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I Was Already Dealing With My Mom’s Death. And now a global pandemic has taken away my senior year.

Emma Payne · 27 March 2020 COVID-19 Teen Grief Loss of Parent Grief Support Support Group 4

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.

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

Emma Payne · 23 March 2020 Grief Support Bereavement Support Group Funeral COVID-19

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.

Not Therapy or Support Groups: When we're grieving we want our friends by our side

Emma Payne · 12 March 2020 Grief Support Grief Coach Bereavement Hospice Loss of a Partner Widow

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

Meet Four of Grief Coach's Expert Contributors

Emma Payne · 3 March 2020 Grief Support Grief Coach Bereavement

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.

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

Emma Payne · 12 February 2020 Grief Support Loss of a Partner Widow Widower 1

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.

Text Messages Provide Support After An Addiction Loss

Emma Payne · 5 February 2020 Grief Support Bereavement Addiction Loss

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

Making Difficult Conversations Easier: Text messages and card games that help us talk about death

Emma Payne · 23 January 2020 Death Grief Support Grief Coach Hospice Entrepreneurship 2

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.

Grief Coach on panel at Live Well Die Well Los Angeles

Emma Payne · 16 January 2020 Grief Support Bereavement Grief Coach

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.

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

Emma Payne · 10 January 2020 Grief Support Bereavement Grief Coach

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

New specialized offerings for hospices, tissue banks and funeral homes.

Emma Payne · 3 January 2020 Grief Support Hospice Funeral homes Tissue banks Eye banks

Grief Coach is working with the San Antonio Eye Bank, to deliver text-based grief support to their donor families.