When Grief is Complicated.
Chivonne Monaghan is a speaker, author, and grief + resilience specialist exploring what it means to live honestly after loss. Her work is rooted in complicated grief; the kind that arrives without closure, clean endings, or a clear map forward.
With over two decades in wellness and personal development, and lived experience navigating profound loss, Chivonne blends emotional honesty with grounded, trauma-aware reflection. She writes about grief not as something we “get over,” but as something we learn to integrate – shaping identity, relationships, and the way we move through the world.
Having lived in six countries and traveled through more than thirty others, Chivonne brings a global, deeply human lens to her work. She is especially drawn to the quiet, often unspoken layers of grief: disenfranchised loss, identity shifts, unresolved relationships, and the slow work of rebuilding a life that can hold both sorrow and strength.
Through her writing, speaking, and retreats, she creates language and space for what is difficult to name; believing that our stories, when shared with care, can become a form of medicine.
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