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How do you grieve properly?

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.

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Grief Coach6 min read

Grief Coach affiliates share four ways to love and comfort a grieving person

Valentine's Day—a holiday devoted to the celebration of love and romance—can feel like a sucker punch to grievers. We asked Grief Coach affiliates, "In this season that celebrates love, what's one way someone showed you love after a loss?"

Bereavement2 min read

Help Texts: Radical Bravery In Action

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.

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Grief Coach welcomes new affiliate: Black Dress Consulting

Grief Coach is thrilled to announce our newest affiliate partner, Black Dress Consulting. Black Dress Consulting clients can now receive a discount on Grief Coach subscriptions, giving them immediate access to personalized, year-long texts for grievers and tips and date reminders for their supporters too.

Grief Coach5 min read

Children's hospital Bereavement Coordinator uses Help Texts to support grieving families

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.

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Grief Coach selected for Emerging Ventures Day at this year's End Well Symposium

This year I'll be spending my birthday with entrepreneurs and investors in San Francisco, who are gathering together to stimulate innovation & investment in end of life. Perfect!

COVID-192 min read

After losing someone to COVID-19, it's normal to feel angry, sad, and isolated

If you've lost someone to COVID-19 it's normal to feel angry, sad and alone. Grief Coach can help.

EAP7 min read

How to build a bereavement program your employees will actually use

A significant portion of your employees are grieving at any given time, but are the bereavement benefits you're paying for actually working for them?

Outcomes5 min read

Why is mental health awareness important?

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…

Grief3 min read

A crater called Carroll

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.

Bereavement4 min read

Grief doesn't have a schedule

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?

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Grief6 min read

Grief is a Public Health Emergency

Grieving people are everywhere. Support isn’t. It’s time for that to change. We’re asking healthcare systems, policymakers, and funders to stop treating grief like a footnote. Unlike with other public health issues, such as obesity, we know the exact moment when someone becomes bereaved. We know when a death is registered, when a funeral home files paperwork, when Social Security or the IRS reaches out. Vital Records Offices, coroners, and medical examiners all play a role after someone dies. But where’s the grief support?

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