Fascinating Women
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.
Episodes
85 episodes
Phoenix Starchild - Resilience - Divine Awakening - Authentic Healer - Personal Truth
Embark on a riveting journey with Phoenix Starchild, a woman whose resilience shines through a tapestry of life trials and profound transformations. From a secluded, small-town upbringing to a life marked by trials and revelations, Phoenix's st...
Dana Macintosh -Bold -Fearless -Kindness -The Retired view
In this captivating episode of "Fascinating Women" with host Mark Laurie, we journey through the life of Dana McIntosh, a woman whose story is as diverse as it is inspiring. Born in Winnipeg and raised in England, Dana's life took a turn when s...
Wendy Winder - Optimist - Life balance - Creative - Marketer- Entrepreneur
Join us on "Fascinating Women with Mark Laurie" as we dive into an inspiring conversation with Wendy Winder, a beacon of positivity and a master of marketing strategy. Wendy shares her life's guiding principles, including the power of positivit...
Charmaine Muzyka -Entrepreneur -Designer -Creator -Innovator -Trailblazer
Discover the captivating journey of Charmaine Muzyka on this week's episode of "Fascinating Women with Mark Laurie." Charmaine, an embodiment of creativity and resilience, shares her inspiring story from childhood challenges to becoming a succe...
Angela Bain - Single Mom - Personal Trainer - Yoga
This episode is sponsored by http://InnerSpiritPhoto.com Create your story with them.Angela shares her story. From a journey as young hairdresser to a fitness expert embodies resilience and transformation. Angela shares her experi...
Maggie Lam- Risk taker - Single mom - Immigrant
In this engaging episode of "Fascinating Women," host Mark Laurie sits down with Maggie Lam, a woman of diverse experiences and profound insights; Maggie is a risk taker in spite of her parents teaching her compliance. Originally from Hon...
Patricia Hajali - Negotiator -Senator -Consultant -Diplomat -Mom -Daughter
Mark and Patricia chat about Such a range, from her clarity and boldness of walking into Costa Rica's Presidential Palace at 18 to ask for a job and getting one with the President through the journey of becoming a diplomat. In he...
Victoria Givlin - Optimist- Curious Woman- Engager- Actress
This is a fun conversation with Victoria, as the unearths where her optimism was born from a tragedy. How she went from being an active athlete to emerging from a car accident that has her testing new limits. Her energy, enthusiasm, her desire ...
Joanne Neweduk - Nurse - Business woman-Inspiration-Entrepreneur
Joanne has an interesting arc; she has entwined her entrepreneurship into her love of helping people. More of a passion. She explains how that works, how she grew through the loss of a marriage—taking us on the road of avoiding being a biz pers...
Carol Pederson Special: Pain Management long term
Special Podcast on Long-term Pain Management Pain, what a pain pain is. Carol has had several life events that triggered long-term pain. It has been a lot for one person. That she is remarkably outgoing, positive and smiling speaks t...
Megan Barefoot - Mom -Entrepreneur- Nutritionist- Bold Woman- Role Model
Hi, this is a very interesting conversation with Megan. She talks about how a chance encounter with a man changed her life 180 degrees instantly and how her youngest daughter's health issue changed her life direction again. She talks abou...
Adriana Van der Merwe - Trauma Coach - Dog groomer- Chef - inspiration
Adriana is a bundle of enthusiastic energy. She talks about how growing up in communist Romania, an abusive family; perfectionism shaped her. How it never squashed her curiosity. Her path to a form enlighted woman has not been easy, but ...
Carol Pederson - Pain management- Surviving cancer- Being positive
Carol Pedersen: I was born and raised in Calgary. I grew up in an environment of sexual and emotional abuse. I survived Ovarian Cancer at the age of 20. I had 11 more abdominal surgeries to remove scar tissue and adhesions. I was...
Claudette Stiven - TechChix- Ceiling breaker - Serial entrepreneur -Traveler - Social media
Claudette is charmer. She has been an entrepreneur since before it became a thing. She hosted Facebook when it was barely born. She is intuitive to people; here, she explains that skill. She is so joyful of her journey, speaking o...
Jessica van der Hoek on psychedelics - Big dreams- Horse therapy- Trauma - Tattoos
Jessica van der Hoek is a young woman who has risen above a very troubled traumatic past into a woman with a huge vision. She talks about her use of psychedelics to heal her trauma, Family can really be a test, it made her grow up fast. She tal...
Kenisha Mei - Nurse- Healer- Single mom - Entrepreneur - Bold Hearted
Kenisha Mei is a woman falling into her future. She left a life full of family issues as a young teen, became an Alberta nurse working up north, married, then divorced but got the two most precious young girls from it. She talks about her...
Marlene Cameron - Biz Coach - Curious - Inspirational - Deep Concepts
My Chat with Marlene went places we don't normally go. We explored how she so easily shifted careers, Quotes and people who still inspire her. What makes her strive to help people. We got into where her curiosity has taken her, which took us in...
Amanda Wilkinson - Artist -Model -New Mom -Exuberant Woman
In this chat with Amanda, I was surprised to learn she had gone through Calgary firefighter training but was too young to follow through so she trained with the Calgary Police Academy, passed before she decided that too was not fo...
Dee Mago -Venezuela Immigrant -NakedFit -Single Mom -Family -High Energy
This conversation with Dee is unique in how deep our conversation goes into being an immigrant, what it meant to leave even though family is everything, her core. Her positive energy pours through. She is a woman who embraces what ever comes at...
Laurie Gilbertson - Inspiring- Former NYC lawyer- Coach - Communicator
I had a delightful conversation with Laurie, she is insightful, light and engaging. We talked about her childhood dinner conversations where she learned to advocate for herself, quotes that moved her, her transition from a New York City p...
Adele Engel - Healer - Spiritual Psychology- Soul Centered - Musical
Adele Engel had an interesting chat. She is 66 yet keeps getting reborn. Decades ago she choose a path of healing when confronted with a life changing devastating illness. In our conversation she explains how she had an audience with the ...
Calli Jensen- Entrepreneur's Enabler - Cancer survivor - Positivity embracer - Visionary
Calli has her vision. She is launching an online services that will lift the economics of women. We talk about the powerful negative forces, cancer, hostile job, the loss of everything, financial and focus rebirth. She had her 70 ...
Chelsea Jones PhD - Inclusion advocate - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Photographer - Occupational Therapist with Veterans
Chelsea Jones, what a delight to chat with. Her easy smile and quick laugh arrive before you realize how sharp and creative her mind is. The thread of her life so far has been helping those disadvantaged restoring bodies and minds. ...
Grace Yan - Mayoral Candidate -What makes her tick - Her vision
Grace Yan is my guest. rather than the usual speaking points, we talked more about her character what drives her, how she got her values. What future she sees for Calgary, the impressive challenge of running for Mayor in Calgary, why would some...
Sara De Raaf - Model - Metal worker - Mom - Tattoos- Weigh loss
Sara De Raaf is a young woman with focus. Her go-to phrase is "Just give 'er" When she focuses on something it pretty much happens. She is driven by accountability and responsibility. She really carves out her own path, accepting a...
