by Gary Roe | Abuse Recovery, Courageous Living, Death and dying, Decision-making, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Suffering and Pain
Loss is hard. IT HURTS. We lose people, marriages, relationships, jobs, health, homes, financial solvency, and so on. Whatever the loss, we grieve. Why does grief hurt so much? Check out the video below. In this 5 minute video, I share 7 reasons why it’s...
by Gary Roe | Abuse Recovery, Courageous Living, Death and dying, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Holiday grief, Suffering and Pain
Who likes pain and grief? I don’t. But if I have to go through it, at least I can be thankful for its lessons. Here are 10 things grief and pain have taught me: 1. Life isn’t smooth, nor is it supposed to be. Grief isn’t weird or negative....
by Gary Roe | Abuse Recovery, Anger management, Death and dying, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing, Healing from the past, Holiday grief, Hospice stories, Peace, Regret, Relationships
[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....
by Gary Roe | Abuse Recovery, Courageous Living, Death and dying, Decision-making, Faith, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Holiday grief, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Service, Suffering and Pain
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...
by Gary Roe | Abuse Recovery, Courageous Living, Death and dying, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Honesty and Transparency, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Service, Suffering and Pain
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...
by Gary Roe | Abuse Recovery, Anger management, Courageous Living, Death and dying, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing, Holiday grief, Peace, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Service, Suffering and Pain
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...
