Heather Stang on Mindfulness and Grief

The Widowed Parent Podcast

I had such a great discussion with Heather Stang for this episode. Heather is founder of the Mindfulness & Grief Institute, where she facilitates Awaken, a mindfulness-based online grief group, offers individual sessions, and hosts the Mindfulness & Grief Podcast. Even though we recorded this discussion some months back, I think it’s a great time right now, with the new year having just started, to have a listen, and consider learning a bit about mindfulness and perhaps even adopting a mindfulness practice.

Some topics Heather and I discuss include:

• Why she created a guided journal, and why it’s helpful for grieving people;
• Her eight-step mindfulness and grief process;
• The physical experiences of grief;
• Intuitive grievers and instrumental grievers;
• Why her first goal in working with grieving people is to help them be able to sleep;
• What are mindfulness and meditation, and their relationship to one another;
• How mindfulness can help you learn to respond rather than react; and
• Why guided mediation can be helpful, especially if you’re not sure how to get started.

I hope you enjoy my discussion with Heather Stang.

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