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Press Release: April 15, 2020

Text-based Grief Support Provides Relief For Those Bereaved by COVID-19 … Coping with loss during the pandemic requires new kinds of grief support…

COVID-192 min read

After losing someone to COVID-19, it's normal to feel angry, sad, and isolated

If you've lost someone to COVID-19 it's normal to feel angry, sad and alone. Grief Coach can help.

Renee's mother, wearing a Happy Birthday party hat and smiling, seated between her two teenage daughters outdoors

COVID-194 min read

I was already dealing with my mom’s death. Now a global pandemic has taken away my senior year

Our guest blogger is Renee, a high school senior in Vista, CA. Her Mom died, and now COVID-19 has taken away her senior year.

An empty room with chairs arranged in a circle for a support group meeting

Grief Support3 min read

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.

Two women smiling at a phone together, one with her arm around the other

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.

A grid of four smiling headshots of Grief Coach's expert contributors: Andy McNiel, Kelsey Crowe, Michelle Post and Laurel Marlantes

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Recent blogs

Press Release: April 15, 2020

After losing someone to COVID-19, it's normal to feel angry, sad, and isolated

I was already dealing with my mom’s death. Now a global pandemic has taken away my senior year

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

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