Feb. 24, 2026

"Harder to kill"

"Harder to kill"
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"Harder to kill"
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Identity After Trauma, Brain Cancer, and the Science of Resilience.
What happens when a brain tumor fractures the identity you’ve built your life around?

In this episode of Something Shifted, Sean Loots explores identity after trauma through the story of Conn, a high-performing creative director whose life split into before and after at age 36.

What began as subtle slurred speech and six-second headaches became emergency brain surgery and a rare diagnosis: medulloblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer usually found in children under five.

Within hours, Conn was signing a form warning he might wake up blind, deaf, or not wake up at all.

This is the moment identity fractures.

Listen to the Something Shifted: The Soundtrack on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2PGntgE4y6RG6wxTxUqgJI?si=CA9uGd2wRRaKQOpJ8-VrmQ Listen to Something Shifted: The Soundtrack on Spotify

00:00 - Identity After Interruption

03:47 - The Bertish Brothers

07:50 - The First Signs

10:25 - Brain Tumor Diagnosis

15:35 - 4.5 Things

19:17 - Taking the Lead

27:04 - Harder To Kill