by Gary Roe | Anger management, Courageous Living, Decision-making, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, loss of loved one, Peace, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Relationships, Sadness, Self-destructive behaviors, Spiritual growth, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Suicidal thoughts, Worry
This month, we’ve been talking about the power of lies. We began by unearthing some of the lies we believe about grief and the grief process. We tackled this in a Zoom session together. We also published an article called Is Grief Misinformation a Thing? Last...
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Courageous Living, Depression, Emotional pain, Fear, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Healing from the past, loss of loved one, Peace, Regret, Self-destructive behaviors, Spiritual growth, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Worry
Who likes anxiety? I sure don’t. It’s been a nemesis of mine for a long time. My past and my losses have stirred my anxiety pot many times. There were times when anxiety became a major force in my life.I’m reminded of these words from C. H. Spurgeon:...
by Gary Roe | Courageous Living, Decision-making, Emotional pain, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, loss of loved one, Regret, Relationships, Self-destructive behaviors, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Worry
Today I’m writing to give us all a gentle warning. We’re vulnerable. We’re hurting. Perhaps we’re even crushed, shattered. We’re not thinking straight. How could we? Grief is squeezing us. All this leaves us open to being taken advantage...
by Gary Roe | Abuse Recovery, Anxiety, Courageous Living, Emotional pain, Faith, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Hope, Loneliness, 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, Peace, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief
If anyone had told me what the last two years were going to be like, I wouldn’t have believed them. I still have trouble believing a lot of what I’m seeing around me in the world. Perhaps you are too. Our own losses combined with the current world upheaval...
by Gary Roe | Courageous Living, Decision-making, Emotional pain, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Love, Purpose and meaning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Worry
I hope the first few days of 2022 has treated you well. First of all, forgive me. I’m behind. Here it is, January 6, and I haven’t wished you a Happy New Year yet. I have a good excuse, however. COVID visited our family for Christmas, and some of us are...
by Gary Roe | Courageous Living, Death and dying, Decision-making, Depression, Difference Making, Families and grief, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, Hope, loss of loved one, Pandemic grief, Relationships, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Worry
This week, we had a couple of Zoom sessions called “Grief in a World Gone Crazy.”The response to these sessions was so good, I decided to put the video up on YouTube. You can watch it here.If you don’t have time to watch, I’ve written a brief...