Two days before Annabel Croft’s early Sunday morning cover shoot, she sat down with Princess Diana’s former therapist to speak about losing her husband to cancer.
And since meeting with Julia Samuel, a psychologist and grief therapist, Annabel understands why competing in last year’s Strictly Come Dancing series was the right decision to help heal her heart.
‘She said, “You do realise that dance is one of the best things for grief?” I didn’t know that, but I can see that now, having done it,’ explains Annabel, 57, who reached the semifinal in the hit BBC1 show, alongside pro dancer Johannes Radebe.
‘You’re distracting your brain, so you’re not wallowing and sobbing all day. It doesn’t stop [grief] completely and there were times when Johannes had to cope with that, but he’s been through a lot of grief recently and Johannes were my therapy.’
