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. 1d ago

    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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Jun 14

    Aaron Logan - For The Love Of The Game

    Hockey was never just a game for our guest. It was in his blood. Growing up, he had one dream: to one day be the voice on Hockey Night in Canada. But life had a different play in mind. He found himself in sales, comfortable but restless, knowing he wanted something different. Then an unlikely opportunity appeared: to buy a bankrupt hockey stick manufacturer. And despite not having any experience in manufacturing, something in him said yes.  Through creativity, hard work, and the kind of relationship building that never goes out of style, he has built a business that has taken him right back to the heart of the game he always loved. #pivotalmoment #hockey #livingthedream 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 7

    Brie Mathers - Love The Skin You’re In

    As a teenager, our guest was a high-performance athlete. Her body was strong, capable, built for competition. Then it started to change and what followed was a battle with an eating disorder that reshaped not just her relationship with her body, but her understanding of the forces working against young people every single day. Because this isn't just a personal story. It's a much bigger one. She has spent her career speaking to youth about the devastating impact of cultural norms, societal systems, and more recently, the impact of social media on mental health. And she is not mincing words. The youth are not alright. And the platforms designed to connect us are doing something far more sinister by feeding an addiction, one scroll at a time. This is a conversation about activism, feminism, and protecting our youth loudly and unapologetically. #pivotalmoment #lovetheskinyourein #selflove 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. May 31

    Dori Adams - Taking The Leap

    Some people wait for the perfect moment to pursue an idea. Our guest decided that maternity leave was hers. While most people use that time to simply survive the newborn stage, she used it to quietly build a two-sided marketplace gig platform that had been living in her mind, waiting for its moment. But having an idea and actually making the leap are two very different things. So she returned to corporate life, back to the world of advertising she knew well. Until her agency offered a one-month sabbatical, and something in her knew, this was the moment. She took the leap. Since then, her platform has captured more than 1,500 events. But the road from idea to execution has been anything but smooth. Scaling a tech business means moving beyond the comfort of your inner circle. It means sitting with failure in a way that feels entirely different when you're the founder, when it's your vision, your name, and your mental health on the line. This is a conversation about reinvention, the gap between a great idea and the courage to act on it, and what entrepreneurship really costs. #pivotalmoment #entrepreneurship #shutterb 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
    44
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Lesley Hawkins Podcast
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