Videos
DEE DEE JACKSON FOUNDATION The Power of Love 1 June 2022
END OF LIFE UNIVERSITY Grief Coach: How Text-Based Support Can Help with Grief 4 April 2022
SPECTRUM NEWS 1 Texting program provides grief support 17 April 2023
TODAY Bobbie Thomas' emotional essay after her husband's death: 'I feel deeply alone' 23 June 2021
WIDOWED PARENT PODCAST Emma's Interview with Jenny Lisk 17 November 2020
Podcasts & Radio
BECOMING YOUR BEST VERSION PODCAST A Conversation with Grief Coach, Emma Payne 2 December 2022
BEST LIFE BEST DEATH PODCAST Help Texts: Expert Support in Hard Times - Emma Payne, Founder and Barbara Karnes, RN and Educator 11 April 2023
BURY ME IN NEW JERSEY Lay Lady Lay 14 September 2021
CONNECTIONS RADIO (UK) Free Grief Support in the UK, from Help Texts and Sue Ryder 16 November 2022
CONNECTIONS RADIO (UK) The Business of Grief & Loss 8 September 2022
CURATIO CONNECTS Podcast: Dealing With Grief While Social Distancing 25 August 2020
FILLED WITH GOLD Filled With Gold Widow Podcast 11 November 2021
GRADUATING GRIEF Grief Support is Just a Text Away 11 October 2022
GRIEF AND HAPPINESS PODCAST WITH EMILY THIROUX THREATT Building a Service of Personalized Grief Support with Emma Payne 2 August 2022
GRIEF DIALOGUES Out Of Grief Comes Art 5 October 2022
GRIEF, GRATITUDE AND THE GRAY IN BETWEEN Staying In The Moment - With Emma Payne 23 January 2022
MARKETPLACE We’re still grieving the economy we’ve lost, whether we realize it or not 29 December 2021
NEXT PODCAST Grieving Out Loud with Emma Payne 23 December 2021
SHAPES OF GRIEF Grief Coach: a texting service for bereaved people 7 September 2022
THE GLAM REAPER Mobile Technology for People Who Are Grieving 9 June 2022
THE GRIEF COACH PODCAST Meeting People Where They Are (Their Phones) 3 March 2022
THE MOURNING MEETING Sarah Khatau and Emma Payne | How Grief Coach Helped After My Dad Died 8 February 2022
VANCOUVER CO-OP RADIO Talking Aging 5 November 2022
Articles & Publications
AUTHORITY MAGAZINE Emma Payne of Help Texts: I Lost a Loved One to Suicide and Here is What You Should Know 10 January 2023
BC BUSINESS Grief care platform Help Texts spreads its message with a new subsidiary in Vancouver 29 January 2023
BRAIN & LIFE How Caregivers Deal with Anticipatory Grief 8 August 2023
DIGITAL JOURNAL Text surveys deliver strong satisfaction scores and response rates for hospices 17 September 2021
EHOSPICE Hospice of the Western Reserve Becomes First Hospice in the U.S. to Partner with Grief Coach 10 July 2020
ELEMENTAL How to Help Grieving Loved Ones in a Pandemic 8 September 2020
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT NEWS (EBN) Cover Story: Managing Compassionately During Coronavirus 12 May 2020
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT NEWS (EBN) The burden of bereavement: Grief is the latest challenge for employers in the coronavirus era 26 April 2020
GIVE INKIND 6 Text Messages You Can Send Right Now That Will Feel (Almost) Like a Hug 16 April 2020
GLAM Ways To Be There For Your Partner After They Lose A Parent 17 November 2022
GOOD MEN PROJECT Emma's article for The Good Men Project: The Conversations No-One Else is Having 17 January 2020
HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TODAY As Wait Times for Mental Health Services Grow, Text Message Program Expands to Provide Immediate Grief Support 6 July 2021
HEALTHITNEWS Help Texts launches text-based support for healthcare workers 13 January 2023
HIGH TECH DECK Healthcare providers overwhelmed by pandemic losses can now get support via text 27 June 2021
HOSPICE NEWS Grief Coach Rebrands to Help Texts, Launches Health Care Worker Support Service 9 January 2023
HOSPICE NEWS The Rise of Tech-Enabled Grief Care 24 June 2022
LANTERN Reaching Out When You're Stuck Inside: How To Support Grieving Friends, Even in Isolation 21 April 2020
LANTERN Suddenly Grief is Everywhere. But Support Groups and Hugs Have Vanished. 10 April 2020
MARKETER'S MEDIA Grief Coach's Personalized Text Support Now Available In Spanish 21 June 2021
MIT SLOAN REVIEW The Consequences of Unacknowledged Grief in the Workplace 17 March 2023
NBC NEWS Grieving is hard, but new text service means you don't have to do it alone 27 April 2020
PSYCH CENTRAL Refuge in Grief: Exploring What It Means to Grieve 2 September 2021
SHEKNOWS How to Talk to Your Kids About Suicide 16 December 2022
STREETINSIDER Empathia, Inc. Announces New Partnership With Help Texts 29 November 2022
TALK DEATH Accessibility and Privilege in Grief Support 29 August 2020
TALK DEATH How to Offer Care and Support After Suicide Loss 1 October 2020
THE DEATH DECK Making Difficult Conversations Easier: Text messages and card games that help us talk about death. 25 January 2020
THE NEW YORK TIMES The year grandparents lost: the enforced separations of the pandemic have brought a particular kind of mourning to many grandparents 11 March 2021
THE WASHINGTON POST The logistics of death can be overwhelming. New apps can offer help. 4 September 2022
THE ZOE REPORT Here’s The Best Way To Support A Grieving Partner 25 June 2022
THRIVE GLOBAL Breathing New Life Into Death: 5 Tech Companies From Female Founders Making Sure No One Grieves Alone 16 January 2020
UPJOURNEY What to Say and What Not to Say to Someone Who Is Grieving 14 October 2020
UPJOURNEY What To Say to Someone Going To a Funeral 21 July 2021
Live Events & Conferences
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DAILY MONEY MANAGERS (AADMM) 2022 CONFERENCE How To Show Up For Grief 4 November 2022
THE SHARP INDEX Sharp Conversations Presents - From Grief to Recovery - A New Digital Tool in the Tool Kit 14 September 2022
THIS CAN HAPPEN GLOBAL CONFERENCE This Can Happen Global Conference 9 November 2022
WASHINGTON STATE HEALTH ADVOCACY ASSOCIATION COVID-19 & Navigating Grief 16 November 2020