On Purpose with Jay Shetty

You can order my new book 8 RULES OF LOVE at 8rulesoflove.com or at a retail store near you. You can also get the chance to see me live on my first ever world tour. This is a 90 minute interactive show where I will take you on a journey of finding, keeping and even letting go of love. Head to jayshettytour.com and find out if I'll be in a city near you. Thank you so much for all your support - I hope to see you soon.

Jessica Alba sits down with Jay Shetty to talk about her struggles in the film industry as a woman of color, how pushing people to develop their potential doesn’t isn’t always a positive deed, coming to terms with the truth when people are being honest, and using perfectionism as an excuse to not do anything.

Jessica is an American actress and entrepreneur, and is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of The Honest Company. She’s a globally-recognized entrepreneur and advocate, and a New York Times bestselling author of The Honest Life, a practical guide for parents to create a safe and healthy life for their families. With The Honest Company's success, she has been named one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, Fortune’s 10 Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs, and Vanity Fair’s Entrepreneur of the Year.

What We Discuss with Jessica:

• 00:00 Intro
• 05:04 Which role has had the most impact in your life?
• 08:20 When you’re a teenager with a child, what opportunities will you have?
• 11:40 Showing your children a balanced view of peace, anxiety, and pressure
• 15:19 Feeling like you don’t belong because of your skin color
• 21:41 When is it the most difficult to be honest to someone?
• 24:36 We always want honesty but when we’re presented with the truth, it’s difficult to accept
• 26:01 Accepting life coaches and outside help
• 28:30 When you put in the work, you will get those opportunities
• 31:44 Seeing people’s potential and learning to help them reach their full potential
• 35:52 People will see your life in their own lens
• 37:19 Perfectionism is used as an excuse to not do anything
• 39:47 If you’re putting in more positive energy, that’s what you're going to emit
• 43:11 Nudge people and ask questions and let them come to terms with their potential
• 47:52 Our children will always choose us
• 50:12 Jessica on Final Five

Episode Resources:

• Jessica Alba | Instagram
• Jessica Alba | Facebook
• Jessica Alba | Twitter
• The Honest Company
• The Honest Company | Instagram
• Honest Beauty | Instagram
• The Honest Company | Facebook
• The Honest Company | Pinterest
• The Honest Company | Twitter

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You are blocking your own growth. Not your work, not your boss, not your partner, not your family, not even your culture. No one else but yourself is blocking you from reaching your maximum potential.

Yes, this is the truth. Many of us blame other people, our circumstances, our disadvantages in life, or the lack of influence we have on others to make things work for us, to achieve the things we want to achieve without realizing that all of this unobtained dreams and undeveloped potential are caused by our own lack of focus on our own growth.

In this episode of On Purpose, Jay Shetty talks about the most common ways we fail to develop ourselves because we often lose focus on what we truly care about and what will make us grow.

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Key Takeaways:

• 00:00 Intro
• 20:03 We often think that other people are blocking our growth
• 04:24 Blockage #1: Listening to too many people’s opinions
• 08:01 Outline the things that you usually advice for
• 08:51 Blockage #2: Thinking without doing for too long
• 13:34 Blockage #3: Gossip
• 17:38 Blockage #4: You’re not focusing on what you truly care about
• 20:46 Blockage #5: Blaming others
• 21:46 Blockage #6: You try to do everything yourself
• 24:18 Blockage #7: We are scared of failure
• 25:48 Blockage #8: You hope someone will discover you
• 27:39 Blockage #9: You’re not measuring your own growth

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Dr. Steven Gundry sits down with Jay Shetty to talk about the power of our gut as a second brain. Our gut bacteria, when fed with the right food, helps our body avoid inflammation which is the main trigger for illnesses and diseases to develop. Eating right is eating healthy.

Dr. Gundry is a well-known cardiothoracic surgeon and heart surgeon. His mission is to improve health, happiness, and longevity by making simple changes to our diet. Dr. Gundry teaches people how to avoid surgery by using his unique vision of human nutrition. Currently, he is Director and Founder of the International Heart & Lung Institute as well as the Center for Restorative Medicine in Palm Springs and Santa Barbara, CA.

What We Discuss with Dr. Gundry:

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:39 “You are what you eat, but you are what the thing you are eating ate.”
• 06:46 What happens inside of us when we consume products?
• 10:04 When the energy expenditure goes to inflammation which is driven by a leaky gut
• 15:24 The gut is the second brain
• 19:05 Women are more in-tune with their gut than men
• 22:26 Ancient wheat are just as mischievous as modern wheat
• 27:33 The hidden truth about sugar in Nutrition Facts labels
• 33:17 Two types of gut bacteria
• 35:39 The Gut-Centric Theory of Hunger - bacteria's guide our sense of hunger
• 42:56 Time-Restricted Eating better known as Intermittent Fasting
• 46:26 For longevity, we have to adapt metabolic flexibility
• 49:19 Enlist the power of your gut bacteria
• 53:40 Dr. Gundry on Fast Five

Episode Resources:

• Dr. Steven Gundry | Website
• Dr. Steven Gundry | Twitter
• Dr. Steven Gundry | Amazon
• Dr. Steven Gundry | Facebook
• Dr. Steven Gundry | Instagram
• Gundry MD
• The Steven Gundry Podcast
• The Steven Gundry Podcast | YouTube
• The Steven Gundry Podcast | Facebook

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One of the biggest challenges people face in their adult life is burnout. When you’re burned out, you become less effective and nonfunctional in many aspects of your life. You begin to lose interest in the things you normally love doing.

Not many of us recognize this as burnout. Many will brush it off as feeling tired or getting exhausted from doing too much too fast. What we don’t realize is we are already burned out and we don’t take action to get out of it because we mistake it for something else.

In this episode of On Purpose, Jay Shetty talks about the early signs of burnout to watch for and how to help yourself recover exhaustion and fatigue.

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Key Takeaways:

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:44 Most of us wait too long to deal with burnout
• 04:18 Burnout Phase #1: The honeymoon phase
• 06:26 Burnout Phase #2: The onset of stress
• 07:31 Burnout Phase #3: Chronic stress
• 08:34 Burnout Phase #4: The burnout itself
• 08:55 Burnout Phase #5: Habitual burnout
• 10:37 Sign #1: Fatigue over the things you use to find easy
• 15:03 Sign #2: Poor sleeping habits make you tired
• 19:37 Sign #3: Brain fog blurs what you see
• 22:49 Sign #4: Low creativity
• 24:19 Sign #5: Agitated by small things
• 25:54 Sign #6: Avoid being around people
• 27:08 Sign #7: Being indecisive

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You can order my new book 8 RULES OF LOVE at 8rulesoflove.com or at a retail store near you. You can also get the chance to see me live on my first ever world tour. This is a 90 minute interactive show where I will take you on a journey of finding, keeping and even letting go of love. Head to jayshettytour.com and find out if I'll be in a city near you. Thank you so much for all your support - I hope to see you soon.

Alexis sits down with Jay Shetty to talk about how her late mother influenced her to be her own person, to always treat failures and heartbreaks as stepping stones to where she is headed, to validate pain and the lessons they teach, and to see the positivity in things life throws at you.

Alexis Ren is a model, actress, and one of the most influential personalities on social media. At 24, aside from being a strong advocate of mental health, women empowerment, and environmental protection, she has also built a strong community for women dealing with different mental and emotional issues as well as sharing her own life struggles and experiences.

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What We Discuss with Alexis:

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:33 There are so many live we want to live
• 03:46 Learning all the aspects of a healthy relationship
• 06:01 Going deep into your own creativity at a young age
• 10:37 Scouted for modelling at 14
• 12:12 When her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer
• 15:03 Financial independence and the social media attention
• 19:48 First time playing a character
• 20:39 Keep saying your name until you hear your voice drop back into your identity
• 24:49 Taking a break from Hollywood
• 29:14 Self-reflection amidst bullying and trolling
• 31:17 Heroes are people that continuously admit why they are not
• 35:09 Notes are gold, go make them
• 38:10 Acting is a tool used to either get closer to yourself or farther away from it
• 42:02 Talking to girls in a live call about traumas
• 44:06 If you can just make someone smile, the world will become a better place
• 45:10 We Are Warriors is an educational and personal wellness community
• 52:02 When you get lost in your role and forget your purpose
• 53:38 The public is creating characters for you in any public relationship
• 56:44 Seeing heartbreaks as growing pains
• 01:00:48 None of our struggles won’t last forever
• 01:03:39 Your greatest connection to the other side are the people you lost
• 01:06:15 The things that weren’t meant to be is serving what’s meant to be
• 01:08:09 An intention on something before you do it is powerful
• 01:14:16 Pain is pain, its valid when it happens
• 01:17:15 Proving how many characters you can be when acting
• 01:21:44 Show the universe you’re having fun with what’s handed to you
• 01:26:33 Every Disney movie always has a comical side character
• 01:28:47 Alexis on the Final Five

Episode Resources:

• Alexis Ren | Instagram
• Alexis Ren | Twitter
• Alexis Ren | YouTube
• Alexis Ren | Facebook
• Ren Active
• We Are Warriors

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We often want to be recognized for what we did well and not for our mistakes. If we keep hearing the things we did wrong over and over, we tend to see them as truth and eventually keep repeating the same mistakes.

This is where most relationships struggle because people often focus on the wrong, the mistake, the unsightly character instead of appreciating the good traits, the commendable actions, and the everyday effort our partners put into the relationship.

In this episode of On Purpose, Jay Shetty talks about looking past the negative aspects of your relationship and learning to pick out what can make it work.

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Key Takeaways:

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:19 Getting through the tough days, weeks, and months in a relationship
• 04:39 Principle #1: Think of the person as a dear friend
• 08:32 Principle #2: Relationships should have non-negotiables and things you can be persuaded on
• 13:25 Principle #3: Don’t respond out of your own insecurity and ego
• 16:56 Principle #4: Don’t expect your partner to be like you in situations
• 18:47 Principle #5: Don’t try to change them to be you
• 20:46 Principle #6: Amplify who they are in bad times
• 22:10 Principle #7: Do an intervention on yourself

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You can order my new book 8 RULES OF LOVE at 8rulesoflove.com or at a retail store near you. You can also get the chance to see me live on my first ever world tour. This is a 90 minute interactive show where I will take you on a journey of finding, keeping and even letting go of love. Head to jayshettytour.com and find out if I'll be in a city near you. Thank you so much for all your support - I hope to see you soon.

Mathew Hussey sits down with Jay Shetty to talk about dealing with relationships. The way most of us struggle with finding the right person, when we expect too much from our partner, when we refuse to acknowledge that change is voluntary, and when the amount of energy we are willing to give to someone who isn’t at par with what we’re willing to give are the truths that are harder to accept.

Mathew Hussey is an British life coach, a YouTube personality, and the author of the New York Times bestseller Get The Guy: Learn Secrets of the Male Mind to Find the Man You Want and the Love You Deserve. His podcast, Love Life with Matthew Hussey, offers practical tips you can use right away to improve all of your relationships – romantic, family, friends, career, and the relationship you have with yourself.

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What We Discuss with Matthew:

• 00:00 Intro
• 03:09 What’s your favorite story of love?
• 06:22 The importance of reevaluating what is actually important in a partner
• 12:44 It’s uncomfortable but maybe it’s teaching you something
• 21:21 When all the special moves don’t work and your genuine self comes out
• 23:56 The problem is people are falling in love too fast
• 25:47 How can you be nervous when you’re valuing the right things?
• 28:06 You obsess over what they could have been
• 32:59 Don’t be upset when you lose a poet, the poetry is the relationship
• 35:49 A moment where you genuinely are brave enough to let someone in and be seen
• 39:03 When you come out of an argument bleeding every time
• 44:31 People aren’t comfortable in being an area they can be criticized
• 47:32 The culture you create will have an impact in the people around you
• 50:53 Give an amount of energy you are willing to lose
• 55:34 Experiencing the endless ocean of disappointment
• 01:00:00 There is someone that uniquely vibes with your personality
• 01:03:35 You can’t change a person when they don’t want to
• 01:09:43 You’ve never been heartbroken, have you?
• 01:13:35 Staying in unhappy for a long time makes it difficult to entertain the the idea of leaving
• 01:18:40 The 30-Day Confidence Challenge
• 01:22:25 Matthew on Fast Five

Episode Resources:

• Matthew Hussey | Twitter
• Matthew Hussey | Instagram
• Matthew Hussey | YouTube
• Matthew Hussey | Facebook
• How To Get The Guy
• Get The Guy Book

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Perhaps the hardest word you can say to someone is NO. Saying YES to something, even if it’s half-heartedly meant, is easier because you aren’t obliged to justify it. The pressure is less, and so it’s easier to say so.

Whereas, if you say NO, there is this need to justify why you said that and why it isn’t possible for you to do anything at the moment. The guilt for refusing will haunt you. At the back of your mind, this guilt will pressure you to eventually give in. When you eventually give in, you won’t feel good about yourself because the situation is forcing you to do it.

In this episode of On Purpose, Jay Shetty talks about how to say NO without feeling guilty and why you need to say it clearly and openly.

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Key Takeaways:

• 00:00 Intro
• 03:56 Are you a people pleaser?
• 08:59 Why do we feel guilty when we say NO?
• 11:11 Feeling bad for saying NO needs to go
• 13:09 Don’t say NO without actually saying no
• 15:47 Know why you are saying NO
• 19:45 Be clear about when you say NO
• 23:13 When you’re about to say no, thank the person for the interest
• 24:58 Remember that NO doesn’t mean it’s forever
• 27:09 You can be assertive and affectionate in saying NO

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Darren Prince sits down with Jay Shetty to talk about his freeing journey from addiction. They discuss how the substance abuse started, the effects it had on him and his family, the many hurdles along the way as he tried to break free from it, and the stories of the lives he touched and helped save.

Darren Prince is a prominent sports and celebrity agent and global advocate for addiction and recovery. Through his agency, Prince Marketing Group, he represents icons such as Magic Johnson, Hulk Hogan, Charlie Sheen, Dennis Rodman, Chevy Chase, and the late Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali to name a few. Through his new cause, he has become a sought after speaker on addiction recovery and mental health.

What We Discuss with Darren:

• 00:00 Intro
• 03:46 Growing up with a crippling anxiety
• 06:16 The Impostor syndrome grew deeper over the years
• 09:14 Realizing the addiction was getting bad
• 13:04 At 14, came the first taste of addiction
• 17:01 Youth should have access to a trusted teacher or a guidance counselor
• 21:52 When you are just a shell of yourself
• 28:08 How addiction affects the people around you
• 31:35 Helping others recover when you’re still battling addiction
• 32:35 Recovery isn't based on promotion, it's based on attraction
• 37:58 Addiction and substance abuse is not getting the coverage that it should
• 40:38 Your God-Managed Coincidences (GMC)
• 42:34 It can be therapeutic to look back into your past self
• 46:34 The story of a father who can see his kids again
• 49:34 Making a connection is all about the energy you put into it
• 53:43 A story of several 99 days relapse
• 58:38 Darren on Final Five
• 01:00:43 People can send help to Aiming High Foundation

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Episode Resources:

• Darren Prince | Website
• Darren Prince | Instagram
• Darren Prince | LinkedIn
• Darren Prince | Facebook
• Prince Marketing Group
• Aiming High by Darren Prince

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What are you really afraid of? Losing a job, talking to a lot of people in public, joining a meeting on your first day of work, or expressing your thoughts openly?

Fear comes in many forms and it limits you to what you think will keep you safe. It can take control of your thoughts and redirect your actions toward the things that won’t help you grow. It will only worsen your anxiety and make you continuously live in fear.

In this episode of On Purpose, Jay Shetty talks about the different types of fear many of us face and how to use them to motivate us toward what we want and eventually live in peace and happiness.

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Key Takeaways:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:14 The epic battle of Mahabharata is about to begin
• 02:33 Anxiety, our everyday fear, is holding us back by blocking our true feelings
• 09:12 The fear of fear
• 13:20 The stress response: when your body shouts fear
• 16:00 Working with fear: externalize our fear and step back from it
• 17:01 Accept your fear, acknowledge its presence
• 19:23 Find fear patterns
• 23:26 The cause of fear - attachment, the cure for fear, detachment
• 27:19 The common misconception about detachment
• 30:38 Managing short-term fears
• 36:09 Short circuit fear - when our fear manifests in our body
• 41:42 Revisit long-term fears and the solution of avoidance
• 46:09 Take a deep dive into your fears

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