Plot Synopsis

IN DEEP SHIFT WITH JONAS ELROD is a half-hour series that features an in-depth look at real-life stories of love, loss and redemption -- from the breakdown to breakthrough and transformation -- as told by filmmaker Jonas Elrod, who experienced his own breakdown and breakthrough years ago. Now, after having his world turned upside down, he sets out to uncover other people's experiences of extraordinary deep shifts when their lives were changed forever. Each 30-minute episode highlights a different person, including: Mary Neal, an accomplished orthopaedic spine surgeon, who had a near death experience and lived to tell her story of hope and purpose; Jen Larsen, who battled obesity her whole life, but when she shed almost 200 pounds, she still could not overcome feelings of inadequacy, fear and anxiety; Amanda Lindgren, who survived a horrific mass shooting in a Colorado movie theatre in 2012, because her boyfriend died that night saving her life; and many more people who with life-changing stories. OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network first aired IN DEEP SHIFT WITH JONAS ELROD as one-hour episode of SUPER SOUL SUNDAY on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at Noon ET/PT.
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On Sunday, March 29, 2015 at Noon ET/PT, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network premiered the season finale of IN DEEP SHIFT. The season ender, featuring Alanis Morissette, reveals how the singer/songwriter turned inward at the height of her career and renewed her faith. Morissette was catapulted to international fame at the age of 21 with the release of her multiplatinum U.S. debut album, Jagged Little Pill, with over 33 million copies sold worldwide. However, she retreated from the public eye at the height of her career because of the intense pressure from a grueling 18-month tour around the globe. With unshakable feelings of anxiety, depression and loneliness, Alanis took a trip to India, where she learned about the importance of meditation and self-awareness. That trip was Alanis' breakthrough moment. "One of the biggest moments ... of connection was in India, for sure. It was the first time that I got really, really, really, really quiet, because I had always been in semichaotic environments," she says "I think because spirituality is such a throughline to their entire culture; it was very validating for me. Because I've always thought of myself as a little God girl, but I would always hide it or joke about it or, you know, just keep it to myself, basically. But in India, that's just very normal."