Melissa Lunardini · 8 May 2025
Mother’s Day is a beautiful time to celebrate motherhood, but for people who have lost their moms, and mothers who have lost a child, it can also be one of the most painful days of the year.Read more
Melissa Lunardini · 29 January 2025
Healthcare providers are suffering from compassion fatigue and burnout. Gina Kornfeind, a Bereavement Coordinator and Social Worker at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, is using Help Texts' grief support program to help her keep up with the growing need for resources for patients' family members, colleagues, and her friends and neighbors too.Read more
Rah Adams · 12 September 2024
Postvention is a vital component of suicide prevention.Read more
Melissa Lunardini · 26 August 2024
Palliative Veterinarian pioneer Dr. Lianna Titcombe teams up with Help Texts to transform the way we provide support after a beloved pet dies.Read more
Emma Payne · 1 August 2024
Tracey Piparo is a Physician Associate (PA) with RWJBarnabas Health in New Jersey. She's one of only 200 PAs in the US who specializes in palliative care. Tracey was happy to discover support from Help Texts in 2023, an innovative text-based service offering accessible, confidential, and convenient support via text message. "I believe that there is awesomeness in the simplicity of texts," she says. "As a PA with not only a demanding career but a hectic home life, I appreciate the ability to receive the info when I am able and also appreciate the succinct suggestions that arrive at just the right time."Read more
Emma Payne · 29 April 2024
When Lilian Riad-Allen’s mom died in 2021, she felt as though everything she knew about the world was completely upended. Feeling lost, she sought out grief support and came across a company called Help Texts, which provided ongoing, expert bereavement care via text message. Lilian signed up for support from Help Texts and found the messages really helpful, with powerful reminders and suggestions, personalized and tailored to the loss of her mom. As the Senior Director for Workplace Health, Safety & Wellness at the LCBO, Lilian openly shared about her experience with grief, and before long, she found that others started sharing as well.Read more
Emma Payne · 19 April 2024
Help Texts works with hospices across the country, many in rural areas, to provide caregiver and grief support via text. We're an evidence-based, highly effective and affordable way for hospices to provide education and support to rural caregivers. This can improve CAHP scores, reduce caregiver stress, and help caregivers to manage patient symptoms too, at this tender and significant time in their lives.Read more
Emma Payne · 19 April 2024
Taylor Swift is joining the conversation about grief! Which - for bereavement people like our team at Help Texts - is an exciting opportunity to get more (MANY more) people talking about the ups and downs of grief.Read more
Emma Payne · 31 August 2023
A diagnosis of dementia is difficult for patients and for their caregivers too. We're proud to be working with Relish, a UK organization doing great work to create and facilitate activities that can be fulfilling and enjoyable ways for caregivers to spend time with their loved ones.Read more
Emma Payne · 18 April 2023
At Help Texts we're on a mission to make mental health and bereavement care accessible and affordable for all. As we look to scale our impact as a public benefit corporation, we're considering launching a community raise with Wefunder, a crowdfunding platform that will give our community an opportunity to own part of our company. If you think this is something you might consider, please take 30 seconds (literally!) to complete this survey. There's no commitment but hearing from our community will help us decide whether or not to raise money this way.Read more