Maria Leonard Olsen
Becoming Your Best Version
Award-winning podcast about living your best life, by Maria Leonard Olsen & her inspiring guests. Maria is a lawyer/journalist/author/two-time TEDx speaker who seeks to amplify women's voices to share about their lives, work & life lessons. She graduated from Boston College & Univ. of Virginia Law. She served in the Clinton Justice Dept. and is a lawyer in Washington, D.C. Her latest book, 50 After 50--Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life, has helped thousands reinvigorate their lives. See MariaLeonardOlsen.com and follow @FiftyAfter50
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Maria Leonard Olsen
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Oct 23, 2026
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Episodes
A Conversation with Princella Seymour, America’s Solutionist for the Aging Community 07.11.2025 29:31
Princella Seymour’s thirty-year career has solidified her as a preeminent expert on solutions for the aging community. The heartbeat of her mission is love, family and dignity. As a national advocate for revolutionizing elder care and transforming confusion into clarity, she has served as Vice President of the 120,000+ member National Association of Social Workers and as well as a part of the Agin...
A Conversation with Barbara With, International Peace Activist 31.10.2025 28:50
Barbara With, age 70, is an international peace activist, award-winning author, composer, performer and workshop facilitator. She has authored six nonfiction books on metaphysics about her research as a psychic channel who works with a group called the “Party,” headed up by Albert Einstein, whom she is able to channel with her intuitive gifts. She also is the co-founder of Conflict REVOLUTION®️, a...
A Conversation with Stephanie Benedetto, Coach and Community Catalyst 24.10.2025 26:18
Stephanie Benedetto is a transformative coach, storyteller and (Un)Marketer who helps visionary creators build the projects and businesses that make them come alive, without hustle or hype or endless social media. With over two decades of experience in internet marketing, sales and transformation work, Stephanie brings both creative fire and playful magic to her clients. Her coaching combines deep...
A Conversation with Heike Yates, Midlife Fitness Expert 17.10.2025 28:37
Heike Yates is a Midlife Fitness Expert, speaker, podcast host and author of Pursue Your Spark . She helps midlife women build strength, energy, and confidence through fitness, nutrition and mindset strategies that fit real life—no extremes, just habits that last. After leaving the 9-to-5 grind and moving to Washington, D.C., Heike found her spark through fitness. What began as a personal transfor...
A Conversation with Evelyn Kelly, Author of Have a Love Affair with Travel 10.10.2025 28:40
Evelyn Kelly is a 90-year-old writer, speaker and teacher who lives in Ocala, Florida. She holds a Ph. D. from the University of Florida, a master’s degree in religion and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Tennessee. Her education and interests are diverse. Her undergraduate studies included microbiology, English and history. Evelyn has written 22 books on such topics as Stem Cells and a t...
A Conversation with Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming, Author of How To Have a Happy Birthday 03.10.2025 30:18
Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming grew up experiencing happy birthdays, disappointing birthdays, and downright terrible birthdays until she turned twenty and realized making her birthday happy was entirely up to her. She wrote How To Have a Happy Birthday: Create Meaning, Fulfillment and Joy on Your Special Day to help people find deeper meaning and joy on their birthdays too. Tamar and her book have been fea...
A Conversation with Hendrika de Vries, Author, Survivor and Therapist 26.09.2025 27:45
Hendrika de Vries is the author of the award-winning memoir When a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the Moon Broke Curfew , a historical memoir about her childhood in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam during WWII that tells a gripping story of resistance, resilience and female strength in the face of brutality and oppression. Her current memoir, Open Turns: From Dutch Girl to New Australian — a Memoir (She Writes...
A Conversation with Lindsay McIntosh, Historical Oboist and Arts Educator for Underserved Communities 19.09.2025 28:40
Lindsay McIntosh is Juilliard-trained historical oboist with an impressive resume in the music world. She has appeared under world-renowned conductors such as William Christi and Masaaki Suzuki. In 2013, while completing her graduate studies at Juilliard, she founded New Vintage Baroque, an innovative period instrument ensemble dedicated to performing 21st-century repertoire on historical instrume...
A Conversation with Amy Cerny Vasterling, a Future-Focused Speaker, Teacher, Author and Intuitive 12.09.2025 28:55
Amy Cerny Vasterling is a future-focused speaker, teacher and intuitive who, through over twenty-two years of observational research, uncovered how a fixed-pattern system rooted in narcissism suppresses human potential. Her work dismantles this structure, revealing a path to natural equality and genuine self-expression. Amy empowers individuals and communities to reconnect with their true nature a...
A Conversation with Dina Alvarez and Dina Aronson, Authors of Midlife Private Parts: Revealing Essays That Will Change the Way You Think About Age 05.09.2025 32:27
Women over 40 comprise 25% of the U.S. population, yet they remain significantly underrepresented in popular culture and the media. Dina Alvarez and Dina Aronson set out to change that with their bold new anthology, Midlife Private Parts: Revealing Essays That Will Change the Way You Think About Age. It is a deeply moving collection of soulful essays that speak to what it really feels like to move...
A Conversation with Carren Strock, Groundbreaking Author of "Married Women Who Love Women" 29.08.2025 29:11
Carren Strock, has often been called a Renaissance woman. Equally at home with a paintbrush and canvas, a needle and thread, or a hammer and nails, she is as eclectic in her writing as she is in her other interests. While best known for her ground-breaking book Married Women Who Love Wome n and more, her writing style lends itself to many different genres, both fiction and nonfiction. In addition,...
A Conversation with Donna Simmons, Child Abuse Survivor and Advocate 22.08.2025 26:01
Donna Simmons dares to believe in a world where young girls grow up free—free from abuse, exploitation and silence. A native of Kentucky, a state long shadowed by high rates of child abuse and a painful history of legal child marriage, Donna has become a leading voice for both justice and healing. Her advocacy was instrumental in reforming Kentucky law to end child marriage through parental consen...
A Conversation with Dr. Neja Zupan, Holistic Health Mentor 15.08.2025 29:39
Dr. Neja Zupan is a visionary holistic mentor, energy mastery expert and international speaker guiding high achievers to full-spectrum vitality and soul-aligned success. After being given a 5% chance to survive aggressive cancer, and rising from generational scarcity to become a globally recognized entrepreneur, Dr. Zupan embodies the power of high energy frequency-first living. Her method—rooted...
A Conversation with Sylvia Resnik, a Coach Who Leads with Maasai-inspired Wisdom 08.08.2025 21:55
Silvia Resnik's story is one of quiet longing, deep transformation and radical realignment. As an alone-born twin, she carried a sense of missingness all her life — even while following the “right” path: becoming a kindergarten teacher, earning a Master’s in Business Economics, working in HR and building her own consulting business. On the outside, she had it all. On the inside, she felt empty. A...
A Conversation with Singer/Songwriter, Tally Koren 01.08.2025 28:23
Tally Koren arrived in London with one suitcase and a dream in the late 90s. Against all odds she became an international singer/songwriter. Despite family objections and countless music business rejections, what kept her going was turning every minus to plus, taking every refusal to become better, and every hard situation to do something good to herself and others. Her turning point to fulfill he...
A Conversation with Daniela Wolfe, Helping You "Find the Bliss in Your Busy" 25.07.2025 17:25
Daniela helps stressed and burnt-out professionals ditch the guilt and overwhelm and productively manage their time and daily tasks with ease, so they have the space and energy for self-care every day. She has been a Licensed Master’s Social Worker for more than 27 years, working with individuals on self-care, stress management skills, mindfulness, relationships, parenting and just managing all t...
A Conversation with Executive Coach, Podcaster and Author, Arivee Vargas 18.07.2025 29:20
Arivee Vargas is an award-winning certified executive coach and the founder and CEO of Humble Rising LLC. She specializes in helping high-achieving women leaders and lawyers feel less overwhelmed and stuck, and have more joy, fulfillment, purpose and personal alignment. She is also the host of The Humble Rising Podcast , where she shares inspiring stories –primarily from women of color – and provi...
A Conversation with Trinette Faint, Storyteller and Creative Entrepreneur 11.07.2025 32:03
Trinette Faint has been a storyteller and creative entrepreneur all her life. With her career spanning starting out as a model in France at 19, to working with celebrities like Matt Damon and Will Smith’s production company, to a 6 ½ year stint at Google. Trinette has also always been a creative writer, having published two novels, and is now a screenwriter, with her two tv pilots placing as semi-...
A Conversation with Cerise Turner, Ms. Senior D.C., Public Servant and Community Advocate 04.07.2025 27:33
Cerise Turner is a dedicated public servant, community advocate and champion for peace whose lifelong commitment to service was recognized with the 2024 President Biden’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Volunteer Service. This national honor reflects her extraordinary contribution of more than 4,000 hours of volunteer service devoted to improving the lives of seniors, youth and families across Wash...
A Conversation with Jen Hardy, Podcaster, Speaker and Entrepreneur 27.06.2025 27:01
Jen 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 us...
A Conversation with Life Coach, Zerina Derveni 20.06.2025 29:57
Zerina Derveni is a distinguished Life Coach who specializes in empowering high-performing women and organizations to unlock their full potential. Specializing in guiding women who feel lost, stuck, or simply curious to level up, Zerina helps them embrace their inner strength, overcome obstacles, and create lasting transformation in both their personal and professional lives. With a rich executive...
A Conversation with Talek Nantes, Author and Group Tour Operator 13.06.2025 30:08
Talek Nantes began traveling before she was born. Her mother was pregnant with her when she traveled from Cuba to New York City where she was born. She likes to say, "I was made in Cuba and born in the USA." In college, she determined that whatever she studied would have to lead to the ultimate goal of traveling so she studied international business. She obtained an MBA and a Master’s in...
A Conversation with Lenka Schulze, Ph.D., Intuologist, Author, Educator and Spiritual Guide 06.06.2025 29:34
Dr. Lenka Schulze's lifelong experience, ongoing research, and ample knowledge in the area of intuition and consciousness, create a solid platform from which she invites others to view and to see life from the soul’s point of view. As a student of life, Lenka has been given many valuable and often challenging lessons which made her understand human nature, connection to nature as well as the o...
A Conversation with Rebecca Danigelis, Activist Against Ageism 30.05.2025 25:20
Rebecca Danigelis is the British 80-year-old star of the critically acclaimed and award-nominated documentary Duty Free . After being fired from her long-time career as a hotel housekeeper at the age of 75, Rebecca has become an activist against ageism in both workplaces and communities. The upbeat mother of three uses her lived experience to educate employers and employees on the values of being...
A Conversation with Victoria Gallagher, Expert on the Law of Attraction 23.05.2025 30:08
Victoria M. Gallagher is a worldwide leader in Hypnotherapy, a best-selling author, international speaker, life success coach and renowned authority on the Law of Attraction. She has dedicated her life to empowering people all over the world to successfully live a life of liberty, aligned with their dreams through her effective meditative recordings and online courses. Through her podcast, The Po...
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