularly appears as a guest on blogs and podcasts and as a sp...
2021-08-0619 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Somatic Coach and Resiliency Expert, Jennifer Degan"Yoga is my medicine," says Jennifer Degan. Jennifer has 30 years of practice as an educator, counselor, yoga teacher and somatic-based coach. Life brings her great joy and great challenge. Jennifer is a life-long learner, with the equivalent of two master’s degrees. She is a member of Wellspring Institute of Mental Health Advanced Graduate Study of Trauma. Attachment and the Embodied Mind is her most recent pursuit. She began the transformative process of her life when she was very young. Her spiritual life opened with the death of a sister when she was six years old. She had a supp...
2021-07-3019 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Molly Watts, Podcast Host of Breaking the Bottle LegacyMolly Watts is the author, mentor and podcast host of Breaking the Bottle Legacy. Breaking the Bottle Legacy is dedicated to helping daily drinkers and adult children of alcoholics change their relationship with alcohol. After living under the influence of her mother's alcohol abuse for most of her life, and loathing what alcohol had meant to their relationship it felt like bitter irony when Molly had to acknowledge her own dysfunctional drinking. She changed her 30+ year daily drinking habit, and was able to create a peaceful relationship with alcohol--past, present and future. She now helps others who worry about thei...
2021-07-2316 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Julie Reisler, Founder of Empowered LivingJulie Reisler, founder and CEO of Empowered Living, is a Master Transformational Coach, Bestselling Author, TEDx Speaker, and Podcast Host of The You-est You®️. Julie has been featured in Forbes, MindBodyGreen, The Chopra Center, and Thrive Global and is the author of the Get a PhD in YOU book series. She is a multi-time TEDx speaker and teacher on the popular app, Insight Timer, with over 135,000 downloads. Julie is also the founder of the Life Designer® Coaching Certification Academy and Sacredology® Community. Julie has a master's degree in health and wellness coaching and is on the faculty at Georgetown University...
2021-07-1623 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Civil Rights Activist, Fatima GulFatima Gul Sindhi-American Human Rights Activist and Executive Director of the Sindhi American Political Action Committee (SAPAC). She has made it her life’s mission to raise awareness about the pressing human rights issues in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. As the Executive Director of SAPAC, Gul has been instrumental in carrying forth the organization’s mission to improve the socio-economic and political rights of Sindhis via political advocacy and education. Born and raised in Sindh, Gul spent the first ten years of her career as a teacher and counselor helping orphans at schools throughout Sindh, Pakistan. During her time i...
2021-07-0920 min
Becoming Your Best VersionCatching Up With Midlife Maven, Nancy Davis KhoNancy Davis Kho is a speaker and podcaster whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and NPR affiliate KQED. She is also author of THE THANK-YOU PROJECT: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time (Running Press, 2019). Nancy covers “the years between being hip and breaking one” at MidlifeMixtape.com and on the Midlife Mixtape Podcast, available on all major podcast platforms. The Midlife Mixtape Podcast won a 2020 Iris Award as Podcast of the Year and was included in Wall Street Journal’s list of 8 Podcasts for Anyone Nervously Facing Retirement. Nancy has been both c...
2021-07-0226 min
Becoming Your Best VersionFitness Over 40 With Judy ArazozaJudy Arazoza is a mother, grandmother and wife of her prom date from 38 years ago. When she became an empty nester, she decided to take on fitness as a project to pay it forward. She started out as a personal trainer and then became certified in nutrition. In her early years as a young adult, she was a respiratory therapy adjunct instructor and always had a huge interest in health. Judy found that physical fitness could not really happen without mental fitness. So she took it a step further and focused on mental fitness before physical fitness with my clie...
2021-06-2519 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Third Act Quest Founder, Diana PlaceDiana Dunbar Place is the founder of Third Act Quest, which helps people design their “third act” life plans or to work through specific challenges and important transitions in life or work. Her 35-year professional career includes: a decade in Boston with a leading international marketing & ad agency; ten years with America Online (AOL-Time Warner) in the exciting early days of the internet that culminated in a role as senior vice president. She has also started three entirely different entrepreneurial ventures. She co-founded Dunbar-Hunter & Associates, a cause-marketing firm (bridging corporations and nonprofits around a range of issues from aids, to home...
2021-06-1821 min
Becoming Your Best VersionCatching Up With Late Bloomers' Advocate, Michela di CarloMichela di Carlo is a Manchester-based, former feature writer for the most influential Italian national newspaper La Republica. She holds an MA in Communication Studies from the University of Rome and is a senior member of the Italian Professional Journalists Society. Michela is a speaker and creator of "Salotto Italiano" (Individual Restaurants Production), a series of charity events in support of the Prince's Trust. She has also hosted several "road-shows" around the UK promoting the Italian way of life. As a late bloomers’ advocate and founder of the illustrated indie magazine CrunchyTales.com, dedicated to discerning and sassy women ov...
2021-06-1120 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Glass Ceiling Breaker, Karen Cleary AldermanKaren Cleary Alderman retired in 2020 after a 49-year professional career. That career was diverse, improbable, and broke glass ceilings. It started in academia (6 years) researching and co-authoring three public policy books on veterans, women in the workforce and the transition to the all-volunteer force. She transitioned to federal service (27 years of which 23 years were in the Senior Executive Service (SES)), and finished at Deloitte, the world’s largest private sector consulting firm (15 years). Throughout, it was not just work. She married Kim Alderman in 1973 and raised four children. She joined, supported, and held leadership roles in professional associations including th...
2021-06-0419 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Michelle Fishburne, Founder of Who We Are NowSometimes life turns you upside down, dumps you on the floor, and asks “so what are you going to do about it?” Today’s guest, Michelle Fishburne, believes those are the moments in life that have led her to become her best version. The most recent dump-on-the-floor moment happened in 2020. At the beginning of January 2020, Michelle had a job she loved, she lived in a house she adored, and her youngest was in her senior year of high school. By August 1, Michelle did not have a job or a house and her youngest went off to college. Instead of being...
2021-05-2831 min
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Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation With Psychotherapist and Psychoastrology Founder, Lisa TahirPsychotherapist, author and healer, Lisa Tahir is passionately committed to working with people to help them heal through all of the senses of the body by utilizing intuition, therapy, energy healing, meditation, Reiki healing, crystal healing, nutrition, sound frequencies, yoga, exercise, podcasting, writing and teaching. She hosts the popular weekly podcast All Things Therapy, dedicated to promoting personal growth and advancing the conversation on emotional, psychological and spiritual development in a way that’s accessible to people all over the world. At nolatherapy.com you can connect with Lisa and learn more about her work including her nonprofit, “The Yes Fo...
2021-05-2118 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Author, Chloe Cullen, on PerfectionismChloe Cullen is the author of PERF: The Unspoken Flaws in Our Perfect Culture (New Degree Press, August 2021), a book of essays exploring perfectionism in mainstream culture and her own life. From Hamilton to Billie Eilish, from Twitter to Martha Stewart, PERF breaks down perfectionism as a cultural pattern that reinforces hard work and constant improvement in a never-satisfying cycle. Her work has also been published in TINGE Magazine, Please See Me and other publications. Chloe has worked at entertainment agencies, management firms and production companies in talent representation and development. In May 2019, she graduated from Penn State with her M...
2021-05-1429 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Keyes to the Kingdom Founder and Healer, Amber KeyesAmber Keyes is a multi-faceted, complex, and dynamic force for good in this world, with offerings that include parenting by design and helping women find their spark. She is the Chief Empowerment Officer of Keyes to the Kingdom and has dedicated her life's work to the revolution of human consciousness. She integrates her background in psychology, social justice advocacy, and Human Design to help people live their truth and love their lives. She believes that once you can see and accept yourself exactly as you are, the floodgates of opportunity and prosperity open to help you create a life beyo...
2021-05-0726 min
Becoming Your Best VersionWomen Who Help People Who Have Discovered Misattributed ParentageRight to Know (RTK) educates the public on the complex intersection of genetic information, identity and family dynamics. They advocate for Misattributed Parental Experiences (MPE, NPE), anyone who discovers the person who raised them is not their genetic parent. Their advocacy includes increasing awareness of misattributed parentage experiences (MPEs), promoting access to trained mental health professionals, and changes in the law to reflect the right to know one’s own genetic identity. http://www.RightToKnow.us/. RTK has a hotline for people who need help: (323) TALK-MPE.
Alesia Cohen Weiss is RTK’s CXO, Chief Experience Officer. Alesia is a r...
2021-04-3024 min
Becoming Your Best VersionJack Perez, Founder of Kuel Life, Redefining Modern MidlifeJacqueline "Jack" Perez founded Kuel Life in 2017. Through her platform, Perez champions change, redefining modern midlife for women through curated content and women-driven brands. The Kuel Life Community grows daily. With over 35 Kuel Category Experts and 35 women-driven brands, Kuel Life offers women an opportunity to "Share, Learn, Shop, and Play with Our Second Act Sisters!" Previously, she spent 20 years at Summit Strategy Partners, a San Francisco-based marketing and public relations firm, where she was a founding partner. Jack brings extensive, deep, start-up experience, having worked with numerous small to midsize companies. She is excited to finally birth her own s...
2021-04-2627 min
The Midlife Reinvention: How to Find Your Ikigai, Deal with Imposter Syndrome & Build Your Confidence in Career & Life Transitions#10. Maria Leonard Olsen: On Reinvigorating Your LifeThrough this next episode of The Midlife Reinvention, Kavita Ahuja speaks with Maria Leonard Olsen, who discusses how she navigated her way through a very difficult youth, to now, after 50, where she has fully embraced life and all its beauty. Her story and guidance will sure to inspire you to take the time to re-evaluate your life, and think of ways to reinvigorate it to become your best self. Maria Leonard Olsen is a biracial woman whose parents were forbidden by law to marry in the early 1960s. She is an author, attorney, recovery mentor, writing/empowerment r...
2021-04-1646 min
Becoming Your Best VersionIntuitive Healer and Spiritual Guide, Susan BurrellSusan Burrell is the author of “Live Your Empowered Life: A 30-Day Journey Book” and she has a thought provoking podcast called Empowering Chats with Susan Burrell that can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio and other popular platforms. Her guided meditations are accessible through the Insight Timer App. Susan is a feisty Scorpio (was even born with the red hair to back it up!) who has navigated life by learning how to listen within to that Divine urge that keeps pointing her in the direction of her life’s purpose even when she can’t see the road...
2021-04-1627 min
On The Ball with Eniko Toth13. The Key Elements of Acting Now & Overcoming Hard Times w/Maria Leonard Olsen"Courage is not the absence of fear, courage is feeling the fear and walking through it anyway." Maria Leonard Olsen, author of the famous self-help book, “50 After 50–Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life” joins Eniko Toth on the podcast.
-- Maria Leonard Olsen is not only an accomplished attorney but also a mother and speaker. Maria has written for The Washington Post and Washington For Women, and her book talk has been featured on C-Span’s Book TV show. Maria was also invited by CBS to do a live with "Great Day Washington" on how meditation changed her...
2021-04-1254 min
Becoming Your Best VersionA Conversation with Success Coach, Dr. Nicole CuttsInterview with my dear friend, Dr. Nicole Cutts. Nicole is a Clinical Psychologist, Success Coach, TEDx Speaker, author and media commentator. She is also an entrepreneur at the helm of Cutts Consulting, LLC an Organizational Consultancy and Vision Quest Retreats through which she helps women clarify and achieve their Visions of Success. Through her work and book series for women and girls entitled The Adventures of Isabelle, Nicole inspires and empowers people to achieve a more balanced and successful lifestyle. Whether in a corporate board room, classroom or facilitating a retreat in an exotic location, Nicole enjoys taking audiences t...
2021-04-0922 min
Becoming Your Best VersionYvette Bodden, Founder of Awakened-WomanA rich and inpiring conversation with Yvette Bodden, author and founder of Awakened-Woman
As the founder and author behind Awakened-Woman, a digital platform designed to inspire and invigorate females, author Yvette Bodden writes with endless empathy. In just two years, AW has amassed tens of thousands of followers, thanks to a combined 500+ articles centered around celebrity profiles, relationships, love, abuse, motherhood and Latino culture, infused with a signature blend of her pragmatism and compassion. In 2021, she was named one of the “Bella Bosses We Admire” by Bella Magazine. Yvette’s words have also appeared on The Best Holist...
2021-04-0217 min
Becoming Your Best VersionBecoming Your Best Version Podcast TrailerHi! I'm Maria Leonard Olsen, author, attorney, public speaker, mentor and radio show host in Washington, D.C. I'm here to educate, elevate and infuse your life with inspiration and positivity. Stay tuned for more! #fiftyafter50 #becomingyourbestversion #positivity
2021-03-2900 min
BrainShape PodcastEpisode 99: 50 After 50 - Reframing the Next Chapter of your Life with guest Maria Leonard OlsenChanging your perspective & moving through pain + discomfort is not easy. For many people, their pain is buried so deep in their subconscious that they don't even realize it's there. But, they witness their pain showing up whenever they get triggered or feel overwhelmed. As humans, we have become accustomed to numbing out unpleasant feelings; but, beauty + peace can bloom on the other side of pain. When we have the courage to face the darkness buried deep inside, we can find new meaning in our lives. Read the show notes: https://www.brainshape.ca/podcast/50-after-50...
2021-01-2632 min
Thank You Heartbreak with Chelsea Leigh Trescott106: Living My Amends with Maria Leonard OlsenLife for Maria Leonard Olsen, attorney and author of 50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life, pretty much fell apart as she approached her 50th year. She had drank her way out of a 25-year marriage, found herself completely codependent on her two children, whose trust she had lost due to her alcoholism, was a new empty nester, and was forced to reenter the work force to support herself financially after a 15 year hiatus playing supermom. It was her rudderlessness, however, that incentivized her to change her life for good. And change she did. Now 6 1/2 years sober, Maria opens...
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Unlock A Binge-Worthy Full Audiobook On Your Commute.50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life by Maria Leonard OlsenPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359898to listen full audiobooks.
Title: 50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life
Author: Maria Leonard Olsen
Narrator: Susan Boyce
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 31 minutes
Release date: November 1, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Mental Health & Psychology
Publisher's Summary:
At age 50, Maria Leonard Olsen drank her way out of her 25-year marriage. She had, against advice, put all her eggs in the motherhood basket, willfully derailing her successful law career. As teenagers, her precious children did not need her in the hands-on way they previously had. Her husband and she had grown...
2018-11-017h 31Step Inside A Breakthrough Full Audiobook On Your Commute.50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life by Maria Leonard OlsenPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359898to listen full audiobooks.
Title: 50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life
Author: Maria Leonard Olsen
Narrator: Susan Boyce
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 31 minutes
Release date: November 1, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Travel Tips
Publisher's Summary:
At age 50, Maria Leonard Olsen drank her way out of her 25-year marriage. She had, against advice, put all her eggs in the motherhood basket, willfully derailing her successful law career. As teenagers, her precious children did not need her in the hands-on way they previously had. Her husband and she had grown apart...
2018-11-017h 31Access Essential Full Audiobooks in Learn Something New, Travel Tips50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life by Maria Leonard OlsenPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359898to listen full audiobooks.
Title: 50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life
Author: Maria Leonard Olsen
Narrator: Susan Boyce
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 31 minutes
Release date: November 1, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Travel Tips
Publisher's Summary:
At age 50, Maria Leonard Olsen drank her way out of her 25-year marriage. She had, against advice, put all her eggs in the motherhood basket, willfully derailing her successful law career. As teenagers, her precious children did not need her in the hands-on way they previously had. Her husband and she had grown apart...
2018-11-017h 31
Fearless Fabulous YouMaria Leonard Olsen and Aileen BordmanProfessional lawyer, diversity advocate, radio host and author, Maria Leonard Olsen, discusses facing her personal challenges, dealing with perfectionism and recovery from alcoholism. At age 50, she decided to challenge herself try 50 new things which she documents in her book, "50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life." Aileen Bordman, author of "Everyday Monet" discusses simple ways to embellish your home with a touch of French beauty inspired by the Artist Claude Monet's Giverny.This show is broadcast live on Wednesday's at 12PM ET on W4WN Radio – The Women 4 Women Network (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Ra...
2018-07-1949 min