Healing Episodes

A focus on the healing processes individuals undertake after trauma, loss, or major life changes, showcasing the paths to recovery and self-discovery.
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Sept. 9, 2026

Identity: The Injury That Cracked Tyler Bramlett Wide Open

Tyler Bramlett spent years chasing success, the body, the car, the company. One moment on a gymnastics floor changed everything. A conversation about ego, shame, and real peace.
279
Sept. 2, 2026

Midlife: The Night He Asked If He Would Fold

Matt Ross built School of Rock into a global brand, then lost it all at 50. Hear how he chose growth over folding and rebuilt his life from the basement up.
Guest: Matt Ross
278
Aug. 30, 2026

Blissful Ignorance: The Character Who Saved His Life

Dave Raymond built a life around joy and performance, and when grief arrived all at once, the character he'd spent sixteen years playing became the thing that quietly saved him.
Guest: Dave Raymond
271
Aug. 5, 2026

Surrender: The Wave That Changed Everything

A near fatal surfing accident broke Patrick Yalon's neck and changed how he sees every single day. A conversation on presence, gratitude, and showing up.
Guest: Patrick Yalon
270
Aug. 2, 2026

Reclamation: Coming Back To The Girl Who Got Shut Down

A retired engineer reclaims her voice, her breath, and her story decades after childhood shame, and finds healing at her mother's deathbed.
Guest: Lena Fein
269
July 29, 2026

Choosing the Harder Door: From Childhood Shame to Federal Prison

Ranae Van Roekel kept a childhood secret for decades until it led her into fraud, prison, and finally, the healing she never expected.
267
July 22, 2026

Fatherhood: The Fifteen Minutes That Changed Everything

Drew Norton found his infant son not breathing and his marriage on the line. A story about drifting, fear, faith, and showing up.
Guest: Drew Norton
266
July 19, 2026

Illness: When the Hard Thing Sets You Free

Actor Carly Otte opens up about facing cancer twice, losing her sense of self at thirty, and finding a gentler definition of success.
Guest: Carly Otte
264
July 12, 2026

Self-Worth: The Life She Fought For

Joy Kong left China at 20, survived a visa rejection and an isolating marriage, and built a life in medicine and stem cell research. A story about freedom, identity, and starting over.
Guest: Dr. Joy Kong
263
July 8, 2026

The Cost of Quiet: Learning to Speak Up After Years of Silence

Colette Jane Fehr spent years in a marriage that looked perfect from the outside. In this episode, she shares the moment she realized emotional connection had been missing all along, and what it took to finally find her voice.
June 11, 2026

Start Here: What Is The Life Shift?

Host Matt Gilhooly introduces the show and why he created it.
251
May 27, 2026

What Happened to You: Breaking the Cycle Sixty Years in the Making

Kathleen McKune spent decades as a high-achieving entrepreneur before a single data point revealed her childhood was far from normal. Her story of trauma, resilience, and healing.
250
May 24, 2026

What Survives: A Story About Loss, Resilience, and Inner Friendship

Matin Miryeganeh lost her mother at 13, her family's support, and the permission to grieve. This episode is about what happens when you survive alone and slowly find your way back to yourself.
248
May 17, 2026

Honesty Over Comfort: The Confession That Changed Everything

Nick Gomez spent years repeating the same patterns in relationships until one honest conversation, the kind that cost him everything, finally started to change him.
247
May 13, 2026

Grief, Ancestors & Cuba: Finding Your Mother Again

When Rebe Huntman finally stopped moving forward and took a pilgrimage to Cuba, she discovered that her mother had been waiting there all along.
Guest: Rebe Huntman
246
May 10, 2026

Living With MS: Finding Strength From the Inside Out

Shruti shares her journey living with multiple sclerosis, from early symptoms and a wheelchair to writing her memoir and choosing resilience every day.
Guest: Shruti Ghate
245
May 6, 2026

Part of Me Died That Day: Learning to Live After the Worst Day of Your Life

Stephen Panus lost his 16-year-old son Jake in a sudden accident. This conversation explores grief, forgiveness, guilt, and what it means to keep walking when part of you didn’t survive.
Guest: Stephen Panus
243
April 21, 2026

Control: What the NICU Took and What It Gave Back

Evan Boyer learned that the life he was supposed to be building couldn't hold him until a Christmas morning NICU stay and a career gut-check arrived at the same time and showed him what it actually meant to let go.
Guest: Evan Boyer
242
April 14, 2026

Addiction and Recovery: When the Hero Asks for Help

A Navy SEAL veteran shares how a nine-year addiction brought him to his knees, and how rock bottom became the foundation of his life's real mission.
Guest: Dr. Tony Dice
241
April 7, 2026

Identity: What a Stroke Couldn't Take

A stroke took Deb Meyerson's voice, her mobility, and eventually her Stanford career, and this is the story of how she and her husband Steve found a way to build something meaningful from what remained.
240
March 31, 2026

Family Secrets: When the Truth You Always Sensed Finally Has a Name

Wendy B. Correa discovered at 62 that her father wasn't her biological dad. Her story of childhood loss, family secrets, and healing is for anyone carrying something they were never allowed to say out loud.
238
March 17, 2026

Domestic Violence: Breaking the Silence Men Are Taught Not to Break

Eugene Z. Bertrand survived domestic violence and a near-death experience. On The Life Shift Podcast, he shares how radical acceptance and vulnerability helped him reclaim his power.
237
March 10, 2026

Existing vs. Living: A Mother's Journey Back to the World

After losing her son at 23, adventurer and author Dianette Wells had to find her way back to a world that had lost its sparkle, and she did it one step, one trail, and one yes at a time.
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Feb. 17, 2026

Grief: Making Something Beautiful From What Broke

A quiet conversation about learning to stay open and find meaning when life moves you through loss and change.