Healing Through Heartbreak: How to Grow After Goodbye with Daniel Gomez
Live, Love, Survive,THRIVE! Podcast
Release Date: 12/15/2025
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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“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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“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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“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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“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...
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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.
Press play to hear a clear, faith-friendly roadmap for moving from surviving to thriving, then use these takeaways to start small and steady change today.
• How to grieve without getting stuck and why men must be allowed to cry
• Recognizing grief for living people and pets and how to respond
• The difference between self-pity and healthy grieving release
• Practical rituals: celebrating life with three memory prompts
• Faith, prayer, and routine as emotional replenishment
• Choosing legacy over bitterness and reframing the obituary question
• Accept the Upgrade: shifting identity, work, family priorities
• How to get a free 30-minute discovery session with Daniel
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Episode Highlights:
03:34 Facing Grief and Turning Point: Losing Mom and Dad
07:30 The Cost of Bottling Emotions
13:35 Find Your Own Path: Rejecting Comparison and Social Media Pressure
19:12 Learn from the Palm-Tree
24:04 When Loving Someone Means Letting Them Go
29:34 Accept the Upgrade
34:44 How to Support Someone Grieving
37:18 How Will Your Obituary Read?
Resources:
Books
📖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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