by Gary Roe | Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Guilt, Healing, Hope, loss of loved one, Peace, Regret, Relationships, Spiritual growth, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Worry
Throughout the month of June, we’ve been talking about things that steal our peace – peace of mind, peace of heart, and peace in our relationships. First, we talked about 10 Peace Thieves – 10 things most of us struggle with that steal peace from us....
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Depression, Emotional pain, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Guilt, Healing, Healing from the past, loss of loved one, Peace, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Spiritual growth, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Worry
In my last post, I began talking about some of the things that can seriously disrupt our lives and our grief journey. I called them peace thieves. Last time, we talked about five of these sneaky culprits: hurry, worry, noise, busy-ness, and comparison. These saboteurs...
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Decision-making, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, loss of loved one, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Spiritual growth, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Worry
Most of us would love to have more peace. Inner peace. Peace of mind. Peace of heart. Peace with God. Peace with other people. Peace with ourselves. The loss of loved ones and the resulting grief journey can be excruciating. Everything is upside down. Life has been...
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Death and dying, Decision-making, Emotional pain, Faith, Fear, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Healing, Honesty and Transparency, Hope, loss of loved one, Pandemic grief, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Spiritual growth, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain
Is grief misinformation a thing? Yes. Yes, indeed. Most of us have bought into quite a few myths about grief and the grief journey. Somewhere down the line, we developed some ideas about how the grief process goes – or should go. Once we experienced a major...
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 | Anger management, Anxiety, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Love, Physical illness, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Sadness, Spiritual growth, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Trauma recovery
Loss is painful. Grief is challenging. In fact, sometimes the whole loss and grief process can seem like a solo, unassisted climb of Mount Everest. Personally, I’ve hiked some mountains, but I haven’t actually “climbed” any (where you need...