Who am I?

My name is Leslie Karmazinuk. 

I am passionate about learning, growing, and experiencing this life. I've been working through my own transformation and have found that we need three things to get to our next step: motivation, mindset, and strategies. I believe we can be anything we want to be. We just need to re-program our minds towards what we want.

By determining the experiences, the growth I want and how I want to contribute back to society, I have found my purpose and developed a game plan for my life. This website is a physical representation of my passion.

I want to coach, help, and see others transform. In the last ten years, I have intensely worked on my own life through the issues holding me back. I haven't arrived, but I am well on the path.

Since 2013, I have had lymphoma three times. Each time was worse than the last, and the damage to my body had grown over time. The chemotherapy in 2013 burnt the nerve endings in my feet and my hands, so I have neuropathy now with no feeling in my feet. My feet repeatedly developed wounds, which had to be treated several times a week off and on for the past ten years.

In 2017, I lost my husband to cancer, and in 2018, I had amputations of the forefoot on each side. I have lost my ability to drive, and I have lost my balance, and I walk with a walker.

The second 'bout of lymphoma was in my pelvis. I had radiation and chemo and had to have a colostomy installed.

The third time I had lymphoma was in 2020. I reacted to the chemotherapy, and my doctors withdrew the medical treatments, telling me there was nothing else doctors could do.

I was made a "do not resuscitate." I was told I had three months to live, and I needed to get my affairs in order.

Through sheer determination and the will of a higher power, I survived.

In 2022, my mother moved in with me, and one fateful night, November 5, 2022, a 3,000-pound tree fell into my house.

It took out my office window, 5 feet away from where I lay in bed, the skylight, and most of my roof. I was able to get my mother downstairs to safety, and while we were phoning for help, another tree fell into the house and another into my garage.

My insurance company moved me into a neighbourhood apartment, and I was out of the house until near the end of July 2023.

I've been shaken to the core in every way possible, and I've learned to survive—in fact, I am thriving.

I turned my life around, lost 150 lbs, and found ways to deal with stress. I learned to meditate, deal with fear, and accept healing from a higher power.

I am now a transformational life coach, a business coach, and a 6-phase Meditation trainer. I love people, and I want to help show you that even at the worst of times, changing your mindset, motivation, and strategy can help change your life.

I have been where you are. I felt like I had nothing else to give, and now I want to show others what is possible.

I will be publishing Weekly Insights on this website each week, and I invite you to walk with me on this journey and witness how they can work for you.

If you are looking for more hands-on, personalized guidance, I am here to help you.

Let's talk

- Leslie