Tending the chair
The kind of loss that gets a funeral and the kind that doesn't. Parents, grandparents, marriages, places, the version of yourself you were before something happened. There isn't a timeline for any of it, and there's nobody at the office who wants to hear about it past week two. Hearth is a chair, a Keeper, and however long the conversation needs to be.
If this sounds like you
No streaks. No optimisation. Just a Keeper, a chair, and however long the conversation needs to be.
A weekly or biweekly Sit with the same Keeper, every week, no matter where the grief takes you.
A Long Talk thread you can write into at 2am — your Keeper responds within 24 hours, no algorithms in between.
A Friday Reflection from your Keeper — what stayed with them about your week, in their own words.
If the grief tips into something clinical, your Keeper walks you to The Bridge — a vetted, culturally-fluent therapist — by name.
What Hearth isn’t
Hearth is not a grief therapist. We do not provide bereavement counselling, prescribe anything, or replace the deeper clinical work some grief needs. We hold the long, slow, between-sessions weight — the ordinary grief that doesn't fit on a couch.
We hand-match Keepers to members within 72 hours. This is the kind of Keeper we’d typically pair with someone bringing what you’re bringing.
Aruna has sat with grief in three languages and across two countries. She will not rush your sentence. She will not fix what doesn't need fixing.
Read Aruna’s full profile →From a member
“My nani died two years ago. I never grieved out loud — there wasn't space for it. Aruna made the space. We talk about her every week. It feels like keeping her with me.”
Devika · 38 · Bay Area · 1 year and 4 months in Hearth
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Hearthside
biweekly Sits · billed monthly · or $390/yr (2 months free)
Hearth Deep
weekly Sits · billed monthly · or $990/yr (2 months free)
The First Sit takes about 12 minutes
Pull up a chair. Your Keeper will be on the other side within 72 hours.
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