Something Shifted | Stories of Identity, Loss and Life Transitions

By Sean Loots

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There's a moment where your life splits in two. Before the diagnosis. Before the loss. Before the divorce, the burnout, the caregiving role, or the sudden change you never saw coming. And then after. Most conversations about grief, trauma, and resilience focus on how to move forward. But the deeper question so many people quietly live with after a lifequake: Who am I now? Something Shifted is a documentary-style podcast about identity after interruption. The psychological and emotional reconstruction that happens after major life changes reshape the person you thought you were. Each episode tells a deeply human story of someone navigating grief and healing, rebuilding identity after loss, recovering from trauma, finding purpose after hardship, or learning how to start over in life they never expected to be living. Because sometimes the hardest part of a sudden life change isn't the event itself. It's becoming someone new afterward. Hosted by South African broadcaster Sean Loots, Something Shifted blends immersive storytelling with reflective narration to explore what happens when identity changes through crisis, caregiving, diagnosis, parenting, survival, and loss. At the center of the show is the idea of the Lifequake: the moments that interrupt the expected path of a life and force a person into identity transformation. These are stories about emotional resilience, meaning after hardship, and finding yourself again after everything changed. If you're navigating life transitions, coping with loss, or trying to understand who you became after a major life change — this show is for you. Episode Topics Include: Identity Reconstruction, Trauma Recovery, Life Transitions, Starting Over In Life, Grief And Healing, Meaning After Loss, Losing a Dream, Emotional Resilience, Caregiving Burnout, Special Needs Parenting, Finding Yourself Again, Life After Diagnosis, Creative Burnout

Episode Date
"My second greatest blessing." | grief and healing after losing a parent and finding meaning after loss
Jun 16, 2026
"Some version of alright, eventually." | Losing a dream
Jun 02, 2026
"As I walk through the darkness" | Faith and a stillbirth
May 19, 2026
"You've Always Just Been This Way." | Late autism diagnosis
May 05, 2026
"Life without risk is impossible." | Richard Harris on Thai Cave rescue, risk and impossible decisions
Apr 21, 2026
"All The Hats with All The Jazz Hands" | Burnout, success and rebuilding identity after collapse
Apr 07, 2026
"The things I hadn't dealt with." | Childhood loss and delayed grief recovery
Mar 24, 2026
From 14% to Full Breath: Remembering Tanya Bothma's Double Lung Transplant Journey
Mar 17, 2026
"I will not become what I witnessed." | True crime author on childhood trauma and identity rebuilding
Mar 10, 2026
"Harder to kill." | Brain cancer, identity and survival after diagnosis
Feb 24, 2026
"If Chickens Can Do It" | A case for optimism.
Jan 06, 2026
"Peel the f*cking onion." | Addiction, attachment and breaking destructive cycles
Mar 31, 2025
I phoned The Chaeli Campaign for Podcasthon 2025
Mar 24, 2025
"Pick up your pen and write a different story." | Courage and creativity
Mar 10, 2025
"Half my face had collapsed." | Identity after Bell's palsy
Feb 24, 2025
"Whose afraid of little old me?"
Feb 10, 2025
"I became a living upcycled human."
Jan 27, 2025
"You don't say no to that."
Jan 13, 2025
Motherhood fuelled her Olympic Dream.
Dec 31, 2024
12 Tremors Before Christmas
Dec 16, 2024
Waiting To Exhale. | Life after double lung transplant and chronic illness survival
Dec 02, 2024
"I was alone with him when he died."
Nov 18, 2024
One Rescue Breath Changed Three Lives
Nov 04, 2024
Get Ready For All Of The Feels
Oct 22, 2024
Zola Nene on imposter syndrome, Gordon Ramsay, cookbooks and cooking with hippos
Jun 03, 2024
"It was a complex and complicated childhood" | Emotional intelligence and self-awareness
May 20, 2024
SHORT: Can Writing Help Lower Your Stress Levels? Try This Stress Less Technique with Noa Belling
Apr 16, 2024
SHORT: One Incredibly Effective Strategy for Reducing Stress and Anxiety from Psychotherapist Noa Belling
Apr 16, 2024
SHORT: How Can You Shift Your Focus and Reduce Stress in Seconds? Noa Belling Shares Another Stress Less Tool
Apr 16, 2024
SHORT: Can Changing Your Posture Help To Overcome Anxiety? Try This Effective Technique With Noa Belling
Apr 16, 2024
"Stress Less" | Anxiety, stress management and emotional resilience tools
Apr 01, 2024
"He's given me experiences that have truly pushed me" | self-worth, identity and raising a child with down syndrome
Mar 19, 2024
"Folding paper changed my life." | Creativity, reinvention and finding purpose through art
Mar 06, 2024
"Finally Home." Johannes Radebe on identity, belonging and life transitions
Oct 05, 2023
"Sleep on it." Dr Els Van Der Helm
Sep 13, 2023
Unbelievable! How One Woman's Resilience Turned Struggles into Triumphs
Aug 30, 2023
"Your nervous system operates at lightning speed." Shaun Brooking
Aug 15, 2023
"Give yourself permission to do things that bring you joy." Ronen Aires
Jul 31, 2023
"Relationships are an art, a science and a practice." Shelley Lewin
Jul 19, 2023
Brandon Beack Broke His Neck, But Not His Spirit.
Jul 05, 2023
Dream Another Dream: Ayanda Dlamini's Story
Jun 21, 2023
From Chaos to Clarity. The Untold Truth of ADHD in Adulthood.
Jun 07, 2023
We Need To Talk. This Is How Therapy Saved Her Life.
May 24, 2023
Motherhood: Expectations vs Reality
May 11, 2023
Tragedy to triumph. The epic comeback of Rachel Goh
Apr 06, 2023
How to use visualization and build capacity with Jonno Proudfoot
Feb 28, 2023
Finding purpose, meditation, unlearning and future-readiness with John Sanei
Jan 31, 2023
Sleep better tonight and the downside of alarms with Dr. Els van der Helm
Dec 05, 2022
How to develop the mindset of a high performer with sports psychologist Dr Kirsten Van Heerden
Nov 14, 2022
BONUS: how to restore balance and re-invigorate your nervous system
Oct 25, 2022
Working on my nerves with Shaun Brooking
Oct 19, 2022
I am just a dad
Sep 30, 2022
What is Something Shifted about?
Feb 24, 2022