Today, Jay invites us to rethink everything we’ve been taught about breaking bad habits. Instead of blaming willpower, discipline, or personality traits, he reframes habits as systems shaped by our triggers, emotions, and environments. He explains why most habits aren’t character flaws but subconscious coping strategies designed to provide comfort, escape, or relief. With this approach, we end up battling ourselves instead of breaking the loop that’s actually sustaining the habit. The real shift begins when we stop asking “What’s wrong with me?” and start asking “What is this habit doing for me?”

Jay then breaks down the four-part habit loop: trigger, emotion, behavior, and reward and shows how interrupting just one part can collapse the entire pattern. He explains that our environment matters more than motivation and if you want to change a habit, you have to change the cues that trigger it. Rather than quitting habits cold turkey, he encourages replacing the reward with a healthier form of relief, reminding us that the brain will always seek comfort. Through simple, practical examples, he shows how small interruptions, conscious pauses, and thoughtful substitutions can dismantle habits that once felt impossible to break.

In this episode, you'll learn:

How to Break Bad Habits Without Relying on Willpower

How to Identify the Hidden Triggers Fueling Your Habits

How to Interrupt the Habit Loop

How to Stop Fighting Habits and Start Understanding Them

How to Build an Identity That Makes Good Habits Stick

How to Use Small Replacements to Create Big Change

Every habit you want to change once served a purpose, now you get to decide what serves you going forward. When you become aware of your triggers, redesign your environment, and choose support over struggle, growth becomes lighter and more sustainable.

With Love and Gratitude,

Jay Shetty

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What We Discuss:

00:00 Intro

00:34 How Do You Actually Break a Bad Habit?

02:06 You Are Not Your Habits

05:04 The 4-Part Loop that Creates the Habit

07:11 Action #1: Redesign Your Triggers

08:44 Action #2: Replace the Reward not the Habit

11:33 Action #3: Interrupt the Loop In Real Time

12:48 Action #4: Build a New Identity Around Your Choices

15:00 The #1 Mistake in Breaking Habits

15:51 90-Day Habit Breakup Blueprint

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Today, Jay sits down with Tony Robbins, world-renowned life and business strategist, bestselling author, and one of the most influential voices in personal development, for a conversation that goes far beyond motivation and into the mechanics of real change. Together, they explore why so many people feel stuck in their lives, emotionally, professionally, and spiritually and how that feeling is often rooted not in lack of ability, but in delayed or avoided decisions.

Jay and Tony challenge modern ideas around comfort, self-care, and success. Tony shares why growth, not ease, is the true source of confidence and fulfillment, and why discipline and commitment build self-trust in ways comfort never can. Jay guides the discussion toward the balance between the science of achievement and the art of fulfillment, showing how success without meaning can feel empty, while meaning without action can leave people frustrated and stuck. Through practical frameworks, real-life stories, and honest reflection, the episode reframes discomfort as a necessary part of becoming who you’re meant to be.

Together they explore how purpose evolves over time, why contribution gives life its deepest meaning, and how fulfillment comes from growing and giving, not just achieving.

In this interview, you'll learn:

How to Stop Feeling Stuck by Making One Clear Decision

How to Build Confidence Through Difficult Choices

How to Create Clarity Without Waiting for Certainty

How to Grow Instead of Chasing Comfort

How to Strengthen Self-Trust Through Discipline

How to Design a Life That Keeps You Growing

If you’re feeling uncertain, overwhelmed, or stuck right now, let this be a reminder that nothing has gone wrong. You don’t need to have everything figured out to move forward. You only need the courage to take the next step, even if it feels uncomfortable.

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Jay Shetty

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What We Discuss:

00:00 Intro

02:10 Make Decisions To Feel Unstuck

04'47 The Ability To See Beyond Your Present Moment

08:00 The Trial & Error Method Of Decision Making

10:50 Start With Small Decisions To Gain Momentum

11:50 Decision Making Isn't A One-step Process

13:33 Decision Vs Commitment

17:31 Decision Making Is A Continual Process

21:10 6 Steps To Help You Make Important Decisions

25:57 Tony Robbins On Spirituality & Manifestation

29:45 Philosophy Vs Strategy

31:31 The Science Of Achievement

33:13 The Art Of Fulfillment

36:47 Success Without Fulfillment

38:38 The Statistics On Mental Health For Gen Z

40:40 Fulfillment Looks Different For Everyone

43:13 Comfort Comes From Fulfillment

46:02 Self Esteem Development Depends On You

47:55 Differences Between Growth & Hustle

49:30 You Can Have Multiple Purposes In Life

51:08 Tony Robbins On Being A Dad In His 20s & 60s

01:03:06 Would Life Matter If We Had Everything?

01:05:07 Time To Rise Summit

01:07:51 Tony Robbins On God & Relationship

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