The Lesley Hawkins Podcast

Lesley Hawkins

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.

  1. 2d ago

    Jennifer Robin Wilson – The Heart of Homestay

    For our guest, she thought her life was settled; a happy marriage, two young kids, a career she loved; and yet it came apart in ways she never anticipated. In the aftermath, she took what was supposed to be a short stint in her family's homestay business: facilitating the placement of international students into private homes across her community. On the surface, it was a practical solution, but beneath it, was an entirely new world. Because opening someone's home to a stranger is never simple. There are nuances, barriers, and moments of profound human connection that most of us never get to witness. And she had the honour of witnessing thousands of them. Join us as we explore what happens when an unexpected chapter becomes your greatest teacher, and why the business of bringing people together might be the most meaningful work of all. #pivotalmoment #theheartofhomestay #connection Send us Fan Mail Lesley Hawkins is a keynote speaker with her signature keynote "The Courage To Define and Own Your Worth", workshop developer (The Leadership Mirror and The Leaders Table), leadership strategist, and storyteller who believes growth happens in the everyday moments that define who we become.  Drawing on years of experience leading, guiding, and mentoring teams, Lesley brings authenticity, curiosity, and heart to the conversation as each interaction is an opportunity to define what truly matters. One question. One turning point. One powerful story.  To learn more about Lesley: www.lesleyhawkins.ca / www.marsley.ca @the_lesley_hawkins_podcast The Lesley Hawkins Podcast is a Marsley Canada production.

  2. Aug 2

    Ashima Chopra - From Unfulfilled To Unstoppable - The Founder of FanVerse

    Our guest had built a career as a lawyer, and on paper, it checked every box. But something was missing. She had a lifelong love of sports, but the fandom industry was not built for the female fan.  On a whim she entered a week-long national AI hackathon, and while she knew nothing about coding, nothing about artificial intelligence, she pushed through her fear and won the whole thing! What came out of that experience was something the sports industry didn't know it was missing, the first predictive intelligence platform built to understand the female fan. Welcome to a conversation about pushing through assumed boundaries and building the thing you wished existed.  #pivotalmoment #fanverse #hackathon Send us Fan Mail Lesley Hawkins is a keynote speaker with her signature keynote "The Courage To Define and Own Your Worth", workshop developer (The Leadership Mirror and The Leaders Table), leadership strategist, and storyteller who believes growth happens in the everyday moments that define who we become.  Drawing on years of experience leading, guiding, and mentoring teams, Lesley brings authenticity, curiosity, and heart to the conversation as each interaction is an opportunity to define what truly matters. One question. One turning point. One powerful story.  To learn more about Lesley: www.lesleyhawkins.ca / www.marsley.ca @the_lesley_hawkins_podcast The Lesley Hawkins Podcast is a Marsley Canada production.

  3. Jul 26

    Leah Ashby - Creativity Sparks Change!

    Our guest grew up with a deep love for the arts. Classical piano wasn't just something she studied, it was part of who she was. Then one day, a neighbour overheard her playing. What followed from that single, accidental moment was something she never planned and couldn't have predicted. A ripple effect that would shape both her career and her entire sense of purpose. Her journey hasn't been without turbulence. There were moments that forced her to rebuild from the ground up, both personally and professionally. But what emerged on the other side was a clarity she might never have found otherwise. Today, she is a passionate advocate for the arts. They are not a luxury in a child's education, but a necessity. Join us as we talk about purpose, resilience, and what happens when a passion becomes a fight for fundamental change in how we educate our children. #pivotalmoment #arts #education  Send us Fan Mail Lesley Hawkins is a keynote speaker with her signature keynote "The Courage To Define and Own Your Worth", workshop developer (The Leadership Mirror and The Leaders Table), leadership strategist, and storyteller who believes growth happens in the everyday moments that define who we become.  Drawing on years of experience leading, guiding, and mentoring teams, Lesley brings authenticity, curiosity, and heart to the conversation as each interaction is an opportunity to define what truly matters. One question. One turning point. One powerful story.  To learn more about Lesley: www.lesleyhawkins.ca / www.marsley.ca @the_lesley_hawkins_podcast The Lesley Hawkins Podcast is a Marsley Canada production.

  4. Jul 19

    Joe Lyons-Rising - Pain Remixed

    Our guest experienced a loss that most of us cannot begin to imagine. By ten years old, he had lost both of his parents to suicide. What followed was a childhood spent finding his footing in whatever ways he could. One of those ways was numbers. He became a self-proclaimed "mathlete", finding order, logic, and a sense of control in a world that had given him very little of either. Beyond the spreadsheets and strategy was something deeper, a desire to give back to the community he understood most intimately: children navigating grief. This is a conversation about loss, grief, and finding your way forward through helping others. #pivotalmoment #painremixed #suicideloss Send us Fan Mail Lesley Hawkins is a keynote speaker with her signature keynote "The Courage To Define and Own Your Worth", workshop developer (The Leadership Mirror and The Leaders Table), leadership strategist, and storyteller who believes growth happens in the everyday moments that define who we become.  Drawing on years of experience leading, guiding, and mentoring teams, Lesley brings authenticity, curiosity, and heart to the conversation as each interaction is an opportunity to define what truly matters. One question. One turning point. One powerful story.  To learn more about Lesley: www.lesleyhawkins.ca / www.marsley.ca @the_lesley_hawkins_podcast The Lesley Hawkins Podcast is a Marsley Canada production.

  5. Jul 12

    Michael Burgess - Nice It Up with Nerpy’s

    For our guest, food is where his story began, working in his uncle's grocery store from an early age. After college, he returned to Jamaica to run his uncle's food manufacturing plant before eventually making his way back to Canada to build a career in sales.  Then the economic downturn of 2008 arrived, and with it, a pull back toward his entrepreneurial roots that he could no longer ignore. What followed started with a single article in a magazine, one recipe, and a university food lab. Today he runs a Jamaican hot sauce business built on a commitment to authenticity that goes back to the soil, truly farm to table before that phrase became a trend. #pivotalmoment #entrepreneurship #roots #niceitup Send us Fan Mail Lesley Hawkins is a keynote speaker with her signature keynote "The Courage To Define and Own Your Worth", workshop developer (The Leadership Mirror and The Leaders Table), leadership strategist, and storyteller who believes growth happens in the everyday moments that define who we become.  Drawing on years of experience leading, guiding, and mentoring teams, Lesley brings authenticity, curiosity, and heart to the conversation as each interaction is an opportunity to define what truly matters. One question. One turning point. One powerful story.  To learn more about Lesley: www.lesleyhawkins.ca / www.marsley.ca @the_lesley_hawkins_podcast The Lesley Hawkins Podcast is a Marsley Canada production.

  6. Jul 5

    Nina Purewal - When Your Darkest Moments Become Your Greatest Work

    She was climbing the corporate ladder, working all hours of the day and night, but one question kept surfacing: Is this all there is? So she did something radical by stepping away from everything, sold her house, left her career, and spent a year at a monastery learning about ancient wisdom. What she found in that silence was the emotions she had carried for decades, rooted in an unimaginable childhood trauma, that led to a long and painful work of grief, anger, survivor's guilt, forgiveness. What she chose to do with all of that is what makes her story remarkable. Today she runs a company in the mental wellness space, bringing what she learned in her darkest moments into the workplace. Because we have always known, even if we rarely say it out loud: we don't leave work at the office. And we don't leave home at the door. This is a conversation about what happens when you finally stop running. About the courage it takes to face what's been buried. And about turning the heaviest parts of your story into a lifeline for others. #pivotalmoment #mentalhealth #letthatshitgo Send us Fan Mail Lesley Hawkins is a keynote speaker with her signature keynote "The Courage To Define and Own Your Worth", workshop developer (The Leadership Mirror and The Leaders Table), leadership strategist, and storyteller who believes growth happens in the everyday moments that define who we become.  Drawing on years of experience leading, guiding, and mentoring teams, Lesley brings authenticity, curiosity, and heart to the conversation as each interaction is an opportunity to define what truly matters. One question. One turning point. One powerful story.  To learn more about Lesley: www.lesleyhawkins.ca / www.marsley.ca @the_lesley_hawkins_podcast The Lesley Hawkins Podcast is a Marsley Canada production.

  7. Jun 28

    Gina Phillips - The Power In The Pause

    Our guest built a career she loved, working freelance across entertainment, sports, and news media. Then the pandemic arrived. And like so many in her industry, everything went quiet overnight. So she did what felt natural. She went into hyper-drive. Lots of calls, emails. More and more outreach. Chasing every opening, knocking on every door. And every rejection hit harder than the last. So she made a decision that went against every instinct, and every piece of advice she had ever been given. She stopped. She calls it the anti-pivot. Less hustle, less noise, less chasing. And instead more focus on the pause. What she found in that stillness is still unfolding. This is a conversation about the courage it takes to sit with uncertainty and what opens up when you choose stillness over hustle.  #pivotalmoment #stillness #humanconnection Send us Fan Mail Lesley Hawkins is a keynote speaker with her signature keynote "The Courage To Define and Own Your Worth", workshop developer (The Leadership Mirror and The Leaders Table), leadership strategist, and storyteller who believes growth happens in the everyday moments that define who we become.  Drawing on years of experience leading, guiding, and mentoring teams, Lesley brings authenticity, curiosity, and heart to the conversation as each interaction is an opportunity to define what truly matters. One question. One turning point. One powerful story.  To learn more about Lesley: www.lesleyhawkins.ca / www.marsley.ca @the_lesley_hawkins_podcast The Lesley Hawkins Podcast is a Marsley Canada production.

  8. Jun 21

    Meeta Gandhi - Breaking The Cycle

    We tell ourselves it doesn't happen here. Not in our neighbourhood. Not behind those doors. Not to someone like her. But domestic abuse doesn't announce itself. And for our guest, it wasn't just her own story, it was a pattern that had quietly shaped the generations before her. Until she chose to make it stop. Finding herself in a domestic abuse situation with children to protect, she had to rebuild physically, emotionally, and financially, not just for herself, but for them. In the hardest season of her life, she found Yellow Brick House. A place where she felt safe, where she felt seen, with three simple words “I believe you”. The community offered a quiet, steady reminder that she was not alone, and that support changed everything. This is a conversation about survival, courage, and the extraordinary strength it takes to break a cycle. And about what becomes possible when you refuse to let the past write the future. #pivotalmoment #domesticabuse #survivor Send us Fan Mail Lesley Hawkins is a keynote speaker with her signature keynote "The Courage To Define and Own Your Worth", workshop developer (The Leadership Mirror and The Leaders Table), leadership strategist, and storyteller who believes growth happens in the everyday moments that define who we become.  Drawing on years of experience leading, guiding, and mentoring teams, Lesley brings authenticity, curiosity, and heart to the conversation as each interaction is an opportunity to define what truly matters. One question. One turning point. One powerful story.  To learn more about Lesley: www.lesleyhawkins.ca / www.marsley.ca @the_lesley_hawkins_podcast The Lesley Hawkins Podcast is a Marsley Canada production.

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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.

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  • Creator
    Lesley Hawkins
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    47
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Lesley Hawkins Podcast
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