Ever wondered what it would be like to listen in on a phone call between Karan Johar and his friends? We bet you have. Well, wonder no more. His new podcast ‘Live Your Best Life with Karan Johar’ is now available. on Audible.in. Marking his debut in the audio medium, the series brings his signature wit, style and candour to the world of audio.
Listen in as Karan has incredibly thought-provoking and candid conversations with his friends, influential voices from diverse walks of life, spanning entertainment, entrepreneurship, wellness, finance and more. Read below to catch some surprising reveals in the episodes. Listen to the whole thing on Audible.in here.
Prajakta Koli on Swapping Negativity for Gratitude: “I read this in ‘The Secret’ and it changed my life”
When talking about self-love and manifestation, Prajakta opens up about how she starts her day. She shares, “I would start with thanking, like showing my gratitude for health, both physical and mental. I will express gratitude for even the little things. Like, it’s the car that I drive or it’s the house that I have or it’s the clothes that I wear…I will thank the universe before my day starts for giving me a great day on set… Like, I read this in ‘The Secret’ and it changed my life, right? Where they say that you don’t even realize the times when you don’t intend to be negative but the connotation just stays. Like, for example, I hope I don’t get late. It’s negative. I hope I reach on time. It’s positive.”
Mithila Palkar on Not Settling for Less, Anymore: “Thanks to that heartbreak that I had and I realized that I don’t want to settle for the little”
As Karan, Dhruv and Mithila discuss their heartbreaks, Mithila shares what a life lesson she learnt from her failed relationship. “Yeah, in fact I feel like personally the exact opposite has happened to me – thanks to that heartbreak that I had, and I realized that I don’t want to settle for the little. Just one wave of attention and I’m like, okay, now forgive everything and all the hundred other things that you’ve done. In fact, now I feel like I’m not going to be okay with just one thing being right and ten things being wrong about something, when I realized my sense of self has to be most important. I’m not looking for somebody to complete me. I’m not looking for someone to fill the void of anything for me. I am my whole unit and I’m just finding an addition. So, I feel it is very important to know who you are before you’re able to accommodate somebody else alongside, in your life.”
Divija Bhasin on Prioritising Internal Validation: “So, we should also be nice to ourselves. We miss out on that part.”
Divija emphasizes the importance of establishing a healthy balance between internal and external validation in today’s hyper-connected world where there is a lot of reliance on social media. She shares, “The first step is to give yourself validation and to understand your own goals and also make a method of validating yourself. If you do something right, tell yourself actually that you actually made a good decision. When we do something wrong, we keep hating ourselves and telling ourselves, ‘why did I do this? this was a mistake.’ We kind of bully ourselves. So, we should also be nice to ourselves. We miss out on that part. Basically, not depending on others for 100% validation.”
Bhuvan Bam on Tackling Self-Doubt: “It is still very real to panic about how relevant I will be for the coming five years. Every time I feel that way, I try to re-center myself on what my goals are.”
Bhuvan shares his fears of not being loved, becoming irrelevant and how he deals with hate and trolls on the internet as a creator. He says, “It is still very real to panic about how relevant I will be for the coming five years. Every time I feel that way, I try to re-center myself on what my goals are. Eventually, wahi aim hai life ka (that’s the aim of life). What I want to create next and why I want to do it. I go down to the very purpose of it, which gives me the strength and motivation that I need to be able to do it.”
Sushant Divgikr on Self-Acceptance: “The courage took some time. In fact, I was the most underconfident person for the longest time in my class.”
As Karan and Sushant discuss how it took them time to find the courage to accept and love the way they are, Sushant shares, “The courage took some time. In fact, I was the most underconfident person for the longest time in my class. Unfortunately, this is the reality for a lot of us queer kids. I had a wonderful childhood but the childhood was wonderful only once I got back home, because my family was fantastic. In school it was bullying, it was teasing, and I just thought after a point, I was like, if I… don’t see myself for being a winner and if I’m going to sulk and host a pity party for myself – I’m going to be the only one attending that party. Because a lot of people are going to just send hate anyway. But there will be a couple of people that will send you that love and empowerment and that’s what you catch. Even though 90% of the class would make fun of me, there was that 10% and those (were) friends, we are still friends… so, I think it’s a big, big support system.”
Luke Coutinho on Rewiring Your Inner Voice: “…the more you do it, two to three minutes, every time you look in the mirror, look in your eyes, and that subconscious pattern will start to change.”
Delving into the significance of creating a positive sense of self and avoiding negative self-talk related to body image issues, Luke shares, “You look in the mirror in your eyes and you start to say, ‘this is me…I love myself.’ You start feeling like, hey, but I don’t like myself…but your subconscious mind is playing the program, which it’s played for years. That’s the conflict. So, you feel what rubbish is this? Am I fooling myself? But the more you do it, two to three minutes, every time you look in the mirror, look in your eyes, and that subconscious pattern will start to change. It changes with repetition. So, the more you do it, that old pattern is gonna get weaker…You’re aware, Karan, of the changes you need to make in your body. You’re looking and you’re saying, “I love myself. I know my body has to change.” The love for yourself doesn’t have to be conditional. So, you’re not lying to yourself.”