What is Something Shifted about?

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Something Shifted is a South African podcast about identity after interruption, those unpredictable lifequakes that divide our lives into before and after.

Before the diagnosis.
Before the loss.
Before the moment everything changed.

Hosted by award-winning broadcaster Sean Loots, Something Shifted explores identity, resilience, reinvention, and personal growth in the aftermath of disruption. Because we all face moments that fracture who we thought we were.

On this podcast, we lean in when things are complicated.
Through honest, documentary-style conversations, some of South Africa’s most interesting and courageous voices share how experiences that felt devastating - divorce, burnout, grief, career collapse, parenting challenges, health crises - became catalysts for growth and unexpected empowerment.

This is not a quick-fix self-help show.
It’s a podcast about transformation.
About rebuilding identity.
About finding possibility in the middle of chaos.

If you’re navigating change, searching for meaning after loss, or standing at the edge of a second act, you’ll feel at home here.

Because Something Shifted believes in the power of great stories, and in the power of possibility.

I think you're going to like it here.
Welcome to Something Shifted.
24 Feb 2022 English South Africa Documentary · Personal Journals

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