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Featured on CBS Sunday Morning on a Piece About Bucket Lists
April 12, 2025
Featured on CBS Sunday Morning on a Piece About Bucket Lists
April 12, 2025

Featured in a story about bucket lists for CBS News Sunday Morning!

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April 12, 2025

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Honored To Be Chosen as a Distinguished Alumna of the Year
Honored To Be Chosen as a Distinguished Alumna of the Year

Honored to be recognized by my high school alma mater, the Academy of the Holy Cross, for “having lived the Holy Cross mission of courage, compassion and scholarship in her personal life and career.”

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Maria Leonard OlsenMay 19, 2023AcademyOfTheHolyCross, #fiftyafter50, #womensupportingwomenComment
How To Get Through the Aftermath of Losing Someone
How To Get Through the Aftermath of Losing Someone

Suggestions for processing grief.

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Maria Leonard OlsenMay 16, 2023Comment
Guest on the InspirHER'd Podcast
Guest on the InspirHER'd Podcast
Maria Leonard OlsenMay 16, 2023#FiftyAfter50, #podcastsforwomenComment
How to Handle Your Partner’s Retirement
How to Handle Your Partner’s Retirement

Tips for navigating a partner’s retirement.

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Maria Leonard OlsenMay 8, 2023#FiftyAfter50, #BecomingYourBestVersionPodcast, #crunchytales, RetirementComment
Guest Post:  Getting Your Business Website Ready for Growth
Guest Post: Getting Your Business Website Ready for Growth

Guest post with business elevating tips

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Maria Leonard OlsenApril 27, 2023BusinessGrowth, #FiftyAfter50Comment
Honored to Be Recognized (Even in Midlife!) by My Alma Mater
Honored to Be Recognized (Even in Midlife!) by My Alma Mater

Award from the Academy of the Holy Cross

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Maria Leonard OlsenApril 25, 2023
How to Minimize Risks from Common Household Dangers
How to Minimize Risks from Common Household Dangers

Tips for minimizing risks to your family at home

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Maria Leonard OlsenApril 24, 2023safety, child safety, home securityComment
Piece for Kuel Life:  Confessions of a Former Helicopter Mom
Piece for Kuel Life: Confessions of a Former Helicopter Mom

Lessons from an overinvolved parent

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Maria Leonard OlsenApril 19, 2023#FiftyAfter50, #BecomingYourBestVersionPodcast, #kuellife, #HelicopterMom, #Parenting Comments
Guest on the Didn't Ask to Be a Hero Podcast
Guest on the Didn't Ask to Be a Hero Podcast

Conversation about overcoming adversity in our lives

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Maria Leonard OlsenApril 14, 2023#FiftyAfter50, #DidntAskToBeAHeroPodcast, #DidntAsktobeaHero #OrdinaryWomenLivingExtraordinaryLives #gottastorytotell #herstory #morethanaconqueror #faithoverfear, #DidntAsktobeaHero #OrdinaryWomenLivingExtraordinaryLives #gottastorytotell #herstory#morethanaconquerorComment
Older Women Partnering with Younger Men: Why do Some People Have a Problem with That?
Older Women Partnering with Younger Men: Why do Some People Have a Problem with That?

Piece for AARP’s The Ethel

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Maria Leonard OlsenApril 13, 2023#AARP, #TheEthel, #FiftyAfter50, #DatingInMidlife, #Dating, #Ageism Comments
Guest on the Aging with Purpose & Passion Podcast
Guest on the Aging with Purpose & Passion Podcast

Fun conversation with podcast host, Beverley Glazer

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Maria Leonard OlsenApril 12, 2023#FiftyAfter50, #AgingWithPurposeAndPassion, #BeverlyGlazer Comments
Honored to Speak at the Untangling Our Roots Conference
Honored to Speak at the Untangling Our Roots Conference

Participated in a speaker panel on Growing Up With Secrets and Lies.

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Maria Leonard OlsenApril 12, 2023#RightToKnow, #FiftyAfter50, #MPE, #NPEComment
Honored to Speak at Saprea's Fundraising Gala to Help Child Victims of Sexual Abuse
Honored to Speak at Saprea's Fundraising Gala to Help Child Victims of Sexual Abuse

Honored to speak at this year’s Saprea fundraiser.

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Maria Leonard OlsenApril 11, 2023ChildhoodSexualAbuse, survivors, #FiftyAfter50, #SapreaComment
50 After 50 Recommended Read (#1 in Midlife Management)
50 After 50 Recommended Read (#1 in Midlife Management)

Recommendation by lawyer turned writer, Debbie Russell

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Maria Leonard OlsenApril 11, 2023Comment
Why I Believe Social Media Is Not Evil, a Piece for KuelLife.com
Why I Believe Social Media Is Not Evil, a Piece for KuelLife.com

Piece for KuelLife.com on the utility of social media

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Maria Leonard OlsenApril 6, 2023SocialMedia, #FiftyAfter50, #KuelLifeComment
Interview with Womancake Magazine
Interview with Womancake Magazine

Interview for the new Womancake, a magazine and podcast that features essays, interviews, articles, roundups, visual art, and poetry by women over age 40.

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Maria Leonard OlsenMarch 29, 2023Womancake, #FiftyAfter50, #becomingyourbestversionpodcast, WomencakeMagazine Comments
CrunchyTales Piece:  Have An Idea? It’s Never Too Late To Share Your Story On A TEDx Stage
CrunchyTales Piece: Have An Idea? It’s Never Too Late To Share Your Story On A TEDx Stage

Tips for sharing your idea on the TEDx stage

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Maria Leonard OlsenMarch 24, 2023#FiftyAfter50, #crunchytales, tedxspeakerComment
Speaking to Students About Career Paths and Success (A Look Back in Midlife)
Speaking to Students About Career Paths and Success (A Look Back in Midlife)

Speaking to students at Loyola Marymount University

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Maria Leonard OlsenMarch 22, 2023Comment
Exercise Your Brain In Midlife – Learn A New Language
Exercise Your Brain In Midlife – Learn A New Language

Piece for KuelLife.com

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Maria Leonard OlsenMarch 11, 2023KuelLife, #FiftyAfter50, #becomingyourbestversionpodcast, language, travel
Her Story Circle International Women's Conference
Her Story Circle International Women's Conference

Conference to celebrate International Women’s Day

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Maria Leonard OlsenMarch 8, 2023#FiftyAfter50, HerStoryCircle, #becomingyourbestversionpodcastComment
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