Bonus Episode: The Life Shift Podcast with Matt Gilhooly

[00:00:00] And it surprised me. That's the thing. That's the thing. She just needed a big hug and to know she wasn't alone. This is the life shift podcast. I'm Matt Gilhouli and on the Life Shift I have candid conversations with people about the pivotal moments that have changed their lives forever. I would literally just say I love you. [00:00:18] Those words alone would probably make my younger self like, look at me like I'm crazy. I would just say love know I love you, man. That's it. As simple as that. Straight up honest with you. I would tell past Christina, cut your hair, do whatever you want to do to your body. It does not matter because it is your body. It does not impact anyone else and you will still be the person you want to be. 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're not alone. I didn't know that I deserved it. I didn't know that I could have better. I didn't know that I was worth more. That's such an important point, that being in a place where I was low, just no other way to put it, very low, depressed in that six month period. I would say that now as a result of being in that place, I'm able to be a little more empathetic and understanding. When someone comes to the table and they're a little bit down, I'd be like, girl, just buy some hair, stick it on your head and rock it. You're going to be awesome. No matter how you look, no matter if you have one strand of hair on your head or a big thick head of hair, it doesn't matter. The Life Shift podcast highlights life altering moments and humanizes the struggles and the triumphs through them all. And I can tell you that at the end of the day, when something is hard on us at the station, we're all different people. But we sit down as one and we look at each other and we cry and we laugh and we go through whatever emotion we have to go through to get through the calls that we had to see because we realized the importance. We tend to get attached to the worst version of ourself because it's comfortable and we do have a best version of ourselves that is available for us if we do the work. So I would say that to her, you're going to be okay, but don't get attached to this bad version of yourself. Please subscribe to the Life Shift podcast on your favorite podcast platform and listen to a new episode every Tuesday morning. You're very kind to the past versions of people, understanding that that was what you knew at the time. It took me a long time to come to that awareness and to not be mad at that version of me.