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Grief Coach Affiliates Share Small but Meaningful Ways to Remember a Loved One During the Holidays

Shelby Forsythia · 16 December 2021 Grief Coach Grief Support Grief Bereavement Holidays

For many grieving people, the holiday season is a far cry from “the most wonderful time of the year.” The seemingly never-ending stream of parties, parades, and to-dos can make it harder than usual to set aside time to honor your grief.

5 tips for supporting your grieving loved one over the holidays

Beccah O'Brien · 10 November 2021 Bereavement Grief Grief Support Grief Coach Death Holidays

Happy Holidays! Or are they? The holiday season is filled with twinkling lights and cheerful music, but this may not be reflective of how your grieving loved one is feeling. In fact watching people planning social gatherings and family parties may make your loved one painfully aware that someone who used to be part of their celebrations, is no longer here. It is normal to feel helpless when you’re trying to support someone who is grieving during the holiday season. We hope these 5 tips will help!

5 things to consider when adding a supporter

Beccah O'Brien · 19 October 2021 Grief Support Bereavement Grief Grief Coach End of Life Support Group

So you’ve signed up for a Grief Coach subscription and now you have the opportunity to add supporters to your subscription. What does this mean? Who should you add? Maybe the idea of adding supporters sounds great, but you’re unsure of who to add and how to ask them. We can help.

Grief Coach's new text-based survey tool delivers strong results

Vanessa Callison-Burch · 16 September 2021 Grief Coach Hospice Outcomes Bereavement Grief Grief Support

Within moments, we received our first responses, and within the first 24 hours, we had nearly a 50% response rate.

Grief Coach now available In Tagalog

Emma Payne · 21 July 2021 Grief Coach Grief Support COVID-19 Hospice Healthcare Providers

Grief Coach's text-based grief support program is now available in Tagalog.

Gina is the Bereavement Coordinator at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital. And she's exhausted.

Emma Payne · 1 June 2021 Grief Coach Grief Support Grief Death Burnout Healthcare Providers

Healthcare providers are suffering from compassion fatigue and burnout. Gina Kornfeind, a Bereavement Coordinator and Social Worker at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, is using Grief Coach's text-based grief support program to help her keep up with the growing need for resources for patients' family members, colleagues, and her friends and neighbors too.

Grief Coach subscriptions now include text support from Megan Devine

Emma Payne · 25 February 2021 Grief Coach Grief Support Grief

Exciting news! Grief Coach has partnered with psychotherapist and grief advocate, Megan Devine, to bring deliver Megan's world-renowned grief support straight to your phones. All year long.

When my dad died, Grief Coach helped me have open conversations with my husband

Emma Payne · 23 February 2021 Bereavement Grief Support Grief Grief Coach Loss of Parent

Sarah Khatau was only 25 when her Dad died. She felt as though her life had been turned upside down. "I didn't know what to do," Sarah shared with me. "I didn't know how to handle my emotions. I was broken and trying to grieve."

Accessibility and privilege in grief support.

Emma Payne · 19 October 2020 Grief Grief Support Bereavement Grief Coach COVID-19

Most people don’t get the support they need after someone dies, and that is bad news for individual mental health, as well as for the development of healthy families and communities.

Meet 4 (more!) of Grief Coach's expert contributors

Emma Payne · 3 August 2020 Grief Support Grief Coach Bereavement

Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the immense amount of grief people are carrying, but working with Grief Coach's expert contributors reminds me that there is more than enough compassion and wisdom to go around. I'm proud of the role our text messages are playing, in bringing expert knowledge and comfort to grievers, right when they need them.