Loss & Leadership
Yvonne was leading a school community when her 20-year-old son was killed by a drunk and drug-affected driver. Her experience showed her, firsthand, how a profound loss can impact your mind, body and soul.
Life is unpredictable, we never know when a loss will impact us. It doesn’t discern or discriminate, so we are all vulnerable to loss and grief. Drawing on her personal experience and her deep understanding of the grief process, Yvonne supports leaders experiencing personal grief.
This is a specialised area of expertise which assists leaders and managers, who don’t have the luxury of being able to take unlimited leave, to continue in their role while being supported to process their grief.
Soul Stripped Bare
Yvonne had never experienced such profound loss. As a way of trying to regain control of her life, she went on a quest to learn all she could about loss and grief. The question on her lips was, “Am I grieving normally?” She soon realised there is nothing normal about profound loss. What she did realise though, was that when the worst loss imaginable happens, you can shut down or you can grow.
Yvonne chose to grow. And she shares her journey of heartache and growth in her book Soul Stripped Bare – growing through grief.
