{"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":287,"summary":"Award-winning podcast about living your best life, by Maria Leonard Olsen & her inspiring guests. Maria is a lawyer/journalist/author/two-time TEDx speaker 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. See MariaLeonardOlsen.com and follow @FiftyAfter50","last_synced_at":"2026-09-12T00:17:16.632654+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/becoming-your-best-version-3288450"},"episode":{"title":"A Conversation with Helen Hirsh Spence, Ageism & Longevity Specialist and Founder of Top Sixty Over Sixty","slug":"a-conversation-with-helen-hirsh-spence-ageism-longevity-specialist-and-founder-of-top-sixty-over-sixty","published_at":"2026-07-24T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/becoming-your-best-version-3288450/a-conversation-with-helen-hirsh-spence-ageism-longevity-specialist-and-founder-of-top-sixty-over-sixty","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-Helen-Hirsh-Spence--Ageism--Longevity-Specialist-and-Founder-of-Top-Sixty-Over-Sixty-e3fpjv1","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5491297508.mp3","summary":""Aging is the ultimate triumph of living," says ageism & longevity specialist, Helen Hirsh Spence. Helen is a later-in-life Canadian entrepreneur, speaker and age-equity advocate. She also is a leader navigating the demographic shift; TEDx and global speaker, author; age provocateur & mindset shifter; older & multigenerational workforce expert; and founder of Top Sixty Over Sixty. Top Sixty Over Sixty is a social enterprise advancing age inclusion, longevity literacy, and healthy ageing across workplaces and communities. Helen consults with businesses, communities and individuals to help them become age-ready for their longer lifespans. Her TEDx talk on embracing a longevity mindset was among the most viewed globally the month it aired. Helen urges us in the Talk to reject the longstanding negative perspective on aging and, instead, to embrace our later years as a time filled with growth, promise and opportunity. Top Sixty Over Sixty advances longevity literacy by providing the tools and training to eliminate age bias and promote age diversity. Top Sixty drives success by resetting thinking, unlocking potential and leveraging the talent of all generations. "We provide consulting, speaking and training to businesses. We help reframe the age narrative, address age biases and myths, and leverage the talent of the multigenerational workforce. Through coursework, training and coaching, we show mature adults how to renew and reinvest their knowledge, skills and experience to reinvent themselves with purpose. Created in 2017, Top Sixty Over Sixty focused on older Canadians and encouraged them to reinvent themselves to meet new work and entrepreneurial challenges. Top Sixty Over Sixty continues to evolve. It works with progressive businesses and orga…","meta_description":"\"Aging is the ultimate triumph of living,\" says ageism & longevity specialist, Helen Hirsh Spence. Helen is a later-in-life Canadian entrepr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1740,"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-helen-hirsh-spence-ageism-longevity-specialist-and-founder-of-top-sixty-over-sixty/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-helen-hirsh-spence-ageism-longevity-specialist-and-founder-of-top-sixty-over-sixty.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}