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Grief6 min read

Grieving a cancer loss when you are burned out from caregiving

You did everything. The appointments. The medications. The middle-of-the-night wake-ups.

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Grief Support7 min read

How to support someone who is grieving

You showed up here because someone you care about is grieving, and you want to help. You might be worrying about saying the wrong thing or not doing enough.

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Grief Coach3 min read

Three ways to support a teen who is grieving, in partnership with the Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families

Have you ever struggled to know what to say to a teen or young adult grieving the death of a loved one? Try these three tips from Dougy Center and Grief Coach.

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Bereavement8 min read

Anticipatory grief: When you grieve someone who is still alive

We're often taught that grief is something that happens after our loved one takes their last breath.

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Bereavement8 min read

Is bereavement leave required by law in the US?

No federal law requires private employers in the US to give employees time off after a death.

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An adult woman looking thoughtfully out the window with a coffee, navigating the grief of losing her mom as an adult.

Grief4 min read

Losing your mom as an adult

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

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Grief after a traumatic loss is like being under water

Bereavement5 min read

Grief after a sudden, unexpected loss

I've talked to a lot of people who can tell you the exact second their life split into before and after. The phone call. The knock at the door.

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Grief Coach3 min read

Four ways Grief Coach (Help Texts) texts help hospice organizations support bereaved families after a death

We were recently highlighted in a Hospice News article called "The Rise of Tech-Enabled Grief Care." Here are four ways Grief Coach helps hospice organizations and their bereavement teams support people grieving a death.

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Grief3 min read

Grieving through the holidays: a decision tree for every invitation

If you’re grieving, you don’t have to say yes or no to the whole holiday season.

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Grief Coach4 min read

Six pain points grievers have after a death... and how HelpTexts (Grief Coach) texts can help

Grief Coach founder Emma Payne and Head of Bereavement Melissa Lunardini sat down with UK psychotherapist Liz Gleeson on her podcast, Shapes of Grief. Throughout their conversation, they touched upon six pain points grieving people have and the unique ways Grief Coach texts offer support.

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Hospice3 min read

Help Texts now offers bereavement support to Canadian hospices

For more than five years, Help Texts has been working with hospices across the US to provide compassionate, clinically sound support to bereaved families. Now this support is available in Canada, and leaders at hospices including Canuck Place Children’s Hospice and Vancouver Hospice Society have adopted Help Texts as a new way to provide year-long support to the families in their care.

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Bereavement4 min read

We’ve removed the last hurdle to grief support: Help Texts now has "Pay-As-You-Go Pricing"

Since our launch in 2018, Help Texts has been breaking down the barriers to grief support.

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Most read blogs

Grieving a cancer loss when you are burned out from caregiving

How to support someone who is grieving

Three ways to support a teen who is grieving, in partnership with the Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families

Anticipatory grief: When you grieve someone who is still alive

Is bereavement leave required by law in the US?

Losing your mom as an adult

Grief after a sudden, unexpected loss

Four ways Grief Coach (Help Texts) texts help hospice organizations support bereaved families after a death

Grieving through the holidays: a decision tree for every invitation

Six pain points grievers have after a death... and how HelpTexts (Grief Coach) texts can help

Help Texts now offers bereavement support to Canadian hospices

We’ve removed the last hurdle to grief support: Help Texts now has "Pay-As-You-Go Pricing"

Our clinical review process

Our editorial team

Emma Payne

Melissa Lunardini

Rah Adams

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