Ep. 3 - Leslie Morgan Steiner: The Interconnected Impact of Women's Issues
leslie morgan steiner bio
New York Times best-selling author, TedTalk veteran, columnist for The Washington Post, women’s empowerment expert, corporate executive – and gender violence survivor.
Leslie Morgan Steiner speaks candidly from personal and professional experience about surviving gender violence -- interpersonal abuse, trafficking, and sexual assault. Each keynote is crafted to specific audience needs and client goals. Her credentials include over a decade of keynote speaking, and leadership roles at the Conference on Crimes Against Women, The One Love Foundation, and DC Volunteer Lawyers Project.
Steiner is a regular speaker at international women’s conferences. Her TEDTalks have been viewed by over eight million people. She is a frequent media guest on The Today Show, National Public Radio, Anderson Cooper 360, The Tamron Hall Show, ABC, NBC, CBS, and cable news networks. She has appeared in Newsweek, BusinessWeek, Elle, Parents, Self, Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Los Angeles Times, and CNN.com.
Steiner is the author of four nonfiction books: the New York Times bestselling memoir Crazy Love; the critically acclaimed anthology Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families; The Baby Chase: How Surrogacy is Transforming the American Family; and her latest memoir, The Naked Truth, which explores female sexuality, self-esteem and dating after 50.
Steiner holds a BA in English from Harvard College. Her first job was writing and editing for Seventeen Magazine. After graduating from Wharton business school in 1992 with an MBA in Marketing, she launched Splenda Brand Sweetener internationally for Johnson & Johnson. She returned to her hometown of Washington, DC in 2001 to become General Manager of the 1.1 million-circulation Washington Post Magazine, a position she held for five years. She currently writes a column for AARP. From 2006-2008 she wrote over 500 columns for the Washington Post’s popular on-line work/family column, “On Balance.” She has been profiled by People Magazine, the New York Times, Glamour, Psychology Today, Redbook, The Washington Post, and other publications.
She serves as an emeritus board member for the One Love Foundation, in honor of slain University of Virginia senior Yeardley Love, and the National Advisory Council for the Conference on Crimes Against Women.
Leslie Morgan Steiner lives in Washington, DC; New York; and New Hampshire.
Show notes
Today our guest is New York Times bestselling author Leslie Morgan Steiner. Leslie is also a TED Talk veteran, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a thought leader on women's leadership who speaks about overcoming adversity, surviving violence against women, and much more. During the episode, she shares the life experiences that led to her sharing her story so candidly.
Key topics in this episode include:
What Leslie writes and speaks about and why it’s important to everybody.
How men with female team members can benefit from women-focused content.
The unique way women approach their life and workplace.
What led up to Leslie writing her book Crazy Love.
How Leslie’s path in life has surprised her, and what her calling is now.
The staggering amount of people who face abuse, plus the role that denial plays.
The less typical places that violence against women education should be shared.
Where Leslie’s story expands and other places she found her resilience.
What Leslie’s other books are about and why their messages are important.
What Leslie realized after writing The Naked Truth and what surprised her most.
Why Leslie loves being a writer and speaker, and what she’s working on now.
The best place to find new ideas and creative inspiration for writing and speaking.
If you or someone you know are a victim of domestic violence, please CALL or TEXT the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit www.thehotline.org