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Jay Shetty PodcastHow To Unleash Your CREATIVITY Into The World & Raise Your SELF-ESTEEM | Jhené Aiko & Jay Shetty
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Jhené Aiko on Roots, Healing Music, Meditation and Self-Acceptance
- Jhené Aiko traces her spirituality to the age of four or five, when her grandmother's death, a Buddhist funeral, Christian Sunday school and a butterfly sighting left her fascinated with death and loss.
- She says her music became personal after heartbreak and motherhood, and that her brother's death in 2012 was the pivotal moment, pushing her through self-medication toward meditation and healing.
- Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings, including the red light meditation, and her crystal sound bowls inform her goal of making music and immersive live experiences that help people deal and heal rather than just distract.
- The album title Chilombo, her father's chosen surname meaning wild beast in an African language, symbolizes her embrace of every part of herself, and she and her father also created a letter-by-letter breakdown of it.
- She describes quieting her inner critic by seeing herself as the observer of her thoughts, and closes with fast-five answers on rest, slowing down to breathe, cats and a world law of sharing.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasDiscovering family roots can create a sense of grounding.
After taking a DNA test and exploring relatives' records, Jhené says she feels more grounded knowing her roots are deep and widespread, and now sees herself as a tree.
Personal loss can become the catalyst for deeper healing work.
Jhené says her brother's death in 2012 led her to self-medicate, but concern for her daughter and the sense of a life-or-death situation pushed her to commit fully to meditation.
Meditation can be a way of living rather than a timed session.
Drawing on Thich Nhat Hanh, Jhené describes treating each red light as a bell of mindfulness and breathing through every moment, difficult or not.
Music made with healing intention differs from music used as distraction.
Jhené argues that distracting yourself is no solution, so she builds intentional sound, such as chosen bowl notes in her trigger song, to help center and ground listeners.
Embracing a chosen identity can symbolize self-acceptance.
Jhené once disliked her father-chosen surname, but came to see Chilombo, meaning wild beast, as a metaphor for embracing all parts of herself, including her imperfections.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesI think part of me feeling more grounded today is discovering that my roots are so deep and so widespread.
— Jhené Aiko
I started to realize that the reason why I'm so compelled to share that is because I think the pur- my purpose, or one of my purposes, is to help people deal, you know, to, to... and, and heal, you know? Deal and heal.
— Jhené Aiko
It's not just me pretending to be perfect, and, you know, I'm this healing, this healer. You know, it's like I'm going through these real things, and I'm dealing with them, and I'm practicing, um, how to heal, and it's just, you know, all of that coming together is Chilombo.
— Jhené Aiko
Really, that book had so many great, um, points and really helped me realize that I'm not these voices. I'm the observer
— Jhené Aiko
It would be to share. Share your food, share, share your home, share your ideas, share everything, and it'll be always in exchange, and no one would go without.
— Jhené Aiko
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SPEAKERS
Jhené Aiko
guestSinger-songwriter known for introspective R&B music, including the album “Chilombo.”
Jay Shetty
hostHost of the “On Purpose” podcast and interviewer focused on personal growth and mindfulness.
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