Rah Adams · 29 April 2026
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than one in five adults, and one in seven youth ages 6-17 in the United States, experience mental illness in a given year. Most of them won't get treatment.Read more
Melissa Lunardini · 28 April 2026
Why small, sustained messages of care outperform the bereavement programs most organizations pay for.Read more
Jessica Correa · 24 April 2026
There's no right way to grieve , and no deadline. Thanatologists explain what healthy grieving actually looks like, and why the pressure to move on too soon is the biggest barrier to healing.Read more
Rah Adams · 8 April 2026
On Monday, somewhere between Earth and the moon, four astronauts floating in zero gravity wrapped their arms around each other and cried.
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen had just radioed to mission control with a request from the Artemis II crew: they wanted to name two craters on the moon. One, he said, would honor the late wife of mission commander Reid Wiseman — Carroll Wiseman, who died of cancer in 2020 at just 46 years old.
"We lost a loved one," Hansen said. "Her name was Carroll, the spouse of Reid, the mother of Katey and Ellie."
He described the crater as "a bright spot on the moon."
Then he called it Carroll.Read more
Melissa Lunardini · 23 March 2026
Grieving a Cancer Loss. What makes this grief different — and where to begin.Read more
Melissa Lunardini · 22 March 2026
What is grief? A compassionate guide to understanding loss.Read more
Melissa Lunardini · 3 March 2026
Grief doesn't wait for your next therapy appointment. It can hit you at 2 a.m., or show up in the middle of the afternoon, as you juggle errands. If grief doesn't follow a schedule, why should your support?Read more
Melissa Lunardini · 27 February 2026
When you're feeling overwhelmed, text-based support can feel like a lifeline. Two services, Crisis Text Line and Help Texts, both deliver text support, but serve fundamentally different needs. Here's how to know which one is right for you.Read more
Melissa Lunardini · 12 February 2026
Text messaging is the most accessible, effective, and evidence-based digital health intervention available.Read more
Sarah Khatau · 11 February 2026
Research shows that people who experience the death of a loved one face a significantly increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular events, particularly in the weeks and months following a loss. Acute stress, sleep disruption, and prolonged emotional strain can place measurable physiological stress on the heart, not just emotional distress.Read more