The Life Shift Podcast Joins The "60 Best life-Changing Podcasts" List

 On The Life Shift podcast, host Matt Gilhooly has candid conversations with people about the pivotal moments that changed their lives forever.

On the podcast's website, it reads: "We all have our stories, but through these conversations, we discover communities. We learn that there are commonalities through the ups and downs that we all face. But most importantly, we learn that we are not alone."

The Life Shift podcast highlights life-altering moments and humanizes the struggles and triumphs through them all.

While that mission is an aggressive goal, The Life Shift podcast has an ace in the hole.  It's the host, Matt Gilhooly.

Gilhooly, a Public Relations Graduate from the University of Florida, possesses the innate ability to interview his guests with the skill of a therapist, an aptitude for active listening, and an empathetic style that soothes the guests and entrances the listeners.

Gilhooly, says, "I launched The Life Shift Podcast in March 2022. It started as a project to complete for an elective course in my most recent graduate degree at The University of Florida. I have always felt compelled to share my story in hopes that others might feel a bit less alone on the journey. But since the objective was to create an interview-based podcast, I opted to start The Life Shift Podcast."

Matt is getting close to 200 episodes this year, has a new studio setup, and in November 2024, Matt Gilhooly began a 30/30 challenge. Producing a podcast a day for the entire month of November. And we thought running a marathon was difficult. This is like running 26.2 miles backward and blindfolded.

In late April, Matt received a notification from FeedSpot that The Life Shift has been named one of the

60 Best Life Changing Podcasts. FeedSpot lets you subscribe to your favorite Blogs, Podcasts, News Websites, Magazines, YouTubers, Influencers and RSS feeds in one place on FeedSpot Reader.

Here's a sample of The Life Shift's exploration into life-changing moments from an episode released on April 30th. Emily's relationship with alcohol began at the tender age of 13. Like many of us, she used it as a shield, a way to numb out and hide from the complexities of life. It was a coping mechanism, a way to navigate the world when everything felt overwhelming. As she moved through her teens and early twenties, drinking became more than just a social activity.

Emily said: "I primarily used it to numb out and hide feelings that I had."
This pattern continued well into her adult life, even as she built a successful career and relationships. On the surface, everything seemed fine. But inside, Emily was struggling with a growing sense of disconnect from her true self.

Emily continued: "I literally drank, like, half of it. And I already felt like I wasn't in control of my limbs... I hate this. Like, I don't like this feeling of being out of control.

At that moment, Emily made a decision that would change the course of her life. She looked at herself in the car mirror and decided it was time for a change. Giving up alcohol wasn't just about stopping drinking - it was about rediscovering who Emily truly was beneath the layers of numbing and self-doubt.

Matt Gilhooly usurps our sense of helplessness and hopelessness every episode, narrating tales of people who have battled humanity's worst demons, the worst cards that life could deal us, and the dire circumstances not under their control. In every show, Matt details how his guest overcame their own challenges and came out "the other side."

 

His show is life-changing for the guests, and it can be for listeners, who can use the show to find that inner strength to make the life shift they so desperately need.  

It's the reason that in 2024 Ear Worthy awarded the show Best Indie Podcast of the Year, which is an award bestowed only after much consideration, reflection, and analysis.

The Life Shift is waiting for you. You can listen to tales of others who have altered their life pathway, or you can use these inspirational stories and make that life shift yourself.