Beautiful Shifts

Oct 29 2024 89 ep. 74 mins 3
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Finding beauty through open, connecting conversations on life’s transitions. We are Lindsay and Shantil - two friends who love good conversation, connection, and expanding our view of the human experience. Through life’s inevitable transitions, we began recognizing the extraordinary shifts in others’ seemingly ordinary lives. In awe of people’s ability to find beauty amidst challenge and change, we created this space to share and learn from their inspiring stories. Follow along on Instagram @beautifulshifts_podcast & Facebook where we share episode updates, photos of guests, video clips, and more. Thank you for listening!

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Leaving Orthodox Judaism, a Marriage, and Finding Peace on the Other Side with Tova Mirvis

Oct 29 2024 68 mins  
Tova is the author of the memoir The Book of Separation as well as three novels including a national bestseller. Today Tova joins us to share about her journey questioning and ultimately leaving Orthodox Judaism as well as her marriage, which led to writing The Book of Separation, a memoir about heeding your inner compass, even if it means walking away from the only life you've eve

Supporting Children Through Faith Transitions with Brenda Smart

Oct 22 2024 98 mins  
Today's episode is a re-release of an episode from last fall that is one of our highest listened-to episodes. Brenda shares about living around the world including serving as a mission president couple for the LDS church, and how she has learned to support her children in their LDS faith transitions. She shares about the difficulties as well as coming to a place of acceptance and l

The Journey of a Progressive Christian Pastor with Stan Mitchell

Oct 15 2024 71 mins  
Stan grew up in a fundamental conservative Pentecostal religious community in Arkansas, was a teen minister, and became a highly influential Lead Pastor by the time he was an adult. Led by a desire to expand and make room for all, Stan went on the journey of becoming a progressive Christian Pastor and shares his fascinating story in this moving and thoughtful conversation today. We

Moving Family of Six to Africa and Gaining New Perspectives of the World with Shaylee & Reggie Wilson

Oct 08 2024 68 mins  
Today Shaylee and Reggie join us to share about how they sold their home and moved their family of six to Tanzania in September 2023, fulfilling a dream many years in the making. This move exposed their children to a new way of life, culture, and people in hopes that they would each walk away with new perspectives, priorities, and a unique understanding of the world. Now back in th

Leaving Polygamy and Giving Yourself Permission with Hannah Stauber

Oct 01 2024 56 mins  
Hannah joins us today to share her unique journey as a child bride to a well-known polygamist, later earning her GED and leaving the polygamist lifestyle in 2012, and as a single mom of four pursuing a career in nursing. Now a Family Nurse Practitioner, Hannah shares about gaining the courage to leave, freeing herself from oppression, and tools for giving yourself permission to liv

Finding Meaning & Spirituality Beyond Religion with Britt Hartley

Sep 24 2024 80 mins  
Today Britt shares her story of being a devout member of the LDS church including being a seminary teacher, to deconstructing her beliefs and entering a stage of nihilism, to finding meaning and spirituality beyond religion, and now practicing spirituality in a tangible and beautiful way. We discuss concepts and tools she uses with her clients and topics from her new book No Nonsen

Living with Hydrocephalus, Founding a Company, and Doing the Next Hard Thing with SarahAnn Whitbeck

Sep 17 2024 65 mins  
Today SarahAnn shares her story of being diagnosed with Hydrocephalus and living with this chronic life-threatening condition for over twenty years. She shares about founding the Chest Wall Injury Society where she works as CEO, and how she has gone through life facing mortality and embracing fear and beauty. SarahAnn is incredibly smart and inspiring and we admire her example of f

Learning Grit and What's Really Important from Your Child with Health Issues with Nathan Garn

Sep 10 2024 68 mins  
Today we are joined by Nathan Garn, Shantil's husband, who shares the experience of having their oldest son Payton born with a life-threatening condition (spinal meningitis, which led to hydrocephalus, which led to a severe seizure disorder). Nathan and Shantil share the challenges and life lessons they've learned from Payton having grit and finding joy through his chronic health c

Life is in the Transitions with Bruce Feiler

Sep 03 2024 60 mins  
Today we have a guest we've been hoping to have on the podcast since the beginning! Bruce Feiler, a New York Times bestselling author, joins us to share what led to writing his book Life is in the Transitions and discuss its crossover with our podcast. We talk about the types of transitions we go through in life, what Bruce learned from interviewing hundreds of people about their l

Welcome to Season Three!

Aug 27 2024 35 mins  
Today is our first episode of Season Three of the podcast! We share some thoughts going into this new season, some exciting guests we have coming up, and reintroduce ourselves and the theme of the podcast. We can't believe we are starting our third season of doing this and can't wait to dive into more guest stories with you all, gaining new perspectives and finding beauty in our st