A truly healing book. - Glen Lord, President, The Compassionate Friends

Unthinkable. Unbelievable. Heartbreaking. Whatever words we choose, they all fall far short of the reality. The loss of a child is a terrible thing.

Accidents. Disease. Suicide. School shootings. Murder. Natural disasters. War. No matter how or when, the death of a child (no matter what age) can shatter the heart.

How do you survive this? Can you?

Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child was written to help.

Bestselling author, hospice chaplain, and grief specialist Gary Roe uses his three decades of experience interacting with grieving parents to give us this heartfelt, easy-to-read, and intensely practical book. In Shattered, Roe walks the reader through the powerful impact a child's death can have - emotionally, mentally, physically, relationally, and spiritually.

Shattered unpacks the depth of this loss, describing how...

• Intense, unpredictable emotions (sadness, anger, guilt, anxiety, fear, depression) can hijack us at a moment's notice.
• Our minds spin. We can't concentrate. We forget things. It feels like we're going crazy.
• Our bodies get hit. Symptoms surface. Our health can be impacted. Illness can invade.
• Our souls feel crushed. Guilt shakes us. What we believe gets challenged.
• Our relationships change. Marriage, family, and friendships feel the impact.
• Our plans and dreams are shattered. The future has changed. We're in uncharted territory.

Yes, the loss of a child affects everything.

In Shattered, you will discover how you can...

• Deal with the volatile, unpredictable emotions assaulting you.
• Manage the massive changes that are occurring in your life and routine.
• Move through feeling overwhelmed and begin to heal.
• Take care of yourself and your health amid all the challenges.
• Honor your child with how you grieve.
• Love those around you, even with a broken heart.
• Navigate spiritual uncertainties and faith questions.
• Turn couple, family, and relational upheaval into personal growth.
• Support your other children in their grief and parent well through this.
• Find the people and resources you need to begin to recover.
• Decipher whether counseling or grief coaching would be beneficial for you.
• Live life as well as possible while in the midst of great pain.
• Make your child's life count in deep and powerful ways.

Shattered is not a magic pill. The death of a child cannot be fixed. But comfort, compassion, guidance, and hope can be found in these pages.

If you are a grieving parent or grandparent, this book was written for you.

We will never be the same, but we can survive. And to some degree, we can heal. Shattered can help.

Open this book, and let the healing continue.

Shattered was a 2017 Best Book Awards Finalist.

BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD FINALIST

A powerful, life-changing resource.- Athena Dean-Holt, Radio Personality and Publisher, Redemption Press

Holidays can hurt.

Christmas, Thanksgiving, birthdays, anniversaries, Memorial Day, etc. These times surface our losses like nothing else. We're keenly aware of who's missing. We bump into a memory with every step.

How do we do this?

Multiple award-winning author, speaker, and grief specialist Gary Roe is a compassionate and trusted voice in grief recovery who has been bringing comfort, hope, encouragement, and healing to wounded hearts for more than 30 years. Surviving the Holidays Without You has helped thousands of grievers not only maintain their sanity, but turn days that they once dreaded into positive, healing times. Written with heartfelt compassion, this easy-to-read, practical book has been dubbed by many as a Holiday Survival Kit.

In Surviving the Holidays Without You, you will learn...

• Why holiday grief, Christmas grief, and special day sadness are so challenging.
• How to deal with unspoken, yet powerful expectations.
• How to handle grief triggers, emotional bursts, and roller coaster emotions.
• How to face feeling emotional, lonely, misunderstood, and overwhelmed.
• How to make good choices about what to do, how, and with whom.
• How to make a simple, proactive plan to honor the one you're missing and use holidays to grieve well.
• How to better take care of yourself - your physical and mental health, diet, fitness, and spirituality.
• How to use grief and special days for good by serving others and loving those around you.

We all face loss and death. How we grieve matters. Family, relationships, religion, faith, counseling, psychology, and therapy all play a part in recovery, healing, and personal growth. If we can find ways to make emotional pain count and use grief for good, the ripple effects could be extraordinary - in our own lives and in the lives of others.

Coping with loss is hard enough. Holidays can make life seem impossible. Surviving the Holidays Without You will reassure you that you're not alone, you're not crazy, and that you will make it through these times.

Holidays will be different now, but they can still be good. Let Gary show you how. Grab your copy of Surviving the Holidays Without You today.

A loved one dies. Your world is upended. The emotional pain can be intense.

Your heart begins asking questions. Am I going crazy? Am I going to make it? Where is God in all this?

Many of the people around you don't know what to say or do. They utter cliches and platitudes.

It's okay. You're strong. You'll get through this.

You need something more than this - far more.

You need to know that it's okay to hurt, to be sad, and to grieve.

You need to know that you're not crazy and that your grief is normal.

You need to know that you're not alone in this.

You need to know that you will get through this, even though you will not be the same person you were before.

And most of all, you need the comfort of God's presence. You need to experience his compassion and love. You need to know he is walking with you in your pain and grief.

And that's what Grief Walk is all about.

Multiple award-winning author, speaker, hospice chaplain, and grief specialist Gary Roe has become a trusted voice in grief recovery who has been bringing comfort, hope, and encouragement to wounded hearts for more than three decades. A former missionary and pastor, Gary knows the spiritual questions that tug at your heart during this time of loss.

Loss invaded Gary's life early. His childhood was riddled with sexual abuse, bullying, disappointments, failures, deaths, estrangements, and divorce. He grew up feeling damaged, sad, and lonely. He was functionally orphaned by the time he was 15.

Gary wondered if he was going to make it. He said to himself, If this is what life is like, I must find a way to handle the hits that come. Then, I must find a way to use the pain for good, or else what is this all for? God, only you can do this. If you don't, I'm history.

The losses kept coming. Some were deep and even debilitating. Over time, they piled up and threatened to crush Gary's heart.

Even in my darkest moments, God was there, embracing me in my pain and whispering to my wounded heart. He kept me alive. He has led me through the valley of the shadow of death many times. He continues to bring healing to my injured soul, though never quite in the way I ask for or anticipate. And, true to his loving nature, he continues to take my losses and use them for good, in my life and in the lives of those around me.

God meets us in our pain and embraces us. He journeys with us through the emotional upheaval, mental confusion, physical distress, spiritual questioning, and relational changes. Jesus has personally experienced more pain, suffering, and grief than we can fathom. He knows. He gets it. He is the best grief companion imaginable.

He walks with us in our stuff. That's what Grief Walk is all about.

Grief Walk is designed to be read one chapter a day. Consider it a grief devotional. Take your time. Open your heart. Be honest about your thoughts and emotions. Allow Jesus to meet you in each day's reading.

God is with you in your pain and grief. He loves you where you are, as you are. If you're willing, He will bring healing and growth to your broken heart. He will somehow use this loss for good in your life and in the lives of those you touch.

Let the Grief Walk begin...

The author's ability to connect with the those grieving the loss of a parent is so evident. Readers will see themselves on almost every page and find the comfort they need in Gary's compassionate empathy and counsel. - Paul Casale, Licensed Professional Counselor/Marriage and Family Therapist

The loss of a parent is painful.

The loss of a mother or father can be traumatic. Oblivious to our suffering, the world around us speeds on as if nothing happened. Stunned, shocked, sad, confused, and angry, we blink in disbelief. Our hearts are broken.

We've known them all our lives. How could they be gone?

We look for comfort. Our broken, grieving hearts need it to survive.

Multiple award-winning author, hospice chaplain, and grief counselor Gary Roe is a trusted voice who has been helping wounded, grieving hearts find hope and healing for more than three decades. Written with heartfelt compassion, this warm, easy-to-read, and practical book reads like a caring conversation with a friend and will become a comforting companion as you navigate the turbulent waters of grief.

Gary's desire is to meet you in your grief and walk with you there. Composed of brief chapters, Comfort for the Grieving Adult Child's Heart is designed to be read one chapter per day, giving you bite-sized bits of comfort, encouragement, and healing over a period of time. You do not have to read it this way, of course. We all grieve differently. Read in the way that is most natural for you.

In Comfort for the Grieving Adult Child's Heart, you will discover how to...

• Process complicated grief emotions (sadness, anger, guilt, confusion, guilt, anxiety, depression, feeling overwhelmed, etc).

• Navigate all the relational changes - feeling alone, misunderstood, isolated, and even rejected by those around you.

• Handle the increased stress and uncertainty that this heavy loss can bring.

• Deal with physical and mental health issues, illnesses, and new symptoms that often arise.

• Take care of yourself through diet, hydration, fitness, and rest.

• Deal with a myriad of practical issues (financial challenges, parenting, family activities),

• Handle the intense sense of being orphaned that comes with this loss.

You will also find hope in how to...

• Think through the challenging spiritual and faith questions that frequently surface.

• Relate well to the people around you - those who are helpful and those who aren't.

• Overcome the tendency to run from emotional pain with unhealthy habits or compulsive behaviors.

• Deal well with triggers and the grief bursts that will come.

• Find the support you need for survival, recovery, and healing (safe people, fellow grievers, counseling, etc.).

• Develop a simple, realistic plan for birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays.

• Use your grief for good - for yourself, your family, and others.

• Allow this loss to give you greater perspective and motivate you to live more effectively than ever before.

• Make your life count, one day, one moment at a time.

Please don't grieve alone. Let Comfort for the Adult Child's Heart join you on this arduous, tasking journey. Be kind to yourself. Take your heart seriously.

Death has invaded, but it doesn't have to win. Read on. Comfort awaits you in these pages of this book.

Best Book Awards Finalist and National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist

Roe nicely describes the emotions surviving spouses feel. - Cecil Murphey, widower, NY Times Bestselling author of more than 130 books

He was your love. She was your partner. Now your heart is broken.

What do you do with all the pain, confusion, and anger? What will life be like? Who are you now?

Your heart needs answers. Heartbroken can help.

Award-winning author, speaker, grief counselor and bereavement specialist Gary Roe is a compassionate and trusted voice in grief recovery who has been bringing comfort, hope, encouragement, and healing to hurting, wounded hearts for more than 30 years. He has walked with hundreds of widows and widowers through this painful valley. From their stories he has composed this incredibly practical work that will touch your heart and comfort your soul.

In Heartbroken - this deeply personal, easy-to-read book - you will learn how to...

• Process grief's overwhelming, roller-coaster emotions (sadness, anger, confusion, anxiety, fear, guilt, depression).
• Manage life's new upheavals and stresses, including physical symptoms and illness.
• Survive feeling misunderstood, alone, and even rejected.
• Deal with all the different relationship shifts (family, friends, church, social groups) that occur with this loss.
• Take care of yourself - health, fitness, nutrition, expectations, and commitments.
• Think about and face the future with hope, including birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays.
• Recover, heal, grow, and live again.

As you read, you will discover three important truths:

• You're far from alone,
• You're not crazy,
• You will make it through this.

Heartbroken had what I needed to hear delivered in a kind and upbeat tone. - Kelli

Heartbroken touched on every emotion I experienced since the death of my husband. - Leslie

Heartbroken connected with my heart. I needed that. Badly. - Sam

Concise, well-organized, easy-to-read. - Eleanor

I was stunned. Heartbroken was my survival kit. - Steve

Whether sudden or anticipated, the death of a husband or wife is traumatic. Recovery and healing are challenging. Take your grief seriously. Be kind to yourself. Scroll up and grab your copy of Heartbroken today.

Please Be Patient, I'm Grieving is a Best Book Awards Finalist

After my wife died, I wish I'd had copies of this book to pass on to my friends. They meant well; that didn't make them helpful. Many will benefit from this easy-to-read book. -Cecil Murphey, New York Times bestselling author of more than 130 books

Loss hurts. It's tough to go through, and painful to watch.

Do you know someone who's grieving and wish you could help?

Are you the one grieving and wonder if what you're going through is normal? Do you wish those around you understood you better?

This book has answers.

This practical and easy-to-read book provides the answers you need to make a difference - in your own life and in the lives of others.

Multiple award-winning author, speaker, and grief specialist Gary Roe is a compassionate and trusted voice in grief recovery who has been bringing comfort, hope, encouragement, and healing to hurting, wounded hearts for more than 30 years. In Please Be Patient, I'm Grieving, he gives you a look at the grieving heart and its struggles - the churning thoughts, emotional pain, guilt, sadness, loneliness, and even depression within.

If you're wanting to help someone who's grieving, you'll get a glimpse of what's going on inside them and be better able to love and support them. If you're in the midst of loss, you'll see yourself as you read, and be encouraged that you aren't as weird as you thought.

In Please Be Patient, I'm Grieving, you will learn...

• How hurting, grieving people are thinking and feeling.
• How to be aware of their emotional pain, enter their world, and meet them where they are.
• How to discover what they need and don't need.
• What to say and not to say.
• How to be a help and not a hindrance in the grief recovery process.
• How the grief and pain of others can affect you.
• How your own personal history of loss influences both how you grieve and how you view others who are hurting.
• How helping others stimulates your own personal growth and healing.
• How these skills can enhance all your relationships.

Please Be Patient, I'm Grieving can help you develop a priceless ability- how to hear the heart of someone who's hurting. The benefits for them, and for you, can be staggering.

We're designed for connection and relationship. Death and the resulting separation are painful. We love, and so we grieve. How we grieve matters - deeply.

Psychology, counseling, diet, fitness, and physical and mental health all play crucial roles. Each one of us can make a difference. We're in this together. Together, we can recover, heal, and grow.

Hurting, grieving hearts are everywhere. They need you.

Grab your copy of Please Be Patient, I'm Grieving today. You can make more of a difference than you dreamed possible.

The most comprehensive book on grief I've read. Well done! - Dr. Craig Borchardt, President / CEO Hospice Brazos Valley

Help! How do I do this?

Loss strikes. Your heart is stunned. Your world is shaken. Someone special is missing.

Life will never be the same. You will never be the same.

Questions surface in your mind and heart. You try to make sense of it all. You struggle with overwhelming emotions and troubling thoughts. You tussle with what to do and when.

You need answers. You need compassionate, practical direction. You need a guide for this journey - a companion to walk with you through all the questions, wonderings, fears, and obstacles.

Welcome to The Grief Guidebook.

Multiple award-winning author, speaker, and grief specialist Gary Roe is a trusted voice in grief recovery who has been helping wounded, grieving hearts find hope and healing for more than three decades. Written with heartfelt compassion, this warm, easy-to-read, and practical book reads like a conversation with a close friend.

Gary says, Over the past three decades, I've had the honor of walking with thousands of grieving hearts through the valley of loss. Along the way, I've been asked a multitude of questions about grief and grieving.

In this book, I've compiled and addressed more than 70 of the most common questions I've been asked. Each chapter contains a question, a heartfelt response, and some suggestions for how to handle that issue.

The beauty of The Grief Guidebook is that you can read straight through or simply go to the question that's currently on your mind and heart. Consider this a reference manual for your grief process.

I hope you find The Grief Guidebook helpful, comforting, and healing. Please let me know what you think. Feel free to contact me anytime. I'm here to help, if I can.

You have questions. The Grief Guidebook has answers. Grab your copy today.

2018 Best Book Award Winner

Compassionate. Comforting. Readers will see themselves on every page. - Paul Casale, Licensed Professional Counselor, Marriage & Family Therapist

Loss is painful. Separation hurts. We need comfort.

Oblivious to our suffering, the world around us speeds on as if nothing happened. Stunned, shocked, sad, confused, and angry, we blink in disbelief. The pain can be immense.

We look for comfort. We long for it. Grieving hearts need it to survive.

Multiple award-winning author, hospice chaplain, and grief counselor Gary Roe has become a trusted voice to many hurting, grieving hearts. Written with heartfelt compassion, this easy-to-read, warm, and practical book reads like a caring conversation with a friend and is destined to become a classic for those looking for hope and encouragement in times of loss.

Whether you've lost a spouse, child, parent, sibling, relative, or friend, Gary's desire is to meet you in your grief and walk with you there. Composed of brief chapters, Comfort for Grieving Hearts is designed to be read one chapter per day, giving you bite-sized bits of comfort, encouragement, and healing over a period of time. You do not have to read it this way, of course. We all grieve differently. Read in the way that is most natural for you.

In Comfort for Grieving Hearts, you will find peace and comfort in...

• Processing complicated grief emotions (sadness, anger, guilt, confusion, guilt, anxiety, depression, feeling overwhelmed, etc).
• Navigating feeling alone, misunderstood, and even rejected by those around you.
• Handling the increased stress and uncertainty that heavy loss can bring.
• Dealing with physical and mental health issues, illnesses, and new symptoms that often arise.
• Taking care of yourself through diet, hydration, fitness, and rest.
• Thinking through the challenging spiritual and faith questions that frequently surface.
• Relating well to the people around you - those who are helpful and those who aren't.
• Overcoming the tendency to run from emotional pain with unhealthy habits or compulsive behaviors.
• Finding the support you need for survival, recovery, and healing (safe people, fellow grievers, counseling, etc.).
• Developing a simple, realistic plan for birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays.
• Using your grief for good - for yourself, your family, and others.
• Allowing this loss to give you greater perspective and motivate you to live more effectively than ever before.
• Making your life count, one day, one moment at a time.

Please don't grieve alone. Let Comfort for Grieving Hearts join you on this arduous, tasking journey. Be kind to yourself. Take your heart seriously.

Death has invaded, but it doesn't have to win. Read on. Comfort awaits you in these pages of this book.

A beloved spouse dies. Your husband, wife, and life partner is gone. Your world is upended. The emotional pain can be intense.

Your heart begins asking questions. Am I going crazy? Am I going to make it? Where is God in all this?

Many of the people around you don't know what to say or do. They utter clichés and platitudes.

It's okay. You're strong. You'll get through this.

You need something more than this - far more.

You need to know that it's okay to hurt, to be sad, and to grieve.

You need to know that you're not crazy and that your grief is normal.

You need to know that you're not alone in this.

You need to know that you will get through this, even though you will not be the same person you were before.

And most of all, you need the comfort of God's presence. You need to experience his compassion and love. You need to know he is walking with you in your pain and grief.

And that's what Widowed Walk is all about.

Multiple award-winning author, speaker, hospice chaplain, and grief specialist Gary Roe has become a trusted voice in grief recovery who has been bringing comfort, hope, and encouragement to wounded hearts for more than three decades. A former missionary and pastor, Gary knows the spiritual questions that tug at your heart during this time of deep loss.

God meets us in our pain and embraces us. He journeys with us through the emotional upheaval, mental confusion, physical distress, spiritual questioning, and relational changes. Jesus has personally experienced more pain, suffering, and grief than we can fathom. He knows. He gets it. He is the best grief companion imaginable.

He walks with us through the loss of our spouse. That's what Widowed Walk is all about.

Widowed Walk is designed to be read one chapter a day. Consider it a grief devotional. Take your time. Open your heart. Be honest about your thoughts and emotions. Allow Jesus to meet you in each day's reading.

God is with you in your pain and grief. He loves you where you are, as you are. If you're willing, He will bring healing and growth to your broken heart. He will somehow use the loss of your beloved spouse for good - in your life and in the lives of those you touch.

Let the Widowed Walk begin...

A loved one dies. Your world is upended. The emotional pain can be intense.

Your heart begins asking questions. Am I going crazy? Am I going to make it? Where is God in all this?

Many of the people around you don't know what to say or do. They utter cliches and platitudes.

It's okay. You're strong. You'll get through this.

You need something more than this - far more.

You need to know that it's okay to hurt, to be sad, and to grieve.

You need to know that you're not crazy and that your grief is normal.

You need to know that you're not alone in this.

You need to know that you will get through this, even though you will not be the same person you were before.

And most of all, you need the comfort of God's presence. You need to experience his compassion and love. You need to know he is walking with you in your pain and grief.

And that's what Grief Walk is all about.

Multiple award-winning author, speaker, hospice chaplain, and grief specialist Gary Roe has become a trusted voice in grief recovery who has been bringing comfort, hope, and encouragement to wounded hearts for more than three decades. A former missionary and pastor, Gary knows the spiritual questions that tug at your heart during this time of loss.

Loss invaded Gary's life early. His childhood was riddled with sexual abuse, bullying, disappointments, failures, deaths, estrangements, and divorce. He grew up feeling damaged, sad, and lonely. He was functionally orphaned by the time he was 15.

Gary wondered if he was going to make it. He said to himself, If this is what life is like, I must find a way to handle the hits that come. Then, I must find a way to use the pain for good, or else what is this all for? God, only you can do this. If you don't, I'm history.

The losses kept coming. Some were deep and even debilitating. Over time, they piled up and threatened to crush Gary's heart.

Even in my darkest moments, God was there, embracing me in my pain and whispering to my wounded heart. He kept me alive. He has led me through the valley of the shadow of death many times. He continues to bring healing to my injured soul, though never quite in the way I ask for or anticipate. And, true to his loving nature, he continues to take my losses and use them for good, in my life and in the lives of those around me.

God meets us in our pain and embraces us. He journeys with us through the emotional upheaval, mental confusion, physical distress, spiritual questioning, and relational changes. Jesus has personally experienced more pain, suffering, and grief than we can fathom. He knows. He gets it. He is the best grief companion imaginable.

He walks with us in our stuff. That's what Grief Walk is all about.

Grief Walk is designed to be read one chapter a day. Consider it a grief devotional. Take your time. Open your heart. Be honest about your thoughts and emotions. Allow Jesus to meet you in each day's reading.

God is with you in your pain and grief. He loves you where you are, as you are. If you're willing, He will bring healing and growth to your broken heart. He will somehow use this loss for good in your life and in the lives of those you touch.

Let the Grief Walk begin...

He was your love. She was your partner. Now your heart is broken.

What do you do with all the pain, confusion, and anger? What will life be like? Who are you now?

Your heart needs answers. Heartbroken can help.

Bestselling author, speaker, and grief specialist Gary Roe is a well-respected and sought after voice in grief recovery who has been bringing hope and healing to grieving hearts for more than three decades. Gary has walked with hundreds of widows and widowers through this painful valley. From their stories he has composed this warm, practical work that will touch your heart and comfort your soul.

In this deeply personal, easy-to-read book, you will discover how to:

• Manage the up-and-down, roller-coaster emotions of grief (sadness, shock, anger, anxiety, fear, guilt, frustration, depression, etc.).
• Deal with feeling misunderstood, judged, and even rejected by those around you.
• Navigate all the relationship shifts and upheavals that occur with a close loss (relatives, friends, coworkers, neighbors, other widowed spouses).
• Find the support you need to grieve in healthy ways, heal, and grow.
• Live with purpose and meaning, even while hurting.
• Face the future with hope.

As you read, you will discover three key truths:

• You're far from alone, though you might often feel lonely.
• You're not crazy, but you are in a crazy situation compared to your old life.
• You will make it through this, even though you might wonder how.

The loss of a husband or wife is traumatic. You will never be the same, but you can heal and grow. Let Heartbroken join you on your grief journey. You'll be glad you did.

Heartbroken is a USA Best Book Awards Finalist and a National Indie Excellence Book Awards Finalist.

Winner, 2018 Book Excellence Award

An invaluable resource for parents, teachers, coaches, ministers, and anyone who has a teenager they love and want to help. - Glen Lord, President, Board of Directors, The Compassionate Friends

Teens are hurting.

While trying to make sense of an increasingly confusing and troubled world, teens get hit, again and again, with moves, separations, divorces, rejections, substance abuse, domestic violence, sexual abuse, illness, disability, and death. Add teen suicide and school shootings into the mix, and young lives and hearts seem to be more at stake than ever before.

Edgy, fun-loving, tech-driven, and seemingly indestructible, their souls are shaking. Gnawing questions surface from deep inside: How did this happen? Why me? Is this my fault? What am I supposed to do? Who's next? Am I going to make it?

Teen hearts are at risk. Each one is a priceless treasure. We can't afford to allow pain and loss to get the better of them.

What can we do?

Multiple award-winning author, speaker, and grief specialist Gary Roe is a compassionate and trusted voice in grief recovery who has been bringing comfort, hope, encouragement, and healing to hurting, wounded hearts for many years. He wrote Teen Grief at the request of parents, teachers, coaches, and school counselors.

Born of personal experience and more than three decades of interacting with grieving teens, this informative, practical handbook is replete with guidance, insight, and ideas for helping teens navigate the turbulent waters of loss. Though Teen Grief primarily focuses on losses due to death, the principles discussed can be applied to any loss a teen might be experiencing.

In Teen Grief, you will learn...

• How large an issue teen grief is and how deep their pain goes.
• How the teen hearts tend to see and interpret loss, and how they attempt to manage it.
• How you can come alongside teens and help them deal with shock, denial, sadness, and anger.
• How you can support teens as they navigate anxiety, fear, guilt, and depression.
• How you can walk with teens in their loneliness, confusion, and skepticism about life and the future.
• How you can be a safe person who cultivates hope in teen hearts.
• How you (parent, grandparent, teacher, coach, school counselor, administrator, social worker, clergy, youth pastor, mentor, youth advocate, etc.) can use your specific role to have a positive and healing impact in teens' lives.

Teen Grief also includes hints for group discussion so that this resource can also be used by school staff, across entire school districts, and in churches. Together, we can make a massive difference - one teen at a time.

Parenting, education, teaching, coaching, quality relationships, personal health, diet, fitness, counseling, psychology, and therapy can all play a positive role in teen lives. If we can help them discover how to turn losses into gains and transform hardship into something productive, positive, and good, the ripple effects could be extraordinary. As they heal and grow, they can become the difference-makers this world so desperately needs.

Teens are the future. They need you. It's time to help them heal.

Discover what you can do. Scroll up and grab your copy of Teen Grief today.

Your world has changed. Your sibling is missing.

How do you do this? What does this mean? Who are you now? What's next?

Grieving the Write Way for Siblings was written to help.

Multiple award-winning author, speaker, and grief specialist Gary Roe experienced multiple, devastating losses in childhood.

Gary says, By the time I was a teenager, I was slogging through each day carrying a massive amount of grief. Then my dad dropped in front of me of a heart attack. He was a single father and my one functional parent. When this lightning bolt struck, I thought my life was over.

Gary picked up a pen and started writing. The next day, he wrote some more.

I found myself emoting as I wrote. Sadness, confusion, anger, fear, anxiety, and guilt spewed out of me, one word at a time. I felt lousy, but expressing what was inside me felt good and relieving.

Unfortunately, the losses just kept coming. And Gary kept writing.

When Gary's older brother, his only sibling, died recently, he once again went to writing.

Now Gary gives grieving siblings a gift - this unique grief workbook born of his personal and professional experience. Writing can be powerful and effective tool to help you recover from this painful loss.

Whether you're an avid writer or have never used writing to process difficult events, you'll find the Grieving the Write Way for Siblings a heartfelt, compassionate, and practical resource for your sibling grief journey.

In Grieving the Write Way for Siblings, you'll learn...

• The role writing can play in your grief and healing process.
• How writing can steady your heart enough to express your emotions in a productive way.
• How writing can slow your mind down enough to get your thoughts on paper and begin to process them.
• To practice writing as a safe place to express and process questions, doubts, and fears.
• To use writing as an avenue to vent frustrations about your relationships in an honest and uncensored manner.
• How to use writing to work through your thoughts, wonderings, and concerns about the future.

Writing can become a powerful habit that can help us navigate life in general. What we don't express stays locked in our hearts and often becomes the baggage that weighs us down.

Grieving the Write Way for Siblings is about you and the terrible loss you're enduring. It was written to help you...

• Express your heart, mind, and soul.
• Navigate the relational changes and upsets you're facing.
• See that you're not alone, you're not crazy, and that you will make it through this.
• Take the next steps in your grief process, whatever they might be.

In these pages, you'll get many opportunities to experience the benefits of writing about the loss of your sibling and what's happening in your heart and mind.

Take the next step. Read on...and write.

You've been lied to. It's time to embrace the truth.

You've been hit and wounded. Life hasn't turned out to be what you expected, wanted, or hoped for. No one seems to care. You feel alone and isolated.

Something is wrong. You can sense it. Your heart says, There's got to be more.

Yes, there is.

It's time to turn things around. It's time to expose the lies you've been fed about yourself and embrace the truth.

What's the truth?

You're a Difference Maker. And it's time to start living that way.

For more than 30 years, multiple award-winning author and speaker Gary Roe has been helping teens and adults heal from past wounds, discover who they are, and live with passion and purpose. With more than a dozen books and 600 articles in print, he has become a trusted, inspirational voice to thousands of wounded hearts.

Life is about overcoming, Gary frequently says. Join him on the Difference Maker journey. You'll be glad you did.

In Difference Maker, you'll discover...

• The incredible power lies have had over you and your heart.
• What the common lies are out there, and how they are affecting you.
• How to expose the lies you've been fed, one by one.
• The truth about yourself and those around you.
• How to embrace the truth and begin to think and live differently.

As you choose to think differently and begin to heal and grow, you'll also learn...

• How to conquer obstacles like fear, anxiety, anger, depression, self-harming behavior, and suicidal thoughts.
• Why you're here and what your mission is.
• How to avoid thoughts, behavior, and habits that threaten your wellbeing and will scuttle your mission.
• How to embrace healthy, mission-building thoughts, behavior, and habits that will propel you forward.
• How to live with more purpose and passion than you dreamed possible.

No matter what has happened to you or around you, you can heal and grow. You can overcome adversity and turn pain into purpose, every day. You can transform losses into gains. Difference Maker can show you how.

You are a Difference Maker. The world needs you. Accept the challenge. Let the Difference Maker adventure begin.

LARGE PRINT EDITION

This loss changes everything.

The loss of a life partner can be traumatic. Oblivious to our suffering, the world around us speeds on as if nothing happened. Stunned, shocked, sad, confused, and angry, we blink in disbelief. Our hearts are broken. Our souls shake.

We look for comfort. Our broken, grieving hearts need it to survive.

Multiple award-winning author, hospice chaplain, and grief counselor Gary Roe is a trusted voice who has been helping wounded, grieving hearts find hope and healing for more than three decades. Written with heartfelt compassion, this warm, easy-to-read, and practical book reads like a caring conversation with a friend and will become a comforting companion as you navigate the turbulent waters of grief.

Gary's desire is to meet you in your grief and walk with you there. Composed of brief chapters, Comfort for the Grieving Spouse's Heart is designed to be read one chapter per day, giving you bite-sized bits of comfort, encouragement, and healing over a period of time. You do not have to read it this way, of course. We all grieve differently. Read in the way that is most natural for you.

In Comfort for the Grieving Spouse's Heart, you will discover how to...

• Process complicated grief emotions (sadness, anger, guilt, confusion, guilt, anxiety, depression, feeling overwhelmed, etc).
• Navigate all the relational changes - feeling alone, misunderstood, isolated, and even rejected by those around you.
• Handle the increased stress and uncertainty that this heavy loss can bring. * Deal with physical and mental health issues, illnesses, and new symptoms that often arise.
• Take care of yourself through diet, hydration, fitness, and rest.
• Deal with a myriad of practical issues (financial challenges, parenting, family activities).
• Handle the intense, deep loneliness that often comes with this loss.

You will also find hope in how to...

• Think through the challenging spiritual and faith questions that frequently surface.
• Relate well to the people around you - those who are helpful and those who aren't.
• Overcome the tendency to run from emotional pain with unhealthy habits or compulsive behaviors.
• Deal well with triggers and the grief bursts that will come.
• Find the support you need for survival, recovery, and healing (safe people, fellow grievers, counseling, etc.).
• Develop a simple, realistic plan for birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays.
• Use your grief for good - for yourself, your family, and others.
• Allow this loss to give you greater perspective and motivate you to live more effectively than ever before.
• Make your life count, one day, one moment at a time.

Please don't grieve alone. Let Comfort for the Grieving Spouse's Heart join you on this arduous, tasking journey. Be kind to yourself. Take your heart seriously.

Death has invaded, but it doesn't have to win. Read on. Comfort awaits you in these pages of this book.

A truly healing book. - Glen Lord, President, The Compassionate Friends

Unthinkable. Unbelievable. Heartbreaking. Whatever words we choose, they all fall far short of the reality. The loss of a child is a terrible thing.

Accidents. Disease. Suicide. School shootings. Murder. Natural disasters. War. No matter how or when, the death of a child (no matter what age) can shatter the heart.

How do you survive this? Can you?

Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child was written to help.

Bestselling author, hospice chaplain, and grief specialist Gary Roe uses his three decades of experience interacting with grieving parents to give you this heartfelt, easy-to-read, and intensely practical book. In Shattered, Roe walks the reader through the powerful impact a child's death has - emotionally, mentally, physically, relationally, and spiritually.

Shattered unpacks the depth of this loss, describing how...

• Intense, unpredictable emotions (sadness, anger, guilt, anxiety, fear, depression) can hijack us at a moment's notice.
• Our minds spin. We can't concentrate. We forget things. It feels like we're going crazy.
• Our bodies get hit. Symptoms surface. Our health can be impacted. Illness can invade.
• Our souls feel crushed. Guilt shakes us. What we believe gets challenged.
• Our relationships change. Marriage, family, friendships, and workplaces feel the impact.
• Our plans and dreams are shattered. We're now in uncharted territory.

Yes, the loss of a child affects everything.

In Shattered, you will learn how you can...

• Deal with the volatile, unpredictable emotions assaulting you.
• Manage the massive changes that are occurring in your life and routine.
• Move through feeling overwhelmed and begin to heal.
• Take care of yourself and your health amid all the challenges.
• Honor your child with how you grieve.
• Love those around you, even with a broken heart.
• Navigate spiritual pain and faith questions.
• Turn couple, family, and relational changes into personal growth.
• Support your other children in their grief and parent them well.
• Find the people and resources you need to begin to recover.
• Discover whether counseling would be beneficial for you.
• Live life as well as possible while in great pain.
• Make your child's life count in deep and powerful ways.

If you're a grieving parent or grandparent, this book was written for you.

Shattered is not a magic pill. The death of a child cannot be fixed. But comfort, compassion, guidance, and hope can be found in these pages.

You will never be the same, but you can survive. And to some degree, you can heal. Shattered can help.

Open this book, and let the healing continue.

Shattered was honored as a 2017 Best Book Awards Finalist

A beloved spouse dies. Your husband, wife, and life partner is gone. Your world is upended. The emotional pain can be intense.

Your heart begins asking questions. Am I going crazy? Am I going to make it? Where is God in all this?

Many of the people around you don't know what to say or do. They utter clichés and platitudes.

It's okay. You're strong. You'll get through this.

You need something more than this - far more.

You need to know that it's okay to hurt, to be sad, and to grieve.

You need to know that you're not crazy and that your grief is normal.

You need to know that you're not alone in this.

You need to know that you will get through this, even though you will not be the same person you were before.

And most of all, you need the comfort of God's presence. You need to experience his compassion and love. You need to know he is walking with you in your pain and grief.

And that's what Widowed Walk is all about.

Multiple award-winning author, speaker, hospice chaplain, and grief specialist Gary Roe has become a trusted voice in grief recovery who has been bringing comfort, hope, and encouragement to wounded hearts for more than three decades. A former missionary and pastor, Gary knows the spiritual questions that tug at your heart during this time of deep loss.

About his own losses, Gary says, Even in my darkest moments, God was there, embracing me in my pain and whispering to my wounded heart. He kept me alive. He has led me through the valley of the shadow of death many times. He continues to bring healing to my injured soul, though never quite in the way I ask for or anticipate. And, true to his loving nature, He continues to take my losses and use them for good, in my life and in the lives of those around me.

God meets us in our pain and embraces us. He journeys with us through the emotional upheaval, mental confusion, physical distress, spiritual questioning, and relational changes. Jesus has personally experienced more pain, suffering, and grief than we can fathom. He knows. He gets it. He is the best grief companion imaginable.

Widowed Walk is designed to be read one chapter a day. Consider it a grief devotional. Take your time. Open your heart. Be honest about your thoughts and emotions. Allow Jesus to meet you in each day's reading.

God is with you in your pain and grief. He loves you where you are, as you are. If you're willing, He will bring healing and growth to your broken heart. He will somehow use the loss of your beloved spouse for good - in your life and in the lives of those you touch.

Let the Widowed Walk begin...

How did this happen? Why?

How do we do this? Who are we now? What's next?

The loss of a spouse changes everything. Our hearts are broken. Our souls shake.

We need good companions for this painful journey - who meet us in our grief and walk with us through this painful valley.

This book can be such a companion.

Multiple award-winning author, hospice chaplain, and grief counselor Gary Roe is a trusted voice who has been helping wounded, grieving hearts find hope and healing for more than three decades. Written with heartfelt compassion, this warm, easy-to-read, and practical book reads like a caring conversation with a close friend.

In Comfort for the Grieving Spouse's Heart, you will read about how to...

• Process emotions like sadness, anger, fear, guilt, and depression.
• Navigate feeling alone, misunderstood, isolated, and even rejected.
• Take good care of yourself and deal with physical health issues and new symptoms that can arise.
• Handle challenging spiritual issues that frequently surface.
• Relate well to the people around you - those who are helpful and those who aren't.
• Deal well with emotional triggers and grief bursts.
• Find the support you need for survival, recovery, and healing.
• Develop simple, realistic plans for birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays.
• Use your grief for good - for yourself, your family, and others.

Be kind to yourself. Please don't grieve alone. Let Comfort for the Grieving Spouse's Heart join you on this arduous, tasking journey.

Comfort and hope await you in the pages of this book.

Teens are living on the edge.

Life is tough. Bad things happen. To them. To those they love and care about.

They wonder what's coming next. They're scared, anxious, angry, and sad.

They try, but never feel good enough, smart enough, or attractive enough. They wear masks. They try to fit in. They hide and live lies.

There's a fierce battle going on in theirminds. Their hearts are at stake. This is a battle they must win.

For more than 30 years, multiple award-winning author, speaker, and grief counselor Gary Roe has been helping teens and adults heal from past wounds, discover who they are, and live with passion and purpose. With more than a dozen books and 600 articles in print, he has become a trusted, inspirational voice to thousands of wounded hearts.

Life is about overcoming, Gary frequently says. He is determined to help youth face their battles, beginning with this book.

In Living on the Edge, teens will learn...

• Why they struggle with feelings of sadness, worthlessness, or hopelessness at times.
• How their struggles come from lies they've been fed and embraced along the way.
• How to identify the specific lies tripping them up and keeping them stuck.
• How to begin to replace these lies with the truth.
• How to deal with self-harming or suicidal thoughts that can derail their lives.
• Where to go from here to become the Difference Maker they were meant to be.

It's time to help teens move from walking on the edge of a cliff to living on the edge of their seats. There is much to look forward to. More than they realize. And we can help.

Living on the Edge is the first of four books included the Suicide Prevention Project, an initiative spearheaded by the author. It will be a valuable and practical resource for schools, parents, churches, youth workers, counselors, and all who live or work with teens.

Teens have been hit and wounded. Life hasn't turned out to be what they expected, wanted, or hoped for. No one seems to care. They feel alone and isolated.

Something is wrong. They can sense it. Their hearts say, There's got to be more.

Yes, there is.

It's time to turn things around. It's time to expose the lies teens have been fed about themselves and help them embrace the truth.

What's the truth?

Teens are Difference Makers. And it's time to start living that way.

For more than 30 years, multiple award-winning author and speaker Gary Roe has been helping teens and adults heal from past wounds, discover who they are, and live with passion and purpose. With more than a dozen books and 600 articles in print, he has become a trusted, inspirational voice to thousands of wounded hearts.

Life is about overcoming, Gary frequently says. Join him on the Difference Maker journey. You'll be glad you did.

If you're a teen, in this edition of Difference Maker, you'll discover...

• The incredible power lies have had over you and your heart.
• What the common lies are out there, and how they are affecting you.
• How to expose the lies you've been fed, one by one.
• The truth about yourself and those around you.
• How to embrace the truth and begin to think and live differently.

As you choose to think differently and begin to heal and grow, you'll also learn...

• How to conquer obstacles like fear, anxiety, anger, depression, self-harming behavior, and suicidal thoughts.
• Why you're here and what your mission is.
• How to avoid thoughts, behavior, and habits that threaten your wellbeing and will scuttle your mission.
• How to embrace healthy, mission-building thoughts, behavior, and habits that will propel you forward.
• How to live with more purpose and passion than you dreamed possible.

No matter what has happened to you or around you, you can heal and grow. You can overcome adversity and turn pain into purpose, every day. You can transform losses into gains. Difference Maker can show you how.

You are a Difference Maker. The world needs you.

Accept the challenge. Let the Difference Maker adventure begin.