Manifesting love isn’t about attracting the right person, it’s about being ready for the love you’re asking for.

Today, Jay challenges the way people have been told to manifest love. Rather than focusing on affirmations, visualization, or waiting for the perfect person to arrive, Jay reframes manifesting as an internal process of alignment. He explains that love doesn’t appear simply because someone wants it badly enough, it shows up when beliefs, emotional availability, habits, and identity are aligned to support a healthy relationship.

Drawing from psychology and attachment theory, Jay explains why chemistry alone can often be misleading. He unpacks how feeling emotionally safe, knowing your worth, and staying grounded shape attraction far more than intensity or butterflies ever could. When chaos feels exciting and calm feels unfamiliar, Jay explains, it’s often because the nervous system is drawn to what feels familiar, not what is healthy. Jay shares that Manifesting love actually means learning to choose consistency alongside chemistry, clarity over confusion, and emotional availability over emotional pursuit without lowering standards or losing self-respect.

In this episode, you'll learn:

How to Manifest Love Without Chasing It

How to Become Emotionally Available for the Right Relationship

How to Regulate Your Nervous System Before Dating

How to Stop Repeating the Same Relationship Patterns

How to Create Environments Where Love Can Find You

How to Make Space for Love to Stay

Trust that the work you’re doing matters. Love grows when you do. And when your life finally has room for it, love won’t feel confusing or exhausting, it will feel safe, steady, and real.

With Love and Gratitude,

Jay Shetty

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What We Discuss:

00:00 Intro

01:02 Attract the Relationship That Matches Your Growth

02:29 Principle #1: Emotional Availability

05:53 Principle #2: Identity Shapes Attraction

09:26 Principle #3: Proximity and Probability

12:04 Principle #4: Nervous System Compatibility

15:57 Principle #5: Standards Versus Defenses

20:00 Four Things to Focus on to Manifest Love

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We often think change will make sense once we get to the other side, but what if the real work of change is learning how to stay present in the uncertainty itself?

Today, Jay sits down with cognitive scientist and author Dr. Maya Shankar to explore why unexpected change feels so threatening, and why losing what we thought our life would look like can feel like losing ourselves. From a career-ending injury early in her life to deeply personal losses later on, Maya reflects on how life’s unexpected turns can quietly reshape how we see ourselves, our worth, and our place in the world.

Maya explains that one of the biggest mistakes we make during change is tying our self-worth to roles, titles, or outcomes. When those fall away, it can feel deeply destabilizing. Instead, she invites us to root our identity in something more stable: our “why.” The deeper reasons behind what we love—connection, service, growth, creativity. When we stay connected to those, we can move through change without losing ourselves. Jay reflects on how often we seek external validation and why redefining success during loss is essential for resilience.

In this interview, you'll learn:

How to Handle Change You Didn’t Choose

How to Anchor Your Self-Worth Beyond External Success

How to Find Your “Why” When Life Falls Apart

How to Rebuild Yourself After a Dream Ends

How to Grow into the Person Change Is Shaping You To Be

If you’re going through a season of change right now, remember this: you’re not broken for struggling with it. Change is meant to shake us, to slow us down, and to make us question who we are beyond our titles, plans, and expectations.

A quietly powerful read about resilience and reinvention by Maya Shankar, The Other Side of Change invites you to meet yourself again when life takes an unexpected turn - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729180/the-other-side-of-change-by-maya-shankar/

With Love and Gratitude,

Jay Shetty

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What We Discuss:

00:00 Intro

02:11 How Change Has Shaped Your Life

04:52 Why Does Change Feel So Scary?

11:45 Why We Tie Our Identity to What We Do

16:25 What Awaits on the Other Side of Change

24:47 Using Self-Affirmation to Stay Grounded

30:51 Finding Gratitude in Who You Become

39:31 Maya on Final Five

Episode Resources:

Maya Shankar | https://mayashankar.com/

Maya Shankar | https://www.instagram.com/drmayashankar

Maya Shankar | https://x.com/slightchangepod

A Slight Change of Plans | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-slight-change-of-plans/id1561860622

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Why do we chase people who don’t choose us, confuse anxiety for attraction, and stay in relationships that leave us questioning our worth?

Today, Jay sits down with Sabrina Zohar, podcast host and one of the most influential voices in modern dating, to unpack the emotional patterns that quietly shape how we love. Drawing from her own healing journey and work with thousands of clients, Sabrina explains how our childhood experiences, nervous system responses, and unhealed wounds influence who we’re drawn to often without us realizing it.

Together, Jay and Sabrina explore what emotional availability really looks like, why consistency matters more than intensity, and how boundaries aren’t about pushing people away but protecting your peace. They break down common dating traps, from overanalyzing texts to mistaking butterflies for chemistry, and reveal why self-advocacy is one of the most important relationship skills we’re never taught. Through practical insights and deeply personal stories, Sabrina shows why asking for what you need isn’t “too much,” and why love should feel safe, not confusing.

In this interview, you'll learn:

How to Stop Chasing People Who Don’t Choose You

How to Date Without Abandoning Yourself

How to Set Boundaries Without Fear of Losing Someone

How to Recognize Emotional Availability Early

How to Break the Cycle of Situationships

How to Ask for What You Need Without Feeling “Too Much”

How to Stop Confusing Intensity for Intimacy

You don’t need to chase clarity, overperform for love, or silence your needs to be chosen. Real connection begins when you feel safe enough to be honest, brave enough to set boundaries, and grounded enough to walk away from what doesn’t honor you.

With Love and Gratitude,

Jay Shetty

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What We Discuss:

00:00 Intro

01:01 How to Tell If Someone Is Truly Interested

02:52 Why You Date the Parts of You That Aren’t Healed

06:04 Understanding Your Emotional State Before You Date

07:59 Don’t Ignore These Red Flags!

10:33 What Should a Healthy, Secure Relationship Feel Like?

13:34 Why Slowing Down Creates Real Connection

20:07 What’s Really Draining You About Dating?

24:09 Your Partner Will Trigger You, That’s Okay!

29:03 Building a Strong Foundation for Dating

32:45 How to Advocate for Yourself Without Fear of Losing Them

39:20 Are You Feeling Alone?

42:03 How to Spot Emotional Unavailability Early

44:51 Why Boundaries Are Non-Negotiable

46:56 How to Be Honest About Your Feelings

50:20 How to Communicate Your Needs Clearly

54:52 Why Relationships Must Support Growth

56:57 Timing Is Not a Reason to Hold On

59:23 Texting Etiquette in Modern Dating

01:12:33 Why Real Change Takes Time and Practice

01:18:36 Dating Rapid Fire

Episode Resources:

Website | https://www.sabrinazohar.com/

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/sabrina.zohar

YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@sabrina_zohar

TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@sabrina.zohar

Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Sabrina-Zohar-Show-100094409286590/

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