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Hosted by Lesley Hawkins · society · EN-CA · 57 episodes
Anchored by the question “What’s one pivotal moment in your life?”, Lesley hosts candid, personal conversations about resilience, reinvention, and 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 personal growth. Each episode is an honest, unfiltered conversation that leaves listeners feeling inspired, seen, and more deeply connected to the human experience.
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Signup to Generate a PitchAnchored by the question “What’s one pivotal moment in your life?”, Lesley hosts candid, personal conversations about resilience, reinvention, and 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 personal growth.
The Lesley Hawkins Podcast is hosted by Lesley Hawkins. The show has published 57 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Aimee Debow - Menovate: Rewriting The Menopause Narrative" (18 October 2026, 61 minutes), "Rose Campbell - Learning to Talk Again" (11 October 2026, 56 minutes), and "John Bartlett, The Voice of the Game" (4 October 2026, 46 minutes).
The Lesley Hawkins Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 53 minutes across 57 episodes.
Booking probability for The Lesley Hawkins Podcast is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Lesley Hawkins Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Lesley Hawkins Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
Lesley Hawkins hosts The Lesley Hawkins Podcast, a society show with 57 episodes published.
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Episode #42
For years, our guest had been collecting symptoms. Each one sparking a visit to a specialist. Each one treated in isolation, and nobody ever connected the dots. Then came a critical presentation to the executive team...
Episode #41
Our guest was hosting a baby shower for her daughter-in-law when her husband fell ill and was rushed to hospital. Once he was home and on the mend, they decided a quiet weekend away was just what they both needed. She...
Episode #40
At 9 years old, our guest was performing as a cartoon character on a local radio show, a small beginning that planted a very big seed. Like most Canadian kids, he dreamed of playing hockey in the NHL, but he was also...
Episode #39
Our guest never finished high school, so at 18, she walked into the corporate world and decided that was where she would build her future. What followed was twenty-five years with the same company. Evolving, growing and...
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Some seasons of life ask more of us than we ever thought we could give. For our guest, grief didn't arrive once. It arrived in waves, each one before she had fully caught her breath from the last. Within the span of a...
Episode #37
For twenty-one years, our guest was a special education teacher, advocating for those whose voices were too often overlooked. It was work rooted in purpose, patience, and a deep belief in human dignity. Then her parents...
Episode #36
Our guest had what most people spend their lives working toward: a thriving business, a loving marriage, two young boys, good health. Every box checked but one question kept creeping in: Is that all there is? A single...
Episode #35
For twenty-five years, our guest stayed quiet. Not because he had nothing to say, but because saying it came at a cost most of us will never understand. He stuttered. And for a long time, silence felt safer than the...
Episode #34
Most of us have had a hard season. But for our guest, eight months of his life brought a convergence of personal and professional challenges that would have broken most people. And for a time, it did. He collapsed under...
Episode #33
Our guest has spent her career deep inside the human brain. As a neuropsychologist, she works with adults navigating some of life's most challenging moments — brain injuries, post-concussion symptoms, stroke. She...
Episode #32
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...
Episode #31
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...
Episode #30
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...
Episode #28
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...
Episode #27
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...
Episode #26
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...
Episode #25
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...
Episode #24
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...
Episode #23
<p>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...
Episode #22
<p>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...
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