{"podcast":{"title":"Becoming Your Best Version","slug":"becoming-your-best-version-3288450","podcast_index_feed_id":3288450,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/54765080/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.marialeonardolsen.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/14070400/14070400-1653618081522-158301d87ef86.jpg","author":"Maria Leonard Olsen","episode_count":271,"summary":"Award-winning podcast about living your best life, by Maria Leonard Olsen & her inspiring guests. Maria is a lawyer/journalist/author who seeks to amplify women's voices to share about their lives, work & life lessons. She graduated from Boston College & Univ. of Virginia Law. She served in the Clinton Justice Dept. and is a lawyer in Washington, D.C. Her latest book, 50 After 50--Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life, has helped thousands reinvigorate their lives. Maria is a two-time TEDx speaker and one of her Talks was chosen as a TEDx Editor’s Pick, a designation given to fewer than 1% of TEDx Talks. See MariaLeonardOlsen.com and follow @FiftyAfter50","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/becoming-your-best-version-3288450"},"episode":{"title":"A Conversation with Colleen Clifford, Author and Health/Alcohol-Free Coach","slug":"a-conversation-with-colleen-clifford-author-and-health-alcohol-free-coach","published_at":"2026-01-02T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/becoming-your-best-version-3288450/a-conversation-with-colleen-clifford-author-and-health-alcohol-free-coach","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/becoming-your-best-version-3288450","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maria-leonard-olsen/episodes/A-Conversation-with-Colleen-Clifford--Author-and-HealthAlcohol-Free-Coach-e38se7v","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8160253278.mp3","summary":""One binge drinking moment can end a life," Colleen Clifford says. "Will it be yours?" Colleen is a former binge drinker who knows the struggle firsthand. For 34 years, she's worked as a commercial fisherwoman, a lifestyle that fueled the drinking pattern of denial she now calls the 95-5 factor. After losing her husband to an alcohol-related suicide in 2011 and later finding her own path from binge drinking to joy and freedom, Colleen turned her pain into purpose. Her upcoming book, Life Beyond the Binge , blends raw honesty, lived experience and eye-opening facts and insights for anyone ready to break free from destructive cycles. Through her compelling stories of resilience and renewal, Colleen inspires others to discover that it's never too late to change -- and to find joy and meaning beyond the binge. A commercial fisherwoman in Alaska’s Bering Sea turned health coach, Colleen now helps women break free from cravings, binge habits and destructive patterns—guiding them to build a stronger, healthier relationship with themselves, inside and out. From her year of culinary training in Paris to surviving some of the harshest seas, she shares real stories, science-backed strategies and practical tools that help women navigate cravings, emotional eating and redefine what’s possible at any stage of life. This conversation will leave you motivated, empowered and ready to make real change. Start your new year right. Colleen likes to cite this impactful quote: "All we take with us when we die is what we have become." Learn more and follow her: IG - @ purepotential.health LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pure-potential-llc-c-936735245/ https:// lifebeyondthebinge.com https://purepotential.health/ Email - Colleen@Lifebeyondthebinge.com She r…","meta_description":"\"One binge drinking moment can end a life,\" Colleen Clifford says. \"Will it be yours?\" Colleen is a former binge drinker who knows the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1704,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/becoming-your-best-version-3288450/episodes/a-conversation-with-colleen-clifford-author-and-health-alcohol-free-coach/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/becoming-your-best-version-3288450/a-conversation-with-colleen-clifford-author-and-health-alcohol-free-coach.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}