Nothing takes your breath away faster than finding out someone you love is seriously ill. You’re not alone in feeling at a loss for what to say. And when the time comes for you to reach out, don’t ...

Figuring out what to say when someone dies can, at times, feel impossible. You might be afraid of saying the wrong thing to someone who is grieving and worry that your well-meaning sympathy text could ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. It’s hard to summon any words when someone dies—let alone the right ones. That’s why so many of us let the ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. When Katie Thurston was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer earlier this year, at age 34, ...

When communicating with someone who has cancer at any stage, it can help to listen first to your loved one before reaching out with offers of help or sharing your own stories or experiences. If ...