What does it take to build something extraordinary, find your purpose or become someone different from the person you once were?

What does it take to walk away from a sure thing, start from nothing, or rebuild after losing everything?

This Season Two highlights episode brings together five of the most revealing moments from Shift Happens with Richard Sutton:

• Adrian Gore, founder and CEO of Discovery, on why chaos hides opportunity, how loss aversion turns a noble goal into relentless hard work, and why he left a rising career at 26 to build something new.

• Ntsiki Biyela, winemaker and founder of Aslina Wines, on a stack of bursary rejections, an unexpected scholarship, and a first day at Stellenbosch where she understood none of the language.

• Tarryn Tomlinson, founder of LiveABLE and Able2Travel, on climbing Kilimanjaro with rheumatoid arthritis, learning to ask for help, and being carried through a storm by guides she'd only just met.

• Magda Wierzycka, founder and CEO of Sygnia, on the high-stakes decisions behind the 2017 email leaks, and why she's spoken so little about them.

• Thulani "DJ Fosta" Headman, on the day of his sentencing, the double life that led there, and how music became the identity he chose next.

This is not simply about success. It is about the choices, setbacks, shifts in perspective and acts of courage that make growth possible.

Listen and reflect on the moments that have shaped your own journey.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Cold open: hard work, purpose and loss aversion
00:49 Welcome to Shift Happens
01:17 Adrian Gore: ambition vs. curiosity
03:03 Leaving a rising career to start Discovery
07:01 Why chaos creates opportunity
07:54 Ntsiki Biyela: a university dream, a bursary for wine
11:02 Day one at Stellenbosch
14:18 Tarryn Tomlinson: climbing Kilimanjaro
16:43 Carried through the storm
18:16 Learning to ask for help
19:51 Magda Wierzycka: the call, the emails, the flight
26:38 DJ Fosta: sentencing and the first days inside
29:59 Living a double life
31:01 Can prison become your identity?
32:57 Credits

ABOUT SHIFT HAPPENS
Shift Happens with Richard Sutton explores transformation, growth and human performance through honest conversations with people who have navigated extraordinary pressure, adversity and change.

Richard Sutton is the founder and CEO of SuttonHealth and The Performance Code, and an expert in stress management, resilience and human performance. He is the author of The Stress Code, Stressproof: The Game Plan, and Shift Happens.

WATCH AND FOLLOW
Watch the full conversations on YouTube, and subscribe for more with people who have navigated extraordinary pressure, adversity and change:
https://www.youtube.com/@ShiftHappensWithRichardSutton

Buy Richard's books:
https://www.panmacmillan.co.za/authors/richard-sutton/116364

Follow Richard
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realrichardsutton/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-sutton-thrive/

Shift Happens is a First Light and Prime Media collaboration. Produced by Grant Jensen and Kaylee Kruser. Filmed by Stephen Philipson.

What does it take to build something extraordinary, find your purpose or become someone different from the person you once were?
What does it take to walk away from a sure thing, start from nothing, or rebuild after losing everything?
This Season Two highlights episode brings together five of the most revealing moments from Shift Happens with Richard Sutton:
&bull; Adrian Gore, founder and CEO of Discovery, on why chaos hides opportunity, how loss aversion turns a noble goal into relentless hard work, and why he left a rising career at 26 to build something new.
&bull; Ntsiki Biyela, winemaker and founder of Aslina Wines, on a stack of bursary rejections, an unexpected scholarship, and a first day at Stellenbosch where she understood none of the language.
&bull; Tarryn Tomlinson, founder of LiveABLE and Able2Travel, on climbing Kilimanjaro with rheumatoid arthritis, learning to ask for help, and being carried through a storm by guides she'd only just met.
&bull; Magda Wierzycka, founder and CEO of Sygnia, on the high-stakes decisions behind the 2017 email leaks, and why she's spoken so little about them.
&bull; Thulani "DJ Fosta" Headman, on the day of his sentencing, the double life that led there, and how music became the identity he chose next.
This is not simply about success. It is about the choices, setbacks, shifts in perspective and acts of courage that make growth possible.
Listen and reflect on the moments that have shaped your own journey.
CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open: hard work, purpose and loss aversion 00:49 Welcome to Shift Happens 01:17 Adrian Gore: ambition vs. curiosity 03:03 Leaving a rising career to start Discovery 07:01 Why chaos creates opportunity 07:54 Ntsiki Biyela: a university dream, a bursary for wine 11:02 Day one at Stellenbosch 14:18 Tarryn Tomlinson: climbing Kilimanjaro 16:43 Carried through the storm 18:16 Learning to ask for help 19:51 Magda Wierzycka: the call, the emails, the flight 26:38 DJ Fosta: sentencing and the first days inside 29:59 Living a double life 31:01 Can prison become your identity? 32:57 Credits
ABOUT SHIFT HAPPENS Shift Happens with Richard Sutton explores transformation, growth and human performance through honest conversations with people who have navigated extraordinary pressure, adversity and change.
Richard Sutton is the founder and CEO of SuttonHealth and The Performance Code, and an expert in stress management, resilience and human performance. He is the author of The Stress Code, Stressproof: The Game Plan, and Shift Happens.
WATCH AND FOLLOW Watch the full conversations on YouTube, and subscribe for more with people who have navigated extraordinary pressure, adversity and change: https://www.youtube.com/@ShiftHappensWithRichardSutton
Buy Richard's books: https://www.panmacmillan.co.za/authors/richard-sutton/116364
Follow Richard Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realrichardsutton/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-sutton-thrive/
Shift Happens is a First Light and Prime Media collaboration. Produced by Grant Jensen and Kaylee Kruser. Filmed by Stephen Philipson.

Life doesn’t always give you a warning before everything changes.

A job. A relationship. A dream. Even the person you thought you were.

One moment, everything feels familiar. The next, you’re figuring out what comes after.

Shift Happens with Richard Sutton returns for Season 2 with more honest conversations about change, uncertainty, starting over and finding your way forward.

No perfect answers. No pretending. Just real people, real stories and the reminder that whatever shift you’re going through you’re not alone.

Season 2 is here.

Watch & listen on primediaplus.com, the Primedia+ app, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Life doesn&rsquo;t always give you a warning before everything changes.
A job. A relationship. A dream. Even the person you thought you were.
One moment, everything feels familiar. The next, you&rsquo;re figuring out what comes after.
Shift Happens with Richard Sutton returns for Season 2 with more honest conversations about change, uncertainty, starting over and finding your way forward.
No perfect answers. No pretending. Just real people, real stories and the reminder that whatever shift you&rsquo;re going through you&rsquo;re not alone.
Season 2 is here.
Watch &amp; listen on primediaplus.com, the Primedia+ app, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Shift Happens with Richard Sutton 

Shift Happens with Richard Sutton is a podcast about transformation, elevation, and becoming the best version of yourself.

Through people’s stories, we explore what happens when life applies pressure, when things change, and when doubt or failure forces a shift. These are honest conversations about the moments that shape us, and what we can learn from them.

This is not about perfect stories. It’s about real ones, and the small, often unseen shifts that change everything. This podcast is a tool to help you learn through the experiences of others, and navigate your own.

Richard Sutton is the founder and CEO of SuttonHealth and The Performance Code, and a global expert in stress management, resilience, and human performance. He is the author of The Stress Code, Stressproof – The Game Plan, and Shift Happens, which distils 25 years of science and lived experience into practical ways to work with stress, burnout, and self-doubt.

Watch/Listen on primediaplus.com, the Primedia+ app, Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

Shift Happens with Richard Sutton is a podcast about transformation, elevation, and becoming the best version of yourself.
Through people&rsquo;s stories, we explore what happens when life applies pressure, when things change, and when doubt or failure forces a shift. These are honest conversations about the moments that shape us, and what we can learn from them.
This is not about perfect stories. It&rsquo;s about real ones, and the small, often unseen shifts that change everything. This podcast is a tool to help you learn through the experiences of others, and navigate your own.
Richard Sutton is the founder and CEO of SuttonHealth and The Performance Code, and a global expert in stress management, resilience, and human performance. He is the author of The Stress Code, Stressproof &ndash; The Game Plan, and Shift Happens, which distils 25 years of science and lived experience into practical ways to work with stress, burnout, and self-doubt.
Watch/Listen on primediaplus.com, the Primedia+ app, Spotify &amp; Apple Podcasts.

Shift Happens 

Power Moments: five lives, five shifts. Adrian Gore, Ntsiki Biyela, Tarryn Tomlinson, Magda Wierzycka and DJ Fosta on walking away, starting again and becoming someone new.

Power Moments: The shifts that stayed with us

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/5dcefa8e-00a9-4595-8ce1-a4ab0080f142/clips/253d7fe9-143d-40f9-aeb9-b4f100ed6d58/transcript