Heather Stang, grief educator, author, and creator of the Mindfulness and Grief System

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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
The 8-Step Mindfulness & Grief System by Heather Stang

THE MINDFULNESS & GRIEF SYSTEM

A Practical Framework for the Real Lived Experience of Grief 

Help your bereaved clients cope with unwelcome change, build practical skills, and reconnect with a meaningful future.

Unlike stage-based approaches that try to describe what grief may look like, the 8-Step Mindfulness & Grief System focuses on what will actually help the person in front of you.

The framework gives you practical ways to respond to what someone is experiencing now, with tools you can try, adapt, and build on over time. It helps people develop skills including self-compassion, emotional regulation, connection, meaning-making, and choices rooted in their own values, relationships, and love.

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FOR professionals & PEOPLE LIVING WITH GRIEF

Grief Books and Guided Journal for Living With Loss

Heather’s books bring mindfulness, grief theory, reflection, and practical self-care into everyday life.

Living With Grief, Third Edition by Heather Stang

Living With Grief, 3rd Edition

Mindfulness and self-care for living with loss.

Navigating Loss by Heather Stang

Navigating Loss

Practical support for death and non-death loss.

From Grief to Peace by Heather Stang

From Grief to Peace

A guided journal based on the 8-Step Mindfulness & Grief System.

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AWARD-WINNING GRIEF EDUCATION

2025 ADEC Clinical Practice Award Recipient

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.

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Heather Stang, recipient of the 2025 ADEC Clinical Practice Award

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.”
Tara Brach, PhD Author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge
“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.”
Kenneth J. Doka, PhD Senior Vice-President, The Hospice Foundation of America
“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.”
Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD Director, Portland Institute for Loss and Transition
Heather Stang, thanatologist, author, and creator of the Mindfulness and Grief System

ABOUT HEATHER STANG

Grief Education Grounded in Research, Practice, and Lived Humanity

When someone is grieving in front of you, you want to be helpful. You want to know what to offer, what to leave alone, and how to respond in a way that respects the person rather than trying to manage their grief.

That is the work I have spent more than two decades studying, practicing, and teaching. I created the Mindfulness & Grief System to give helping professionals a practical framework they can trust while still leaving room for the individual person, their values, their relationships, and their lived experience.

My role is not to hand you a script. It is to help you become more confident in your own judgment, give you practices you can draw from and adapt, and help you care for yourself while you do this work.

2025 Association for Death Education and Counseling Clinical Practice Award For contributions to innovative, evidence-informed grief support
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