On Purpose with Jay Shetty

MADONNA: For the First Time Ever

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Sep 29, 2025
Madonna, an internationally renowned recording artist, opens up about her nearly 30-year spiritual journey studying Kabbalah, emphasizing how it has shaped her resilience and creativity. She discusses motherhood and how spiritual insights influenced her parenting. Alongside Eitan, her Kabbalah teacher, they explore reframing challenges as growth opportunities and the importance of radical acceptance. Madonna shares her views on karma, forgiveness, and the true measure of success through serving others, all while highlighting the transformative power of spirituality.
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INSIGHT

Spiritual Life Creates Inner Compass

  • Madonna defines spiritual life as an internal practice that creates peace beyond external approval and material success.
  • She argues everything happens to teach a lesson, and without spiritual practice people mistake events as random and stay stuck in victimhood.
ADVICE

Schedule Study And Rituals Regularly

  • Make study and weekly ritual time nonnegotiable to cultivate an internal life, whether prayer, meditation, or reading.
  • Use practices (breath, chanting, study) to calm the nervous system and reconnect with purpose.
ANECDOTE

Finding Kabbalah While Pregnant

  • Madonna discovered Kabbalah when a friend invited her to a class while she was pregnant and seeking guidance for motherhood.
  • She sat anonymously in the back, took notes, and the teachings shifted her sense of purpose beyond fame and fortune.
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