Denise Peters

Navigating Grief: A Personal Experience in the Age of Covid Denise Peters

A poignant, honest and heartfelt story of grief. A handbook, succinctly written, outlining the author's own journey during the Coronavirus Pandemic. It is a non-cumbersome, tangible aid assisting those who are grieving, to notice and feel comfortable with their own emotional responses whilst on their parallel, but subjective path.

The aim is to help people justify their unexpected loss, and ultimately to forgive and recognise that what happened to their loved one, was nobody's fault. The objective is that it helps them understand their grief and their emotions, and to let go of any anger. The intention being to help them move towards acceptance in a positive and self-motivated way. The goal is to leave them in the position to celebrate memories, and to acknowledge the gift of their own life still to be lived.

"Beautifully written. Denise captures the different stages and emotions of grief brilliantly, with such honesty and clarity --but also with such positivity: that there will be light eventually at the end of the tunnel, in time you will be able to look at old photos with a smile, but you first need to get through the pain. Whoever reads this very real account of her journey will find complete honesty about grief's journey, but free from any jargon that you often find in books about death. A grieving person needs someone who actually understands and has felt their pain, and often wonders how others have coped with it and got through it. This book answers that need." Emma - a Cruse Bereavement Counsellor

"Grief is about so much more than someone dying as it can relate to anything that has happened in our lives. At the moment there is grief not just for the loved ones we may have lost to coronavirus, but we are also grieving for the lives we have left behind and for what might have been." - Mentioned and quoted in the The Times, Edition no.73289, Tuesday, 13th October by Peta Bee