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The overlooked reason people decline grief support

Wanting support and having the capacity to receive it are not the same thing." Why traditional support groups and counseling can feel impossible for exhausted grievers, and how to design care that actually meets them where they are.

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Grief5 min read

Losing your wife or life partner

Grief looks different for everyone. There is no right way to do it, no timeline you need to keep.

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Grief after a drug or alcohol related death

If you have lost someone to substance use, you are carrying something that few people fully understand. The grief is real and immense.

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Loss of a Parent5 min read

Grief on Father's Day: How do you honor your loved one?

Father's Day after loss doesn't end when the day does. Learn how to honor your person, prepare for the grief hangover, and carry your love forward.

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Grief3 min read

Grief is love with nowhere to go. Except when it isn't. Grieving a complicated relationship.

Grief is often called "love with nowhere to go"—but what if the relationship was painful, conflicted, or marked by harm? Explore why grieving a complicated relationship is different, and how to find self-compassion when your loss doesn't fit a tidy narrative.

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Bereavement5 min read

New Bereavement Cost Calculator shows that grief is expensive

Health plans, particularly Medicare Advantage plans, are using the new bereavement cost calculator from Help Texts to estimate the true cost of bereavement and their cost savings when grief support is provided.

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Grief Support6 min read

What to say to a grieving employee (and what to avoid)

When an employee experiences a loss, your first thought is probably about what to say.

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Bereavement4 min read

Supporting grieving employees: how the LCBO is leading the way in Canada

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.

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Employee Support3 min read

94% of Help Texts subscribers are referred to additional resources matched to their loss. Here's why that matters.

Learn how Help Texts matches 94% of subscribers with personalized grief resources, improving care access and driving benefit utilization for organizations.

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Employee Support4 min read

How the LCBO delivers grief support to 8,000+ employees across Ontario

How the LCBO offers a full year of personalized grief support to 8,000+ employees across Ontario, with three years of steady enrollment and sustained engagement.

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Grief8 min read

What is grief?

Grief is a natural, multidimensional response to loss, not a problem to be solved. Explore what grief actually is, why your brain needs time to process it, and gentle ways to cope when you are simply trying to survive the day.

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