Living With Grief
A free monthly online workshop for navigating everyday life, anxiety, and meaningful days
Next Session: Thursday, March 12, 2026
4:00 - 5:00 PM ET
This workshop is offered live once a month. Click below to choose your date.
Grief is not something you solve, it is something you learn to live with
Grief touches every part of life. It affects the body, the mind, emotions, relationships, and the way we care for ourselves over time.
Whether your loss is recent or happened years ago, whether you are navigating your first loss or carrying multiple layers of grief, there is often a quiet question underneath it all:
How do I live with this?
Living With Grief is a free, live online workshop created to support gentle, sustainable self-care through mindfulness, understanding, and shared practice.
What this workshop offers
This workshop is a calm, supportive space to pause, learn, and practice together.
Each month, I introduce a theme drawn from my Mindfulness and Grief System, focused on self-care and living with loss in a way that respects your nervous system and your pace.
Themes may include how grief lives in the body, how emotional waves work, how to respond to overwhelm, how to meet yourself with more compassion, or how to stay present with life as it is.
The exact focus may vary from month to month, but the intention remains the same:
to offer practical understanding, gentle practices, and a sense of connection.
You will also be guided through a short mindfulness practice you can return to in daily life.
What this workshop is and is not
This workshop is:
Educational and experiential
Grounded in mindfulness and lived experience
Focused on self-care rather than fixing grief
Designed to be gentle, spacious, and supportive
This workshop is not:
Group therapy
A place where you are expected to share or speak
Focused on moving on or getting over loss
A high-pressure or emotionally intense event
You are welcome to listen quietly, take notes, or step away at any time. No prior mindfulness experience is needed.
Who this workshop is for
This workshop may be helpful if you:
- Notice grief showing up unexpectedly in daily life
- Feel anxiety building ahead of special days or transitions
- Want tools that feel supportive rather than overwhelming
- Are not looking to fix your grief, but want help living with it
- Prefer a non pressure learning environment
You are welcome whether your loss is recent or happened years ago.
Grief does not follow a timeline.
What you will take with you
After attending, many people leave with:
A clearer understanding of how grief affects the whole self
One or two ways to meet difficult moments with more steadiness
A simple mindfulness practice for everyday life
A sense of connection and shared humanity
There is nothing you need to master or complete. Take what is helpful and leave the rest.
An optional next step
At the end of the workshop, I will briefly share information about Awaken, my ongoing mindfulness based grief support community.
Awaken is a space where we practice these tools together week by week, with guidance and structure. There is no pressure to join. You are welcome to attend the workshop simply for the experience.
About Heather Stang
I am a grief counselor, thanatologist, and the creator of the Mindfulness & Grief System. For over twenty years, I have supported people navigating life after loss, both professionally and through my own lived experience.
My work has been recognized by the Association for Death Education and Counseling, where I received the Clinical Practice Award for my contributions to grief support.
What matters most to me is creating spaces where people feel steady, respected, and not pressured to be a certain way. My book, Living With Grief: Mindful Meditations and Self-Care Strategies for Navigating Loss reflects the same approach I bring to all of my work. Practical, compassionate, and paced to honor the nervous system.