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On Purpose with Jay Shetty

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I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace.

I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!

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  • Mark Rober: Feeling Stuck in a Rut? Use THIS Simple 3- Step Method Engineers Use to FINALLY Turn Your Ideas Into Reality!

    Mark Rober: Feeling Stuck in a Rut? Use THIS Simple 3- Step Method Engineers Use to FINALLY Turn Your Ideas Into Reality!
    Dec 3 2025

    What idea have you been sitting on lately?

    What’s been holding you back from starting?

    Today, Jay sits down with engineer, innovator, and YouTube creator Mark Rober to explore the unexpected life experiences that shaped one of the internet’s most beloved minds. Mark shares the childhood moments that ignited his passion for building, breaking, and understanding how the world works, moments nurtured by a mother whose love, imagination, and encouragement helped lay the foundation for his life’s mission. He reflects on how her influence continues to ripple outward, inspiring millions of young people who learn, explore, and dream through his work today.

    Jay and Mark explore the mindset that carried Mark from NASA engineer to innovative educator, unpacking what it really means to “think like an engineer:” experiment boldly, embrace failure, and treat every setback as an opportunity to learn. They follow Mark’s unusual pivots, from designing Mars rover hardware to crafting Halloween costumes, to ultimately shaping a career that blends curiosity, storytelling, science, and play. Together they reveal the deeper lessons behind Mark’s most viral experiments: why creativity thrives when we stay childlike, how passion reveals itself through repetition, and why the most meaningful work grows from genuine excitement rather than algorithms or expectations.

    In this interview, you'll learn:

    How to Think Like an Engineer

    How to Stay Curious as an Adult

    How to Follow Your Passion Practically

    How to Build Ideas That Actually Work

    How to Find Creativity in Everyday Life

    How to Recognize Your Real Calling

    How to Inspire Others Through Your Work

    Keep following the questions that excite you, keep trying the things that scare you, and keep believing that you’re capable of far more than you realize. Your next breakthrough might be just one experiment, or one brave attempt away.

    With Love and Gratitude,

    Jay Shetty

    Join over 750,000 people to receive my most transformative wisdom directly in your inbox every single week with my free newsletter. Subscribe here.

    Check out our Apple subscription to unlock bonus content of On Purpose! https://lnk.to/JayShettyPodcast

    What We Discuss:

    00:00 Intro

    01:16 Were You Always Creative?

    04:02 Understanding the Real Impact of Your Life

    06:55 What It Really Takes to Work at NASA

    09:49 Learning to Think Like an Engineer

    11:22 How Rovers Are Tested for Mars

    12:20 Searching for Life Beyond Earth

    13:24 Follow What You Truly Love Doing

    16:11 If You Can Imagine It, You Can Build It

    17:22 Practical Wisdom from a Lifelong Tinkerer

    20:57 The Pivot from NASA to Apple

    23:34 Turning Ideas into Actionable Success

    24:45 What is the Engineering Design Process?

    28:28 Why Embracing Failure Matters

    29:57 Relearning Trust and Finding Love Again

    34:56 The Power of Immersion Weekends

    36:45 Making Learning Engaging Through Creativity

    40:29 Why Mastery Is Worth Pursuing

    41:40 Balancing Business with True Creativity

    44:51 How Communication Shapes Great Storytelling

    47:40 Two Common Mistakes Creators Make

    52:30 Staying True to Your Creative Style

    54:04 The Importance of Focusing on One Passion

    56:44 The Hidden Failures Behind Viral Success

    59:35 Giving Kids Room to Be Creative

    01:04:30 Curiosity as the Root of Creativity

    01:06:07 Inside a Real Creative Process

    01:08:45 Where Do You Get Your Big Ideas?

    01:11:46 The Mind-Bending Question of Life in the Universe

    01:16:02 The Promise and Peril of Rapid AI Growth

    01:19:56 Focusing on What You Can Truly Influence

    01:24:57 Mark on Final Five

    Episode Resources:

    Mark Rober | X

    Mark Rober | Instagram

    Mark Rober | Facebook

    Mark Rober | LinkedIn

    Mark Rober | TikTok

    Mark Rober | YouTube

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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Roxie Nafousi: Struggle With Low Self-Worth & No Confidence? (Use This Life-Changing 3-Step Method!)

    Roxie Nafousi: Struggle With Low Self-Worth & No Confidence? (Use This Life-Changing 3-Step Method!)
    Dec 1 2025
    What’s been making you doubt yourself lately? What do you think triggered that feeling? Today, Jay welcomes back his friend Roxie Nafousi to unpack what confidence actually looks and feels like, not the glossy, loud, performative version, but the quiet inner knowing that you are enough as you are. They start by breaking down how much of our insecurity comes from the stories we tell ourselves: the overthinking before we walk into a room, the mental replay after we walk out, and the way we let validation, or the lack of it, shape our worth. Roxie then opens up about something she’s never shared publicly: her long struggle with body dysmorphic disorder. She talks honestly about the thoughts that dominated her life, the fear of being seen, and the belief that changing her appearance would quiet the constant self-criticism. Jay meets her with compassion as they unpack how these patterns form, how they shape the way you move through the world, and how healing begins with learning to speak to yourself with empathy instead of judgment. Jay and Roxie offer a roadmap that anyone can follow: mastering your inner voice, letting go of the pressure to be liked by everyone, celebrating the small wins, and choosing to show up as the version of yourself your higher self would be proud of. In this interview, you'll learn: How to Redefine Confidence From the Inside Out How to Stop Seeking External Validation How to Manage Comparison Before It Controls You How to Think Like Your Higher Self How to Break Free From People-Pleasing How to Handle Rejection Without Blaming Yourself How to Replace Self-Criticism With Self-Awareness When you start choosing compassion over judgment, intention over fear, and growth over perfection, you slowly reconnect with the part of yourself that’s always been there. The journey isn’t about becoming someone new, it’s about finally seeing who you’ve been all along. With Love and Gratitude, Jay Shetty Join over 750,000 people to receive my most transformative wisdom directly in your inbox every single week with my free newsletter. Subscribe here. Check out our Apple subscription to unlock bonus content of On Purpose! https://lnk.to/JayShettyPodcast What We Discuss: 00:00 Intro 04:21 Is External Validation Ever Healthy? 08:25 A 7-Step Path to Rebuilding Confidence 10:57 How Men and Women Show Confidence Differently 12:29 Mastering the Thoughts That Shape Your Reality 17:19 Self-Awareness vs. Self-Criticism 22:28 Meet the Best Version of You 26:26 Stop Trying to Be Liked by Everyone! 31:49 How Encouragement Boosts Performance 34:07 You Can’t Be Everyone’s Favorite and That’s Okay 38:42 People-Pleasing vs. Making People Happy 42:57 Practicing Radical Acceptance After Rejection 44:54 Your Mind Creates Stories That Aren’t True 47:16 Taking Responsibility Without Blaming Yourself 50:44 Why Feeling Worthy Now Matters Most 53:18 Healing the Roots of Deep Self-Loathing 01:06:27 Why Vulnerability Is a Form of Confidence 01:10:25 Your Mind Is More Powerful Than You Think 01:13:10 Are We Too Exposed to Our Own Reflection? 01:17:18 Managing BDD With Compassion and Awareness 01:22:04 The Importance of Celebrating Ourselves 01:24:09 What’s the Difference Between Confidence and Arrogance 01:27:45 How to Make Self-Celebration a Daily Habit 01:29:51 Catch People Doing Things Right Episode Resources: Roxie Nafousi | Website Roxie Nafousi | Instagram Roxie Nafousi | Facebook Roxie Nafousi | X Roxie Nafousi | LinkedIn Roxie Nafousi | TikTok Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best LifeConfidence: Eight Steps to Knowing Your WorthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • 8 Simple Mindset Shifts to Feel Gratitude Even When Your Life Isn’t Where You Want it To Be

    8 Simple Mindset Shifts to Feel Gratitude Even When Your Life Isn’t Where You Want it To Be
    Nov 28 2025

    In this episode, Jay talks about a side of gratitude we rarely acknowledge, the kind that isn’t shiny or uplifting, but the kind that helps when life feels heavy, complicated, or far from what you expected. He explains how, for years, he treated gratitude like something meant to fix pain or override his feelings, and how that mindset only added pressure instead of bringing any real peace.

    Jay talks about what real gratitude actually feels like, not the kind that tries to cancel out your struggles, but the kind that can sit beside them. He shares how acknowledging both things at once, what hurts and what’s still good, builds real resilience. Jay breaks down why phrases like “at least…” shut your feelings down, while using “even though…” or “and…” keeps you present with your emotions instead of pushing them away.

    Jay also shares the small, practical habits that help him reconnect with gratitude when it feels far away: paying attention to what stayed instead of what disappeared, taking 10-second pauses to notice something good in the moment, borrowing someone else’s joy when you can’t access your own, and writing a thank-you note to the version of you who got through the harder seasons.

    Jay reminds us that gratitude isn’t supposed to hide what’s hard, it’s meant to help you steady yourself. It’s the quiet admission: “Life is messy, and there’s still something I can hold onto.”

    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    How to Stop Using Gratitude to Mask Your Feelings

    How to Hold Pain and Gratitude Together

    How to Notice What Stayed, Not What Left

    How to Use 10-Second Pauses to Reset

    How to Borrow Gratitude When You Can’t Feel It

    How to Thank the You Who Survived

    You’re not doing gratitude wrong, you’re just learning to do it honestly. Keep showing up with awareness, gentleness, and patience. You’re not rebuilding from zero, you’re rebuilding from experience.

    With Love and Gratitude,

    Jay Shetty.

    Join over 750,000 people to receive my most transformative wisdom directly in your inbox every single week with my free newsletter. Subscribe here.

    What We Discuss:

    00:00 Intro

    01:00 How to Practice Gratitude

    02:39 Gratitude Without Hiding Your Emotions

    06:46 Don’t Use Gratitude As Your Escape

    09:17 Focus On What You Still Have

    11:11 Finding Gratitude in the Gaps

    14:43 Gratitude Reset: Take A 10 Second Pause

    18:26 The Art Of Borrowing Gratitude

    21:15 Stay Thankful To Your Past Self

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    24 mins

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informative and educational. thank you Jay your podcasts help me look at life's situations in totally different ways, focusing on the positive and possibility of every situation.

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Jay is phenomenal and brings some really amazing topics and guests. 10/10 don’t sleep on this

One of the best podcasts on the internet

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This was incredible and inspirational. So many things to write taken to my own life.

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If you want to revolutionize your life take a listen. I have found Jay's delivery in all media forms to be entertaining as well as extremely beneficial in my life, Highly recommend the podcast and book.

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Jay is one of those people that you can tell quickly was sent to this world for a reason. he's a former Monk and brings so much ancient wisdom to modern scenarios, has a variety of engaging guests and topics, and you can increase your mindfulness just by listening to this podcast.

Monk wisdom for the modern world

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