Leslie Glass and Lindsey Glass are transforming the narrative on recovery advocacy by creating positive solutions and promoting family wellness.
This week, Girls That Create host Erin Prather Stafford chats with Leslie Glass, a bestselling author, and Lindsey Glass, an award-winning documentarian. Together they are the authors of the new book, The Mother-Daughter Relationship Makeover. It features an interactive blend of actionable information, compelling storytelling and writing prompts to help bring awareness, understanding, and compassion to mothers and daughters everywhere.
About Lindsey and Leslie Glass
Lindsey Glass grew up in New York City and received her B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and her M.A. from New York University. She is an author, screenwriter and cofounder of Reach Out Recovery, where her articles about relationships and recovery reach millions of readers worldwide. Lindsey has written screenplays and TV shows, and has co-produced award-winning documentaries, including The Secret World of Recovery and The Silent Majority, which premiered on PBS in 2014. Lindsey has worked in publishing and communications and served as a recovery advocate for 20 years, from testifying in Congress to teaching her 2019 self-help book, 100 Tips for Growing Up, to recovery and gang reentry programs. Lindsey is a frequently featured speaker, a proud member of Rotary International and a practicing Buddhist. She lives in Los Angeles.
Leslie Glass, along with her daughter, Lindsey, is editor of the popular online recovery and wellness magazine Reach Out Recovery. Together they produced the 2016 ASAM media award-winning documentary, The Secret World of Recovery and the WEDU/PBS special The Silent Majority. Leslie Glass is a journalist and the author of 12 novels, including nine USA Today and New York Times bestselling suspense novels featuring NYPD Det. Sgt. April Woo. She is the author of The Teen Guide to Health, and recovery workbooks Find Your True Colors in 12 Steps and the children's coloring book, The 8 C's that Help Me Be All Right. Leslie has worked in advertising, publishing and magazines, and has served as a public member of the Middle States Commission of Higher Education, a trustee of The New York Police Foundation and as Vice President of the Asolo Repertory Theatre. She is a member of Rotary International and a recovery, teen mental health and family wellness advocate. She lives in Sarasota, Florida.
For more information about Reach Out Recovery, visit reachoutrecovery.com.
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