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Speaker 1: Hey everyone, it's Jay. Most people know me as a

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Speaker 1: podcast host, entrepreneur, and author, But did you know that

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Speaker 1: I answer a question from one of my seven hundred

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Speaker 1: my readers find purposeful and spiritual solutions to their everyday problems.

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Speaker 1: A brand new newsletter comes out every week. I can't

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Speaker 1: wait for you to read it. A lot of us

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Speaker 1: have to recognize that change is something that has to

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Speaker 1: come from within. They have to feel like this new

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Speaker 1: life will be good for them, but they have to

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Speaker 1: know it in their language, with their reasons. They have

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Speaker 1: to commit to that change. Is someone telling you they're

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Speaker 1: going to change, or is someone showing you the signs

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Speaker 1: that they're ready to commit to change the number one

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Speaker 1: health and wellness podcast, Jay Shed Jay Sheidy, Hey everyone,

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Speaker 1: welcome back to On Purpose. Thank you for trusting me

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Speaker 1: with your time and energy. I don't take it for granted,

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Speaker 1: and I'm so grateful that you've chosen to be with

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Speaker 1: me here today. It's been an incredible few weeks. We've

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Speaker 1: had everyone from Sean Mendes to Andrew Huberman on the podcast,

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Speaker 1: Nicole Leperra, incredible therapist and thinker, and so many more

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Speaker 1: amazing guests yet to come. I also hope you've been

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Speaker 1: taking a look at my solo podcast because there have

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Speaker 1: been some workshops that have resonated with you recently. But

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Speaker 1: I'm guessing you're here today because there's someone in your

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Speaker 1: life that you wish would change. Maybe it's your partner,

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Speaker 1: maybe it's a parent, Maybe it's someone in your professional

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Speaker 1: environment at work. Maybe it's a sibling. Either way, there's

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Speaker 1: someone in your life that you're wishing, waiting and wanting

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Speaker 1: for to change. And maybe you've tried or ready to

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Speaker 1: help them change. Maybe you've pushed them to change. Maybe

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Speaker 1: you even made the mistake of forcing them to change.

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Speaker 1: And you're sitting there right now, going Jay, I just

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Speaker 1: don't know if they're ever going to change. Can people change?

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Speaker 1: That's our question for today. That's what you're thinking about,

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Speaker 1: and that's what I'm going to guide you through over

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Speaker 1: the next thirty minutes or so to recognize what is change?

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Speaker 1: What does it look like? Is it possible? If you

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Speaker 1: want to know if that person will ever change, this

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Speaker 1: episodees for you. If you're struggling with someone because they're

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Speaker 1: not changing, this episodes for you. And if you're someone

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Speaker 1: who's just trying to figure it out, this episode is

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Speaker 1: for you. Now. The first thing I want to do

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Speaker 1: is take a very factual look at change. When we

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Speaker 1: look at change in society, change in community, change individually.

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Speaker 1: Studies show that forming a habit can take anywhere from

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Speaker 1: eighteen to two hundred and fifty four days, with an

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Speaker 1: that's not the kind of change you're talking about. When

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Speaker 1: we're asking this question can people really change, We're talking

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Speaker 1: about something far more core or fundamental. We're talking about values.

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Speaker 1: We're talking about attitudes, behaviors, mindsets. Right, maybe you want

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Speaker 1: you an answer in short that of course people can change,

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Speaker 1: smarter question to ask, because what you're really asking when

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Speaker 1: There is a difference between acknowledgment and accountability. Acknowledgment is

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Speaker 1: Acknowledgment is recognizing something. Accountability is reconciling something. When you're

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Speaker 1: to join me here today. I wish you all the

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Speaker 1: best in your relationships. People can change, but they don't

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Speaker 1: change for me. They don't change for you. They change

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Speaker 1: for themselves. They need to feel accountable, they need to

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Speaker 1: be committed to it, they need time, they need patience,

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Speaker 1: and ultimately you need to realize that there are parts

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Speaker 1: of them that may never change. And that doesn't mean

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Speaker 1: they can't love you and you can't love them, and

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Speaker 1: they can't respect you and you can't respect them. Often,

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Speaker 1: what we want people to change isn't integral to them

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Speaker 1: loving us. It's just because we want to feel a

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Speaker 1: certain way. Thank you for listening. I'll see you again

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Speaker 1: on the next episode of One Purpose. I appreciate you deeply.

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Speaker 1: Take care. If you love this episode, you'll really enjoy

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Speaker 1: my episode with Selena Gomez on befriending your inner critic

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Speaker 1: and how to speak to yourself with more compassion. My

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Speaker 1: fears are only going to continue to show me what

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Speaker 1: I'm capable of. The more that I face my fears,

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Speaker 1: the more that I feel I'm gaining strength and gaining wisdom,

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Speaker 1: and I just want to keep doing that.