by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Courageous Living, Decision-making, Emotional pain, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Guilt, Healing, Hope, Jesus' return, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Love, Peace, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Relationships, Sadness, Service, Spiritual growth, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Worry
Loss hits us on every level. Loss impacts our emotions, thoughts, bodies, and relationships. It shakes our hearts, minds, and souls. Some losses seem to affect everything. Our world has been altered. Everything is different.The pain is deep. Our souls cry out. How do...
by Gary Roe | Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Guilt, Healing, Hope, loss of loved one, Peace, Regret, Relationships, Spiritual growth, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Worry
Throughout the month of June, we’ve been talking about things that steal our peace – peace of mind, peace of heart, and peace in our relationships. First, we talked about 10 Peace Thieves – 10 things most of us struggle with that steal peace from us....
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Depression, Emotional pain, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Guilt, Healing, Healing from the past, loss of loved one, Peace, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Spiritual growth, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Worry
In my last post, I began talking about some of the things that can seriously disrupt our lives and our grief journey. I called them peace thieves. Last time, we talked about five of these sneaky culprits: hurry, worry, noise, busy-ness, and comparison. These saboteurs...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Courageous Living, Decision-making, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, loss of loved one, Peace, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Relationships, Sadness, Self-destructive behaviors, Spiritual growth, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Suicidal thoughts, Worry
This month, we’ve been talking about the power of lies. We began by unearthing some of the lies we believe about grief and the grief process. We tackled this in a Zoom session together. We also published an article called Is Grief Misinformation a Thing? Last...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Anxiety, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Faith, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing from the past, Hope, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Love, Peace, Physical symptoms, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Sadness, Self-destructive behaviors, Spiritual questioning, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Suicidal thoughts, Worry
We’re made for connection. We’re designed for relationships. No wonder this hurts. No wonder our hearts are broken. No wonder we feel lost sometimes. The grief journey is hard, hard, hard. How we navigate this journey matters – both to ourselves and...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Anniversaries, Anxiety, Depression, Emotional pain, Faith, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing from the past, Holiday grief, Hope, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Love, Peace, Physical illness, Physical symptoms, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Relationships, Sadness, Self-destructive behaviors, Service, Spiritual growth, Spiritual questioning, Stress Management, Suicidal thoughts, Worry
Loss tends to create questions. Lots and lots of questions. How did this happen? Why? What do I do now? How do I handle this? What’s next? Most grieving hearts are dealing with multiple questions almost all the time. And our questions are hardly ever...
