Sophie Grégoire Trudeau turns 50 on April 24, 2025. The Montreal-born former TV journalist has a wealth of knowledge about love, mental health and life to share with her fans. (Photos via Getty Images) Sophie Grégoire Trudeau is celebrating a major milestone — her 50th birthday!
The former Canadian TV host has officially entered her quinquagenarian years, and she has a wealth of knowledge and advice to share with people at any stage of their life. Grégoire Trudeau was born in Montreal on April 24, 1975 and has spent most of her career in broadcast journalism. Before making a name for herself in television and radio, she earned a B.A.
in communications from the Université de Montreal and worked in advertising, sales and public relations. Eventually, she moved on to become an entertainment reporter for etalk and worked for various stations in Quebec. For many people, Grégoire Trudeau might be most recognizable because of her marriage to former prime minister Justin Trudeau.
The two first met while they were growing up in Montreal, reconnected as adults in 2003 and eventually got engaged the following year. They married on May 28, 2005, and share three children together, Xavier James, Ella-Grace and Hadrien. ADVERTISEMENT In August 2023, she and the Canadian politician announced they "made the decision to separate" after nearly 18 years of marriage.
Since then, Grégoire Trudeau has poured more of herself into being a longtime mental-health advocate, writing a book called "Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other" and sharing advice to her more than one million combined social media followers. To mark her Golden Jubilee birthday, below are some of the best quotes Grégoire Trudeau has shared over the years. Grégoire Trudeau might be most known as the now-separated wife of former prime minister Justin Trudeau, but she has made a name for herself in broadcast journalism in the past.
(Photo by Izzy Nuzzo/SHE Media via Getty Images) Just because you restructure a relationship, it doesn't mean you have to kill it.April 2024, via Yahoo Canada Mental health is much more than a cause — it is a reality. … Mental health reminds us that we are all just one trauma away from each other.April 2024, via Yahoo Canada The negative things that can be said — I thought they would affect me more.
… But I know who I am and what I have to give.April 2016, via Chatelaine Being real is not a strategy. The way we are in the world is real.April 2016, via Chatelaine Sophie Grégoire Trudeau has also been a longtime mental health advocate.
(Photo by Brian Stukes/Getty Images for Vital Voices Global Partnership) You should expect a maximum of nourishment, presence and help in your life with the people around you. And we shouldn't have to hold it all together as women.March 2024, via Know Your Value podcast You would be naive to suggest that politics isn't complicated or isn't a game, but you don't create change through cynicism.April 2016, via Chatelaine Human wounds, pain, suffering, is universal. The language of love is slow, and love not just in the romantic sense of the word.March 2024, via Know Your Value podcast I wanted to be there when [my kids] woke up in the morning; I wanted to be there when they came back from school.
And I have done that up until now. I'm never going to regret that presence. For me, love is presence.March 2024, via Elle Canada Sometimes people don't want to leap outside of what they know because it's too scary, but a fixed mindset is a dangerous one.March 2024, via Elle Canada Sophie Grégoire Trudeau has often shared her thoughts on life, relationships and love.
(Photo by Jared Siskin/Getty Images for National Alliance for Eating Disorders) What we're all trying in our relationships and our connections is to heal ourselves or validate our emotions.March 2024, via Vogue Without human touch, the chances of you thriving are very, very low. It's true for a baby; it's true for an adult.March 2025, via The Soulful Divorcée event in Toronto We're dehumanizing ourselves at a rate that is quite alarming, and there's a high price to pay for this because we're losing our authenticity.March 2025, via The Soulful Divorcée event in Toronto When we open up, you have to break in a million pieces in order to see yourself truly, and that hurts.March 2025, via The Soulful Divorcée event in Toronto So many people have been trained to end a relationship before questioning its structure. This is a sign of our emotional and relational immaturity.
It's still black or white, married or divorced. But the modern family is reorganizing.March 2024, via Vogue You can heal without hatred, without division, without blame. I'm not perfect.
It takes two to tango, and I think we both acknowledge that.March 2024, via Vogue Former prime minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau got married on on May 28, 2005 but announced their separation in August 2023. (The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz) People have an illusion, a perception, of what it means to be in public service and when your personal security, and personal security of your children and of your husband and partner is always at risk, when there is trauma surrounding you … it is chronic stress.November 2024, via the Bouncing Back from a Broken Heart summit We're taught in a society where marriage is success and divorce is failure, that there's nothing in between. But life is in between.April 2024, via CTV's "Your Morning" We've been brought up wanting to attach, and to make everything eternal — our youth, our love, our desire.
That is not how life is. It is not.May 2024, via a YW Kitchener-Waterloo fundraiser Slow down and forget about being known from the world, just be known to yourself. Our capacity to slow down is our capacity to pay attention in words and to love.March 2025, via The Soulful Divorcée event in Toronto Let us know what you think by commenting below and tweeting @YahooStyleCA!
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