Help Texts

09/08/2025

"I often look at the text and then mark it as unread until I can spend more time thinking about things. I love that."

Ann Schuelke discovered something beautiful about text-based grief support: You control the timing.

After losing her mom in 2024, Advocate Aurora Health gave Ann the option to sign up for text-based grief support, which allowed Ann to:

✓ Read grief messages when she was ready
✓ Process her grief on her own time
✓ Revisit messages when she needed to

Simple grief support that you control. 💙

09/08/2025

Hospice leaders: Are you looking for a more effective way to support bereaved families while meeting regulatory requirements?

Join Sarah Khatau and Dr. Lunardini on Wednesday, September 24th (12:00-12:45 PM EST) to discover why hospices across the country are turning to Help Texts as their bereavement care solution.

In this 45-minute webinar, you'll learn how Help Texts helps hospices:

✅ Meet CMS bereavement requirements cost-effectively
✅ Provide personalized, meaningful support that families actually want
✅ Scale quality care without increasing staff workload
✅ Improve family satisfaction and outcomes during the most difficult time

Your patients' families deserve more than a generic brochure or occasional check-in call. Help Texts delivers timely, personalized messages that provide real comfort and guidance throughout the grief journey.

Registration is limited – secure your spot today to see how you can transform your bereavement program while optimizing resources.

This isn't just about compliance. It's about honoring the families you serve with the quality support they deserve.

Register now: https://loom.ly/5iisnCA

09/05/2025

When caring for a loved one who is dying, sometimes all you need is a reminder to pause, be still, and return your attention to the present moment. ⛅ We love this reminder from Help Texts Expert Contributor, Kara Joseph. When you sign up for Help Texts we'll send tips, tailored to your situation, straight to your phone for just $9.99/month.

09/05/2025

Hospice leaders: Are you looking for a more effective way to support bereaved families while meeting regulatory requirements?

Join Sarah Khatau and Dr. Lunardini on Wednesday, September 24th (12:00-12:45 PM EST) to discover why hospices across the country are turning to Help Texts as their bereavement care solution.

In this 45-minute webinar, you'll learn how Help Texts helps hospices:

✅ Meet CMS bereavement requirements cost-effectively
✅ Provide personalized, meaningful support that families actually want
✅ Scale quality care without increasing staff workload
✅ Improve family satisfaction and outcomes during the most difficult time

Your patients' families deserve more than a generic brochure or occasional check-in call. Help Texts delivers timely, personalized messages that provide real comfort and guidance throughout the grief journey.

Registration is limited – secure your spot today to see how you can transform your bereavement program while optimizing resources.

This isn't just about compliance. It's about honoring the families you serve with the quality support they deserve.

Register now: https://loom.ly/5iisnCA

09/04/2025

Full stop. ❤️

It's not about "moving on" or "getting over it." It's about carrying your love forward, finding new ways to honor memories, and integrating your loss into your life.

If you're looking for a little extra help navigating grief, we can help. Help Texts now offers monthly, pay-as-you-go, expert grief support, tailored to your loss.

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09/03/2025

Donation agency leaders: Are you looking for a more effective way to support donor families as they grieve?

Join Sarah Khatau and Dr. Melissa Lunardini on Tuesday, September 16th (12:00-12:45 PM EST) to discover why OPOs, tissue banks, and eye banks across the country are choosing Help Texts for their family aftercare programs.

In this 45-minute webinar, you'll learn how Help Texts helps donation organizations:

✅ Provide scalable, personalized aftercare support that truly resonates
✅ Reach hard-to-engage populations (including men and those over 65)
✅ Deliver meaningful care in 28 languages across all 50 states
✅ Support families cost-effectively without increasing staff burden
✅ Honor donor families with the ongoing support they deserve

Your donor families made the ultimate gift. They deserve more than a single follow-up call or generic materials. Help Texts delivers timely, culturally-sensitive messages that provide real comfort throughout their unique grief experience.

Registration is limited – secure your spot today to see how you can transform your aftercare program while maximizing your impact.

This isn't just about fulfilling obligations. It's about honoring donor families with the quality support that matches the magnitude of their gift.

Register now: https://loom.ly/mTZRfDQ

09/02/2025

📅 September is Su***de Prevention Awareness Month and a great time to check out this brand new resource from the National Action Alliance for Su***de Prevention entitled: "Moving Su***de Prevention Upstream: From Concept to Action."

Here at Help Texts we see everyday that preventing su***de starts long before a crisis. Grief support is a powerful (although often overlooked) upstream prevention strategy that we know saves lives. Consider this: 1 in 4 young people who die by su***de have recently experienced a bereavement. This sobering statistic highlights why grief support needs to available to everyone in need, and can be a key component of moving su***de prevention upstream.

You can access the full document from the National Action Alliance for Su***de Prevention here: https://lnkd.in/ermRbkqp. Thank you to the CDC for funding this work and all the advocates and experts including Deborah Stone, ScD, MSW, MPH and Colleen Longfellow Carr who contributed their wisdom to the resource.

And here's an article from our Subscriber Support Lead, Rah Adams, about grief support as an upstream su***de prevention strategy: https://loom.ly/rRvzp6M

Together, we can save lives. 💚

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09/02/2025

"When it was offered, I thought I would try it and could always unsubscribe if I didn't like it."

One year later, Adam Bailey is still using Help Texts.

After suddenly losing his wife Vanessa while on a family vacation, Adam became a single dad to his 6-year-old son. A hospital staff member from DCI Donor Services signed him up for grief support via text.

His biggest surprise? "How much I needed it even though I thought I could handle it alone."

Sometimes simple support is exactly what we need most. 💙

Would he recommend it? "Yes. Whether you think you need it or not, you probably do."

09/02/2025

When a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, there's an enormous strain on the patient, and on their caregivers too 💙

A new survey from Ohio State's Comprehensive Cancer Center reveals the overwhelming emotional weight carried by those supporting loved ones through cancer. Caregivers are - unsurprisingly - worried about life expectancy (76%), course of treatment (69%), and pain (65%) as they care for their loved ones. The study also demonstrates that what people worry about changes with age. Young caregivers worried more about grief (49%), while older caregivers worried more about caregiver stress (34%).

Need support now? No matter your age or your caregiving concern, Help Texts for Caregivers is just one click away at helptexts.com. 📲 We're grateful to work with end-of-life, cancer, and caregiving experts, who share their top tips and suggestions via text.

Read the full study at: https://loom.ly/Zr_tGWI

08/31/2025

Today, on International Overdose Awareness Day, we're thinking of everyone grieving the loss of a loved one to an overdose. 💙

When Rah Adams lost her stepmother, Sherry, to an overdose in 2007, she didn't just face the devastating loss. She faced judgment, stigma, and a world that seemed to reduce her mom to the way she died rather than how she lived.

"She was an addict. She deserved it." "What did she think would happen?"

Sound familiar?

In her blog, Rah shares what most people got wrong about supporting her grief and what they could have done instead. Because behind every overdose statistic is a person who was loved, who had favorite recipes, who made people laugh, who mattered.

Most people don't know what to say to someone grieving an overdose. So they say hurtful things. Or worse—they say nothing at all.

Today, as we remember those we've lost, let's also commit to showing up better for those still grieving. Because their loved ones were so much more than their addiction.

Read Rah's story and learn practical ways to support overdose grief with compassion, not judgment: https://loom.ly/rAkIsqQ

08/30/2025

Today is National Grief Awareness Day in the U.S. 🧡 While grieving people are always "aware" of their grief, this day is an opportunity to teach friends and family who may not know how to help, how they can better support their grieving loved ones.

Educating and supporting friends & family members has been a central part of the Help Texts vision since day one. That's why - in addition to personalized support for our grievers - every single subscription includes tips and date reminders for the incredible husbands, managers, sisters, and friends who want to help but aren't sure how. When you sign up, you can add "Supporters" to your subscription, free of charge. As you get texts for your loss, your supporters will get tips & suggestions for how to help you.

Sign up now at helptexts.com 📱

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08/30/2025

Today is National Grief Awareness Day in the US.
Tomorrow is International Overdose Awareness Day.

Here's a brand new interview with Help Texts CEO, Emma Payne, that speaks to both of these days. Emma's conversation with clinician and podcast host, Dr. Mary Pardee, is jam-packed with powerful moments and laughter too, that add up to an episode Mary calls one of her *favorite interviews ever* !

In this deeply personal episode, Dr. Pardee opens up about her own experience losing a partner to overdose, and Emma shares about her husband's su***de. Both men died at 33, they discover. Mary and Emma explore grief's profound impact on their lives and how we can better support those who are hurting.

Their conversation covers essential insights, including:

- There are no stages of grief (a mic drop moment for Mary)
- The four tasks of mourning and recognizing acute grief risks
- Language that helps (and words to avoid) when supporting someone grieving
- Practical ways to show up for friends and family in loss
- How grief can ultimately lead to resilience and positive change

Whether you're supporting someone through loss or navigating your own grief journey, this conversation offers both professional expertise and heartfelt understanding.

Here are a few ways you can tune in:
Listen on Apple podcasts 🎧: https://loom.ly/HJoDYEk
Watch on YouTube: https://loom.ly/QhRg4r0