Healing Through the Veil

Episode 14 marks the closing chapter of this first series of Healing Through the Veil. In this final episode, Cristina reflects on the quiet moment when memories begin to carry more love than pain. The shift is subtle. One day, you say their name, and your chest remains open. You laugh, and it surprises you. Something inside has softened. Drawing on the teachings of grief educator David Kessler an...

There is a common belief in grief that the first year is the hardest — and that once you cross that one-year mark, something should ease. But what if the first year is not an ending…  but a doorway? In this episode, Cristina reflects on approaching and crossing the first anniversary after loss, not as a moment of relief, but as a moment of clarity. She explores: How the body keeps time before the...

Episode 12, Rejoining Life explores what it truly means to return to the world after profound loss. This episode is not about being ready, healed, or whole. It is about participation before clarity, movement before confidence, and showing up even when the heart still feels tender. Cristina shares her lived experience of single parenting, difficult decisions, holidays carried through duty rather th...

Healing does not move in straight lines. It moves in waves. After insight, after breakthroughs, after courage, there is always a quieter phase, the one where the body catches up, the soul exhales, and the old layers begin to fall away. This episode is the closing of The Inner Crossing trilogy. A pause. A breath. A moment of integration. If you’ve been feeling low, tender, tired, or confused after...

After loss, grief can quietly become more than something we feel. It can begin to shape who we believe we are. In this episode of Healing Through the Veil, Cristina explores what happens when pain becomes part of our identity, and how healing invites us into a sacred reckoning with the self. This is a gentle conversation about guilt, loyalty to suffering, and the fear that if pain softens, love wi...

There is a place in grief where something inside you begins to understand, but your body hasn’t caught up yet. In this episode of Healing Through the Veil, we explore the liminal space - the in-between, where insight arrives before relief, where the soul whispers before the body feels safe enough to listen. We talk about why understanding doesn’t immediately ease the pain, how grief moves in waves...

When you’re grieving, gratitude can feel impossible, or even painful. It can sound like pressure to heal faster, cope better, or find meaning too soon. In this episode of Healing Through the Veil, Cristina explores a gentler understanding of gratitude, not as positivity or denial, but as quiet noticing. The small moments that didn’t hurt as much. The things that stayed when everything else changed...

When grief arrives, it doesn’t just break the heart, it breaks routines, responsibilities, and the everyday tasks we once shared. Suddenly, we’re changing utility bills, repairing appliances, filling out paperwork, and answering triggering questions like, “Where is your husband?” These moments can feel cruel, exhausting, and relentlessly unfair. But hidden inside these mundane demands is a strange...

Grief does not need to be fixed; it needs to be witnessed. In this deeply personal episode, Cristina reflects on the quiet moments after loss, when support fades, silence grows, and the heart longs simply to be seen. Through real-life stories and embodied experiences, including a profound moment during a somatic breathwork session, she shares how being witnessed by another person, a therapist, or...

Loneliness after loss can feel like a silent world we didn’t choose, a space where we no longer fit, where the person who made everything make sense is no longer here to witness our life. In that quiet, it’s natural to pull back, to feel misunderstood, or to retreat into a grief that becomes our only language. In this episode of Healing Through the Veil, Cristina explores how loneliness changes wh...

When we lose someone we love, the world feels unpredictable, and our sense of safety can crumble. In this episode, Cristina guides listeners through the energetic and psychological layers of grief; from the root chakra to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, showing why we often feel “stuck” after loss. Through personal stories, reflections on trauma and PTSD, and a gentle grounding meditation (adaptable...

When the ones we love leave this world, they don’t vanish - they change form. In this episode of Healing Through the Veil, Cristina shares her own experiences with Spirit’s signs, from rainbows and songs to unexpected moments of guidance, and explores how we can raise our vibration through presence, gratitude, and small acts of self-care. Includes a gentle guided visualization to help you open you...

Grief doesn’t just touch our emotions , it reshapes our entire body. In this heartfelt episode, Cristina explores how loss can manifest physically through fatigue, pain, and even panic attacks, revealing the body’s deep connection to our emotional landscape. Through gentle insight and a powerful guided meditation, you’ll learn how to reconnect with your body, release held tension, and find calm in...

In the premiere episode of Healing Through the Veil, host Cristina Bustos shares the night her life was divided into before and after. She recounts her husband’s sudden passing, the early days of shock and grief, and the spiritual encounters that shaped her understanding of life after death. Speaking as a mother, widow, and woman rebuilding herself from the inside out, Cristina offers a deeply hum...

A podcast for healing after loss; blending psychology, spirituality, intuitive stories, and guided meditations. A soft space to slow down, feel deeply, and reconnect with the love that continues beyond the veil. Hosted by Cristina Bustos.