by Gary Roe | Courageous Living, Death and dying, Depression, Emotional pain, Family relationships, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Holiday grief, Hope, Loneliness, loss of a spouse, Love, Physical symptoms, Sadness, Spiritual questioning, Suffering and Pain
My book Heartbroken: Healing from the Loss of a Spouse is now five years old. This fact, along with our August focus on Honoring Widowed Spouses, led me to pull Heartbroken from the shelf and give it a once over. I thought, “You know what? This book could use...
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...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Anxiety, Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Loss of a Child, Loss of a friend, Loss of a parent, Loss of a sibling, loss of a spouse, Pandemic grief, Regret, Relationships, Spiritual questioning, Suffering and Pain, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide grief
We want to protect those we love. Unfortunately, that’s not always possible. When something happens and a loved one is taken from us, regret and guilt often come visiting. This article, taken from the newly released Comfort for the Grieving Parent’s Heart,...
by Gary Roe | Emotional pain, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Loss of a Child, Loss of a friend, Loss of a parent, Loss of a sibling, loss of a spouse, Sadness, Spiritual questioning, Suffering and Pain
Loss stuns us. Our hearts have been hit and perhaps broken. We can’t think. We can barely talk. The following article is adapted from my book Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child. No matter what your loss, chances are you can relate to Steve’s stunned...
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Death and dying, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Loneliness, Physical illness, Physical symptoms, Relationships, Sadness, Self-destructive behaviors, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Suffering and Pain, Suicidal thoughts, Teen Grief, Worry
Grief can drive us crazy, or so it seems. This is especially true when the hoilday season is approaching. The following is adapted from the Book Excellence Award Winner, Teen Grief: Caring for the Grieving Teenage Heart. Whether or not you have teens, I think your...
by Gary Roe | Abuse Recovery, Anger management, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Forgiveness, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing from trauma, Loss of a Child, Loss of a friend, Loss of a parent, Loss of a sibling, loss of a spouse, Sadness, Spiritual questioning, Suffering and Pain, Trauma recovery
When loss strikes, sooner or later our hearts ask some version of “How could this happen?” In fact, most of us end up asking this question again and again – weeks, months, or even years later. Though the following post is taken from my new book for...
