Grief is hard.
Getting support doesn't have to be.
Get ongoing, expert text messages personalized to your unique loss. Sign up and start getting support right away.
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How it works:
Get ongoing, expert grief support straight to your phone.
1. Sign up for texts
It only takes 5 minutes to complete our sign up form. The more you're comfortable sharing, the better we'll be able to customize your text messages based on age, relationship, cause of death, and dates that are important to you (like a death anniversary or a holiday).
2. Add supporters
This step is optional, but research shows that receiving support from others helps grievers feel less alone after a death.
Using your customized email template or QR code, easily send invites to the people you'd like to support you. Once they accept, we'll text them gentle suggestions and tips about how to be there for you.
You focus on taking care of yourself; we'll take care of educating your friends and family.
3. Start getting texts
Once you're signed up, there's nothing else you need to do. You'll receive your first text within minutes. Sit back and let helpful, expert grief wisdom come to you.
Start getting textsTestimonials
Grieving people are getting easy, ongoing support from Help Texts
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My clients talk to me all the time, about the lack of help and understanding they get from friends and family. If the people closest to them felt more comfortable and confident providing support, I think it would go a long way to helping my clients manage the depression and isolation that too often accompany grief.
Lisa Bancroft, Therapist. MSW, LICSW.
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What an awesome idea. I wish someone had bought this for my sister, when my husband died by suicide. I know she wanted to help, but she really didn't know how, and it hurt.
Janae Sharp, young widow
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The texting capabilities provided by Help Texts are particularly meaningful during the COVID crisis, a time when many of the more traditional ways of providing in-person grief support are on hold. Our bereavement team now has the ability to offer personalized, text-based support to the thousands of hospice families we care for each year. This service adds a valuable new communications channel to the care we currently provide.
Bill Finn, President and CEO, Hospice of the Western Reserve
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Help Texts is excellent. Both my daughter and I get weekly texts—hers focused on grief and the grieving process and mine are written to help me support her. We both find them very supportive and reassuring which I find quite surprising coming from a faceless source. The messages are personalized using everyone’s given name which I really like. I particularly like the fact that I can access the messages on my mobile and dip in and out wherever I am—waiting at the hairdressers, sitting in a cafe etc. It feels like the author has their arm around me.
UK Grandma, Help Texts subscriber
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There is nothing that helps you prepare your 23-year-old daughter to be a pallbearer for her best friend, and then subsequently grieve that loss. Enter Help Texts. It was an incredible service that had a powerful and positive impact on how I could understand and actually help my daughter. Thank you for this service. I hope to never need you again but I continue to recommend you to friends and you will be my first stop should I need grief guidance again.
Fiona, Help Texts subscriber
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My sister in law lost her husband 2 years ago and a friend gave her a subscription to Help Texts. She found it really helpful, so when my sister died she bought a subscription for me. We both love it and look forward to our text messages on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Thank you for creating this incredibly helpful and informative tool. I just can’t say enough positive things about it!"
Gillian, Help Texts subscriber
Help Texts messages are...
- Easy to get
Sign up once and get support for as long as you need it
- Written by grief experts
Texts are crafted by world-leading grief experts
- Affordable
One year of support costs less than a single therapy session
- Practical and comforting
From therapeutic tools to mindfulness exercises, texts offer gentle support
- Available globally
Support is available in 24 languages
- Private and discreet
Read Help Texts when you're ready and process grief on your schedule
Real Help Texts messages:
Explore examples of real messages we've sent
- Hi, Maria. There may come a point in your grieving process where you feel relief over your mom's death, and you might feel strange or shameful about that. Rest assured: Experiencing relief is normal. Knowing that your mom no longer has to live with cancer is a comforting, if complicated, thought.
- Hi, Bosa. Grief after any loss is hard, but grief after a murder is a horror and an injustice that very few have to bear. You're probably angry and overwhelmed by how unfair it is, that someone took Zaye out of this world. And you're right, it is unfair. Remember that it's completely understandable and normal to feel this way. Anyone in your situation would feel the same way.
- Hi, Chelsea. Sharing the story of you mom's early symptoms, how COVID-19 progressed, and the treatment she received before she died, may help you to process her death. Consider talking about the details with a therapist or close friend, or maybe even writing about them in a journal. Hopefully you can find a few people who will be empathetic listeners as you share the story, knowing that in sharing your story, you are helping yourself heal.
- Hi, Lori Ann. When a person dies by suicide, many survivors report feeling labeled by their loss. They find it hard to attend events they used to enjoy because others only see the suicide and not the person grieving. This may be true for you too. If there are events you feel uneasy about attending, consider asking a friend to go with you. It will be easier to walk through the door with someone who understands what you're going through.
- Hi, Marcus. Particularly after a sudden or accidental death, it is completely normal to be in a state of shock and to feel as though you're only "going through the motions." If there are people you think would be willing to help you with day-to-day tasks, please ask. It is hard to do even the simplest things when something like this happens.
- Hi, Naomi. Many parents find it comforting to have physical things with them that help to keep their child’s memory alive. Perhaps you have an ultrasound photo you'd like to frame or you could have a piece of jewelry engraved with Erica's initials. These types of remembrances can be healing.
- Hi, Isabella. Caring for someone who had dementia can be a lonely experience. Self-isolating could have been a coping strategy, especially if your grandfather's behavior started to decline or become unpredictable. Consider finding small, manageable ways to re-enter social settings, like going to the movies, attending an exercise class, or meeting a friend for coffee.
- Hi, Deepti. Questions about the circumstances of your nephew's death can feel invasive. The next time someone asks you for information, you can let them know you're not ready to share those details right now but you are open to telling them how you're doing. Shifting the focus from what happened to your well-being could help you both connect.
