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Pinch me! Investors are flocking to these 2 Seattle start-ups, led by women who are re-imagining death and grief.

Emma Payne · 20 November 2019 Grief Support Entrepreneurship End of Life Founder

Recompose and GiveInKind dominated Seattle start-up news on November 19th, with nearly $6M raised. And they're just getting started.

No-one makes me smile when they talk about death, the way Zeena makes me smile.

Emma Payne · 16 November 2019 Grief Podcast End of Life

Add this podcast to your queue. Zeena's light-hearted, poignant stories about end of life, are ones you'll remember.

Great storytelling lets grieving children know their tears are OK.

Emma Payne · 10 November 2019 Grief Support Grief Children's Grief Sympathy Gift

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

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

Emma Payne · 29 October 2019 Grief Support Mom Entrepreneurship Loss of a Child

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.

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

Emma Payne · 14 October 2019 Grief Support Grief End of Life

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!

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

Emma Payne · 12 October 2019 Grief Support Bereavement

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

Virginia Mason's Grief Services team now offering Grief Coach subscriptions to their clients.

Emma Payne · 8 October 2019 Grief Support

Virginia Mason's Grief Services clients in Seattle can now receive personalized, text-based support from Grief Coach.

How text messages are helping a mom prepare for her high school reunion.

Emma Payne · 29 September 2019 Grief Support Loss of a Parent Mom

"The messages you've been sending my Mom have been extremely helpful. Her last text was especially relevant as she's getting ready to go to her high school reunion, where she'll see classmates who knew my father. She is preparing herself to share the story of my father’s death with them, and your messages are helping."

Grief Coach's new partnership with GiveInKind.

Emma Payne · 24 September 2019 Grief Support Media Sympathy Gift

Grief Coach subscriptions are thoughtful, long-lasting sympathy gifts, now offered in partnership with GiveInKind, a company that makes it easy for people to coordinate schedules, create wishlists, and even pull funds together, when someone they care about needs a little extra help. GiveInKind sites are a lovely way for friends and family to support someone who is grieving.

Supporting a friend after a stillbirth.

Emma Payne · 20 September 2019 Stillbirth Grief Support

A few months ago a young woman purchased a Grief Coach subscription when her baby was stillborn. She was devastated about the loss of her son, but was also struggling with feelings of isolation. Her best friend had flown across the country to help with the new baby, but when she found herself dealing with a death instead of a birth, she left, claiming: “I don’t know how to be with you when you’re like this.”