Articles by Gary Roe

How to Deal with Regrets

[dropcap2 variation="coffee"]R[/dropcap2]egrets. Life is full of them. When we’re in the midst of loss or heavy stress, our mistakes seem to materialize out of nowhere. And they can be relentless. And it’s not only about what we did, but what we didn’t do. “What if I...

This Weekend: We're Giving Away Books!

People are hurting. Loss is everywhere. We want to help. We want to give away some books, and we hope you can help us. Here's the story: Three years ago, New York Times Bestseller Cecil Murphey (90 Minutes in Heaven, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, and over...

Why April Hurt (and What I Can Do About It)

We all have our "trigger-times" - those special days or seasons that unleash pain and grief on a greater scale. Birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays, for example, can surface our losses and throw them in our faces. The whole month of April does that for me. It's...

What I Learned (Again) About Grief, Pain, and Healing

It’s amazing how many times I have to “learn” something. Recently, I traveled to Colorado Springs and joined friend and New York Times Bestseller Cecil Murphey for a radio taping with Focus on the Family. The topic was healing from childhood sexual abuse. I hadn’t...

JOIN THE MOVEMENT! We Need You!

Something is happening, and we get to be a part of it. A quick update The past 10 days have been amazing: Heartbroken: Healing from the Loss of a Spouse was released. The Heartbroken video has been viewed over 7000 times. Wonderful emails, Facebook posts, and...

HEARTBROKEN has been released

Most of us know about grief and loss. We've personally experienced it through death, divorce, abuse, or some other means. Some of us have lost our mates. And for those who haven't, we can come to the aid of those who have. Heartbroken: Healing from the loss of a...

When Valentine’s Day is Hard

My last post was about Mr. Guilt. My plan was to continue that theme and talk about how to recognize and deal with him. But Valentine’s Day is staring us in the face – and it can be hard. So I’m going to put Mr. Guilt off until the next post, and discuss this upcoming...

Anyone Else Feel Guilty?

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BEATING HOLIDAY GRIEF #4 (Video): A Holiday Healing Secret

[dropcap2 variation="coffee"]T[/dropcap2]he holidays are here, and for many of us, they hurt. This is the fourth and final video in our series on Beating Holiday Grief. Here are the major points from the other videos: Video #1: Grief makes holidays challenging,...

BEATING HOLIDAY GRIEF #3 (VIDEO): How to do the Holidays WITH Your Loved One

[dropcap2 variation="coffee"]T[/dropcap2]he Holidays are here. And for many, they hurt. This is the third video in our series on Beating Holiday Grief. In the first video, Hurting for the Holidays, we talked about how this time is normally stressful, but grief...