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Feeling Overwhelmed? Try One of These

You're here because you're overwhelmed and need something that helps right now. Here are 12 things you can try. Pick whichever one feels doable.

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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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Holidays2 min read

Halloween and Grief: When a Fun Holiday Feels Hard

Halloween may be an unexpected grief activator for you.

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Manager talking with grieving employee at work

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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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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A thoughtfully smiling professional sitting in a chair with a laptop, representing a benefits leader utilizing Help Texts for personalized grief resource matching.

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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Grief9 min read

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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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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Dates in the calendar that are unexpectedly hard

Bereavement4 min read

The dates you didn't circle

You're doing fine. Then, on a random Tuesday in October, for no reason you can point to, you can't get out of bed. Grief isn't supposed to work like this.

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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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A woman resting comfortably on a couch in a cozy sweater, quietly reading a supportive text message on her phone, representing accessible, low-energy grief support at home.

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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