by Gary Roe | Depression, Emotional pain, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing, Hope, loss of loved one, Regret, Sadness, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Suffering and Pain, Suicidal thoughts, Worry
Grief is a storm of sorts. An ongoing, relentless, and sometimes severe storm.Loss creates upheaval and change. Our old normal is shattered. Our sense of safety and security can evaporate.We’re sad, anxious, fearful, and angry. We sometimes feel guilty,...
by Gary Roe | Death and dying, Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Loneliness, Loss of a friend, Loss of a parent, Loss of a sibling, loss of a spouse, loss of loved one, Pandemic grief, Suffering and Pain
This is a tough post to write. It will be hard to read. But it’s true. We’ve lived it. We’re still living it. COVID. Coronavirus disease. Two-and-a-half years ago, we had never heard of it. Today, it seems to work it’s way into almost every...
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 | 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 | Depression, Families and grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, Loss of a Child, loss of a spouse, loss of loved one, Pandemic grief, Spiritual questioning, Suicide, Suicide grief
Grief can be sneaky. A couple of months ago, Liz Carey, a writer for GoodRx, contacted me wanting to do an article on how to live with grief.As we talked, the interview took a different direction than I had anticipated. Liz asked me if I had personally ever felt stuck...
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...
