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What if the thing changing the way you move through life isn’t a mountain at all… but something small you’ve simply gotten used to carrying?

In this episode of Challenge Accepted with Jonah C., The Moveable Pebble, I share the story of a walk through Waikiki, Oahu with my son Zack that started with a literal pebble in my shoe and turned into something much bigger.

What began as a small annoyance became a conversation about procrastination, overwhelm, adaptation, avoidance, and the ways we sometimes learn to live around discomfort instead of resolving what’s actually causing it.

As Zack and I talked, we began connecting the metaphor to everyday life: the conversation we keep postponing, the task we keep moving, the issue we keep managing, and the small problems that quietly pile up until they begin to feel much bigger than they ever were on their own.

This episode also became something especially meaningful to me because it was the first time Zack and I truly co-created and co-wrote an episode together.

Whether you’re looking to grow personally, become more intentional professionally, strengthen your relationships, or become a more self-aware leader, The Moveable Pebble challenges us to examine what we’ve become skilled at accommodating—and whether temporary relief has been mistaken for actual resolution.

Because maybe the question isn’t always:

“How do I keep moving?”

Maybe sometimes it’s:

“What is changing the way I’m walking in the first place?”

Episode Highlights

• Why relief is not always resolution.
• How unresolved issues can quietly change the way we think, behave, communicate, and move through life.
• Why procrastination can turn one small “pebble” into several.
• How multiple unresolved issues can sometimes show up as overwhelm.
• The difference between meaningful discomfort and unnecessary discomfort.
• Why Higher Level Thinking requires discernment—not the elimination of every difficult feeling.
• How one ordinary walk to get donuts became the first episode Zack and I co-created together.

Who This Episode Is For

• Anyone who keeps postponing something they know needs attention.
• People who feel overwhelmed by several small unresolved responsibilities.
• Anyone who has become skilled at adapting around a problem instead of addressing it.
• Leaders who want to recognize when workarounds are masking deeper issues.
• Anyone ready to examine the habits, reactions, and adjustments that may have started as responses to something unresolved.

Favorite Quote

“Some problems stay in our lives because we keep finding new places for them to hurt.”

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Written and Produced by Jonah and Zack

Recorded in Seattle, WA

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