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How Oceanside Hospice delivers grief support across remote communities

When Oceanside Hospice Society needed to reach bereaved families scattered across Vancouver Island's remote communities, they found their small part-time team couldn't deliver consistent grief support manually. Since launching Help Texts in July 2025, they've seen month-over-month enrollment growth and a 94.6% active rate, with 100% of surveyed families finding the content helpful.

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How to help a friend after a stillbirth

We’re taught what to do in all kinds of emergencies (think airplane crashes and earthquakes), but no-one teaches us what to do when the inevitable happens. No one teaches us what to do when someone we love, loses someone they love. October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month, which means we all have a good opportunity to learn.

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Bereavement4 min read

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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Bereavement4 min read

Honoring lives, not just losses: supporting overdose grief

When someone dies of an overdose, grief is often met with silence or stigma. On Overdose Awareness Day, let us remember that addiction is a disease, not an identity, and every life lost deserves compassion.

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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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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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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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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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Grief5 min read

Rituals that help: small ways to remember

Grief rituals are small, intentional actions that help you honor someone who died and stay connected to them.

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Employee Support14 min read

Supporting a Grieving Employee: The Connect, Collaborate, Cultivate Framework for Managers

A grief-informed guide for managers on supporting a grieving employee, from the day you hear the news through the first anniversary. Includes what to say at every step.

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Grief5 min read

How to get through your first death anniversary

Ideas for the days leading up, the day itself, and the days after your first death anniversary.

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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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Most read blogs

How Oceanside Hospice delivers grief support across remote communities

How to help a friend after a stillbirth

The overlooked reason people decline grief support

Honoring lives, not just losses: supporting overdose grief

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

New Bereavement Cost Calculator shows that grief is expensive

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

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

Rituals that help: small ways to remember

Supporting a Grieving Employee: The Connect, Collaborate, Cultivate Framework for Managers

How to get through your first death anniversary

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

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