Send us a textGrief specialist Ligia Houben shares powerful insights about common misconceptions surrounding grief, revealing how it extends beyond death to include divorce, job loss, health changes, and even lost security. This enlightening conversation explores the 11 principles of transformation that guide people from pain to healing with practical tools and compassionate understanding.• Thanatology is the study of death and dying in a society that often avoids these topics• Grief manifests beyond death—through divorce, job loss, health challenges, and lost security• Modern society has created distance from death, transforming it from a home-based family experience to a clinical process• Cultural approaches to death vary widely, with examples like Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations• The 11 principles of transformation include accepting loss, living your grief, developing spiritual dimensions, and modifying thoughts• Creating meaningful rituals helps process grief, like memory boxes at family gatherings• Grief follows no timeline—we don't "get over it" but learn to integrate it into our lives• Changing our thoughts about loss can profoundly impact our emotional experience• Opening our hearts to mortality helps us prioritize love and meaningful connectionsCheck out Ligia Houben podcast "Transforming Grief" available in both English and Spanish on all major platforms, and visit her website at ligiahouben.com to learn more about her work and books.Get ready to break free from obstacles and live life on your terms! Are you readdy to create and design your best life?If so, click the link here. To make sure you never miss an episode, make sure you subscribe to the podcast and head on over to www.cassandracrawley.com and join our mailing list. Support the show Are you ready to create and design your best life on your terms? If so, click here and schedule a complimentary discovery call with Cassandra. https://www.cassandracrawley.com/discovery-call If this podcast helped you rethink whether you are living your best life on your terms, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review to help more women find it. To get a copy of my debut book, "Is Your Way in Your Way", visit https://www.cassandracrawley.com/book To get a copy of my brand-new book, "Is Your Way In Your Way", visit https://www.cassandracrawley.com/book Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cassandracrawleymayo Website: https://www.cassandracrawley.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cassandra_crawleymayo/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassandracrawley/ YouTube: https://cassandracrawleymayo x: https://www.tiktok.com/

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