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
Emma Payne · 10 February 2026
Words can create connection, and even help us fight infection. Here are six texts you can send right now, to give friends and family a dopamine boost.Read more
Emma Payne · 31 December 2025
Everything became uncertain in 2025. But, as in grief, challenges can often give us a chance to test our mettle. When things turn upside down, we see what we’re capable of, and what our teams and companies are capable of, too. Read more
Melissa Lunardini · 15 December 2025
Adopting a Swiss Army knife approach means embracing a public health approach to grief care that recognizes different levels of need and different points of entry.Read more
Melissa Lunardini · 20 November 2025
Radical bravery means showing up for the hardest conversations, meeting people in their darkest moments, and refusing to let anyone navigate death or grief alone—especially those whom our systems have overlooked.Read more
Emma Payne · 22 September 2025
When I first chose text messaging as the vehicle I'd use to build a global grief support platform, I thought it would be my MVP - something I could fund off the side of my desk while keeping my tech job. Text, I thought, was affordable, scalable, and nearly ubiquitous.
Flash forward 10 years and I believe my decision to build a text messaging platform was the best decision I could possibly have made. I've learned a lot about the technology, psychology, neuroscience, and impact of text as a mental health intervention. Other technologies come and go, but everyone still loves text messages. Here's why.Read more
Rah Adams · 8 August 2025
When someone you love is grieving, it can feel impossible to know what to say. You don't want to say the wrong thing. You don't want to upset them. So you say nothing… or you wait too long… or you send something that doesn't quite feel right.Read more
Melissa Lunardini · 28 July 2025
As someone who had been providing direct care for many years at that point, I was really skeptical. You might say that my protective "mama bear" came out, and I immediately scoffed at the idea that people could feel supported by simple text messages, especially considering my years of sitting with people in their darkest moments.Read more