Overview

• Speaking on Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast, Madonna said a bacterial infection during June 2023 tour rehearsals progressed to sepsis.
• She reported being in the ICU, unconscious for four days, and initially reliant on a ventilator before breathing on her own.
• Post-discharge, she described prolonged debilitation with no strength or energy and uncertainty about when recovery would end.
• She credited her teacher’s concept of “radical acceptance” from Kabbalah with helping her cope during the slow return to health.
• The episode also promoted a new course with Eitan Yardeni titled The Mystical Studies of the Zohar, and coverage notes her Celebration tour resumed in October 2023 and concluded in May 2024.