FLAGSHIP TRAINING
Mindfulness & Grief Coach Certification
Learn, experience, practice, and apply the complete 8-Step System through live professional training, feedback, and client-ready resources.
REAL-WORLD GRIEF TRAINING FOR HELPING PROFESSIONALS
Know What to Do When Grief Shows Up in Your Work
Feel more confident supporting grief, more grounded in the moment, and less pressure to have the perfect answer.
Learn how to notice what matters, choose what may help, and know when presence is enough.
Build your Grief Support Toolkit
Answer five quick questions and get a personalized mini masterclass and practical resource for the part of your work that needs more clarity now.
Looking for support with your own grief? Find your next step here.
2025 ADEC Clinical Practice Award
Recognized for innovative, evidence-informed grief support
Master’s in Thanatology
Graduate study in death, dying, grief, and bereavement
Creator of the Mindfulness & Grief System
A practical framework for supporting grief with flexibility
Author, Educator & Speaker
More than two decades in grief education and support
LIVE WORKSHOP WITH HEATHER
Knowing Grief Theory Is Not the Same as Knowing What to Do in the Room
You may understand grief theory and still wonder what to say, what to offer, when to slow down, and when presence may be enough.
In this live workshop, Heather walks you through how she thinks about real grief-support situations, what she notices, how she chooses what may help, and how she knows when not to add more.
Come away with a clearer way to think in the moment, so you can feel more confident in your work and more at peace with not having to fix grief.
THE MINDFULNESS & GRIEF SYSTEM
A Real-World Framework for What to Notice, What to Offer, and When Not to Add More
Grief is personal. The practitioner still needs a reliable way to orient themselves.
The 8-Step Mindfulness & Grief System gives you structure for making thoughtful choices without prescribing how another person should grieve.
It brings together contemporary grief theory, mindfulness, conscious relaxation, self-compassion, journaling, movement, continuing bonds, meaning-making, and trauma-sensitive practice.
AWARD-WINNING GRIEF EDUCATION
2025 ADEC Clinical Practice Award
Heather received the Association for Death Education and Counseling Clinical Practice Award for her contributions to innovative, evidence-informed grief support.
The award recognizes the professional work behind the Mindfulness & Grief System and Heather's contribution to the field of grief education and practice.
TRUSTED BY LEADERS IN THE FIELD
Recognized by Respected Voices in Grief, Mindfulness, and Loss
“Heather Stang offers those who are grieving a wise and practical guide. The stories, teachings and meditations in this book will help you find your own inner strength and awakening heart in the midst of great loss.”
“Heather Stang's Navigating Loss is a valued compass for navigating a wide range of life's losses. Grieving individuals will find it both informative and full of activities and exercises to assist in coping with grief. It is a wonderful resource for the bereaved.”
“When we are more firmly grounded in our bodies, as Heather Stang demonstrates, we are better able literally and metaphorically to find a new footing in the world, and to restore a life of meaning and coherence.”
LEARN WITH HEATHER
Professional Support for the Work You Are Doing Now
Go deeper through structured training, bring a difficult situation to private mentoring, or keep learning through the podcast and professional resource library.
Explore Certification
ONE-TO-ONE SUPPORT
Professional Mentoring for People Who Help People
Bring questions about a client or group, scope, boundaries, what to offer, or how the work is affecting you. Think it through directly with Heather.
LISTEN & LEARN
The Mindfulness & Grief Podcast
Conversations and teaching on grief, mindfulness, professional practice, self-compassion, and the realities of supporting people through loss.
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
Grief Coach Training Resources
Explore articles, tools, and professional resources for grief coaching, facilitation, mindfulness-based support, and sustainable practice.
FROM PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE TRAINED WITH HEATHER
The Shift Is Not Just Knowing More. It Is Showing Up Differently.
“It’s already changed how I think about holding space, less fixing, more allowing, and trusting the process.”
“Both personally and professionally, the program helped me find my center through mindful breaths so that I can step into situations at the hospital with a clearer mind and heart.”
“This program brought all my training and passion together in a beautiful way.”
KEYNOTES & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Bring Real-World Grief Education to Your Conference, Team, or Organization
Heather speaks to professional audiences who want grief education that is thoughtful, engaging, evidence-informed, and useful the next day.
Topics can include grief literacy, mindfulness-based grief support, practitioner well-being, caregiving, non-death loss, grief and the holidays, and sustainable ways to support people through loss.
THE PRACTITIONER MATTERS, TOO
Supporting Someone Deeply Does Not Require Carrying Their Grief for Them
We are going to be affected by grief work. We are human beings sitting with other human beings in pain.
Sustainable grief support includes noticing what is happening in you, staying clear about what belongs to you and what does not, and caring for yourself with the same intention you bring to the people you support.
FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH GRIEF
Books and Resources for Living With Loss
Heather’s books bring mindfulness, grief theory, reflection, and practical self-care into everyday life.
Living With Grief, 3rd Edition
Mindfulness and self-care for living with loss.
Navigating Loss
Practical support for death and non-death loss.
From Grief to Peace
A guided journal based on the 8-Step Mindfulness & Grief System.
ABOUT HEATHER STANG
Grief Education Grounded in Research, Practice, and Lived Humanity
I have spent more than two decades working at the intersection of grief, mindfulness, embodied practice, and professional education.
My work is shaped by thanatology, mindfulness, yoga therapy, writing, teaching, professional practice, and lived experience with loss.
I teach with respect for both sides of the relationship: the person living with grief and the professional trying to support them responsibly.
2025 Association for Death Education and Counseling Clinical Practice Award
For contributions to innovative, evidence-informed grief support
More About Heather
KEEP LEARNING
Choose the Kind of Support You Need Next
Start with the Toolkit, go deeper through certification, or bring a specific professional question to mentoring.
Personalized starting point
Build My Grief Support Toolkit
Structured professional training
Explore the Certification
Private professional guidance
Book Mentoring With Heather
Looking for support with your own grief? Find your next step here.