Life After Loss: How to Rebuild Without Overwhelm
Live, Love, Survive,THRIVE! Podcast
Release Date: 11/17/2025
Healing Through Heartbreak: How to Grow After Goodbye with Daniel Gomez
Live, Love, Survive,THRIVE! Podcast
“You can never care and love too much, so I've allowed myself to care and love even more in this new season of my life.” —Daniel Gomez Loss reshapes identity, and nobody comes out unchanged. In this episode, we name the hard parts of grief and show a path from raw pain to purposeful living that holds space for anger, tears, and faith. Daniel Gomez shares how losing parents and siblings led to a crisis that became a calling to help others reclaim value, purpose, and joy. His story shows how grieving honestly and accepting spiritual and practical supports creates lasting resilience....
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Recover and Reconnect: How Dogs Can Lead Your Next Chapter with Troy McDaniel
Live, Love, Survive,THRIVE! Podcast
“We're all different. We're all unique in our own ways. And it's the same thing with dogs.” —Troy McDaniel A heavy season can pull energy down fast, especially when loss changes the rhythm of a home. Many of us try holding everything together while the world keeps moving, and it can feel impossible to rebuild any sense of calm. This conversation opens a path toward structure, healing, and small wins that help life feel steady again. Troy McDaniel shares how losing his grandmother pushed him to step into the work she always believed he could do. His story moves from a prison...
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Life After Loss: How to Rebuild Without Overwhelm
Live, Love, Survive,THRIVE! Podcast
“You don't have to be strong all of the time. You just have to be real every time you show up for yourself. Even when it's hard, you're choosing to live more and live fully.” —Dr. Kimberly Hubenette Some mornings, the heaviest thing isn’t what’s on your calendar—it’s the thought of facing the day at all. When loss or pressure piles up, even simple tasks can feel like climbing a mountain. The truth is, healing doesn’t happen by forcing yourself to be “fine.” It starts by allowing yourself to be real, messy, and still moving forward. After losing her husband in...
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Does Death Suck? Yes, 100% it Does! with Rosie Matus Carillo
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“Nothing feels good about [death], and nothing can make you feel better about it. It's just something you live with every day of your life. You improve your life around it, but it's still there.” —Rosie Matus Carillo Loss hits in waves that don’t follow rules, and some days the weight shows up without warning. There’s a strange mix of heartbreak and grit that comes with carrying memories while trying to keep your own life standing. The truth lands hard, but real — you learn to live around the pain, not past it. In this episode, Rosie Matus Carrillo, Kim’s lifelong best...
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Live, Love, Survive, Thrive! — The Podcast
Live, Love, Survive,THRIVE! Podcast
“Showing up for yourself is the first step toward thriving.” —Dr. Kimberly Hubenette Welcome to the very first episode of Live, Love, Survive, Thrive! This podcast is about real life— the hard parts, the healing, and the hope we find when we choose to keep moving forward. When loss turns your world upside down, it can feel like you’ll never breathe the same way again. But, healing isn’t about “moving on”— it’s about learning to carry love and loss side by side, while still saying ‘yes’ to life. That shift doesn’t erase the pain, but it...
info_outline“You don't have to be strong all of the time. You just have to be real every time you show up for yourself. Even when it's hard, you're choosing to live more and live fully.” —Dr. Kimberly Hubenette
Some mornings, the heaviest thing isn’t what’s on your calendar—it’s the thought of facing the day at all. When loss or pressure piles up, even simple tasks can feel like climbing a mountain. The truth is, healing doesn’t happen by forcing yourself to be “fine.” It starts by allowing yourself to be real, messy, and still moving forward.
After losing her husband in 2019, Dr. Kimberly found herself in the depths of loss while still running a busy dental practice and holding life together. Through that season, she leaned on a mindset of constant growth and created practical tools to sort priorities, ease overwhelm, and slowly rebuild life with purpose.
Press play to learn how to stop drowning in to-dos, start breathing again, and rebuild a life that feels lighter, fuller, and actually yours.
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Episode Highlights:
03:15 Facing the Loss
05:54 The Rock, Water, and Sand Method
09:22 The Power of Intentional Breathing
12:42 How to Live Life Again
15:30 30-Day Live, Love, Survive, Thrive Challenge
Resources:
📖Grid: Once in a Lifetime You Get to Start Over by Dr. Kimberly Hubenette
📖Live, Love, Survive, Thrive! by Dr. Kimberly Hubenette (COMING SOON)
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