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Finding Your Joy Spot is your wee spot of weekly joy—part reflection, part reminder—to come home to yourself.
Hosted by Leona deVinne, leadership coach and guide for wholehearted living, each episode blends soulful storytelling with research-backed tools to help you live a life rooted in real, lasting joy.
This podcast is for anyone ready to embrace who they are wholeheartedly and show up—bravely and unapologetically. Because real joy isn’t something we chase—it’s something we cultivate when we live our lives on purpose.
These short episodes are an invitation to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what lights you up.
Whether you're on a walk, making your morning coffee, or stealing a few quiet minutes for yourself—tune in and find your joy spot.
Leona deVinne: Welcome
to Finding Your Joy Spot.
I'm Leona deVinne, author, coach, and
guide for people who wanna live and lead
from a place of authenticity and joy.
This is a space where we talk
about what it really means to be
human, the beautiful, messy, and
sometimes funny parts of finding
our voice and owning our worth.
Today's episode begins with something
I think we all know too well.
That moment after you've done
something brave and you wake up
thinking, oh no, what have I done?
So let's talk about it.
I woke up in the morning.
With a full blown vulnerability hangover.
My mind was spiraling and I, I
thought, I don't wanna do this.
I don't wanna put myself out there.
I don't wanna make fool of myself.
Before I even made the bed with
my husband, I told him, I think
I'm gonna throw in the towel.
This is too hard.
He didn't even know what
I was talking about.
And then like a voiceover in a
documentary about my personal growth,
my coach's words floated into my mind.
The first season of this will be a
stretch and you're not going to like it.
It's a stretch that's uncomfortable.
Don't take it as a message to stop.
I could practically hear her tone
and she was right that morning.
I wanted to stop.
I did wanna throw in a towel.
I was hosting an invite only event
for women leaders, terrified the
room would be half empty, and I had a
retreat coming up that wasn't full and
someone had just asked for a refund.
My inner critic was having a heyday.
Thankfully my body remembered what my
mind had forgotten, and I went to my yoga
mat as usual that morning, not because I
wanted to, but because skipping it would
feel like forgetting to brush my teeth.
As I moved, my thoughts
started to unclench.
The pain I felt started to
get a little bit better.
After yoga, I laid down for a meditation
and I turned on one of my own recordings.
One I'd actually made
for others called Grace.
I'll share it in the show
notes and that morning, that's
what I needed most, was Grace.
Grace to stop beating myself up.
Grace, to remember that being
in the stretch, being brave
doesn't mean that I'm failing.
And as soon as I closed my
eyes, I heard a single word.
Remember, and stay with me
here because a scene from the
Lion King popped into my head.
I smiled because apparently
my subconscious, my inner
guide, has a sense of humor.
Maybe you know that scene, Simba's
runaway and his dad appears in the sky,
big majestic lion head floating in the
clouds and says, remember who you are.
Simba as up this morning
goes, remember who you are.
Leona.
Interestingly enough, my name does mean
lioness and even Mufasa was giving me
some coaching that morning, but honestly,
it landed because the message was clear.
Remember who you are and why you're
doing this, Leona, and I thought of
a poem I'd written earlier that had
surprised me by how sure it had sounded.
I talked about, I'm
here to liberate people.
I'm here to empower people.
I'm here to equip people with what they
need to be wholeheartedly themselves so
that they can own their worth and bring
what they're meant to into the world.
And it's not easy work, it's brave work,
but it's the most important work any
of us can do to be wholly who we are.
When I opened my eyes for my meditation,
I felt steadier still stretched, still a
bit uncomfortable, but clear on my why.
It's not always a hundred percent or
even 20% comfortable, but I'm not leaving
anything behind in this precious life.
I am here to help people become
wholeheartedly themselves, to love
who they are, and to help them
bring their magic to the world,
and that's what joy means to me.
Just own you.
Later that day, a line from an
old song kept looping in my head.
We're not gonna take it anymore.
I think it's Twisted Sister.
It made me laugh.
Still does, because that's exactly
how I feel about when I think about
me shrinking or you shrinking.
I'm not gonna play small.
I'm not gonna back down even when I want
to, even when I wanna throw in the towel.
And that's my wish for you as you
listen, that you know who you are.
You embrace who you are and you
remember why you're here and you
live that out every single day in
your own brave and beautiful way.
And if you'd like to reflect
for a few minutes after
listening, here are some prompts.
Where in your life are you playing small?
Where are you willing to be more brave?
How can you offer yourself more
grace instead of criticism?
And what would just owning
you in this season look like?
Especially as we come into the New Year.
Thank you for joining me in this
episode of Finding Your Joy Spot.
If this reflection has resonated,
share it with someone who might
need a reminder that bravery often
feels nothing like confidence.
It usually feels like stretching or
fear, and you can find more reflections,
information on retreats, working
with me in ways to stay connection
connected, pardon me at leonadevinne.com.
And until next time, keep coming home
to yourself because the world doesn't
need another polished version of you.
It.
Needs.
You.
Exactly as you are.