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 | 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, Death and dying, Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, Hope, loss of loved one, Love, Pandemic grief, Peace, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Trauma recovery, Worry
I don’t know about you, but I’m glad to see 2020 disappearing into my rear view mirror. 2020 was a year of profound, debilitating grief. The sheer amount of change was stunning and crippling. For those of us who lost family members or friends, COVID added...
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Depression, Difference Making, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, Holiday grief, Hope, Loneliness, Loss of a Child, Loss of a friend, Loss of a parent, Loss of a sibling, loss of a spouse, Love, Pandemic grief, Purpose and meaning, Spiritual suffering, Suffering and Pain, Worry
Christmas is upon us. It’s no secret the holiday season is extremely difficult for those of us who are grieving. Thinking back… This year has been tumultuous. We all want to see 2020 disappearing in our rear view mirror. We’ve lost so much. The...
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Hope, Loneliness, loss of a spouse, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief, Worry
Every relationship is unique – and so each loss is different. This post, adapted from Comfort for the Grieving Spouse’s Heart, talks about how the loss of someone we love thrusts us into an unknown world. No matter what your loss, chances are you can...
by Gary Roe | Death and dying, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fear, Grief and Loss, Guilt, Healing from trauma, Loss of a Child, Loss of a parent, loss of a spouse, Pandemic grief, Physical symptoms, Purpose and meaning, Self-destructive behaviors, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief, Trauma recovery
We all have ideas of how life should go. Loss tends to turn our assumptions upside down. This article, taken from Comfort for the Grieving Parent’s Heart, digs into some of the natural assumptions we have about life, the order of things, and fairness. No matter...