Live, Love, Survive,THRIVE! Podcast

About Live, Love, Survive,THRIVE! Podcast

Introducing "Live Love Survive Thrive" with Dr. Kimberly Hubebette! Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey towards a life filled with inspiration, resilience, and personal growth! Join Dr. Kimberly Hubebette, a dentist, widow, author, and inspirational coach, as she guides you through the path of relearning to live, love, survive, and ultimately thrive. In this empowering podcast, Dr. Kimberly Hubebette shares her remarkable insights and experiences, drawing from her own journey of overcoming challenges and finding purpose after her husband, passed away. Through heartfelt conversations, captivating stories, and practical advice, she invites you to explore new possibilities and discover the power within you. "Live Love Survive Thrive" is your go-to resource for unlocking your full potential and embracing life's adventures. Dr. Kimberly Hubebette's unique blend of expertise as a healthcare professional, personal resilience, and compassionate coaching will inspire and motivate you to break free from limitations and create a life that truly resonates with joy, fulfillment, and success. With each episode, Dr. Kimberly Hubebette will ignite your spirit, offering tangible strategies and uplifting guidance to help you navigate life's twists and turns. Whether you're seeking inspiration to overcome obstacles, guidance to heal and grow, or practical tools to thrive in all aspects of life, this podcast is your companion on the journey of transformation. Join the "Live Love Survive Thrive" community today and tap into the wisdom and empowerment you need to turn your dreams into reality. With Dr. Kimberly Hubebette as your guide, you'll discover the courage to embrace life fully, love fiercely, overcome challenges, and thrive beyond your wildest imagination. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to live your best life. Subscribe to "Live Love Survive Thrive" with Dr. Kimberly Hubebette now and unlock a world of inspiration, growth, and limitless possibilities. Remember, your journey starts here, and together, we will THRIVE!

Publisher

Dr. Kimberly Hubenette

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Nov 2025

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Grieving a Child: The Real Work of Finding Purpose After Loss with Leanne Davidson

   "I'm still grieving, I'm still hurting, but I can still put something out there to help other people. I can still include other people in my journey and hope that it helps them in their journey." —Leanne Davidson Grief after losing a child doesn't wait for you to be ready — and neither did Leanne Davidson's. In this episode of Live, Love, Survive, Thrive, host Dr. Kimberly Hubenette sits down with author and grief mentor Leanne Davidson, a retired teacher of 25 years who lost her son Michael to a drug overdose in 2022 after his long struggle with addiction. Leanne opens up about the raw, unedited questions she asked God in the days after his death, and how a private journal turned into two published books and a growing grief ministry. This conversation goes beyond the surface of "healing takes time." Leanne talks candidly about mothering her surviving son through his own grief while carrying her own, the practical chaos that follows a death — banks, belongings, paperwork — and why she believes those logistical moments are where friends and family can offer the most concrete help. She also shares how her Christian faith shaped her devotional Tattered Hearts and Hopeful Souls and her forthcoming book, Mending Hearts and Anchored Souls. This episode is for anyone grieving a child, supporting a friend through loss, or navigating grief and addiction in their own family. • Leanne started writing about her grief roughly four months after Michael's death, and the entries she wrote to process her own pain became the foundation of her first book. • The most useful thing you can do for someone newly grieving is handle a concrete task with them — going to the bank, sorting belongings — because early grief makes logistics nearly impossible to face alone. • Losing a child creates two griefs at once for a parent: mourning the child and watching your other children grieve alongside you. • Leanne's devotional, Tattered Hearts and Hopeful Souls, was built around the specific emotions of grief — loneliness, guilt, anger, and questioning. • Surviving isn't the same as thriving; Leanne defines thriving as living out a purpose of love even while grief is still present. Leanne's message to grieving mothers is simple and direct: you are not alone, and there are others ready to support you. Connect with Dr. Kimberly: Website (https://drkimberlyhubenette.com/) LinkedIn Instagram Facebook YouTube Pinterest Apple Podcast Spotify Episode Highlights: 06:17 Meet Leanne Davidson: Teacher, Author, Grieving Mother 09:13 Turning to God After Michael's Death 11:36 From Grief Journal to Published Author 14:21 Mothering Through Loss While Her Son Grieved Too 18:01 The Practical Side of Grief Nobody Talks About 22:53 Inside Tattered Hearts and Hopeful Souls 25:04 What Live, Love, Survive, Thrive Means fro Leanne 30:01 The Bible Verse Tattooed on Her Arm 32:54 One Message for Every Grieving Mother Resources: Get Leanne's Books 📖 A Beautiful Pain: Reflections from a Mother's Journey of Grief 📖 Tattered Hearts and Hopeful Souls: A Christian Devotional for Grieving Hearts 📖  Mending Hearts and Anchored Souls (COMING SOON!) Get Kim's Books 📖Grid: Once in a Lifetime You Get to Start Over  (https://drkimberlyhubenette.com/book-grid/) 📖Live, Love, Survive, Thrive! Thank you for listening. To keep my podcast alive, Wanna buy my dog Dakota a bone? ☕️https://buymeacoffee.com/livelovesurvivethrive

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   The Silent Pandemic of Grief: The Real Reason Healing Hurts with Doug Lawrence

   "Somebody will be there to help you with your healing journey, but it only starts when you actually come out of that closet and actually ask for help." — Doug Lawrence Grief after losing a spouse doesn't follow a script, and this episode makes that clear from the first minute. Host Dr. Kimberly Hubenette sits down with Doug Lawrence — author, certified grief mentor, and widower — for an unfiltered conversation about what actually happens after the person you built your life with is gone. Doug lost his wife Deborah to cancer after 43 years of marriage. He's since become the only person in the world to hold the Certificate of Practice Journey Mentor from the International Mentoring Community, and he's channeled his own grief into three books, including Grief: The Silent Pandemic. This episode is for anyone rebuilding after loss, supporting someone who is, or quietly wondering whether it's normal to still be struggling months or years later. Doug and Kimberly talk candidly about the practical chaos of loss — relearning bills, chores, and routines a partner used to handle — and the emotional weight of grieving in public. Doug also opens up about remarriage, the moment a medium delivered a message he says was from Deborah, and the line he now lives by: grief exists because love existed first. Key takeaways: • Doug rebuilt his daily life from scratch after 43 years of shared responsibilities, learning to pay bills and manage a household for the first time in his sixties. • He describes reaching out for help as "coming out of the closet" — a phrase he uses deliberately to push men in particular past the stigma of asking for support. • Seven out of eight people in Doug's mentoring practice are women, a pattern he attributes to men being less willing to seek grief support in the first place. • His guiding belief, "grief exists because love existed first," reframes grief not as something broken but as proof of a relationship that mattered. • Doug doesn't rule out remarrying and encourages others not to see moving forward as a betrayal of the person they lost. • Small, consistent self-care — including saying no when he's carrying too much of other people's pain — is what allows him to keep mentoring others through their own grief. If this conversation resonated with you, listen to the full episode for Doug's complete story and subscribe to Live, Love, Survive, Thrive for new episodes every week. Connect with Dr. Kimberly: Website (https://drkimberlyhubenette.com/) LinkedIn Instagram Facebook YouTube Pinterest Apple Podcast Spotify Episode Highlights: 05:16 Meet Doug Lawrence: Certified Grief and Journey Mentor 05:56 The Diagnosis That Changed Everything 06:55 Family, Grief, and Holding It Together 09:43 Relearning Life After 43 Years of Marriage 11:18 How Loss Reshaped Doug's Purpose and Identity 13:10 Advice for Anyone Starting Their Grief Journey 16:21 Inside His Rare Journey Mentor Certification 18:47 On Remarrying and Moving Forward After Loss 26:08 Lessons From Grief: The Silent Pandemic 30:20 Final Takeaway: It's Okay to Ask for Help Resources: Get Doug's Books 📖 Gift of Mentoring 📖You Are Not Alone: Mental Health Mentors Take the Journey with You 📖 Grief: The Silent Pandemic Get Kim's Books 📖Grid: Once in a Lifetime You Get to Start Over (https://drkimberlyhubenette.com/book-grid/) 📖Live, Love, Survive, Thrive! Thank you for listening. To keep my podcast alive, Wanna buy my dog Dakota a bone? ☕️https://buymeacoffee.com/livelovesurvivethrive

3. 

   21 Sept 2026

   Motherhood Without Your Mother: Coping with Grief, Postpartum Anxiety, & Finding Joy Again with Laura Todd

   "Grief does not have a timeline. The intensity and the frequency of it can change, but it will always be there. And so, finding ways to acknowledge it and honor it is an important part of the grief process. And then community— because the only way we truly heal is being in connection with others that make us feel safe and make us feel loved." —Laura Todd Grief after losing a parent doesn't follow a schedule — and therapist Laura Todd knows that better than most. In this episode of Live, Love, Survive, Thrive, Laura sits down with host Dr. Kimberly Hubenette to share what happened after she lost her mother to stage four breast cancer at 24, and how that loss quietly resurfaced years later during her own postpartum period. Laura is a licensed therapist specializing in perinatal, infant, and early childhood mental health, and the founder of Early Bonds Therapy in Silicon Valley. She opened her practice after facing postpartum anxiety and grief while becoming a mother without her own mother by her side. This conversation moves through the sudden hospital diagnosis that gave her family four weeks' notice, the family dynamics that shifted afterward, and the moment a supervisor told her she couldn't keep "treating herself" through grief. It's a conversation for anyone rebuilding identity, family rhythm, or purpose after significant loss — especially those navigating grief and motherhood at the same time. Key takeaways: • Grief resurfaces at life's milestones — weddings, births, birthdays — even years after the loss itself. • A trained therapist can still need her own therapist; expertise doesn't exempt anyone from needing support. • Family roles shift permanently when the "emotional center" of the family is gone, often leaving fathers or partners unsure how to fill that space. • Community — not willpower — is what makes long-term healing possible. • Watching your children inherit a lost parent's traits (a love of dance, a facial expression) can become its own form of connection and healing. • Financial and lifestyle choices can shift permanently after loss, prioritizing present memories over indefinite delay. If this episode resonated with you, listen to the full conversation and subscribe to Live, Love, Survive, Thrive for more real stories on healing, growth, and resilience. Connect with Dr. Kimberly: Website (https://drkimberlyhubenette.com/) LinkedIn Instagram Facebook YouTube Pinterest Apple Podcast Spotify Episode Highlights: 04:32 Meet Laura Todd: Losing Her Mom Too Soon 08:56 How Grief Reshaped Her Family Dynamics 11:37 Her Father's Grief and Finding a New Family Rhythm 20:05 Becoming a Perinatal Therapist After Loss 24:24 The Belief She Had to Let Go of to Heal 26:42 The People Who Carried Her Through Grief 30:49 Seeing Her Mother in Herself and Her Sons 34:51 Her #1 Grief Tip: There Is No Timeline 36:48 A Family Recipe That Keeps Her Mom's Memory Alive Resources: Get Kim's Books 📖Grid: Once in a Lifetime You Get to Start Over (https://drkimberlyhubenette.com/book-grid/) 📖Live, Love, Survive, Thrive! Thank you for listening. To keep my podcast alive, Wanna buy my dog Dakota a bone? ☕️https://buymeacoffee.com/livelovesurvivethrive

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