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 | 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 | Anger management, Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Forgiveness, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Loneliness, Loss of a Child, Loss of a parent, loss of a spouse, Relationships, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain
The world is often not kind to grieving hearts. Our lives have been changed forever, but the lives of those around us seem to go along untouched. Others are compassionate toward us for a while, but they expect us to quickly get back to “normal” – to...
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Courageous Living, Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Loss of a Child, loss of a spouse, Love, Peace, Relationships, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief, Trauma recovery
When our hearts are hit by loss, we naturally go into self-protection mode. Our worlds have been upended. We suddenly realize that anything can happen at any time. We wonder what other losses are ahead. In this article, adapted from Comfort for the Grieving...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Grief and Loss, Guilt, Healing from the past, Loss of a Child, Loss of a parent, Loss of a sibling, loss of a spouse, Physical illness, Physical symptoms, Regret, Sadness, Self-destructive behaviors, Suffering and Pain, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide grief
Grief can be terribly challenging. Most of us try to find ways to help ourselves feel better. Sometimes the need for relief can lead us to dark places. This article, adapted from my book, Aftermath: Picking Up the Pieces After a Suicide, talks about how addiction 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...
