Sophie Grégoire Trudeau on Separation, Grief & Starting Over After 50

For nearly a decade Sophie Grégoire Trudeau was the wife of Canada's prime minister, working on mental health, gender equality and youth empowerment from a very public perch. In 2023 she and Justin Trudeau separated after eighteen years of marriage, and a year later her father died. Now 51, she is back on the speaking circuit on her own, from Yale School of Medicine to SXSW to the Forbes 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi. Her book Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other was an instant national bestseller and one of Audible's best of 2024, and a docuseries based on it is in development. She is also a certified yoga teacher, a 2025 Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and the mother of three. She talks about grief, starting over and being single in her fifties with more candor than the job of prime minister's wife ever allowed. Talk Fifty to Me is midlife unfiltered: honest, often hilarious conversations for women over 50, hosted by Constance Zimmer and Heidi Clements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices