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COVID-19 has taken away funerals, grief support groups, and visits from friends. Just when we need them the most

I spoke to a Bereavement Manager in Seattle whose client slammed the phone down in rage and frustration, when he heard his support group was canceled. "Just when I need you the most," he said, before he hung up.

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Grief Support2 min read

Not therapy or support groups. When we're grieving we want our friends by our side.

Therapy and support groups aren't for everyone. But everyone I talk to - EVERYONE - wants their friends and family to stay close.

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Grief Support3 min read

Meet four of Grief Coach's expert contributors

It's OK if you don't know what to say when someone dies. Grief Coach's team of expert contributors knows just what to say, and will send you tips & suggestions all year long.

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Grief Support2 min read

Grief Coach delivers specialized text-based support for young widows & widowers. On Valentine's Day, and all year long

Katie Hawkins-Gaar and Jarie Bolander each lost their partner far too young. Now they're sharing what helped (and what didn't), with our Grief Coach subscribers.

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A person sitting alone by the shore, overlaid with the text "Remind your grieving friend that no matter how hard she tried, or how fiercely she loved, she could not control her loved one's addiction."

Grief Support2 min read

Text Messages provide support after an addiction loss

Addiction is misunderstood and scary, which keeps people away after someone dies, just they're needed the most.

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A sample text message reading "Hi, Abby. Today would have been Jason's birthday. Take a minute to send a favorite memory or story to Julie. She'll appreciate hearing a happy story, and it will be good for you too."

Death5 min read

Making difficult conversations easier: text messages and card games that help us talk about death

Whether it’s a card game or text messages, I love that there are new ways to take the awkwardness out of the moments in our lives when we most need each other.

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Event poster reading "The Grief Dialogues presents Live Well Die Well tour, Los Angeles", with two black arrows pointing in opposite directions

Grief Support1 min read

Grief Coach on panel at Live Well Die Well Los Angeles

I can't wait to join this group of end-of-life innovators in LA. This rare event connects art, loss, grief, healing, movement, theatre, and how we all ultimately embrace life…and death.

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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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Grief Support2 min read

My surprise encounter with a Grief Coach subscriber: Best birthday gift EVER

As I went to get myself a birthday cup of tea, a woman came to introduce herself. A Grief Coach subscriber!

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Mary Robinson, smiling in glasses, on a CNN Heroes promotional graphic reading "Vote for the CNN Hero of the Year, Top 10 CNN Heroes"

Grief Support2 min read

My meeting with CNN's nominee for "Hero of the Year"

Mary Robinson still has the sympathy card she received her neighbor 40 years ago, when her Dad died. Your vote can help her win $100K for her work in childhood bereavement.

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Katrina Spade, smiling, with short dark hair styled up, wearing a polka-dot shirt, in front of green foliage

Grief Support2 min read

Pinch me! Investors are flocking to these two Seattle start-ups, led by women who are re-imagining death and grief

Recompose and GiveInKind dominated Seattle start-up news on November 19th, with nearly $6M raised. And they're just getting started.

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Zeena Regis, smiling, in a dark green top, photographed outdoors

Grief2 min read

No-one makes me smile when they talk about death, the way Zeena makes me smile

Add this podcast to your queue. Zeena's light-hearted, poignant stories about end of life, are ones you'll remember.

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Recent blogs

COVID-19 has taken away funerals, grief support groups, and visits from friends. Just when we need them the most

Not therapy or support groups. When we're grieving we want our friends by our side.

Meet four of Grief Coach's expert contributors

Grief Coach delivers specialized text-based support for young widows & widowers. On Valentine's Day, and all year long

Text Messages provide support after an addiction loss

Making difficult conversations easier: text messages and card games that help us talk about death

Grief Coach on panel at Live Well Die Well Los Angeles

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

My surprise encounter with a Grief Coach subscriber: Best birthday gift EVER

My meeting with CNN's nominee for "Hero of the Year"

Pinch me! Investors are flocking to these two Seattle start-ups, led by women who are re-imagining death and grief

No-one makes me smile when they talk about death, the way Zeena makes me smile

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