Article Maria Wrote About the Trap of Perfectionism
Healthy Magazine featured a piece Maria wrote about the trap of perfectionism and how she emerged from behavior and a mindset that had detrimental effects on her life. Link to the article:
https://healthy-magazines.com/life-after-50-the-trap-of-perfectionism/
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iHeart Radio Interview on the "Fearless Fabulous You" Show
Professional 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." 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 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).
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Television Segment on WUSA9
Maria was invited by the DC affiliate of CBS to do a live "Great Day Washington" segment on how meditation changed her life, and how meditation can be incorporated into the lives of busy people.
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Words of Praise from a Spiritual Guide
I am so honored by this gifted spiritual guide's testament to 50 After 50. Thank you so much, Jessica Epperson-Lusty of Evolving Mindfully.
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Q&A with Deborah Kalb about "50 after 50"
Maria Leonard Olsen is the author of the children's picture book Healing for Hallie. She also has written the picture book Mommy, Why's Your Skin So Brown?.
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Successful Book Launch at the Iconic Politics & Prose Bookstore
Successful, standing-room-only book launch at the iconic Politics & Prose Bookstore on June 30, 2018. Gratifying to connect with so many for whom the words in my book resonated.
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50 After 50 Recommended by Fupping.com
In everyone’s life, no matter who you are, you will experience a gut-wrenching level of heartbreak that will totally dominate your entire world for some amount of time. The effects of this can be far-reaching and hugely influential, in not only your mood but your whole level of efficiency and productivity in your day to day lifestyle.
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Featured Speaker at the National March to End Rape Culture
Moved by the young women who approached me after the rally saying I was so brave and how I had helped them with my words. #grateful #turningpainintosomethinggood
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Quoted in Nerd Wallet re My Love of Women's Retreats
“I have formed deeper connections with women than I otherwise would in my busy, daily life,” she says. She adds that other women are often similarly interested in talking about their personal stories, hopes and dreams, and looking to expand their horizons in some way. “A sisterhood feeling develops,” she says.
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Featured Guest on the Bob Cast with Bob Beckel, Political Veteran
Lawyer, author Maria Leonard Olsen joins Bob Beckel to discuss the March For Our Lives and the potential impact that students could have on the national discussion.
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Mixed Remixed Festival 2017 Presenter Highlight: Writer Maria Olsen
We are lucky to have writer Maria Olsen join us again this year for the Mixed Remixed Festival. In 2016, Maria participated as a children’s book author. This year she will speak on a special parenting panel on how to deal with bullying of your multiracial child and having the Race talk.
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Live on C-Span!
Maria Olsen talked about her book, Not the Cleaver Family: The New Normal in Modern American Families at the 2017 Gaithersburg Book Festival, held on the grounds of City Hall in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
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Featured Speaker at the Gaithersburg Book Festival
Featured author at the Gaithersburg Book Festival
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Interview on Canadian Radio
Honored to be interviewed on the Sense of Place show with acclaimed author Heidi Durrow. Are we, as bi-racial radio show hosts, ambassadors or interpreters? Food for thought.
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Interview on The Mixed Experience Podcast
I am grateful to have been interviewed on The Mixed Experience Podcast, the top podcast about multiracial, multicultural, biracial & Mixed issues & experience. Interviews with artists, community leaders, scholars & regular folks.
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Interview with Washington Independent Review of Books
nspired by her own experiences as a mixed-race child in an overwhelmingly white neighborhood and as the mother of children with skin lighter than hers, local author Maria Leonard Olsen has written Not the Cleaver Family: The New Normal in Modern American Families, a resource to the many permutations of family that exist today.
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Interview in the Washington Independent Review of Books
Interview in the Washington Independent Review of Books about Maria’s book, Not the Cleaver Family—The New Normal in American Families.
https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/index.php/features/an-interview-with-maria-leonard-olsen
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Q&A with Deborah Kalb about "Not the Cleaver Family"
Maria Leonard Olsen is the author of the children's picture book Healing for Hallie. She also has written the picture book Mommy, Why's Your Skin So Brown?.
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Q&A with Deborah Kalb on my Second Children's Book About the Importance of Expressing Feelings
Maria Leonard Olsen is the author of the children's picture book Healing for Hallie. She also has written the picture book Mommy, Why's Your Skin So Brown?.
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Biracial Boom Guest Blog “Our Expanding Familial Mosaics”
In 1961, my parents were forbidden by law to marry in our liberal state of Maryland. Interracial marriage was illegal in 16 states until 1967. My mother is Filipina and my father was a white American predominantly of Irish and English ancestry.
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Maria was invited by the DC affiliate of CBS to do a live "Great Day Washington" segment on how meditation changed her life, and how meditation can be incorporated into the lives of busy people.