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The Joy Spot I help individuals, teams and businesses go from floundering to flourishing, with coaching, workshop and keynotes That's Joy to me.

The Joy Spot is the social media home for leonadevinne.com, a coaching and consulting agency where I help people live their best life at work and at home. My deepest desire is that people would bravely pursue what lights them up and combine that with their unique skills and expertise to create a rich and meaningful life. This makes the world a more positive, purpose filled place with more Joy and goodness for everyone. I provide coaching, workshops and online programs to help my clients create amazingly successful lives and businesses. I believe that a truly successful life results in Joy. I provide the tools to help my clients find their 'joy spot' and SOOO much more.

Moving forward does not always mean returning to the way things were.Hard experiences change us. Resilience gives us the...
09/27/2026

Moving forward does not always mean returning to the way things were.

Hard experiences change us. Resilience gives us the capacity to adapt to that change without closing ourselves off from connection, meaning and joy.

These journal prompts invite you to consider where you may be trying to go back, what helps you feel safe enough to remain open and how one small moment of joy or connection could support you today.

There is no need to have every answer.

Give yourself a quiet moment to notice what comes forward.

These prompts were inspired by my conversation with neuroscientist and behavioural psychologist Natasha Sheyenne on The Finding Joy Podcast. Watch the full episode through the link below to explore the ideas behind them.

Save these prompts for the next time you sit down with your journal.

https://youtu.be/V4fAl5PCzzk

09/24/2026

Sometimes resilience does not look like bouncing back.

Sometimes we need to move forward differently.

In my conversation with Natasha Sheyenne, she describes joy as the functional fuel for resilience. Joy helps our nervous systems remain open, adapt to what has changed and recognize that hardship does not have to close us off from everything good that may still be ahead.

The goal is not to return unchanged to who you were before.

The invitation is to carry what you have learned, find your footing and remain open to trying again.

Listen to the full conversation on The Finding Joy Podcast here: https://youtu.be/V4fAl5PCzzk

Have you ever noticed how quickly your mind moves past something good?A joyful moment arrives, and almost immediately, p...
09/22/2026

Have you ever noticed how quickly your mind moves past something good?

A joyful moment arrives, and almost immediately, part of you begins looking for the catch. What could go wrong? How long will this last? What am I missing?

That does not mean you are ungrateful or incapable of experiencing joy. Your brain was designed to keep you safe, and it is remarkably good at remembering what hurts.

It can also learn something new.

In my latest blog, I explore the neuroscience behind why joy can feel so vulnerable and how staying with a joyful moment for just 15 seconds can help make it more familiar and accessible.

You do not have to wait for joy. You can practise noticing it, savouring it and allowing it to land.

Read the full reflection here: https://leonadevinne.com/blog/

This blog grew from my conversation with neuroscientist and behavioural psychologist Natasha Sheyenne on The Finding Joy Podcast. If it leaves you wanting to explore the science a little further, you can listen to the full episode here: https://youtu.be/V4fAl5PCzzk

Your brain is quick to move from something good to the next problem, responsibility or possible threat.These journal pro...
09/20/2026

Your brain is quick to move from something good to the next problem, responsibility or possible threat.

These journal prompts invite you to interrupt that pattern.

Take a few minutes to notice where joy is already present, what makes it difficult to stay with and how you could create a little more room for it.

You do not need to manufacture a life-changing moment. Begin with something small, real and available to you now.

Then stay with it for 15 seconds.

Save these prompts and return to them the next time you sit down with your journal.

This reflection was inspired by my conversation with neuroscientist and behavioural psychologist Natasha Sheyenne on The Finding Joy Podcast. Listen here to learn more: https://youtu.be/V4fAl5PCzzk

09/18/2026

The hard things we experience can teach us to brace for more of the same.

A disappointment becomes proof that it will happen again. A painful ending becomes a reason not to open up. Our brains are trying to protect us, but that protection can quietly keep us closed off from what might come next.

In this episode of The Finding Joy Podcast, neuroscientist and behavioural psychologist Natasha Sheyenne reminds us that resilience is not about eliminating hardship. It is about teaching our nervous systems that they are safe enough to adapt, savour what is good and try again.

“It didn’t work out this time” is not the same as “It will never work out.”

The Neuroscience of Joy and Why It Matters is available now. Listen through the link below and share this with someone who may need a little encouragement to try again.

https://youtu.be/V4fAl5PCzzk

Your life might be really hard right now. And joy is still available for you.That’s not icing on a crap cake. That is ne...
09/16/2026

Your life might be really hard right now. And joy is still available for you.
That’s not icing on a crap cake.

That is neuroscience, and it is something I have believed for a long time, long before I had the science to back it up. I discovered joy in the dark. In the seasons that were genuinely brutal, joy would show up unexpectedly, and what I came to understand is that it can be savoured and point us to something that matters.

That is what joy is here to do. It is not decoration. It is not a reward for a life that is going well. It is an illuminator. It shows up in the middle of hard things to remind us what we love, what we value, and what kind of life we are actually here to live.

When I sat down with neuroscientist Natasha Sheyenne on the Finding Joy podcast, she gave me the science behind everything I have always believed about joy. That it is a neurochemical experience our brains are capable of building more of. That savoring even 15 seconds of a joyful moment begins to rewire the brain toward resilience and meaning. That joy and hardship are not opposites. They have always been able to coexist.

Finding joy is not about bypassing the hard. It is about staying aware enough to notice what is still there, even inside it. And then letting that illuminate what matters most to you.

That is what this podcast is about. That is what this work is about.

Full episode with Natasha Sheyenne is live now!

Listen here: https://youtu.be/V4fAl5PCzzk

Subscribe if this is the kind of conversation you want more of, and share it with someone who needs to be reminded that joy has not left them.

07/30/2026

Is it okay to want what you want?

It sounds like an easy question.

Until you actually let yourself answer it.

The moment we admit we want something different, shame often has something to say. It tells us we'll disappoint people, that we can't change our minds, or asks, "Who do you think you are?"

In Season 2 Episode 7 of The Finding Joy Podcast, we explore why wanting what you want can feel so vulnerable, and what it actually takes to move toward it.

🎙️ Listen here: https://leonadevinne.com/podcast/

Or watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/o1pqKWK_gKs?si=ysPUSAY3PZuNmiuU

Shame is fast.It tells us: “You can’t change your mind. People will be disappointed. Who do you think you are?”And befor...
06/10/2026

Shame is fast.

It tells us: “You can’t change your mind. People will be disappointed. Who do you think you are?”

And before we know it, we’ve backed away from the thing we wanted and returned to what feels familiar.

✨ Save this post and spend some time with the questions when you’re able to really sit with them.

06/03/2026

It's okay to want what you want.

It is.

And you're nodding along thinking - yes, obviously, of course it is.

But is it really that easy?

Because the moment you let yourself want something, shame shows up almost immediately. It slingshots rocks at you.

“You can't change your mind. You're so unreliable. Who do you think you are?”

That last one is shame doing what it does best - shutting the door.

So you back down. Shrink back. Return to regular programming. And your nervous system sighs in relief because you're back on solid, safe, familiar ground.

Except.

If we are going to live, really live, the life we're made for - we are going to have to wade through some uncomfortable waters to get there.

New episode is out: https://youtu.be/o1pqKWK_gKs

Not the responsible answer, or the edited version, or the thing that keeps everyone else comfortable.What do you actuall...
06/03/2026

Not the responsible answer, or the edited version, or the thing that keeps everyone else comfortable.

What do you actually want?

The moment we let ourselves want something, shame often shows up fast.

Who do you think you are?
You can’t change your mind.
You’ll disappoint people.

And just like that, we retreat back to what’s familiar.

Back to “safe.”
Back to regular programming.

But surviving and truly living are not the same thing.

I’ll be saying more about shame and the stories it tells us in tomorrow’s podcast.

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