Articles by Gary Roe
What to do when Grief Paralysis strikes
Loss strikes the heart. The resulting grief can feel paralyzing at times. This post, adapted from the book Aftermath: Picking Up the Pieces After a Suicide, tells the tale many of us are familiar with - feeling stunned and stuck. No matter what your loss might be,...
“It’s Not Getting Any Easier!”
The grief process is an exhausting marathon. One loss often leads to another, and then another. This post, taken from Heartbroken: Healing from the Loss of a Spouse, talks about the ongoing, frustrating pressure many grieving hearts feel. No matter what your loss,...
Is Busy-ness a Healthy Grief Coping Strategy?
Some of us become hyper-busy after a loss. Is busy-ness a healthy coping strategy for grieving hearts? This post, adapted from the book Aftermath: Picking Up the Pieces After a Suicide, digs into this issue. Whatever your loss, chances are you've run up against this...
Heartbroken – a New Edition is Coming…
My book Heartbroken: Healing from the Loss of a Spouse is now five years old. This fact, along with our August focus on Honoring Widowed Spouses, led me to pull Heartbroken from the shelf and give it a once over. I thought, "You know what? This book could use some...
When your heart says, “I don’t know how to do this.”
Every relationship is unique - and so each loss is different. This post, adapted from Comfort for the Grieving Spouse's Heart, talks about how the loss of someone we love thrusts us into an unknown world. No matter what your loss, chances are you can relate to the...
When we feel invisible or rejected while grieving…
The world is often not kind to grieving hearts. Our lives have been changed forever, but the lives of those around us seem to go along untouched. Others are compassionate toward us for a while, but they expect us to quickly get back to "normal" - to our old selves....
When Best Friends Depart
Friends are special, and best friends even more so. Most of us have had a number of best friends - parents, childhood friends, siblings, and spouses might be among them. This article, taken from Comfort for the Grieving Adult Child's Heart: Hope and Healing After...
When your heart cries, “No more loss!”
When our hearts are hit by loss, we naturally go into self-protection mode. Our worlds have been upended. We suddenly realize that anything can happen at any time. We wonder what other losses are ahead. In this article, adapted from Comfort for the Grieving Parent's...
How Grief Can Fuel Addiction
Grief can be terribly challenging. Most of us try to find ways to help ourselves feel better. Sometimes the need for relief can lead us to dark places. This article, adapted from my book, Aftermath: Picking Up the Pieces After a Suicide, talks about how addiction can...
When Life Feels All Wrong
We all have ideas of how life should go. Loss tends to turn our assumptions upside down. This article, taken from Comfort for the Grieving Parent's Heart, digs into some of the natural assumptions we have about life, the order of things, and fairness. No matter what...
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