Mark Laurie

Fascinating Women

Society EN ↓ 84 episodes

Here is where fascinating women get comfortable. Chatting with Mark they reveal their journey, both the highs and lows, the events that have shaped them. These women share their values, their insights, their dreams, and accomplishments. 

Author

Mark Laurie

Category

Society

Podcast website

www.fascinatingwomen.ca

Latest episode

May 16, 2026

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Episodes

Trish Guise - High Conflict Divorce Coach - Athlete - Mom - Truth 26.05.2021

Send us Fan Mail Trish Guise- Our chat brought out a unique mix in her personality. While she laughs a lot, her passion for helping women going through dangerous divorces focused. She has been there, surprised that she was yet fought through it. Taking that fight knowledge as a life purpose for other women. It does not define her though, she has a new happy marriage, children and zest for life tha...

Julie Scott - Self Expansion Coach - Feel Good Junkie - Author - Speaker - Cat Lover 12.05.2021

Send us Fan Mail Julie Scott loves to talk . It was one of the joys she found about herself, making this episode a wonderful chat. Julie talks about how she used humour to deflect criticism or awkward moments. Looking back, she found she was constantly hiding hersel f, becoming a people pleaser to her detriment. Owning up to who she was, who she wanted to be, what her boundaries were, all came wit...

Tracy Blehm - Business Coach- Architect- Clinic Owner- Mother- Driving force 28.04.2021

Send us Fan Mail Tracy Blehm is a focused ray of sunshine that guides people. From leaving school and her addictive-based family finally successfully, living on her own, to putting herself through university without anyone's help ; vowing to be the opposite of her family she has done remarkable things. With a stellar architect career, she changed direction to open a clinic, with no experience...

Barbara Arnold - Painter - World Traveler - Entrepreneur- Fun loving 14.04.2021

Send us Fan Mail Barabara Arnold - In a bid to add English to her 3 base languages she left Holland at 18 to university in Vancouver. Culture shock, determination along with her embracing the moment and its opportunities, she overcame and stayed. Set up an international horseback vacation company, with interesting business before and aft. Leapt into painting, never small stuff, she started with bi...

Joanne Ruston - Biz owner - Traveler - Leader - Glass ceiling breaker 17.03.2021

Send us Fan Mail Joanne Ruston's smile is constantly coming on. She just naturally  a comfortable person to be around. The biggest force that shaped her we discovered was being the first born. It was fascinating to see how that nurturing, inclusive leadership roll shaped her journey. At the high school job search Travel Agent seemed to fit her future vision. It was a perfect fit, she was amaz...

Batista Gremaud - Entrepreneur - Dancer- Fitness guru- Body transformer 05.03.2021

Send us Fan Mail Batista has an amazing story. Her small town entertainer troupe entrepreneur parents imbued her with the spirit of possibilities, with no money or contacts she goes to Spain, with a broken foot she travels with a troupe, then she follows her love to America, 9 car accidents in two years (none her fault), she goes searching for a new life pain free. She abandons her old life, frien...

Michelle Askew- Proud mom & daughter- Adoptee who found roots- Fearless sales woman- PEI girl 25.02.2021

Send us Fan Mail Michelle Askew is a sparkle from my deep past. She has had some novel twists in her life, She was adopted, adored her parents but did not feel connected to that full family bloodline, She found her birth mother and followed the family string to Ireland . She connected deeply with all those relations. Ironically the cove of her heritage Irish family matches her PEI Cove. We talked...

Jenna Star - Force of nature -Positive - Creator - Model - Business woman 13.02.2021

Send us Fan Mail Jenna Star is one energetic woman. She is a going forward woman at all times. Jenna started her first sales business at 7 years old with an imaginary yard sale in her bedroom with dolls.  Her deals and arrangements are always a win-win. By the time she was 20 she owned a hair salon spa. I have never met someone with some many irons in the fire that are real projects. She is kineti...

Kerri Cust - Inspiration - Intimacy - Authentic -Relationship building- How to be bold 03.02.2021

Send us Fan Mail Kerri Cust is a bold and intimate woman . She did not start out that way, but a switch flipped in that put her on a quest. There must be more! Along the way she became fearless. She opened up so so many possibilities. She came to demand of her self a real life, an intimate life; seeking out enriching opportunities. Kerri talks about all of this. Even what you do when you fundament...

Frankie Nobert - Recreational researcher - Force of nature - Enthusiast - 70 years old- Unique 14.10.2020

Send us Fan Mail Frankie Nober t is having a very interesting life, she just turned 70 , celebrating with a nude photo session in my studio. Her huge smile and sparkling eyes are rarely gone from her face. She is a woman who likes deep conversations with dear friends or women needing support. Her Story and journey are rooted in Father abuse she talks about how that has shaped her, how in later yea...

Lisa Kennedy - Orgasmic Shaman - Healer - Meti - Gentle spirit - Energetic Massage 07.10.2020

Send us Fan Mail Lisa Kennedy - Orgasmic Shaman but she is a lot more. Our conversation went into when she first knew she had these powers, how her parents felt about, and nurtured her power. We explore her insights on the power of guided meditation.  How getting back to nature stills and heals the soul and spirit. We talk about the lens of failure, how to take a different perspective on it. She i...

Kim LaMontagne - Empowering - Alcohol survivor - Adventurer - Support - Mental Illness 01.10.2020

Send us Fan Mail Kim LaMontagne's conversation strayed into some interesting places. Her story of rising from a family stew of alcoholism to getting sober, along with signs to watch for is inspiring. Kim talks about becoming more fearless, how and why to set personal boundaries in a healthy way. How the face of failure is growt h. She shared the bold move of selling everything, buying what is...

Laurie Anne Sakla - Special edition- Relationship Violence - How to escape - How to spot it coming 09.09.2020

Send us Fan Mail Laurie Anne Sakla sadly has intimate knowledge of relationship violence . Since escaping from it has become her vocation and her mission to inform, empower, and rescue women entering or desperate to leave that destructive path. This is a special edition podcast on Relationship Violence . Usually, I am talking to fascinating women about themselves, today's podcast came out of...

Laurie Anne Sakla - Jello Wrestler - Domestic Violence Defender - Model - Mom 02.09.2020

Send us Fan Mail Laurie Anne is a woman with a fascinating past. Raised by a single mom with a unique perspective, was a wide-eyed innocent in the '80s, taken under the wing by members of big-name rock bands like big brothers . Traveled the world wrestling in jello, mud, and oil. Modeled impressively and still does; it is her balance in life. Then an experience in r elationship control change...

Krista Kosta - Empathy Life Coach - Abduction surviver - Mother - Authentic entrepreneur 19.08.2020

Send us Fan Mail Krista Kosta; The lessons she guides her Life Coached women came at a cost of her childhood . Some coaches draw on struggles, some need a magnifying glass to make them appear worthy of the title. Not so Krista, she arrives at her sharing, her authenticity, and her insights from an unimaginable place, abduction by a paren t. While this is the core and base of her story and path tha...

Liza Lomax - Body image coach - Medium- Adventurer - Positive - Joyful 12.08.2020

Send us Fan Mail Liza Lomax is widely spontaneous in this conversation. She talks about growing up as a people please to the level of becoming a doormat for others. How she realized the issue then fought to overcome that, to look after her self.  Her intuitive gifts reached the level of being a medium, yes, seeing those who have crossed over. That created pause, bewilderment until she drew into it...

Shannon Miller - Empathy - Grief Guide - Mom - Empowerment - Author 05.08.2020

Send us Fan Mail Shannon Miller is a rare woman . She is deeply empathic that matches well with her connection to helping people. While it was not dormant it blossomed with the tragic loss of her young daughter. She made the choice not to stay in darkness but to step into the light, to share insights and a path with others. She explains, "I honored my grief and allowed myself to feel all the...

Jennie Bellinger - Rock Star Mom - Coach - ADD - Curious - Marketing Expert 30.07.2020

Send us Fan Mail Jennie Bellinger - shares her insights on how she became a new "same" person by showing up authentically. How she became business-focused, her ADD helped with hyperfocus. Why she loves to help people. Navigating a divorce for the benefit of her children. Finding the best of situations. Her interview is a warm, joyful conversation filled with perspectives that will help a...

Aime Hutton - Bullying - a bonus conversation 24.07.2020

Send us Fan Mail Aime Hutton gets into her life passion, Bullying. Creating safe havens for girls and young women who have faced that ugliness. She talks about Institutional Bullies. How to see it, how to deal with it. Aime is a force of change, having fully experienced its impact her self at a very young age. She is a best seller, an international stage speaker as well as an award recipient. She...

Aime Hutton - Miracle Survivor- Bully fighter - Writer - Educator- Author 21.07.2020

Send us Fan Mail Aime Hutton is in a class all herself. She came from being the bullied underdog to the defender and educator of the same. Aime has created safe havens and support for young women being bullied and educating parents on how to intervene. She is fixing institutional bullying, a newly discovered systematic bullying by teachers and leaders. She is a brave woman, living an authentic lif...

Traci Falukozi - Movie makeup artist - Mermaid tail maker - World traveler- Body Painter 13.05.2020

Send us Fan Mail Traci really gets into things. With a degree in science, her hero was Chris Hatfield, she easily sees how things work. Traci is this wonderful mix of science and fantasy. She will get an idea in her head like " a mermaid tail looks cool, I should make one" then her science side takes over until aesthetics are needed. How she got to this optimistic, the world is joy point...

Maude Bombardier - Laugh mentor - Expecting mom- Writer- Speaker- Life changes 07.05.2020

Send us Fan Mail Maude is a woman with a purpose to bring the power of laughter, to understand how it heals, even how to fake it but still get the benefit While Maude does share some techniques and the power of laughing our conversation goes beyond that. Maude shares how a very early childhood attack impacted her life without realizing it; how she unearthed it, and solved it. How she does and will...

Virginia Muzquiz - Educator - Philanthropist- Brilliant- Charity- Coach 01.05.2020

Send us Fan Mail Virginia Muzquiz is a pretty bold woman. You get struck by her over the top enthusiasm, energy, and optimism. It is a rush talking to her in person. She easily gets into deep, questioning debates. Her honesty about her background, her childhood that while shaky shaped her approach to life and people. She is pretty distinguished adding to that is her philanthropy on two fronts. Fir...

Share Munoz - Bull Rider- Videographer -Horse trainer -Business owner 08.04.2020

Send us Fan Mail Share Munoz, her unique deep roots as a ranchhand's daughter on a BC ranch far from anyone gave her a solid start. She grew up fearless; independent on her own feet. At four years she climbed on the back of an ornery bull that then wandered around.  It's not so much that she has no fear, its that she does not see things as being fearful.  From the ranch, she learned self...

Grace Yan - Vision - Negotiations - Child confidence - Commercial real estate agent 01.04.2020

Send us Fan Mail Grace Yan is a woman with unique visions and drive. She opens how her desire to play piano at 10 started with an 80-year-old legendary teacher. Her discipline from that start, her early embracing of failure as growth became her foundation. In her profession as a Commercial Real Estate Agent, she lives by the words. - We Have Only Solutions. It guides all aspects of her life. She r...

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