Grief Educator, International Speaker and Best Selling Author
Heidi Dunstan is an Event Manager, International Speaker, Best Selling Author and Certified Grief Educator. After experiencing the sudden loss of her husband in 2018, Heidi founded Lean into Grief an initiative dedicated to teaching what to say and not say to someone who is grieving so we don’t lose the legacies of those we have lost. She is also President of Summit Designs which manages online and in person events. Heidi holds a Bachelor of Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies from the University of Calgary, she is a passionate advocate for understanding grief as an expression of love and emphasizes the importance of community while moving through grief.
After moving through the sudden, unexpected loss of her common law husband in 2018, Heidi learned firsthand that many of us are not equipped to deal with grief. It is not that people don’t want to grieve, its that we …