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Beautiful Shifts Podcast Honest conversations on life’s transitions & shifts.

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04/02/2025

The Other Side: Overcoming He**in Addiction, Trauma, and Finding Hope (Part 2) with Dylan Gibson

In the second half of this powerful two-part series, we pick up where Dylan’s story takes a pivotal turn. After years of addiction, crime, and incarceration, Dylan faced a life sentence - until he made a decision that changed everything. Encouraged by the unwavering belief of his grandmother, he took a leap of faith and joined The Other Side Academy. Through accountability and the support of a community that refused to give up on him, Dylan committed to rebuilding his life with integrity and purpose. Now a staff member at TOSA, Dylan is paying it forward, helping others find the same hope and transformation that saved him.

Join us as we explore the moment Dylan chose to change, the struggles and victories of his journey, and the life he has built on the other side. The is a story of second chances, resilience, and the power of choosing a new path.

🎧Listen here: https://linktr.ee/beautifulshifts_podcast

Find Dylan on Instagram

Find The Other Side Academy and online at www.theothersideacademy.com.

28/01/2025

The Other Side: Overcoming He**in Addiction, Trauma, and Finding Hope (Part I) with Dylan Gibson - Out Today!

Dylan Gibson’s life spiraled from a childhood marked by trauma leading to years of drug addiction, crime, incarceration, and despair. In this first episode of a two-part series, we follow his journey from a turbulent upbringing and struggles with he**in dependency to rock bottom - when an unexpected act of love from a stranger and the unwavering belief of a family member spark hope. This pivotal moment leads him to The Other Side Academy, setting him on a life-changing path.

Join us for the first half of this raw, inspiring story of resilience, redemption, and the power of connection and second chances.

🎧Listen anywhere podcasts are available. Links to listen in our bio & stories!

*Episode trigger warning - childhood trauma and abuse

Find Dylan on Instagram

Find The Other Side Academy and online at www.theothersideacademy.com.

21/01/2025

Lindsay Staples on Life Transitions, Teaching, and Mental Wellness - out now!

🎧Listen here: https://linktr.ee/beautifulshifts_podcast

In this episode, our guest Lindsay Staples (one of Lindsay’s closest friends!) shares her experiences moving and living in various parts of the country, being an elementary school teacher in Harlem, New York, and the lessons she learned along the way, including how these experiences shaped her approach to life. From navigating major life transitions like becoming a mom to working in crisis prevention for mental health, Lindsay offers practical insights and tools to prioritize mental wellness. We discuss talking to kids about mental health and destigmatizing surrounding conversations, the importance of addressing suicidal thoughts without fear, strategies for building mental strength, and being intentional about well-being.

Thanks again to Lindsay for sharing her valuable insights and experiences in today’s episode! 🤍

You can find Lindsay on Instagram and contact her with mental health coaching questions/needs at [email protected]

20/01/2025

Happy MLK Day 🤍

14/01/2025

Ellen Young on Going Through Cancer at a Young Age, Finding Strength and Acceptance, and Building a Life Abroad - Out Now!

Today we talk with Ellen Young about her journey through several major transitions. From going through cancer as a young teenager and living with a resulting disability to studying women’s studies in college, to navigating cultural and personal shifts including marrying young, going through a divorce, and leaving the LDS church, Ellen shares how these experiences shaped her life and how she came to a place of acceptance a growth. Ellen reflects on how traveling abroad helped her find herself again, how she has built a life abroad, and how she learned to embrace her story and the challenges and unexpected beauty found in life’s transitions.

We loved this thoughtful conversation about resilience, identity, and growth through life’s turns and are honored Ellen joined us to share her story.

🎧Listen here: https://linktr.ee/beautifulshifts_podcast

Find Ellen on Instagram .ey

07/01/2025

Overcoming Self Doubt and Embracing Growth for the New Year with Brandie Paterakis - out today!

We’re kicking off the New Year with a good one! Brandie shares her journey of overcoming self-doubt to reach her goal of becoming a therapist and offers insights on self-esteem, radical acceptance, and navigating life transitions. We discuss embracing personal growth, avoiding common goal-setting and mindset traps, and finding humor along the way. Brandie’s perspective is an inspiring and uplifting start to 2025!

🎧listen here: https://linktr.ee/beautifulshifts_podcast

Find Brandie and her clinic, Blue Bee Counseling, on Instagram and at bluebeecs.com.

06/01/2025

After a few weeks off we’re ready & excited to get back to the podcast! Watch for our New Years episode coming out tomorrow ✨🎙️🤍

01/01/2025

Happy New Year to you all! 🎉 Wishing you a fresh start and lots of joy in 2025 🤍

We can’t wait to bring you more stories and conversations on the podcast this year. Thank you for being here and joining along with us! 🫶

31/12/2024

As 2024 comes to a close, we want to say a huge thank you to our guests who joined us for Season 3 of the podcast in 2024! We’re so grateful for your stories, wisdom and vulnerability - an amazing group of people all around 🤍.

We’re looking forward to 2025 and many more great conversations ahead!

#2024

12/12/2024

🌟 In this week’s episode, we’re honored to re-share our interview with the late Don Ward, a beloved teacher and humanitarian whose life of service continues to inspire. Don reflected on how giving back impacts lives—both for those we serve and for ourselves—reminding us that purpose and connection can be found at any stage of life.

✨ Tune in to hear Don’s inspiring story of service and compassion.

🎧 Listen now via the link in our bio!

10/12/2024

Honoring Don Ward: A Life of Teaching, Service, and Compassion

Today, we’re honored to share a special re-release of our conversation with the late Don Ward, a beloved teacher and lifelong advocate for Utah’s refugee community. Known as “everyone’s favorite teacher,” Mr. Ward taught for 35 years at Jordan and Alta High Schools in Sandy, Utah, and spent the last 15 years supporting refugees through the Ward Foundation, a nonprofit he established through his efforts and connections with former students to provide aid and support for Utah’s refugees.

In this episode, Don shares his inspiring story - from his teaching career and cancer diagnosis to his incredible work with refugees - and the profound impact it had on his life and those around him. We’re so grateful for the chance to share his legacy of service and compassion for others.

🎧Listen wherever your get your podcasts. Links to listen in our bio & stories!

Learn more about the Ward Foundation and how to get involved at donwardfoundation.org and on Instagram .

08/12/2024

In this week’s episode Beth Young shared about finding beauty in the moment and showing love and support to those who need it most.

✨ We loved this reminder to embrace the present and spread kindness in your own way.

🎧 Listen to the full episode at the link in our bio!

03/12/2024

Continuing a Legacy of Compassion: Supporting Those Experiencing Homelessness with Beth Young

In this episode, we meet Beth Young, an inspiring woman who has dedicated her life to compassion and service. Drawing on her family’s legacy of helping others, Beth has made it her mission to support those experiencing homelessness. From her socially conscious upbringing to her service in the U.S. Army, Beth shares how these experiences shaped her life leading to a passion for advocacy. Settled in Utah, Beth actively serves those experiencing homelessness while cherishing her role as a wife, mother, and grandmother. Tune in to be inspired by her wisdom and commitment to making a difference.

🎧Available wherever you get your podcasts. Links to listen here: https://linktr.ee/beautifulshifts_podcast

Learn more about ways to get involved in helping those experiencing homelessness below (as suggested by Beth in this episode):

Circles USA - Building Community to End Poverty

Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project

26/11/2024

Some gratitude thoughts we’ve come across lately 🫶. Happy Thanksgiving week! Our gratitude episode is out today 🧡 listen here: https://linktr.ee/beautifulshifts_podcast

20/11/2024

Greg sharing about the importance of connection and community when going through life transitions in this week’s episode - LDS Faith Transition from a Therapist’s Perspective with Greg Smart.

🎧Listen to the episode at the links in our bio & stories. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

19/11/2024

LDS Faith Transition from a Therapist’s Perspective with Greg Smart - out now!

Greg is a husband and father and recently graduated with a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling. Today he shares about several life transitions in his life focusing on his LDS faith transition. He gives valuable insight from a therapist’s perspective for those going through faith transitions, those actively participating in their belief systems, and those seeking to understand others. He also gives tips for having difficult conversations surrounding this topic.

Greg is very wise and thoughtful and we’re so glad we were able to have this conversation with him to help us wrap up our current faith series. He is a practicing therapist in Arizona and will becoming licensed in Utah in the near future. Thank you, Greg, for joining us and sharing your story!

🎧Available wherever you get your podcasts. Listen here: https://linktr.ee/beautifulshifts_podcast

15/11/2024

We really loved these thoughts shared with us in this week’s episode. And we’re so glad to hear this conversation has been helpful and resonated with so many of you! Mason is such a great person and we’re so grateful he came on our podcast to share his faith transition story 🤍.

Ep. 90 - Leaving the LDS Church and Facing Trauma, Loss and Grief without Religion with Mason Sawyer

🎧Available wherever you get your podcasts. Links to listen in our bio & stories.

12/11/2024

Leaving the LDS Church and Facing Trauma, Loss and Grief without Religion with Mason Sawyer

Mason Sawyer is a devoted father, public speaker, and host of the 10Ninety podcast. In July 2021 Mason lost his wife, son, daughter, brother, and nephew to a tragic car accident. Mason was on our podcast previously (July 30, 2024) to share about what he has been through and how he began podcasting and sharing his story to help and connect with others. Today Mason joins us as part of our faith series to share about his LDS faith transition, leaving the LDS church, and his thoughts on belief and religion while facing loss and grief. Mason goes in-depth with details of his loss of belief in the LDS church, and shares thoughts on the power of honesty and human connection, and is as vulnerable and honest as he is funny and relatable.

We’re so appreciative of Mason for having this conversation with us and have so much admiration for the purpose he has found in all he’s doing to help others.

Find Mason on Instagram and his podcast , which centers around his favorite quote, “Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent what you do about it.”

🎧Available wherever you get your podcasts. Links to listen here: https://linktr.ee/beautifulshifts_podcast

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On the other side of years of struggle with addiction and incarceration, Dylan finds beauty in relationships, the work he does helping others transition to a better life, and so much more. Dylan reminds us that life is too short not to seek out ways to find beauty in it 🌿✨ Thank you Dylan for this incredible two part series we’ve had with you these past two weeks and the opportunity we’ve had to learn from you and your experiences 🙏 🎧Listen to Dylan’s story - The Other Side: Overcoming Heroin Addiction, Trauma, and Finding Hope with Dylan Gibson - links in our bio & stories! #podcast #overcoming #findinghope

💡The moment everything changed for Dylan💡 After years of addiction and prison, Dylan had lost all hope - until two people extended him unconditional love and refused to give up on him. For the first time, he picked up The Other Side Academy brochure. “I opened the brochure and actually read it this time - with intention. I got chills, and I just knew…this was the answer.” 🎧Episode 99 - The Other Side: Overcoming Heroin Addiction, Trauma, and Finding Hope (Part I) with Dylan Gibson Listen at the link in our bio & stories! #podcast #secondchances #overcomingaddiction #theotherside #beautifulshiftspodcast

The importance of being there for each other… you are not alone ❤️ Our guest this week, Lindsay Staples, sharing about the invaluable work she and her co-workers do answering calls of those in crisis. We’re so grateful for people like her doing this important work saving lives and showing us how to respond to people going through mental health challenges. ***Help is available - call 988 for the suicide & crisis lifeline. Make sure to talk to your friends & family about the crisis line and how it is available to anyone, anytime, and that we are not alone ❤️ 🎧Listen to the full conversation at the link in our stories & bio #podcast #mentalhealth #crisisprevention #suicideprevention #youarenotalone

Being human is meant to be a journey 🤍 We loved our conversation this week with Ellen and loved how she shared about reflecting on what we’ve learned from our experiences, accepting the joy, awe, and relief, and that these are all parts of the human experience. 🎧Listen to the full episode: Ellen Young on Going Through Cancer at a Young Age, Finding Strength and Acceptance, and Building a Life Abroad - links to listen in our bio & stories! #podcast #podcastepisode #lifetransitions #humanexperience #journey #beautifulshiftspodcast

2024 Highlights & Happy Holidays! ✨ In this week’s episode, we reflect on the guests we’ve had in December - people who look outward, give back to the community, and remind us of the good happening in the world. We share some highlights from Season 3 of 2024 and the amazing guests we’ve had on the podcast, and some recent personal highlights. Thank you for being part of our podcast community and for continuing to listen and support us! We are grateful for you all and wish you a joyful and peaceful holiday season 🎄❤️ #Podcast #PodcastHighlights #2024WrapUp #Inspiringstories #BeautifulShiftsPodcast #HappyHolidays

A clip from this week’s episode with Don Ward reflecting on his work with refugees and how it was as impactful for him as it was for them ❤️ We loved revisiting this heartwarming and inspiring conversation this week, and grateful for all the lives Don Ward touched and his example of love and service. Listen to the full conversation at the links in our bio & stories! #PodcastGuest #HumanitarianAid #Service #Love #BeautifulShiftsPodcast

🌟 Just Be Here Now ❤️ We loved hearing Beth’s heartfelt thoughts and inspiring perspective in this week’s episode! She opens up about her incredible work serving and advocating for the homeless community in Salt Lake City and Davis County, Utah. 🎧 Listen to her episode: Continuing a Legacy of Compassion: Supporting Those Experiencing Homelessness with Beth Young ✨ Links to listen are in our bio and stories! ❤️ #CompassionInAction #PodcastEpisode #HomelessnessAdvocacy #ServingOthers #Inspiration #PodcastCommunity

This week we continue with our tradition of having a gratitude episode Thanksgiving week, sharing a few thoughts on gratitude and revisiting a past episode. Speaking of gratitude, we’re so grateful for all of you! Those who continue listening and supporting the podcast, those that are new here, and especially for our amazing guests who so beautifully and vulnerably share their stories, making this podcast possible 🫶. We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving (and Wicked!💚💖) weekend! 🧡 #podcast #gratitude #thanksgiving #newepisode #beautifulshiftspodcast

“Clarity is kindness” 🤍 We loved these thoughts Greg shared on communication and having difficult conversations, and that being clear is being kind. Thanks again, Greg, for being on the podcast this week and sharing your story and wisdom with us. @greghsmart 🎧Listen to Greg’s episode at the link in our bio & stories - LDS Faith Transition from a Therapist’s Perspective with Greg Smart #podcast #reel #communication #kindness #beautifulshiftspodcast

Talking Inside Out and how going though difficult emotions is what can get us to the other side 💕 We loved this vulnerable, heartfelt conversation with Katie in this week’s episode and appreciate her sharing her experiences and insights on feelings and emotions. Ep. 89: Loosing a Sister, Addiction Recovery, Faith Doubts, and Finding Comfort in the LDS Faith with Katie Cornia @bluffdalegoldens #podcast #emotions #insideout #conversation #beautifulshiftspodcast

We loved Tova’s thoughts on giving kids the knowledge and power to choose their paths for themselves in our conversation with her this week. This was such a thoughtful, rich conversation and we loved hearing Tova’s perspectives. 🎧Listen to the full episode: Leaving Orthodox Judaism, a Marriage, and Finding Peace on the Other Side with Tova Mirvis - links in our bio & stories. @tovamirvis #podcast #conversation #reel #parenting #livingauthentically #beautifulshiftspodcast

Stan sharing about the process of stretching and growing in his journey of becoming a progressive Christian pastor in this week’s episode. He shares so many profound thoughts and experiences in this moving conversation. 🎧Listen to the episode at the links in our bio & stories. Available to listen on all podcast platforms. @pastorstanmitchell #podcast #expanding #inclusion #growth #progressivechristianity #love #beautifulshiftspodcast

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