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9 Ways To Get Comfortable Doing Uncomfortable Things and Growing Through It Sep 17, 2021

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Perhaps, it is easier to tell someone to be brave and to do something they haven’t done before. It’s easier to be that encouraging voice on the side cheering for them. But it isn’t as easy when you’re at the receiving end, when you’re the one being encouraged to do something you’re uncomfortable doing.

It takes courage and an open mind to do something you’re hesitant to do because it’s outside of your comfort zone, especially when it’s something you never thought of doing out of fear of failing or getting rejected.

In this episode of On Purpose, Jay Shetty talks about how doing small uncomfortable things can gradually lead you to embracing changes and improving yourself.

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Key Takeaways:

00:00 Intro
02:49 How to become comfortable with the uncomfortable?
06:05 Principle #1: Start small, do not go for the big things right away
08:29 Principle #2: Slow down, pause and reflect
12:11 Principle #3: Do one uncomfortable thing yearly
14:15 Principle #4: Surround yourself with people that do uncomfortable things
15:57 Principle #5: Know that it’s okay to fail
17:56 Principle #6: Measure the miniscule improvement
20:06 Principle #7: Say you don’t know anything when you only know a little
21:39 Principle #8: Accept correction and feedback without justification
22:47 Principle #9: Don’t avoid and postpone what you started, start preparing

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Gabrielle Union ON: Vulnerability & Turning Your Weakness Into Your Superpower Sep 13, 2021

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Gabrielle Union chats with Jay Shetty to talk about a woman’s inner strength. From her arduous journey to have children and competing against her partner on career growth, to realizing what makes a marriage work and thriving in communities where your resources benefit the majority.

Gabrielle is an actress who starred in several romantic films such as The Brothers, Deliver Us from Eva, Think Like a Man, and Think Like a Man Too. She portrayed the lead character in the BET drama series Being Mary Jane, of which she received an NAACP Image Award. Married to Dwyane Wade, she continues to advocate for survivors of assault.

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What We Discuss with Gabrielle:

00:00 Intro
02:54 Struggling to have children
11:21 Every child is unique
15:45 Support looks different for men and women
20:19 Figuring out how to walk side by side with your partner
24:30 You can’t compete with your partner
28:37 Most children aren't going to be shady for no reason
32:06 Rising through a terrible experience
38:20 Don’t try to hide when you feel vulnerable
46:07 Raise girls to have a world perspective, not with a town perspective
48:18 Accepting your child for who they identify as
53:55 It’s about building communities to share resources
55:53 Gabrielle on Fast Five

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12 Lessons Learned in the Last 12 Months - Special Birthday Episode Sep 10, 2021

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Lessons can be learned anytime, anywhere, and at any given situation. These lessons are packed with learning that will help us grow to become a better person. Some are easily learned, some leave lasting and painful memories.

For the past twelve months, we all have been trying to adapt to the new normal, to a completely different way of life for our own safety and everyone else around us. Last year was a true test of mental strength, emotional awareness, and physical agility to endure and persevere in any adversary.

In this episode of On Purpose, Jay Shetty shares lessons he learned in the past year as he tried to stay on top of his life and remain connected to the people close to him.

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Key Takeaways:

00:00 Intro
02:51 Reflect on the lessons you’ve learned every year
04:41 Lesson #1: Focus on the input and the intention, detach yourself from the result
10:55 Lesson #2: You can’t always find joy and happiness but you can always find meaning and service
14:52 Lesson #3 Remind yourself of the gifts brought by terrible situations
16:00 Lesson #4: We have to learn to celebrate people while they are alive
19:35 Lesson #5: Look at how we are controlled by fear
21:39 Lesson #6: Digital friendships can go deeper
23:45 Lesson #7: Anything can be done in 48 hours
27:19 Lesson #8: There’s never a better time to learn when you’re not sure what’s going on
28:24 Lesson #9: When you don’t get what you want, you get more of what you need
29:29 Lesson #10: Solitude is as necessary as community
30:18 Lesson #11: Invest in energy first, expertise second
30:53 Lesson #12: The mind has to be used by you for what you want to believe

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Rachel Hollis ON: The Courage to Make Mistakes & How to Stay Motivated in Difficult Times Sep 06, 2021

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Rachel Hollis sits down with Jay Shetty to talk about loving yourself and seeing failure as success. We all need to learn to see the positive aspects of every failure in our life, to take proper care of ourselves by taking good care of our health, to sit down and process pain and grief at our own pace, and to never lose ourselves just to keep a relationship.

Rachel is #1 New York Times Best-Selling and a motivational speaker. She authored three self-help books including Girl, Wash Your Face and Girl, Stop Apologizing. Aside from keeping herself busy with her podcast, The Rachel Hollis Podcast, she's also founded The Hollis Company, a media company that exists to arm people with the tools to make positive and lasting change.

What We Discuss with Rachel:

00:00 Intro
02:06 Mental illness is not just about taking prescription medicine
06:00 Being intentional about trying to live in a healthy way
12:17 What the evolution of social media is doing to us
21:05 “My advance for my first book, which was Party Girl was $1,000.”
24:02 When something shakes the best life you think you have
38:24 Journaling every single morning to remember conscious moments
41:53 Pushing yourself to get over a difficult moment in your life
46:31 A different view of failure
54:48 You create something that you value and believe in and put it out there
59:10 There are many parts of us that can make a better version of ourselves
01:05:38 Feeding into your own narrative
01:09:24 “An apology without action or change is empty.”
01:12:27 Having support from people who cares without high expectations
01:17:14 How do you establish boundaries when you haven't done it before?
01:22:33 What’s your love language?
01:26:00 Don’t make other people’s process of pain about you
01:29:10 You’re trying to be the person who your partner thinks you are
01:37:19 We need to stop seeing the end of things as failure
01:40:40 Rachel on Final Five

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8 Principles of Communication to Improve Your Relationship and Become a Better Problem Solver Sep 03, 2021

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“I hear you. I understand that this is difficult for you. What can I do to help?” These are the words we desperately want to hear when things don’t work out in our life. We expect our partners to be there for us, to understand what we are feeling and why we are feeling these emotions.

However, some of us don’t get to hear these words. Some of us don’t get the understanding and support we need. Some of us could no longer connect emotionally with the people we love. And this disconnection is putting a strain on our relationships.

In this episode of On Purpose, Jay Shetty shares principles for us to be an effective communicator so that our partner, our family, and friends can tap on deepest emotions and so that we can tap into theirs.

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Key Takeaways:

00:00 Intro
03:30 The number one indicator for a good human life was the quality of our relationships
07:06 Point #1: We haven’t learned to communicate with ourselves
09:57 Point #2: Your self-talk
13:31 Point #3: Let’s experiment
17:10 Point #4: Repeat what other person said, what you heard, and then what you felt
20:21 Point #5: Separate the content from the context
22:45 Point #6: Us and We, not You and Me
24:54 Point #7: Focus on what builds trust
28:43 Point #8: Find time to connect with your partner

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Jessica Alba ON: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome & Perfectionism to Live Your Best Life Aug 30, 2021

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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.

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

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Honest Beauty | Instagram
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9 Ways You’re Blocking Your Own Growth & How To Get Unstuck Aug 27, 2021

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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 ON: “Healthy” Foods You Shouldn’t Be Eating & the Warning Signs of a Leaky Gut Aug 23, 2021

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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

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7 Early Signs of Burnout & 7 Simple and Practical Ways to Heal and Recover Aug 20, 2021

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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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Alexis Ren ON: Breaking Negative Cycles and Letting Go of the Lies We Tell Ourselves Aug 16, 2021

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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

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Alexis Ren | YouTube
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