Something Shifted with Sean Loots

About Something Shifted with Sean Loots

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

Publisher

Sean Loots | Starting Over and Life Changes

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Sept 2022

Latest episode

30 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

54 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Jun 2026

   "Such a Good Girl" | pet loss, grief and finding presence through loss

   For eleven years, Nova was there. Through hospital nights, panic attacks, and the quietest, hardest moments no one else saw. This is a deeply personal story about pet loss, the grief we don't always give ourselves permission to feel, and what it means to lose a companion who witnessed everything without judgment. It explores the unconditional bond between humans and animals, the impossible decisions that come with a pet's final days, and the quiet, holy nature of a connection beyond words. This is Rue's story about the dogs she's loved, and saying goodbye to one who knew her best.

2. 

   16 Jun 2026

   "My second greatest blessing." | grief and healing after losing a parent and finding meaning after loss

   Celest Anthony spent four years watching her father disappear - piece by piece, hospital stay by hospital stay - before she said goodbye in 2025. This is a deeply personal story about anticipatory grief, the slow loss of a parent to chronic illness, and what it means to grieve someone who is still alive. It explores Churg-Strauss syndrome, caregiver identity, and the emotional complexity of standing in a doctor's room asking questions you never thought you'd have to ask. It's a story about love, faith, and the unexpected gifts that loss can leave behind. This is a story about losing a parent and discovering, slowly, who you are without them.

3. 

   2 Jun 2026

   "Some version of alright, eventually."

   Kojo Baffoe had a dream. This is a story about losing the thing that gave your life its rhythm, and what it takes to keep putting one foot in front of the other. Listen to Your Footsteps: https://kojobaffoe.com/book/ https://kojobaffoe.com/podcast/

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

37 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

93

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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