E72: Supporting Someone #12: 45 Texts to Send Someone Who Lost a Loved One

Written By Shelby Forsythia

Have you ever typed out a text to someone grieving, deleted it, and then said nothing at all because a text felt too small for something so big? Today, I’m outlining 45 texts to send someone who lost a loved one: right after a death, a few months later, around the one-year mark, and years down the road. I’ll also share my two golden rules for checking in on someone after any kind of loss, with each message drawing on the three phrases from my new book Of Course I’m Here Right Now.

You’ll learn:

  • Why a text is never too small to support someone grieving

  • The two golden rules for what to say to someone who lost a loved one

  • What to text right after a death, months later, and years down the road

  • How to adjust your message for a best friend, coworker, or acquaintance

  • How to text someone after a divorce, diagnosis, pet loss, or other non-death loss

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E72: Supporting Someone #12: 45 Texts to Send Someone Who Lost a Loved One
Shelby Forsythia, Grief Coach and Author

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Shelby Forsythia

Shelby Forsythia (she/her) is a grief coach, author, and podcast host. In 2020, she founded Life After Loss Academy, an online course and community that has helped dozens of grievers grow and find their way after death, divorce, diagnosis, and other major life transitions.

Following her mother’s death in 2013, Shelby began calling herself a “student of grief” and now devotes her days to reading, writing, and speaking about loss. Through a combination of mindfulness tools and intuitive, open-ended questions, she guides her clients to welcome grief as a teacher and create meaningful lives that honor and include the heartbreaks they’ve faced. Her work has been featured in Huffington Post, Bustle, and The Oprah Magazine.

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