GRIEF BOOKS BY HEATHER STANG
Grief Books for Living With Loss
Mindfulness-based books and guided practices for grief, self-care, journaling, and finding your footing after loss.
Heather Stang’s books bring together contemporary grief theory, mindfulness, self-compassion, journaling, and embodied practice in ways that are practical, compassionate, and grounded in real life.
Find the Grief Book That Meets You Where You Are
WHICH BOOK IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
Start With What You Need Most Right Now
IF YOUR LOSS DOES NOT FIT A NEAT CATEGORY
Navigating Loss
For death and non-death loss, disenfranchised grief, identity shifts, and unwanted life changes.
IF YOU WANT MINDFULNESS & SELF-CARE Living With GriefFor finding steadiness through mindfulness, meditation, self-compassion, journaling, and gentle embodied practices.
IF YOU PROCESS BEST BY WRITING From Grief to PeaceA guided journal for reflection, meaning, continuing bonds, and compassionate self-inquiry.
2025 HEALTH & WELLBEING AWARDS · SILVER
Navigating Loss
Wisdom and self-care for times of grief and the challenges of life
Not every grief begins with a death, and not every loss is recognized by the people around us.
Navigating Loss explores death and non-death loss, disenfranchised grief, and the life changes that can leave you feeling unmoored even when the world expects you to carry on.
Through personal stories, grief theory, reflection, nature-based metaphors, and practical exercises, the book helps you understand what you are experiencing, care for yourself, and begin reorienting toward a meaningful future.
Death & non-death loss
Disenfranchised grief
Mindful coping
Identity & life transition
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“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.”
THIRD EDITION
Living With Grief
Mindful meditations and self-care strategies for navigating loss
A compassionate way to find more steadiness in the midst of loss.
Living With Grief brings together contemporary grief theory, mindfulness, meditation, journaling, gentle movement, and self-compassion.
It offers structure without relying on rigid stages or pressure to “move on,” giving you practices that can help you stay connected to yourself while adapting to life after loss.
Mindfulness
Meditation
Self-compassion
Embodied grief support
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“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.”
GUIDED JOURNAL · 8-STEP MINDFULNESS & GRIEF SYSTEM
From Grief to Peace
A guided journal for navigating loss with compassion and mindfulness
Sometimes it is easier to understand what you are feeling when you have somewhere to put it.
From Grief to Peace follows the 8-Step Mindfulness & Grief System through guided writing, mindfulness, self-reflection, and compassionate inquiry.
Use it on its own, alongside Living With Grief, or as a gentle structure for returning to yourself when grief makes everything feel scattered.
Guided journaling
Mindfulness & Grief System
Self-reflection
Meaning & continuing bonds
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PRAISE FOR HEATHER'S BOOKS
Recommended by Leading Voices in Grief, Mindfulness, and Bereavement
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Navigating Loss is a clear and compassionate guide for people coping with various types of death and non-death losses. Heather Stang does a wonderful job weaving the evidence-based/research-informed current thinking about loss and grief with very relatable stories and practical tools to cope with and adapt to life's unwelcome changes.”
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GRIEF FIELD
Book Chapters and Professional Texts
Heather’s work has also appeared in leading professional texts on grief therapy, mindfulness, bereavement, hospice care, and creative approaches to loss.
2023
The Handbook of Grief Therapies
HEATHER'S CHAPTER
Mindfulness-Based Grief Therapy
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2020
Intimacy and Sexuality During Illness and Loss
HEATHER'S CHAPTER
Complementary Therapies: Intimacy in Hospice Care
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2015
Techniques of Grief Therapy: Assessment and Intervention
Heather contributed three separate practices to this professional grief-therapy text:
CHAPTER
Compassion & Lovingkindness Meditation
CHAPTER
The Relaxation Response
CHAPTER
Yoga For Grief
TRANSLATIONS & EDITIONS
Deuil et Pleine conscience
French edition of Living With Grief
Méditations pour soulager la souffrance et retrouver du sens
View the French EditionSELECTED ARTICLES & OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Additional Writing on Grief, Mindfulness, and Embodied Practice
2019
Seven Ways to Help Grieving Children During the Holidays
TAPS Magazine, Winter 2019, pp. 5-6
2019
Grief and Sleep: Seven Ways to Cope With Insomnia After Loss
TAPS Magazine, Spring 2019, pp. 21-22
2017
Let It R.A.I.N.
TAPS Magazine, Spring 2017, pp. 10-11
2016
Tending the Garden of Grief With Mindfulness Meditation
TAPS Magazine, Fall 2016, pp. 6-7
2009
Living in the Body: Using Awareness of Physical Sensation to Cope With Loss
Association for Death Education & Counseling Forum, 35(4), p. 15
SPEAKING, TRAINING & BOOKS FOR YOUR AUDIENCE
Bring Heather’s Work to Your Conference, Team, or Organization
Heather speaks to professional audiences about grief, mindfulness, practitioner well-being, caregiving, non-death loss, and the real-world challenges of supporting people through difficult change.
Organizations can also purchase Heather’s books in quantity at a discount, giving participants something useful to take home and continue working with after a keynote, workshop, retreat, employee program, or bereavement event.
Bulk books can be paired with speaking and training, or arranged separately for teams, programs, and events.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Heather Stang, MA, C-IAYT
Thanatologist, author, grief educator, and creator of the Mindfulness & Grief System.
Heather has spent more than two decades working at the intersection of grief, mindfulness, embodied practice, and professional education.
In 2025, she received the Association for Death Education and Counseling Clinical Practice Award for her contributions to innovative, evidence-informed grief support.
FIND YOUR NEXT BOOK
Find the Grief Book That Meets You Where You Are
Choose the book that fits the loss you are living with, the kind of support you want, and the way you prefer to reflect and process.
Compare the Three Grief Books
Important: This page and the practices shared here are for educational and supportive purposes only. They are not a substitute for mental health care, medical care, or crisis support.
If you are concerned about your safety, struggling to function, or experiencing thoughts of harming yourself or someone else, please contact a licensed mental health professional, call 911, or go to the nearest emergency room right away.
If you are in the U.S. or Canada, you can also call or text 988 for immediate crisis support.
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