The Missing Piece to Getting What You Want

The Missing Piece to Getting What You Want

From Modern Body Modern Life by Courtney Gray

April 7, 2026 · 40 min · Episode 126

About this episode

Courtney Gray discusses the importance of overcoming discomfort as a key to achieving personal goals.

In this episode, I’m talking about what I see as one of the biggest missing pieces when it comes to getting what you want in your life. We spend so much time focusing on doing more, learning more, or finding the right strategy… but what often holds us back isn’t a lack of knowledge, it’s our resistance to discomfort. I share a real-time example from my own life that brought this into focus for me, and how quickly we can want to pull away when something feels uncomfortable, unfamiliar, or a li...

People in this episode

Host: Courtney Gray

Topics covered

  • personal development
  • overcoming discomfort
  • achieving goals
  • self-awareness
  • resistance to change

Keywords

  • discomfort
  • goals
  • personal growth
  • resistance
  • self improvement

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