Heather Stang on Mindfulness and Grief
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.
Links & resources for this episode
Mindfulness and Grief, by Heather Stang
From Grief to Peace, guided journal by Heather Stang
Buddha’s Brain, by Rick Hanson
Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, by David Treleaven
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