The StateChange Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.