Why this exists

I'm Matt. I've been listening for a while now.

I started The Life Shift Podcast in 2022 as a graduate school project, because I was trying to understand my own line in the sand and thought I might find it faster by asking other people about theirs. Hundreds of conversations later, I'm still asking.

Still Here is the book that came out of those conversations, over a hundred moments, one per person, no backstory and no resolution, just the instant itself. This site is an extension of that same idea: a wall where anyone can leave their own line, and a framework, SHIFTS, for walking through what a moment like that actually asks of you.

I'm also writing a second book, a memoir built around SHIFTS itself. That one's still in progress.