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Grief7 min read

The grieving process: what happens when we lose someone we love

People will tell you that grief is a process. They mean well.

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Entrepreneurship6 min read

Breathing new life into death: five tech companies from female founders making sure no one grieves alone

After decades kept firmly backstage, people are talking about death and grief, and bringing difficult conversations into the limelight.

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Bereavement7 min read

Supporting families through loss: The need for bereavement care in fertility treatment

For the millions of intended parents pursuing fertility treatment, the journey toward parenthood often involves hope and anticipation but also profound loss and grief. While fertility clinics excel at providing medical interventions to help families conceive, many fall short in addressing the emotional aftermath when treatments don't succeed or pregnancies end in loss. Fertility clinics that recognize the inherent risk of disappointment and bereavement, and make it a priority to support their patients’ complete well-being with ongoing support, build trust with families, and optimize treatment outcomes, too.

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Partnership2 min read

Grief Coach (Help Texts) welcomes new affiliate, Amy Fabian-Crump, CEO and founder of Dragonfly Vibes

Amy personally receives Grief Coach texts and knows the value of having simple, easy access to help after a loss. She says: "Support is critical to our healing journey and it can take many forms. The more we can make getting support easy for those grieving the more likely people are to take advantage of it."

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Grief Coach4 min read

Five reasons your organ procurement organization or tissue bank should offer bereavement texts to donor families

As you support families through your organization's bereavement program, consider incorporating Help Texts text messages as a part of your outreach. Here's why: 1. We offer personalized texts for sudden, traumatic deaths like the ones many of your donor families faced. 2. We help your donor families cope and make meaning. 3. We help donor families feel less alone by texting their supporters too! 4. We save you time and postage by texting donor families reminders of your organization's events. 5. We strengthen your relationship and reputation with donor families, so they see the process of donation as positive and worthwhile.

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Grief5 min read

Accessibility and privilege in grief support

Most people don’t get the support they need after someone dies, and that is bad news for individual mental health, as well as for the development of healthy families and communities.

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Bereavement3 min read

Locks of Legacy 2025

Two weeks ago I had the honor of traveling to Sacramento, to speak with 400 family members whose loved ones died last year. In their deep grief they decided that their loved ones would become tissue and organ donors.

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Grief Support2 min read

Meet four (more!) Grief Coach expert contributors

Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the immense amount of grief people are carrying, but working with Grief Coach's expert contributors reminds me that there is more than enough compassion and wisdom to go around. I'm proud of the role our text messages are playing, in bringing expert knowledge and comfort to grievers, right when they need them.

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Grief2 min read

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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Grief2 min read

New research proves the power of the humble text message for health intervention

Text messaging is the most accessible, effective, and evidence-based digital health intervention available.

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Grief Coach2 min read

Grief Coach's new text-based survey tool delivers strong results

Within moments, we received our first responses, and within the first 24 hours, we had nearly a 50% response rate.

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Grief2 min read

Taylor Swift amps up the grief conversation

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.

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Most read blogs

The grieving process: what happens when we lose someone we love

Breathing new life into death: five tech companies from female founders making sure no one grieves alone

Supporting families through loss: The need for bereavement care in fertility treatment

Grief Coach (Help Texts) welcomes new affiliate, Amy Fabian-Crump, CEO and founder of Dragonfly Vibes

Five reasons your organ procurement organization or tissue bank should offer bereavement texts to donor families

Accessibility and privilege in grief support

Locks of Legacy 2025

Meet four (more!) Grief Coach expert contributors

How do you grieve properly?

New research proves the power of the humble text message for health intervention

Grief Coach's new text-based survey tool delivers strong results

Taylor Swift amps up the grief conversation

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