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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."

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.

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."

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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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.

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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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.

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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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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Grief Support2 min read

Great storytelling lets grieving children know their tears are OK

This Children's Grief Awareness Month I want to share my favorite grief book for children (OK, probably my favorite grief book ... period).

Grief Support2 min read

An inspiring conversation with Ashley Jones, founder of Love Not Lost, about loss, fear and love

Like so many people who suffer a traumatic loss, Ashley was devastated when her daughter died, but also felt isolated in the aftermath, as friends struggled to find the words or - worse - stayed away.

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Grief Support2 min read

Grief Coach selected for Emerging Ventures Day at this year's End Well Symposium

This year I'll be spending my birthday with entrepreneurs and investors in San Francisco, who are gathering together to stimulate innovation & investment in end of life. Perfect!

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Grief Support1 min read

Happy to be sharing Lantern's warm, accessible and practical funeral planning and grief resources with Grief Coach subscribers

Some partnerships take months & months to forge, and then there are the ones that make sense right away. I'm so pleased to have met Liz Eddy, founder of Lantern.co

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Recent blogs

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

Great storytelling lets grieving children know their tears are OK

An inspiring conversation with Ashley Jones, founder of Love Not Lost, about loss, fear and love

Grief Coach selected for Emerging Ventures Day at this year's End Well Symposium

Happy to be sharing Lantern's warm, accessible and practical funeral planning and grief resources with Grief Coach subscribers

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