PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONAS: Fame, Motherhood, Love and the Moment That Changed Everything
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 30.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 110 minutes
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Summary
What happens when you spend your whole life chasing your dreams, only to realize peace was the real success all along?
Five years after their first conversation, Jay sits down in person with global icon Priyanka Chopra Jonas for a deeply intimate and unfiltered dialogue about evolution, identity, motherhood, and the courage to begin again. What unfolds isn’t just a reflection on career milestones or public success, it’s a story about slowing down after decades at full speed, choosing peace over pressure, and realizing that the greatest luxury in life isn’t achievement, but time.
Priyanka opens up about the ambition that defined her early years, dominating Bollywood, pivoting to Hollywood at the height of her success, and always chasing the next opportunity. In this season of her life, something has shifted. Marriage, motherhood, and hard-won self-awareness have softened the edges of perfectionism and control. Priyanka speaks candidly about feeling “cornered” at pivotal moments, moving continents during one of the darkest periods of her life, and rebuilding from the ground up in a new industry. Through therapy, faith, and the steady presence of her husband Nick, she’s learned to ask a powerful question: Is this thought constructive? In a world that celebrates hustle, Priyanka is learning to celebrate stillness.
The most profound transformation, however, came with the birth of her daughter, Malti Marie, a journey marked by fear, fragility, and fierce devotion. Priyanka shares the emotional reality of welcoming a premature baby into the world, the long months in the NICU, and the moment her priorities shifted forever. It was a season that changed how she understood strength, not as control, but in letting go and protecting what matters. Through faith, family, and a steady commitment to her partner, Priyanka’s grown not just as an artist navigating industries, but as a woman more at ease with who she is and where she’s headed.
In this interview, you'll learn:
How to Pivot Careers Without Losing Yourself
How to Stop Being So Hard on Yourself
How to Handle Public Criticism Without Breaking
How to Communicate Feelings Before Jumping to Solutions
How to Trust the Timing of Your Life
How to Protect Your Peace in a Noisy World
How to Stay Grounded Through Trauma and Uncertainty
How to Choose Gratitude Over “What If” Thinking
Choosing family won’t cost you your dreams. Slowing down won’t erase your ambition. Keep going, keep growing, and most of all evolve on your own terms.
Stream Priyanka’s new movie The Bluff on Prime Video today. https://www.primevideo.com/detail/The-Bluff/0OSBVC1DKTXBVUO97CLO8DC5E1
With Love and Gratitude,
Jay Shetty
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What We Discuss:
00:00 Intro
00:23 Finding a Sense of Peace
03:39 Having Time to Lose not Spend
07:07 Seeing Nick Bare It All
10:03 What's Your Parenting Style?
11:45 Getting More in Touch with Your Own Feelings
15:46 How to Be More Patient When Things Don't Work Out
18:16 Forgive Yourself for Your Past Self
20:43 Stop Being Mean to Yourself
26:30 The Quiet Confidence
30:57 Trusting Your Partner to Take the Lead
34:02 Focus on the Good in Your Life
35:11 How to Not Let Mean Comments Affect You
40:52 Continue to Live Your Truth
54:27 Finding the Right People to Work With
58:04 Showing Appreciation for the People that Matter Most
01:03:19 The Thought of Almost Losing Your Child
01:18:16 A Letter From Nick
01:22:39 Would You Rather with Priyanka
01:30:25 Gut Reaction: Do You Actually Read Those?
01:37:07 Believing in People's Goodness
01:39:47 Turn Bold Ideas Into Real Opportunities
Episode Resources:
YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/priyankachopra
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/priyankachopra/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/priyankachopra
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast, guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.0 | When we were told that she's coming 27 weeks, I just shut down. |
| 0:13.2 | And we got a text saying her birth is going to be put out. |
| 0:16.8 | We were kind of forced into announcing her birth. |
| 0:20.7 | We weren't ready because we didn't know what would happen with her. |
| 0:23.6 | Hey everyone, welcome back to On Purpose. |
| 0:27.6 | Today's guest is one of our most popular episodes ever, even though we did it digitally, |
| 0:33.6 | even though we were all living very, very different lives. |
| 0:36.6 | And I'm so excited that |
| 0:38.6 | today we get to have a not just on camera, but in the studio. I'm speaking about the one, the only, |
| 0:43.4 | Priyanka Chopra Jonas, an award-winning global actor, producer and entrepreneur, who is led |
| 0:49.5 | at the highest levels of both Bollywood and Hollywood. With over 60 films to her name, multiple |
| 0:55.6 | Filmfare Awards and recognition on Time 100's most influential people list, she's |
| 1:01.3 | become one of the most influential artists in entertainment. Priyanka's new movie, The Bluff, |
| 1:06.2 | a 19th century pirate action thriller, is out now on Amazon Prime video. You won't want to miss this one, |
| 1:12.2 | I promise you. Please welcome Priyanka Chopro at Jonas. Priyanka, it's great to have you here. |
| 1:17.3 | Wow. That intro was like, I was so tight as you were saying it. What were you feeling? What goes |
| 1:24.6 | through your head when you hear all these amazing accolades, amazing? And, you know, that was just the tip of the iceberg. There's so many more. |
| 1:30.3 | It's fine if it's like written about or it's at a little bit of a distance. But when you say it to my face, it's like, I don't know, it feels obnoxious a little bit. Oh, I think that's a sign of your good character. |
| 1:42.9 | But I wanted to add to the formal introduction, just how the little time we spent together, how wonderful it's always been, whether I bumped into you at Friends' birthday parties like last year, or whether it's the amazing Divalee party that you and Nick through a few years back, which has stayed and etched in our memory, or whether it's the Super Bowl party, seeing as we've just gone past or we came over to you for a Super Bowl party once, and you're like, the best host. Like I literally felt, I was like, you were making sure we'd eaten and making sure we're drunk, and just the best experience with you and the family always. And so thank you for being as kind off-screen as you are on screen and just as wonderful as well. |
| 2:17.6 | And it's been a gift getting to know you and I'm so glad you're back in L.A. |
| 2:21.0 | Me too. I'm so glad to be back in L.A. |
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