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...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Emotional pain, Family relationships, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, loss of loved one, Love, Peace, Relationships, Spiritual growth, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain
Recently, we had another Virtual Hangout via Zoom. Our topic was When Someone Offends You. I received such good response from this session that I decided to share with everyone some of what we covered. First of all, we’re all going be offended. Jesus told us,...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Anxiety, Decision-making, Depression, Emotional pain, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, Hope, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Peace, Relationships, Sadness, Self-destructive behaviors, Spiritual growth, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief, Worry
There are many obstacles and potential stumbling blocks along the grief journey. One particular stumbling block can sabotage not only our grief process but our entire lives. It’s sneaky. It creeps up on us. It’s familiar. Most of us have been doing it for...
by Gary Roe | Decision-making, Emotional pain, Faith, Family relationships, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, Hope, loss of loved one, Peace, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Service, Spiritual growth, Stress Management
A few days ago, we had another Zoom Virtual Hangout. We talked about “What to Expect in 2023.” Many of you were there or received the recording.The response to this session was so good, I decided to write a brief summary of what we talked about.What can we...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Death and dying, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Hope, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Love, Relationships, Sadness, Stress Management
People can disappoint us, especially when we’re grieving. People we counted on disappeared. Others distanced themselves. Still others do and say things that trigger more pain and grief. Most people are compassionate for a few weeks, but then everyone expects us to...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Anxiety, Decision-making, Depression, Emotional pain, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Physical illness, Physical symptoms, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Sadness, Spiritual questioning, Suffering and Pain, Worry
This week we had another Zoom Virtual Hangout. In our session, we talked about “How to Be Kind to Yourself While Grieving.” “Be kind to yourself.” I say that a lot, but what exactly does that mean? In our Zoom session, we began by pointing out...