Jay Shetty on conversations that leave you feeling small
His direct-to-camera relationship advice is drawing nearly six times his usual Shorts audience, while viewers raise the complication of family.
Jay Shetty Podcast
Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 104,425 views a day, 5.9 times a normal first day on this channel (17,597).
Conversations that leave you feeling small #jayshetty #shorts
When does giving someone another chance become a habit worth breaking? Jay Shetty's answer starts with whether that person made an effort in the first place.
Seated outdoors, speaking straight to the camera, he delivers a short sequence of instructions: stop spending time with people who make you feel worse, stop repeatedly excusing their behavior, and stop losing days recovering from what they said.
"Stop giving second chances to people who never gave you a first try," he says. The emphasis is on the pattern after an interaction, not just what someone says during it.
The Short drew roughly 97,000 views in its first 20 hours, a much faster start than usual for the Jay Shetty Podcast. It sits alongside other recent relationship-focused clips about friends who celebrate your successes and the difference between chemistry and care. Here, there is no guest interview: Shetty delivers the message himself.
The comments introduce a complication his brief advice doesn't explore. Some viewers point out that stepping away is harder when the people involved are relatives; another argues for staying on good terms with family. Others describe questioning themselves or taking responsibility for someone else's negative behavior.
Shetty closes with a direction rather than a reconciliation strategy: "Find your people."
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What viewers say
Not easy, when its family
@gigi2026-m9jSee it on YouTubeThis is so true and sums up exactly what I feel. Always questioning and blaming myself for the negative behavior of others 😢
@pand821016See it on YouTubetrue... still finding my people..
@Favestudioz-i2eSee it on YouTube
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people that love you will leave you feeling happy and connected
@chosendaughterinchristSee it on YouTubeLesson learnt many yrs ago feel so much better now
@DavidSumner-s3lSee it on YouTubeThank you. I just needed to hear that today
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- Channel
- Jay Shetty Podcast
- Subscribers
- 6,140,000 ▲ 30,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 9,027,156
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,374,577 (on a normal day: 1,147,181)
- Video published
- October 19, 2026
- Video views so far
- 96,659 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 104,425
The numbers
The Short's early views are well above the channel's usual first-day audience for this format. Its comment section is also busier than usual.
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What is the name of Jay Shetty's podcast?
Shetty hosts On Purpose, the interview and advice podcast featured on his channel.