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.
Guest: Tyler Bramlett
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.
Guest: Ranae Van Roekel
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.
Guest: Colette Jane Fehr
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.
Guest: Kathleen McKune
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.
Guest: Matin Miryeganeh
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.
Guest: Nicholas Gomez
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.
Guests: Debra Meyerson , Steve Zuckerman
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.
Guest: Wendy B. Correa
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.
Guest: Eugene Z. Bertrand
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.
Guest: Dianette Wells
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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.
Guest: Day Schildkret