by Gary Roe | Anger management, Anxiety, Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, loss of loved one, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Relationships, Sadness, Spiritual questioning, Suffering and Pain, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide grief
In the world of grief, it’s nice to get good news. A few weeks ago, I received some surprisingly good news. My book Aftermath: Picking Up the Pieces After a Suicide had been selected from thousands of titles as a Best Book Awards Winner. A few days...
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Emotional pain, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Loss of a Child, Loss of a friend, Loss of a parent, Loss of a sibling, loss of a spouse, loss of loved one, Pandemic grief, Physical symptoms, Spiritual questioning, Stress Management, Suicide grief
Sometimes the best help comes from places we least expect it.A number of years ago, I was struggling with a terrible loss in my life. The pain, anxiety, and confusion were nearly debilitating.Every day, I rolled out of bed and headed out to visit those who were dying....
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 | Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Hope, Loneliness, Loss of a Child, Loss of a parent, Loss of a sibling, loss of a spouse, Physical illness, Physical symptoms, Relationships, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Trauma recovery
Though grief is lonely, none of us were meant to grieve alone. This article, adapted from the book Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child, presents the concept of a Grief Recovery Team. No matter what our loss, we need helpful, supportive people around us. “Thanks...
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 | Communication, Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Honesty and Transparency, Hope, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Pandemic grief, Sadness, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief
The following article is adapted from Please Be Patient, I’m Grieving: How to Care for and Support the Grieving Heart. This book includes what many of us wish we could say to those around us about what loss is like, what we’re going through, and how they...
