What if that pivotal moment was just the beginning?

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.
Start Here: What Is The Life Shift?
June 11, 2026

Start Here: What Is The Life Shift?

Host Matt Gilhooly introduces the show and why he created it.

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

Listen to the Episode
What Survives: A Story About Loss, Resilience, and Inner Friendship
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.

Listen to the Episode
Honesty Over Comfort: The Confession That Changed Everything
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.

Listen to the Episode
Grief, Ancestors & Cuba: Finding Your Mother Again
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.

Listen to the Episode
Living With MS: Finding Strength From the Inside Out
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.

Listen to the Episode
Part of Me Died That Day: Learning to Live After the Worst Day of Your Life
May 6, 2026

Part of Me Died That Day: Learning to Live After the Worst Day of You…

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.

Listen to the Episode
Control: What the NICU Took and What It Gave Back
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.

Listen to the Episode
Addiction and Recovery: When the Hero Asks for Help
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.

Listen to the Episode
Identity: What a Stroke Couldn't Take
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.

Listen to the Episode
Family Secrets: When the Truth You Always Sensed Finally Has a Name
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.

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

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

Listen to the Episode
Grief: Making Something Beautiful From What Broke
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.

Listen to the Episode
How We Slowly Rebuild After Loss | Bonus
Feb. 1, 2026

How We Slowly Rebuild After Loss | Bonus

This episode is part of The Things We Carry , a solo series shaped by the themes that stay with me after the conversations on The Life Shift. Today I am talking about the quiet ways people rebuild after loss. Not the dramatic...

Listen to the Episode
Healing Childhood Trauma and Remembering What Never Broke
Jan. 20, 2026

Healing Childhood Trauma and Remembering What Never Broke

After surviving childhood sexual abuse, Suzanne Roberts spent her life learning that the holiness she once felt in dissociation was actually the soul within her, and that healing meant remembering she was never truly broken.

Listen to the Episode
She Found Her Voice After Years of Silence
Jan. 6, 2026

She Found Her Voice After Years of Silence

After surviving childhood trauma, Erin Snow found her strength in listening, turning years of silence into a life built on empathy, healing, and truth.

Listen to the Episode
You Don’t Have to Be Healed to Begin | Bonus
Jan. 4, 2026

You Don’t Have to Be Healed to Begin | Bonus

This episode is part of The Things We Carry , a solo series shaped by the themes that keep showing up in the conversations on The Life Shift. Today I am talking about the belief that you have to be fully healed before you can...

Listen to the Episode
A 3% Chance of Survival Changed Him. His Purpose Followed.
Dec. 30, 2025

A 3% Chance of Survival Changed Him. His Purpose Followed.

After surviving a catastrophic car accident and 45 surgeries, author and speaker John Ulsh shares how he transformed unimaginable pain into purpose and discovered the true meaning of resilience.

Listen to the Episode
The Moment Robb Kelly Stopped Running From Himself
Dec. 16, 2025

The Moment Robb Kelly Stopped Running From Himself

Dr. Robb Kelly shares his remarkable journey from addiction and homelessness to healing and hope, showing how recovery begins with embracing our perfectly imperfect selves.

Listen to the Episode
He Stepped Out of the Spotlight to Hear Himself Again
Dec. 9, 2025

He Stepped Out of the Spotlight to Hear Himself Again

Broadway performer and spiritual guide Seth Stewart shares his journey from center stage to sacred stillness, revealing how trusting his inner voice reshaped his life.

Listen to the Episode
Learning to Tell the Story You Thought You Had to Hide
Dec. 2, 2025

Learning to Tell the Story You Thought You Had to Hide

Author and healer Kristina Amelong shares how the loss of her brother, addiction recovery, and decades of silence led to a powerful story of healing, connection, and transformation in her memoir What My Brother Knew.

Listen to the Episode
When Burnout Starts to Break You Open | Bonus
Nov. 30, 2025

When Burnout Starts to Break You Open | Bonus

A moment to consider the truth burnout is trying to show you about your life and your pace.

Listen to the Episode
Rebuilding a Life You Never Asked to Start Over
Nov. 25, 2025

Rebuilding a Life You Never Asked to Start Over

Former college basketball player Ava Jones shares how she survived a fatal car accident, grieved her father, overcame stage four cancer, and found meaning in rebuilding her life.

Listen to the Episode