Leslie Morgan Steiner

Leslie Morgan Steiner's candid, chilling, inspiring story of surviving relationship violence in her first marriage. Based on the New York Times best-selling memoir and TEDTalk.

In this virtual keynote, Leslie shares proven strategies, compassion, and encouragement to ensure abuse victims - and the advocates and donors helping them - survive quarantine’s exacerbation of abuse trauma.

Happily married couples share one indisputable trait: the willingness to be open with their partner and resolve personal challenges and obstacles as a couple. Leslie’s keynote embraces this readiness to dive into the challenges of intimacy in long-term marriage, and addresses intimate topics with candor, humor, and practical advice.

At 49, Leslie Morgan Steiner’s life included many of our culture’s most enviable metrics: a stable marriage, happy children, a successful career at Johnson & Johnson and The Washington Post, best-selling books, and TED Talks. After the unexpected death of her mother, Leslie realized she’d lost an essential element of herself in the chaos of juggling work, marriage, and parenthood. Her resulting memoir sparked a conversation among happily married couples regarding how to nurture self-acceptance and independence in a long-term relationship. As a writer, successful corporate executive, experienced keynote speaker, and frequent guest on National Public Radio, NBC’s Today Show, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and other programs, she is at ease in front of audiences of any size and gender mix.

Target Audiences:

• EO/YPO Couples Retreats
• AARP/Conferences on Aging & Longevity
• Health and Sexuality Conferences

At 49, Leslie Morgan Steiner’s life included many of our culture’s most enviable metrics: a stable marriage, happy children, a successful career at Johnson & Johnson and The Washington Post, best-selling books, and TED Talks. Despite the image of the ideal life, after the unexpected death of her mother, Leslie realized she’d lost an essential element of herself in the chaos of juggling work, marriage, and parenthood. Approaching her 50th birthday, Leslie re-evaluated her life and embarked on an unexpected odyssey through men, sex, and herself, to find the one element missing from an outwardly perfect life: true self-love.

Most messages about women and aging focus on weight gain, cosmetic surgery, losing one’s attractiveness and sexuality, divorce and online dating, and the challenges of the so-called “sandwich generation,” simultaneously managing children and aging parents. This keynote is decidedly positive and uplifting, embracing the wisdom, acceptance, and opportunities to increase your self-confidence as a woman, and how to evaluate our lives - at midlife or any point - and take steps to design, or redesign, your life to maximize happiness, meaning, and purpose.

Leslie Morgan Steiner’s subject is women. Her first job after graduating from Harvard was at Seventeen Magazine. She went on to author four books about motherhood, marriage, domestic violence, and rediscovering sexuality after 50, as well as two TED Talks. She has spent the last two decades talking to audiences around the world about women’s leadership, resilience, and unique ability to overcome adversity. As a writer, successful corporate executive, wife, and mother, she understands and demystifies women’s strength and secrets, and presents them with candor, humor, hope, and inspiration, helping empower audiences. As an experienced keynote speaker and frequent guest on National Public Radio, NBC’s Today Show, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and other programs, she is at ease in front of audiences of any size.

Target Audiences:

• Women’s Leadership Conferences/Annual Sorority Meetings/YWCA
• EO/YPO Spouse Forum Events & Couples Retreats
• AARP/Conferences on Aging & Longevity
• Health and Sexuality Conferences
• Medical Events (Doctors/Nurses/Health Practitioners)

Funny, honest insights about the so-called "battles" between working and at-home moms.

This candid keynote is carefully customized to each audience, exploring the unique challenges women and girls face today. Topics include how to make healthy relationship choices, accept your body in the age of social media, navigate dating, motherhood, and aging, and live your best life as a woman in America today.

Leslie Morgan Steiner is a New York Times bestselling author, frequent media guest, and women’s leadership expert. Her first published article on overcoming anorexia, "Starving for Perfection," appeared in Seventeen Magazine while she was a senior at Harvard College. Her subsequent books and TedTalks address work/family balance, surviving relationship violence, solutions to infertility, developing a positive body image, and instilling self-esteem in our daughters. Her unique experience as a survivor of domestic violence, workplace harassment, and eating and addiction disorders makes her a unique and inspirational voice for female empowerment, no matter one’s age. As a writer, successful corporate executive, wife and mother, she understands and demystifies women’s strength and secrets, and presents them with candor, humor, hope and inspiration, helping audiences find their own strength. As an experienced keynote speaker and frequent guest on National Public Radio, NBC’s Today Show, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and other programs, she is at ease in front of audiences of any size.

Target Audiences:

• Women and girls of all ages
• Women’s Leadership Conferences
• Girl Scouts & Sorority Conferences
• YWCA
• AARP
• EO/YPO Spouses Events & Couples Retreats
• Conferences on Aging & Longevity
• Health and Sexuality Conferences
• Medical Events (Doctors/Nurses/Health Practitioners)

The ethics of global surrogacy are told through the eyes of an Arizona firefighter and nurse who traveled to India five times in search of creating their dream family via surrogate. Based on the book, The Baby Chase, and the accompanying TEDTalk.