Jay Shetty
British author, podcast host and former monk who hosts On Purpose
Jay Shetty (British author, podcast host and former monk who hosts On Purpose) hosts On Purpose with Jay Shetty. Topics they speak about most include Meditation, Service to others, Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Other remarks
Shetty argued that many people today have big dreams but small actions, contrasting this with Winfrey's experience.
“I think we're living at a time now where everyone's dreams may be trying to be bigger than they are, but then our actions are smaller”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: OPRAH WINFREY: The Life Lessons That Changed Everything (Sep 16, 2026) · Listen from 10:35
Shetty contends that momentum comes from direction rather than hard work.
“It's so true because we get momentum from direction, not hard work”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: EILEEN GU: “The Ground Was Cracking Beneath Me.” (Aug 31, 2026) · Listen from 22:14
Meditation
Shetty says energy becomes stuck when a person lacks either a mentor or a mentee, leaving them only giving or only receiving.
“if you don't have a mentor, then you're stuck because then you're only giving and not getting anything. If you only have a mentor and you don't have a mentee, that means you're only getting and not giving anything”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Andrew Huberman: The Simple Habits That Will Transform Your Health (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:24:45
Shetty argues energy is not finite and grows through service and genuine giving rather than being depleted by it.
“the more I give to you, if I'm giving out of genuine compassion, the more I receive from above. It's not mathematically finite”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Andrew Huberman: The Simple Habits That Will Transform Your Health (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:23:32
Service to others
Shetty said the monks he met appealed to him because they balanced inner stillness with dedication to service.
“half the day was spent in silence and stillness and the other half was spent in service and offering”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: OPRAH WINFREY: The Life Lessons That Changed Everything (Sep 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:19:48
Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body
Shetty uses the parable of the injured bird to argue that health practices should be held neither too tightly nor too loosely.
“it's too tight, too loose. That is the fight. The fight is not holding it, gripping it and trying to save it and trying to fix it”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Andrew Huberman: The Simple Habits That Will Transform Your Health (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:30:03
Circadian rhythm
Shetty describes the Eastern chariot metaphor in which the five senses are horses, the mind holds the reins and the intelligence acts as a guard.
“the metaphor that's created in the Eastern landscape is that the mind is on a chariot and there are five horses and the five horses are the five senses”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Andrew Huberman: The Simple Habits That Will Transform Your Health (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 55:15
Prayer
Shetty argues prayer is powerful because it is an acceptance of one's fallibility and inability to hold everything alone.
“I think that's partly why prayer is so powerful is because it's an acceptance that I'm fallible and I can't hold this all myself”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Andrew Huberman: The Simple Habits That Will Transform Your Health (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 40:51
Constructive criticism
Shetty recounts making his closest London friends say to each other's faces what they said behind each other's backs.
“we have to say to each other's face the thing we all say behind each other's back”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: EILEEN GU: “The Ground Was Cracking Beneath Me.” (Aug 31, 2026) · Listen from 39:57
Grief
Shetty argues that telling grieving people their pain will one day go away is harmful because it leaves them waiting for that day.
“lying to ourselves or lying to others saying it will go away one day is actually worse because then you're just waiting for that day”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Emilie Kiser EXCLUSIVE: The Loss That Changed Her Forever (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 20:46
Podcasts hosted
- On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 6 episodes in TMT
Appearances
SYLVESTER STALLONE: “I Wasn’t Stupid. I Was Just Misunderstood.”On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Sep 28, 2026 · 1 h 29 min
Jay Shetty interviews Sylvester Stallone about his painful childhood, rejection, creating Rocky, his parents, career slumps, health, marriage and his memoir The Steps.
LUCY HALE: “I Was Sabotaging My Life.”On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Sep 21, 2026 · 1 h 24 min
Actress Lucy Hale tells Jay Shetty about self-sabotage, early fame, four years of sobriety, freezing her eggs and finding healthy love.
OPRAH WINFREY: The Life Lessons That Changed EverythingOn Purpose with Jay Shetty · Sep 16, 2026 · 1 h 31 min
Oprah Winfrey tells Jay Shetty about her Mississippi childhood, surviving abuse, her rise in broadcasting, spiritual practice, legacy, and her upcoming Aha experience at the Sphere.
Andrew Huberman: The Simple Habits That Will Transform Your HealthOn Purpose with Jay Shetty · Sep 7, 2026 · 1 h 42 min
Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman tells Jay Shetty how morning cortisol, light, movement and meditation shape health, and why prayer transformed his life.
EILEEN GU: “The Ground Was Cracking Beneath Me.”On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Aug 31, 2026 · 1 h 5 min
Jay Shetty talks with Olympic freestyle skier Eileen Gu about her upbringing, mindset, direction over hard work, visualization, and her grandmother's death during the Milan Olympics.
Emilie Kiser EXCLUSIVE: The Loss That Changed Her ForeverOn Purpose with Jay Shetty · Jun 17, 2026 · 1 h 7 min
Emilie Kiser tells Jay Shetty about losing her son Trigg in a pool accident, living with grief publicly, her marriage, and pool safety.
Discussed in
Hala Taha: How to Turn Social Media Visibility Into a Revenue Engine | MarketingYoung and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast · Oct 2, 2026 · 51 min
In a crossover from Built in Public, Courtney Johnson interviews Hala Taha about growing her personal brand on LinkedIn and turning that visibility into YAP Media.
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Claudia and Jackie Oshry discuss Amanda Batula's Summer House exit, Taylor Swift wedding speculation, celebrity news, Love Island USA drama and listener advice.
Often appears with
- Sylvester Stallone · 1 shared episode
- Lucy Hale · 1 shared episode
- Oprah Winfrey · 1 shared episode
- Andrew Huberman · 1 shared episode
- Eileen Gu · 1 shared episode
- Emilie Kiser · 1 shared episode