The Life Shift Reflections

Kevin Palmieri on chasing success, facing burnout, and finding real belief

What a widow can teach us about choosing joy and honoring grief without getting stuck in it.

After her trauma was made public without consent, Kaila chose something else: truth, healing, and a powerful new path.

After her mother’s murder, Dr. Devin DeGreif nearly gave up. Then something unexpected called her back to life.

Jill Schulman shares how nearly quitting the Marines became the start of something bigger.

And what it really means to live from the heart

Pastry chef Katie Svoboda-Rini shares how loss, survival, and a wildfire helped her finally start living.

Michael Allison on silence, survival, and the decision to stay

Lisa Sugarman on loss, silence, and the unexpected clarity of speaking the truth

Jennifer Celeste Briggs shares how parenting a child with autism reshaped her understanding of guilt, love, and what truly matters.

What Ryan Hennessey’s moment of clarity reminds us about choosing ourselves

When everything changed, she made a promise to keep going.

What Mikelann Valterra learned when her life fell apart at 40

But Miron Pingasov chose to slow down instead

How one flight changed the way Adam Erwin moves through the world

What Tony Stewart teaches us about presence, pain, and loving someone through the hardest season.

Danny Suede felt it in his gut — and he listened.

How Ian Fee stopped drinking and started feeling again

How a single moment cracked open everything for Leyla King

When the diagnosis came, Laura DeKraker Lang-Ree had no idea how much she’d have to become