Constantly Overthinking or Doubting Yourself? (Do THIS 5-Minute Reset to Break Your Negative Spiral!)
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 28.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Do you ever get stuck in your thoughts?
What do you usually overthink about?
Today, Jay explores one of the most powerful, yet regularly overlooked, conversations we have every day: the one we have with ourselves. Too often, we become our own harshest critics, speaking to ourselves in ways we’d never speak to a friend. Jay reveals how self-criticism can disguise itself as control or accountability, when in truth, it’s a subtle form of self-sabotage that quietly erodes our confidence, creativity, and motivation.
Jay reminds us that rest and reflection aren’t signs of weakness, they’re essential parts of real growth. He explains that progress is never a straight line, and that falling back, slowing down, or taking a break doesn’t mean you’ve failed, it simply means you’re human. His message is a gentle yet powerful invitation to stop tearing yourself down and start lifting yourself up, to trade shame for accountability, criticism for compassion, and restlessness for stillness. Through his words, Jay offers more than advice, he shares a roadmap for healing your relationship with yourself, embracing imperfection with grace, and finding peace in the quiet strength of self-acceptance.
In this episode, you'll learn:
How to Silence Your Inner Critic
How to Talk to Yourself Like a Friend
How to Rewire Your Brain for Positivity
How to Rest Without Feeling Guilty
How to Stop Letting Negativity Control You
Healing begins the moment you choose kindness over criticism. Every mistake, setback, or pause is not the end of the journey, it’s part of becoming who you’re meant to be.
With Love and Gratitude,
Jay Shetty
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What We Discuss:
01:02 Is Your inner Voice Blocking You?
02:16 #1: Self Criticism is Self Sabotage
06:32 #2: Negative Self Talk is Counterproductive
10:08 #3: Shaming Yourself Doesn't Build Accountability
13:28 #4: Your Brain is Wired to Focus on Mistakes
17:24 #5: Progress Isn't Linear
20:01 #6: Rest is Essential for Progress
22:35 #7: Self Kindness Builds Resilience
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.2 | We all talk to ourselves like our worst enemy. |
| 0:07.4 | We talk to ourselves like someone we hate. |
| 0:09.9 | We talk to ourselves like someone we don't believe in. |
| 0:13.1 | You would never talk to your friend like that. |
| 0:15.5 | Now, I'm not saying that you want to falsely cheer yourself up either. |
| 0:18.9 | I'm not saying you just want to look at yourself and be like, |
| 0:20.9 | no, I'm amazing and they were wrong. But you want to have an honest assessment. So saying, no, |
| 0:26.4 | you're the best isn't true. And saying you're the worst also isn't true. |
| 0:32.2 | The number one health and wellness podcast. Jay Shetty. Jay Shetty. He won, the only. |
| 0:38.1 | Jay Shetty. |
| 0:40.7 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:41.8 | Welcome back to On Purpose. |
| 0:43.4 | I'm Jay Shetty, the author of New York Times bestselling books, think like a monk, |
| 0:48.0 | and Eight Rules of Love. |
| 0:49.5 | And I'm so glad you're here today because I think one of the biggest challenges that I'm hearing so many of |
| 0:54.9 | you dealing with right now is not the voices outside. It's not the voice of your friends. It's not |
| 1:01.3 | the voice of your families. It's the voice inside your head. If you've ever felt that you've got |
| 1:08.0 | a critic sitting in your head 24-7, finding a way to over-analise, |
| 1:15.0 | criticize, complain about every move you make, every thought you have, every decision you're |
| 1:22.0 | about to make. And you find that that critical voice is blocking you from living your best life, is blocking you |
| 1:29.6 | from unleashing your potential, is blocking you from making that idea happen. Maybe you have an |
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