Finding Joy

What if everything you chased – success, validation, achievement – wasn’t what truly mattered?

Leona deVinne sits down with her partner, Rod Miller, to explore how trauma, identity, and a life-changing cancer diagnosis reshaped his definition of fulfilment. Rod shares raw reflections on resilience, healing, and letting go of inherited expectations. Together, they unpack how adversity can clarify what matters most: relationships, health, and living in alignment with who you really are.

In this episode, we explore:
(00:00) Prioritizing what truly matters
(05:28) Redefining success and priorities
(06:49) Finding meaning beyond traditional success
(09:32) Childhood trauma that shaped identity
(13:05) Purpose, leadership and legacy
(17:19) Turning adversity into growth
(22:32) Understanding identity through early life
(25:27) Creating a meaningful life
(26:49) Choosing to be true to yourself

Links mentioned in this episode:
Rod Miller on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodmiller/ 

Connect with Finding Joy:
Website: https://www.leonadevinne.com and https://devillepartners.com/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejoyspot 
Finding Your Joy Spot Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0991707583 

What is Finding Joy?

Podcast Description
Finding Joy is a podcast about what it means to truly live.
Because too many of us are building lives around who we think we should be instead of who we really are.
Hosted by speaker, leadership facilitator, coach, and author Leona deVinne, Finding Joy explores the conversations that help us reconnect with ourselves, find the courage to stop performing, and start living with authenticity, not apology.
Through honest conversations, powerful stories, and practical insights grounded in psychology, neuroscience, leadership, and lived experience, Leona explores what helps us live with greater clarity, confidence, courage, and meaning.
Some episodes feature ordinary people navigating extraordinary circumstances. Others unpack ideas around identity, resilience, burnout, confidence, boundaries, leadership, relationships and what it takes to create a life that actually feels like your own.
Because joy is not something we chase.
It is often what finds us when we finally own who we are.