Maria Leonard Olsen
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Maria Leonard Olsen

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Maria Leonard Olsen is an attorney, radio talk show host, podcaster ("Becoming Your Best Version"), recovery mentor, editor, and public speaker on living a life authentic to one's values. She spoke at TEDx CUNY in November 2021 on "Using Life's Challenges as a Force For Good." Her work has been published by The Washington Post, Washingtonian Magazine, AARP's The Ethel, Parents Magazine, Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, Bethesda Magazine, among others. She served in the Clinton Justice Department prior to having children, and practices civil litigation. "Mommy, Why's Your Skin So Brown?" about being mistaken as the brown-skinned nanny of her lighter-skinned children, is her first children's book. "Healing for Hallie," about the importance of expressing feelings, is her second. Her first adult non-fiction book, "Not the Cleaver Family--The New Normal in Modern American Families," was released in 2016. "50 After 50--Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life," was published in hardcover by Rowman & Littlefield in June 2018, and in paperback/audio in October 2019. Book review by The Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/08/22/trying-new-things-after/wxhTLovNpXkqpoUSvHBu7L/story.html?event=event25 She is available for book talks on any or all of her titles. See www.MariaLeonardOlsen.com for more info and https://youtu.be/nR3cM9aRjes to view her latest TEDx Talk.
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