D.P. Percy Poet . Writer
Recent books published and works in progress
My 2020 self-published book on grief and renweal, Standing in the Fire: a companion book for facing the loss of a loved one and life without them, received excellent reviews.
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“Standing in the Fire is a beautiful book that inspires hope and meaning for living and dying, with healing words for the losses life brings us especially from mid-life on. This is the book to hold as a fellow grief traveller. It is a wise friend, mindful mentor, loving healer, and artful commentator. Di Percy bridges psychological insight and practical application. Grief is inevitable in life, and this book will be your perfect companion before, during and after that time.”
Chip Conley, The Modern Elder Academy; New York Times bestselling author; entrepreneur Air BnB and Joi de Vivre Hotels.
“Standing in the Fire is a work of metaphor and practicality, spiritualism and worldliness, shadow and light. It is like a wise friend accompanying you through loss, grief and recovery and a book to keep close, to help us feel comfort and make meaning of it all. Diana Percy has written this book like going on a sacred pilgrimage, becoming immersed in our process and arriving at the end restored.”
Justine Willis Toms, Author; Host, New Dimensions USA
"This vitally important book fills a gap between the healthcare system being focussed on care for the dying and what happens to you as the companion during the process and afterward."
Professor Catherine Crock, AM Physician, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. Founder and Chair of Hush Foundation.
"A healing and insightful book . . . an act of kindness for loved-ones and professional care-givers."
Dr Francis McNab AM, OM Psychotherapist, Author, Founder, Cairnmillar Institute of Psychotherapy.
"Thank you, Di Percy . . . for how our lives can be enriched by becoming a Dying Companion."
Professor Mary Foley AM, Former Director General, New South Wales Health.
“Standing in the Fire made me feel seen and understood in where I am with my mother as her dying companion—consoled and inspired and then left full of hope and curiosity.”
Mari O’Connell, Carer and Soul Companion, Ireland
“Standing in the Fire is an insightful, wise and intimate travel companion in our journey with grief, healing, ritual, hope and renewal. When our world is dark, our hearts leaden and grief immobilises us, this is the book that encourages us to explore different paths of healing in a spirit of gentle compassion, learning and inner peace. Diana offers the hand of companionship to explore new growth and possibilities that emerge from our darkest days. A timely, wise and courageous book that offers us the opportunity to think differently about the light as well as the shadow of grief.”
Nora Vitens, Creator, Viva 70 Lifestyle Magazine on Ageing Well
Standing in the Fire is a beautiful book that inspires hope and meaning for living and dying, with healing words for the losses life inevitably brings us.
Ben Phillips, Publisher
I have two other books for completion in 2023:
Elderhood: Practising the Wisdom Arts. This book calls us to go beyond the achievements or dissolutions of adulthood, into meaning in the third stage of life. Its four parts address initiation, transition, the immeasurable, and manifestation.
The Descent: The novel is a modern-day fable of being lost, encountering disintegration, initiation, and metamorphosis.
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Praise for Standing in the Fire
“Standing in the Fire is a work of metaphor and practicality, spiritualism and worldliness, shadow and light. It is like a wise friend accompanying you through loss, grief and recovery and a book to keep close, to help us feel comfort and make meaning of it all. Diana Percy has written this book like going on a sacred pilgrimage, becoming immersed in our process and arriving at the end restored.”
Justine Willis Toms, Author; Host, New Dimensions USA
There may come a day, when you choose to get very, very good at understanding and working with culture. A science and an art, it is worthy of investigation, especially because as a board the stakes are going up.
Those at the top of the organisation are named as responsible for culture and its systemic consequences, good and bad. The DNA of Culture gives you insights and strategies to keep your governance ahead of the field.
Director’s Comments
“At a time when culture is nearly all boards should be thinking about, Di Percy challenges simplistic, mechanistic thinking about organisational culture. The book helps directors understand…collective intelligence for the benefit of the organisation. A must read for all directors who want to make a real difference.”
Andrew Donovan, Thoughtpost Governance, Independent Chair, NED, AICD Facilitator
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“Di Percy addresses the practical realities that Boards should be influencing culture and provides valuable guidance on how this can be accomplished. The author is correct in arguing the obligation to shape a positive culture should be embedded as one of the core purposes of Boards. This eBook definitely challenges the way we traditionally think about the role of Boards.”
Geoff Dale, NED; former CEO, GE Money Australia.
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“I love it! It is a fantastic contribution to Best Practice Governance. There are many wonderful insights. Above all I admire how Di Percy has been able to balance great content and advice with a humanistic perspective that is borne of wisdom and generosity of spirit.”
Terry Chuah, Emerald Technology Ventures San Francisco;
Career Lifecycle California
