On Purpose with Jay Shetty
I Reached a Major Milestone! 8 Life-Changing Lessons I’ve Learned From Incredible Guests Along the Way
26 Nov 2025
Chapter 1: What milestone is Jay celebrating in this episode?
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Chapter 2: How did Tom Holland overcome his struggles with alcohol?
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Chapter 3: What practical steps can help maintain sobriety?
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Chapter 4: How does Kobe Bryant define discipline and consistency?
Listen to Family Secrets on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Reaching 5 million subscribers on YouTube is a milestone I could never have imagined when On Purpose first began. Over the years, I've had the honor of sitting with some of the most extraordinary people in the world. Artists, world leaders, athletes, visionaries, and experts.
These conversations have offered us glimpses into how greatness is built. how vulnerability becomes strength, and how love and resilience shape our lives. I'm truly grateful for how far we've come, and it's all because of you. It's also just the beginning.
Chapter 5: What are the hard questions we should ask ourselves?
So today, we're celebrating our community and this milestone by revisiting some of the most significant moments from incredible guests along the way.
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I remember this one really well because I was in France. I flew to London to take a flight to the US and then flew back to London to interview Tom all within 24 hours. When I spoke with Tom Holland, he shared something deeply personal, his decision to quit drinking. In a world that celebrates alcohol, he stepped away to protect his mental and emotional health. And he's not alone.
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Chapter 6: How can spirituality contribute to success?
Surveys show more young people are choosing sobriety than ever before, with many saying they feel healthier and more present. Here's Tom on how that choice changed his life. One of the things that you mentioned recently was that you gave up drinking about a year and a half ago. Yes.
Chapter 7: What role do healthy boundaries play in relationships?
And you said it was the hardest thing you ever did. Yes. And I wanted to know what was so hard about it for you? Why was it so hard? It's interesting. I didn't one day wake up and say, I'm giving up drinking. I just... Like many Brits, I'd had a very, very boozy December. Christmas time, I was on vacation. I was drinking a lot. And I've always been able to drink a lot.
I think I get my genes from my mum's side in that thing.
Chapter 8: How can we support loved ones through grief?
I can drink. And I decided to just give up for January. I just wanted to do dry January. And all I could think about was having a drink. That's all I could think about. I was waking up thinking about it. I was checking the clock. When's it? 12. And it just really scared me. I just was like, wow, maybe I have a little bit of an alcohol thing.
So I sort of decided to punish myself and say, I'll do February as well. I'll do two months off. If I can do two months off, then I can prove to myself that I don't have a problem. Two months go by. And I was still really struggling. I felt like I couldn't be social. I felt like I couldn't go to the pub and have a lime soda. I couldn't go out for dinner. I was really, really struggling.
And I started to really worry that maybe I had an alcohol problem. And so I decided that I would wait until my birthday, which is June 1st. I said to myself, if I can do six months without alcohol, then I can prove to myself that I don't have a problem. And by the time I had got to June 1st, I was the happiest I've ever been in my life. I could sleep better. I could handle problems better.
Things that would go wrong on set that would normally set me off, I could take in my stride. I had so much, such better mental clarity. I felt healthier. I felt fitter. And I just sort of said to myself, why am I enslaved to this drink? Why am I so obsessed by the idea of having this drink?
And I would look back and recognize that I would go to events for work and I can't enjoy myself until I've had a few beers. And I just felt so much pressure. And this is one of the things why I've sort of distanced myself from the rugby community, because so much of it is about how much can you drink? Let's get you as drunk as possible. And it's honestly been the best thing I've ever done.
I'm a year and a half into it now. It doesn't even cross my mind. I found amazing replacements that I think are fantastic. Ones that are also really healthy. I found this one beer that It's full of electrolytes and it's, you know, the carbohydrates in it are long lasting energy. So like having a beer is now actually like a really healthy thing.
I'm really lucky that all my friends are super supportive about it. I've never run into that scenario where my friends are like, oh, go on, just have a beer. Like you're fine. They've always sort of really supported me. And I don't want to be that person that's saying to people, you should get sober. You should get sober. If I could encourage someone to drink less. then that's great.
But I don't want to start getting into the world of you need to stop drinking because it's not for me to say. I went on my own little journey. I'm really enjoying it. I'm delighted that my mum has also given up. She's loving it. And it's been amazing. I can't believe the difference that I feel from not drinking. I feel amazing. That's amazing, man. I love hearing that.
And I love hearing that it's been great for you, right? I think that's the point. Not everything has to be like, look what I did. You can do it too. It's kind of like, no, this is just what's been great for me. Do you think it was partly that attitude change for you at least in the beginning where it's like, well, look, I can drink, I drink a lot.
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