Episode Title: Be a Bob: The Hardest Thing I Did Wasn’t Changing the Tire
Host: Leona deVinne
Podcast: Finding Your Joy Spot
Episode Overview
In this heartfelt and surprisingly funny reflection, Leona shares the story of a flat tire that turned into an unexpected retreat — and the moment she realized that the hardest thing she did that day wasn’t changing the tire.
It was asking for help.
From a dusty roadside to a chance encounter with a stranger named Bob, this episode explores what it means to lead, live, and love without armouring up — and how courage sometimes looks like raising your hand instead of holding it all together.
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
- Why “muscling through” can quietly become a coping strategy that keeps us disconnected.
- How to reframe asking for help as a strength, not a weakness
- What a flat tire can teach us about self-reliance, grace, and the real work of joy
- The power of small, ordinary acts of kindness (and how to be a Bob for someone else)
- Why life’s detours often deliver the lesson we needed most
Key Quote
“The hardest thing I did that day wasn’t changing the tire — it was admitting I couldn’t do it all myself.”
— Leona deVinne
Reflection Prompt
Where in your life are you still trying to muscle through something alone?
And who could you reach out to — or quietly help — this week?
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What is Finding Joy?
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.