Workplace Rights, Fair Practice and Legal Guidance

Tips for navigating workplace issues

Maria Leonard OlsenJuly 9, 2025Workplaceissues, employmentlawComment

After the Storm: Rebuilding a Life to Which You Want to Wake Up

Tips for recovery from addiction, alcoholism and more

Maria Leonard OlsenJuly 3, 2025recovery, resilience, fiftyafter50, 50after50, 60after60, becomingyourbestversionpodcast, grandmothering.info, addiction, alcoholismComment

A Piece I Wrote for Meer on My First Experience in a Driverless Car

A piece about experiencing driverless cars in San Francisco

Maria Leonard OlsenJuly 1, 2025Comment

New Piece for Business Insider

Essay about following an immigrant parent’s dream for me.

Maria Leonard OlsenJune 28, 2025#fiftyafter50, #50after50, #60after60, #becomingyourbestversionpodcast, #childofimmigrants, #businessinsider, #careersComment

Piece I Wrote for Kuel Life on Sharing Your Children with a Stepmother

Sharing children with a stepmother is one of the most emotionally complex challenges many divorced moms face, and it can also be a path to deep personal growth and healing.

Maria Leonard OlsenJune 16, 2025Divorce, parenting, fiftyafter50, 50after50, 60after60, BecomingYourBestVersionPodcast, kuellifeComment

New Piece for Authority Magazine on Sobriety

Tips for getting—and staying—sober

Maria Leonard OlsenJune 13, 2025sobriety, fiftyafter50, 50after50, 60after60, BecomingYourBestVersionPodcast, #authoritymagazineComment

I Got the Cover Story for DWC Magazine!

Cover story for DWC magazine about the strong line of women from which I come.

Maria Leonard OlsenJune 11, 2025strongwomen, fiftyafter50, 50after50, 60after60, BecomingYourBestVersionPodcast, DWCmagazineComment

I Won a Podcasting Award!

My Becoming Your Best Version podcast won Best Podcast in the Inspiration and Motivation Podcast category!

Maria Leonard OlsenJune 10, 2025podcastsforwomen, #podcastsforwomen, #podcastaward, womeninpodcasting, fiftyafter50, 50after50, 60after60, #becomingyourbestversionpodcastComment

Piece I Wrote for Meer.com About Cuba, the Land Where Time Stands Still

The timeless allure of Cuba.

Maria Leonard OlsenJune 1, 2025cuba, Caribbean, fiftyafter50, 50after50, 60after60, #travelswithtalek, BecomingYourBestVersionPodcast, travelComment

Selected as a Top Midlife Women Podcasts by Feedspot

Named a top podcast for women in midlife by Feedspot!

Maria Leonard OlsenMay 29, 2025Feedspot, BecomingYourBestVersionPodcast, fiftyafter50, 50after50, 60after60, womeninpodcasting, podcastsforwomen, midlifewomenComment

Excited To Be a Featured Local Author at My Hometown Bookstore

Featured author at Kensington Row Bookshop!

Maria Leonard OlsenMay 22, 2025kensingtonbookshop, kensingtonrowbookshop, fiftyafter50, #50over50, #50after50, 60after60, BecomingYourBestVersionPodcast, supportlocalbookstoresComment

Guest on the Open Nesters Podcast

The Open Nester podcast liked this episode so much that they published it again!

Maria Leonard OlsenMay 22, 2025podcasts, opennesterspodcast, #fiftyafter50, #50over50, 60after60, BecomingYourBestVersionPodcastComment

I Have Signed a Book Contract with Bloomsbury Publishers!

News about my next book!

Maria Leonard OlsenMay 21, 2025#DNAtests, #DNAtestsurprises, #bloomsbury, #bloomsburypublishing, #fiftyafter50, #50after50, #60after60Comment

Honored to Present at the Asian Pacific Heritage Month Celebration for Hilton

Maria Leonard OlsenMay 8, 2025APA, AAPIHeritageMonth, #fityafter50, #50after50, #60after60, #beomingyourbestversionpodcast, hiltonComment

Piece for Kuel Life on Overcoming Self-Doubt in Midlife

If you’re grappling with self-doubt in midlife, you’re not alone—this season of life can challenge even the most accomplished women as we strive to trust ourselves and let go of worry.

Maria Leonard OlsenMay 5, 2025Comment

Resilient Leadership Insights: Maria Leonard Olsen of www.MariaLeonardOlsen.com

An interview with Valiant CEO, “an independent organization [that works] endlessly with some of the most in-the-know influencers out there to bring to our readers a raw and unbiased view on some of the greatest leaders of our age, as well as all the latest news in business, tech, the economy, and the global community at large.”

Maria Leonard OlsenMay 3, 2025valiantceo, fiftyafter50, 50over50, #50after50, 60after60, BecomingYourBestVersionPodcastComment

Piece I Wrote for Meer.com on the Venice Canals in Los Angeles

Have you seen the Venice canals in California?

Maria Leonard OlsenMay 1, 2025Meer, VeniceCA, Venicecanals, venicecaliforniacanals, Venicebeach, fiftyafter50, 50after50, 60after60, BecomingYourBestVersionPodcast, travelComment

Midlife Crisis to Midlife Reset: Maria Leonard Olsen On How To Use A Midlife Crisis as an Opportunity to Embrace Change and Unlock New Possibilities

“It is essential to see midlife as a launching pad for additional growth, a new chapter that we each can design for ourselves. Freed of some familial responsibilities, we can explore other avenues of growth. Think about and focus on what you can do at this point in your life. Practice gratitude.”

Maria Leonard OlsenApril 18, 2025midlife, midlifereset, fiftyafter50, BecomingYourBestVersionPodcast, midlifecrisis, womeninmidlifeComment