The Lesley Hawkins Podcast
Anchored by the question, "What’s one pivotal moment in your life?",
Lesley hosts candid, personal conversations that reveal the turning points that shape who we are.
With her signature empathy, wit, and warmth, Lesley creates space for guests to open up, sparking insights that challenge assumptions, stir reflection, and ignite growth.
Each episode blends honest stories, surprising insights, and moments of laughter, leaving listeners feeling inspired, seen, and more deeply connected to the human experience.
The Lesley Hawkins Podcast
Latest Episodes
Emily O'Brien - From Prison to Popcorn: The Story Behind Comeback Snacks
Our guest was a business owner. Driven, entrepreneurial, building her own social media company. Then she met a client and what started as a business relationship led to a vacation in the Caribbean. But when she returned to Canada, she was arres...
Rachel Barbaro - Listening to Your Inner Voice
From the outside, our guest was living the life. A beautiful family, a career as an executive in the public sector with upward momentum. She had the kind of résumé that screamed success, prestige, power.But something was off. A persisten...
Stephen Clements - When the Family Business Is More Than Business
His father opened a sports store in Toronto, and from an early age, the family business wasn't just where he worked, but where he grew up.But not everything built with love is easy to sustain. So he walked away, not from the work, but to...
Keeley Simpson - Turning Personal Experience Into Sound Financial Advice for Women
When our guest was in university, her family faced two crises at the same time. Her mother, a business owner, fell seriously ill. And without proper financial planning in place, a health crisis quickly became a financial one too.That exp...
Sonia Houle - A Brutal Diagnosis at 28 Changed Everything
At 28 years old, our guest received a diagnosis that stopped her life in its tracks. Breast cancer. And with it, medically induced menopause that no one her age expects to navigate.So she did what many high-achievers do when life becomes...
