by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Decision-making, Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Holiday grief, Hope, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Love, Purpose and meaning, Sadness, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Worry
Decision-making is normally a challenge for grieving hearts. Over the holidays, making decisions can be overwhelming or seem impossible. In my previous email, we talked about the importance of managing our expectations over the holidays – the expectations we...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Anxiety, Courageous Living, Decision-making, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Holiday grief, Hope, loss of loved one, Peace, Purpose and meaning, Sadness, Spiritual growth, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Worry
I hope you are doing well today. Thanksgiving is almost upon us. When we’re grieving, the Thanksgiving holiday comes with all kinds of challenges. What are we supposed to do with this? How do we navigate special days that are supposed to be about family,...
by Gary Roe | Courageous Living, Decision-making, Depression, Emotional pain, Faith, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Guilt, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Hope, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Physical symptoms, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Relationships, Sadness, Self-destructive behaviors, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Suicidal thoughts, Worry
Why are we grievers so hard on ourselves sometimes (or maybe all the time)? You would think we would realize that a devastating loss would bring life as we know it to a grinding halt. But the reality is that we don’t know what to do when loss strikes. Loss is...
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Decision-making, Depression, Emotional pain, Faith, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Guilt, Healing from the past, Hope, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Love, Peace, Physical symptoms, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Relationships, Sadness, Spiritual suffering, Suffering and Pain, Worry
“I can’t even get grief right!” Stacey felt like a failure. Her recent loss had taken a huge toll. She felt like a child again. She felt vulnerable. She felt small. She felt like she couldn’t do anything well or get anything right. Like she...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Anxiety, Decision-making, Depression, Emotional pain, Faith, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Hope, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Peace, Physical illness, Relationships, Sadness, Spiritual growth, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Worry
Grief is a form of stress. Grief is an ongoing, intense form of stress. This grinding, relentless stress messes with us. “Messes with…” is a common phrase where I live down in Texas. Perhaps it came from an anti-litter campaign decades ago called...
by Gary Roe | Abuse Recovery, Anger management, Anxiety, Courageous Living, Decision-making, Depression, Difference Making, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Faith, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Guilt, Healing, Honesty and Transparency, Hope, Jesus' return, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Love, Pandemic grief, Peace, Physical illness, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Sadness, Service, Spiritual growth, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Worry
People have asked me to share more about what my new book Soul Cry is about. To answer this, let me share a portion of the introduction to the book. What Soul Cry is All About Our souls are crying out. The world is shaking. Things are changing rapidly, and not...
