by Gary Roe | Emotional pain, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing from trauma, loss of loved one, Pandemic grief, Peace, Physical symptoms, Sadness, Spiritual growth, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain
Grief can be sneaky. When I experience a loss. Some grief comes out. Some stays inside. Over time, the grief that stays inside begins to build up. Soon or later, it leaks out (or spews out). When I began working as a hospice chaplain – over a dozen years ago now...
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Decision-making, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing from the past, Hope, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Pandemic grief, Physical illness, Physical symptoms, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief
I don’t know about you, but I see grief everywhere.A few weeks ago, Diane Hullet asked me to be on her podcast to talk about this very thing. As Diane said, “It feels like we’re all swimming in grief.”The world has changed. The world is...
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 | Emotional pain, Faith, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Holiday grief, Hope, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Pandemic grief, Peace, Purpose and meaning, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Suffering and Pain, Worry
Merry Christmas Eve to you. This year has been, well, difficult. Painful. Sad. Confusing. Grief – laced with a lot of fear – is in the air. This morning, the word “groan” is stuck in my head. If you listen closely, you can hear it. We are...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Courageous Living, Depression, Emotional pain, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Pandemic grief, Regret, Sadness, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Worry
I don’t know about you, but everywhere I look these days I see grief.Grief, grief, and more grief.Shock. Denial. Sadness. Anger. Confusion. Fear. Anxiety. Regret. Guilt. Depression. Exhaustion. Loss is everywhere.The world is a mess. I am deeply disturbed by...
by Gary Roe | Decision-making, 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, loss of loved one, Purpose and meaning, Spiritual suffering
I’m writing today to give you a sneak peek inside my new book, the Grieving the Write Way Journal and Workbook. You can tell a lot about a book from the beginning, so I thought I would share the new book’s introduction with you. Here you go… WHAT...
