by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Death and dying, Emotional pain, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Hope, loss of loved one, Pandemic grief, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief, Trauma recovery
Recently, I had the honor of speaking at a webinar hosted by the Minnesota Gerontological Society on “Loss, Grief, and Aging in a COVID World.” We all experience loss. We all grieve. We’re all aging. And we all live in a COVID-influenced world....
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Courageous Living, Death and dying, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Loss of a parent, loss of loved one, Love, Pandemic grief, Regret, Sadness, Suicide grief
When someone dies, how we say goodbye matters. This past week was the anniversary of my dad’s death. Looking back, I’m grateful I had a chance to say goodbye. I was 15 years old at the time. My dad dropped in front of me of a heart attack one Sunday...
by Gary Roe | Death and dying, Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Pandemic grief, Physical illness, Physical symptoms, Relationships, Sadness, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Suffering and Pain, Worry
Having COVID taught me a lot. Living in the COVID era has taught me even more. Specifically, COVID reminded me of some key truths about grief. When we lose sight of these simple truths, things go badly. COVID… This virus effects everyone differently. Some...
by Gary Roe | Death and dying, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, Loneliness, loss of a spouse, loss of loved one, Pandemic grief, Relationships, Sadness, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief, Worry
“Why did you write this book?” “What can this book do for me?” I get asked these two questions all the time. So today I thought I would take some time and answer these questions about my new book that’s coming out in a few weeks –...
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Death and dying, Emotional pain, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Hope, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Relationships, Sadness, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain
I live in south-central Texas. Right now, it’s a mess. We’re freezing. It hardly ever gets below freezing here. Shoot, I have two palm trees in my backyard. Over the last five days, we’ve had single digit temps with sub-zero wind chills. Where you...
by Gary Roe | Courageous Living, Death and dying, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Loneliness, Loss of a Child, Loss of a friend, Loss of a parent, Loss of a sibling, loss of a spouse, Sadness, Suffering and Pain, Worry
Grief is a more like a marathon than a sprint. The process is arduous, painful, and exhausting. Those of us who are grieving know this all too well. When we lose someone special, our worlds are altered forever. We bump into more loss and change almost every day....
