Something Shifted | Stories of Identity, Loss and Life Transitions

society, culture · EN

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, Someth