The StateChange Podcast

State Change Media
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The StateChange Podcast brings real human stories of personal resilience & transformation to life through conversations with people from all walks of life who have faced extraordinary adversity, trauma, loss, or emotional struggle, and found their way through to the other side. Each episode features conversations between guests & podcast host Shauna Hill, a career trauma therapist & resilience science expert who shares her own harrowing journey through a rare cancer & neurosurgery as a single working mom in Episode 1. Guests share their "state change stories" and reflect on how they found their way through the most overwhelming experiences of their lives, exploring with Shauna the elements of their personal resilience: What helped? What created change or healing? What made the most difference?

Episodes

  1. Episode 5 | Failure to Launch: Mars, Rob & Gray's Story

    12/13/2023

    Episode 5 | Failure to Launch: Mars, Rob & Gray's Story

    Middlebury College students Mars Etgu, Rob Ambat & Gray Groseclose reflect on the very interrupted & changed experience they have had as high school & college students in a post-COVID world, and their urgent concerns about young adult mental health and the lack of meaningful resources & supports on college campuses to address the growing crisis they see.

    1h 9m
  2. Episode 4 | The Body Heals The Score: Deb's Story

    11/16/2023

    Episode 4 | The Body Heals The Score: Deb's Story

    Three-time cancer survivor & clinical nutrition scholar Deb Kennedy was told she had 2 weeks to live at 26 years old, but has defied the odds for 3 decades. She reflects on how her intuition led her to go against medical advice and decline chemotherapy, instead pursuing integrative approaches that ultimately saved her life.

    56 min
  3. Episode 3 | Daring Greatly: Becca's Story

    11/06/2023

    Episode 3 | Daring Greatly: Becca's Story

    Vermont State Senator Becca White details how her longtime struggles with perfectionism & alcohol abuse came to a head during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, threatening her marriage and her career as a public servant, and how she met that moment with the courage, community & transparency that is the center of her recovery.

    52 min
  4. Episode 2 | A Comedian Walks into A War Zone: Marlon's Story

    10/26/2023

    Episode 2 | A Comedian Walks into A War Zone: Marlon's Story

    Youth worker & single dad Marlon Fisher recounts his experience as a young soldier in Afghanistan during the US surge, how he came to heal his lingering traumatic stress & grief through the art of public storytelling, and how this led him to pursue his passion for stand-up comedy.

    39 min
  5. Episode 1 (Part 2) | The Spirit of the Stairs: Shauna's Story

    10/19/2023

    Episode 1 (Part 2) | The Spirit of the Stairs: Shauna's Story

    In Episode 1, The StateChange Podcast host, psychotherapist & neuroscience consultant Shauna Hill shares her multi-year journey through a "one-in-a-million" cancer, skull tumor & neurosurgery that left her with a very changed brain, body and future in 2016, as a single mom of young twins.

    56 min
  6. Episode 1 (Part 1) | The Spirit of the Stairs: Shauna's Story

    10/11/2023

    Episode 1 (Part 1) | The Spirit of the Stairs: Shauna's Story

    In Episode 1, The StateChange Podcast host, psychotherapist & neuroscience consultant Shauna Hill shares her multi-year journey through a "one-in-a-million" cancer, skull tumor & neurosurgery that left her with a very changed brain, body and future in 2016, as a single mom of young twins.

    1h 30m
  7. Trailer

    08/09/2023

    Trailer

    Stories of extraordinary human resilience & transformation, through life's most painful, unexpected & harrowing left turns.  Hosted by Shauna Hill.  Episode 1 launches October 11, 2023.

    4 min
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The StateChange Podcast brings real human stories of personal resilience & transformation to life through conversations with people from all walks of life who have faced extraordinary adversity, trauma, loss, or emotional struggle, and found their way through to the other side. Each episode features conversations between guests & podcast host Shauna Hill, a career trauma therapist & resilience science expert who shares her own harrowing journey through a rare cancer & neurosurgery as a single working mom in Episode 1. Guests share their "state change stories" and reflect on how they found their way through the most overwhelming experiences of their lives, exploring with Shauna the elements of their personal resilience: What helped? What created change or healing? What made the most difference?

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