by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Death and dying, Emotional pain, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Hope, loss of loved one, Pandemic grief, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief, Trauma recovery
Recently, I had the honor of speaking at a webinar hosted by the Minnesota Gerontological Society on “Loss, Grief, and Aging in a COVID World.” We all experience loss. We all grieve. We’re all aging. And we all live in a COVID-influenced world....
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Anxiety, Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, loss of loved one, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Relationships, Sadness, Spiritual questioning, Suffering and Pain, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide grief
In the world of grief, it’s nice to get good news. A few weeks ago, I received some surprisingly good news. My book Aftermath: Picking Up the Pieces After a Suicide had been selected from thousands of titles as a Best Book Awards Winner. A few days...
by Gary Roe | divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, loss of loved one, Suffering and Pain
Grief can be confusing, frustrating, and intense.We all need help in grief? Where can we find it?For most of us, grief recovery (grieving, adjusting, healing, and growing) demands a variety of people and resources.About a year ago, Kathy Gleason and Stephanie Kendrick...
by Gary Roe | Death and dying, Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Pandemic grief, Physical illness, Physical symptoms, Relationships, Sadness, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Suffering and Pain, Worry
Having COVID taught me a lot. Living in the COVID era has taught me even more. Specifically, COVID reminded me of some key truths about grief. When we lose sight of these simple truths, things go badly. COVID… This virus effects everyone differently. Some...
by Gary Roe | Emotional pain, Families and grief, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Hope, Loneliness, Loss of a Child, Loss of a parent, Loss of a sibling, loss of a spouse, Physical illness, Physical symptoms, Relationships, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Trauma recovery
Though grief is lonely, none of us were meant to grieve alone. This article, adapted from the book Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child, presents the concept of a Grief Recovery Team. No matter what our loss, we need helpful, supportive people around us. “Thanks...
by Gary Roe | Death and dying, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, Loneliness, loss of a spouse, loss of loved one, Pandemic grief, Relationships, Sadness, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief, Worry
“Why did you write this book?” “What can this book do for me?” I get asked these two questions all the time. So today I thought I would take some time and answer these questions about my new book that’s coming out in a few weeks –...
