All Roads Lead is a podcast about the seasons where something quietly shifts, when life or business no longer fits the way it used to, and you’re figuring things out as you go.Hosted by Mel Leslie, these are reflective conversations shaped by lived experience and real time noticing, exploring identity, self-trust, messy middles, and the moments where your voice starts to come back online.Rooted in connection rather than instruction, this is a space to make sense of what you might already beIf you want to connect beyond the podcast, you’ll find me over on Instagram @melleslieofficial
Episode 14 - People Pleasing | Giving too much, even when no one's watching
This week I have released something new, and somewhere in the middle of creating and building it, I caught myself doing the exact thing that it's all about. A story about pricing, self-worth , and the old patterns that show up even when there's genuinely nobody left to please but yourself. It started as a simple decision. Price it. Keep it low, keep it accessible. And even then a thought creeping in which turned out a lot more interesting than the pricing decision itself. UNCOVER HER If...
15 Jul 2026
Episode 13 - I got stuck in a toilet in Venice. Here's what my brain did next !
Ever had your brain turn something tiny into a full catastrophe before you’d even checked if it was real? This episode started in a toilet in Venice. A sealed cubicle, no light, no signal, and a brain that had already decided an Italian waiter was going to have to kick the door down Spoiler: the door just needed a push. In this episode Mel talks about what was really happening in that dark cubicle, why her brain went straight to worst case scenario, what thirty year old evidence had to do wit...
17 Jun 2026
Episode 12 - The meaning I'd given to a story I'd been telling myself for 30 years ! And the story wasn't even true !
We had a bit of a break in May, but we are BACK !!! This ep I am letting you in behind the scenes of what's been going on in that month. The space I took , the drop ins that came through and how that came to me realising a story I'd been telling myself for 30 years ! (yes 30 years !!!!) that isn't even true, And introduce you to Magnetic Mel and The Magnetic You world Drop me a dm or email and let know what resonated for you and what came up for you during this episode.&nb...
29 Apr 2026
Episode 11- 550'000 Reasons To Keep Going. Even When You Can't See It Working
I went to a tulip field at the weekend. 550,000 bulbs. And I couldn’t stop thinking about it afterwards. Not one of those bulbs waited to feel ready. Not one of them asked for permission to bloom. They were planted, nurtured and when the time came they just grew. Towards the light. Without apology. And it got me thinking about the two ways we get in our own way. The first is not planting at all. Keeping the bulb in the bag. Waiting until conditions feel perfect. Until we feel ready enough. Th...
22 Apr 2026
Episode 10 - The Stage I Didn’t Know I Was Performing On
I danced from the age of three. For nearly thirty years the stage was the place I felt completely and utterly myself. No mask. No adjusting. Just me. What I didn’t know was that I’d taken the performing with me when I left. In this episode I’m talking about the other kind of performing. The kind that creeps in so quietly you don’t notice it happening. The people pleasing, the lost voice, the saying yes when you mean no. The exhaustion of being whatever the room needs you to be. And how I fina...
15 Apr 2026
Episode 9 - 3 Months of being certain... and then this
Three months. Completely certain. No wobble. No doubt. Building everything, believing in all of it, knowing exactly why I was doing it. And then I launched The Back Yourself Live Experience. My first live session — not a digital product, not something that sits on a shelf. Me. Live. Asking people to show up and trust me to guide them. And everything came flooding in. The questions. The doubts. The spiral. Things I hadn't felt in three months, showing up the moment I stepped into genuine...
8 Apr 2026
Episode 8 - She Looks Like She's Got Everything Together... She Hasn't.
She looks like she’s got it all together. Confident. Grounded. Fully in her lane. But what if that’s not the full picture? In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on something I’ve been noticing, not just in others, but in myself too. Because the women we often put on pedestals? The ones who seem the most certain, the most magnetic, the most “there”... they’re still in it. Still evolving. Still navigating things no one else can see. We talk about: The difference between embodying who yo...
1 Apr 2026
Episode 7 - Stop Waiting For Proof
If you’ve been waiting for the right conditions before you back yourself, this one’s for you. What if the proof you’re waiting for is never going to feel like enough? I’m Mel Leslie and in this episode I’m getting honest about a pattern I lived for years. Waiting for the conditions to be perfect. Waiting for the evidence to stack up. Waiting for something external to tell me it was safe to move. It can look like being responsible. Being sensible. Having a plan. But underneath? It’s often just...
25 Mar 2026
Episode 6 - Feeling Good Shouldn't Feel Naughty. And yet...
Have you ever given yourself the afternoon off and spent most of it feeling guilty? Booked the hair appointment on a Tuesday and felt like you were skiving the whole time? Built something you genuinely love, and still can’t quite believe you’re allowed to enjoy it? That feeling has a name. And it’s not a character flaw. It’s not weakness. It’s a programme that never got updated. In this episode I get properly real about the performing fine identity, what it looks like, where it comes from,...
18 Mar 2026
Episode 5 - What Daniel Priestley Said That I Can't Stop Thinking About..
I listened to the Daniel Priestley episode of Diary of a CEO yesterday. And I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since. Not because of the AI stuff, though that's part of it. Because of something deeper that it unlocked. A concept called the Jevons Paradox. And the way it's playing out not just externally, but internally, for so many of us right now. More tools. More frameworks. More access to content, information, answers, resources and so much more, than any generatio...
11 Mar 2026
Episode 4 - When Miss Comparisonitis Comes Knocking..
You know that feeling. Maybe everything is fine. Maybe its a low day. Either way out of nowhere she shows up. Miss Comparisonitis. Making herself very much at home! Maybe it's a scroll spiral. Maybe it's a room full of people doing what you do. Maybe it's a friend mentioning something brilliant and that little flash of something before the happiness kicks in. Maybe it's a perfectly ordinary Tuesday with no trigger at all. She doesn't discriminate. Good days, low days, he shows up for all of...
4 Mar 2026
Episode 3 - The Invisible Rules You're Still Living By: The Ones You Don't Even Question... ( But What Are They Costing You?)
You don’t consciously wake up and decide to follow rules. But you do live by them. Be busy. Reply quickly. Don’t disappoint. Work harder. Don’t charge too much. Don’t fall behind. They feel normal. Responsible. Productive. Even admirable. Until you realise they’re quietly shaping your decisions, your energy, your relationships, your confidence, without you ever choosing them. In this episode, I’m unpacking the invisible scorecards I used to follow without question… and what shifted when...
25 Feb 2026
Episode 2 - The Expansion Hangover: Why It Feels Wrong After You Do Something That Felt So Right
You were sure when you did it. Clear. Grounded. Certain. And then… a few days later, the wobble. In this episode, I’m naming something we don’t often talk about, The Expansion Hangover. That subtle dip in confidence after you’ve made the brave move. The launch. The boundary. The call. The visibility. The shift. Not because it was wrong. But because it stretched you. We explore: • Why confidence can dip after bold decisions • The nervous system lag between movement and safety • How old...
16 Feb 2026
Episode 1 - The In Between
In this first episode of All Roads Lead, I'm sharing the thread behind why this podcast exists. Not a timeline. Not a CV. But the in between space that shaped me, the quiet shrinking before that, the catalyst that forced me to look, and the realisation that life and business aren't separate lanes. If you've ever felt like you don't quite feel like you anymore... this might resonate. This it where it begins. Oh and ps.... I have chosen to upload this ep on my birthday!🎉 for reasons th...
31 Jan 2026
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All Roads Lead is a podcast about life and business, including the detours, wrong turns, and those sometimes messy middle moments we never planned for. Some episodes are just me, thinking out loud about connection, identity, work, and what happens when things are shifting but not fully clear yet. Others are conversations with guests, sharing their own all roads lead stories and how unexpected moments eventually joined the dots. As my dad used to say: All Roads Lead Mel - And I now understand ...
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