Your Afterwards Registry
These are the ways people can help right now.
Grief support · made real
When loss feels overwhelming, let your community show up for you.
Create a simple wishlist of support, and let care find its way to your door.
Care is the point.
We'll keep this simple and gentle.
This helps us shape the best support for you and your community.
Share only what feels comfortable.
Almost done. This last bit is different from what you just shared.
Choose what you need. Every task comes with a pre-written note you can edit — so your supporters know exactly how to show up.
Task name
We have pre-written a note for your supporter. Edit it or keep as-is.
What we will tell your supporterYour custom request
Add timing and details so your supporter knows exactly how to help.
These are the ways people can help right now.
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Loss is inevitable. Being alone in it doesn’t have to be.
Grief is one of the most complex human experiences — emotionally, practically, and logistically. It arrives without warning and without instructions. And it doesn’t arrive alone. It brings with it a room full of people who love you and have no idea how to help.
Some disappear. Not because they don’t care, but because deep pain is uncomfortable to sit with. Others push you to move through it faster than feels possible. Not out of cruelty, but because watching someone they love suffer makes them feel helpless.
The result is a particular kind of loneliness: being surrounded by people who love you and still feeling completely alone in it.
Meanwhile, the practical weight of loss doesn’t pause for any of it. Today, people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s are facing the reality of aging parents and first significant losses. Navigating grief while managing careers, families, and lives that don’t stop. By 2030, more Americans will be past retirement age than under 18. The wave is already here. And the infrastructure to support the people moving through it is nowhere near ready.
Afterwards was built for this moment — and every one that follows.
Loss is something we were never meant to carry alone. And yet, most of the tools that exist for grief, if they exist at all, treat it like it’s only a logistics problem or a clinical condition. They were built for efficiency, not for people.
Afterwards lives somewhere different. In the human layer. The in-between space where grief and warmth exist at the same time, where it hurts and there is still love, still community, still the possibility of being held.
Grace
We meet people where they are, not where we wish they were.
Kinship
Support is an act of love. The people already around you are ready to give it.
Duality
We honor that grief and warmth can co-exist at the same time.
Witness
We don’t sanitize grief. We sit in it with you, without trying to fix it.
Sovereignty
You decide what you need. We make it possible to receive it.
Afterwards is a grief support company built to meet people wherever they are in their journey. From the first days after a loss to the years that follow. We’re building an ecosystem of community, care, tools, and resources that grows with you: a home for everything that comes after loss.
Our first offering is a support registry. Grieving people can build one — listing the specific, real, doable things that would actually help. Laundry, pickups, phone calls, paperwork, presence. And then via a private link their community can claim what they’re able to give, with guidance on how to show up with care, not just good intentions.
And for the moments when someone doesn’t have the capacity to build their own registry, a friend, a family member, anyone who loves them can create one on their behalf. Because sometimes the most profound act of care is stepping in before you’re invited.
Afterwards was founded by Yari Blanco, a community builder and marketing executive with two decades of experience in technology and media.
The idea came not from a business plan, but from a moment of sitting with existential truth. On sabbatical from corporate life, she found herself working through the bigger questions — the ones most of us avoid. As an only child, her thoughts moved inevitably toward her mother, toward aging, toward death. And once she was there, she couldn’t look away from what she saw: when loss comes, people are left to figure it out in a landscape that is fragmented, highly localized, and almost entirely built around logistics rather than the human experience of grief.
She assumed something better existed. She looked. It didn’t. So she spent two years talking to people, asking what they actually needed, what they wished someone had done, what they couldn’t bring themselves to say out loud. Those conversations became the foundation of Afterwards. She built it because she believes, with everything she has, that nobody should have to navigate this alone.
Grief is one of the most universal human experiences. Afterwards is here for every part of what comes after.
That’s the truth Afterwards was built on and the problem we will spend as long as it takes to solve. Not just for the first days after a loss, but for every day that follows. Wherever you are in your journey, this is a place for you.
Your Afterwards
Here is how your community is showing up for you.
Last updated: June 3, 2026
Afterwards is operated by Yari Blanco, a sole proprietor. We are committed to protecting your personal information, especially given the sensitive nature of the data you share with us during a difficult time.
When you use Afterwards, we collect:
Your support registry is private by default. It is only accessible to people you share your unique wishlist link with. Your registry is not searchable, indexed, or publicly visible.
We understand that grief-related information is deeply personal. Optional demographic data is used only in aggregate to understand and improve our platform. This information does not appear on your registry and is not shared with supporters.
Your data is stored securely using Google Firebase, which employs industry-standard encryption. We retain your data for as long as your account is active. You may request deletion at any time by contacting us.
We send transactional emails through Loops (loops.so). You will receive emails only related to your account activity. You may opt out at any time using the unsubscribe link in any email.
For any privacy-related questions: yari@blancostudios.xyz
This policy is governed by the laws of the State of New York.
Last updated: June 3, 2026
Welcome to Afterwards. By using this platform, you agree to the following terms.
Afterwards is a grief support platform operated by Yari Blanco (sole proprietor) that helps people navigating loss create personalized support registries. Afterwards is not a medical service, mental health provider, or crisis intervention service.
You must be 18 years of age or older to use Afterwards.
You agree not to use the platform for any unlawful purpose, share false information, harass other users, or attempt to access other users' data.
When you claim a task on Afterwards, you are making a commitment to the person grieving. While we understand that circumstances can change, we encourage supporters to communicate directly with the griever if they are unable to fulfill a claimed task. This reminder will also be included in your confirmation email.
Afterwards serves people during one of the most vulnerable times of their lives. We ask all users to engage with care, honesty, and compassion. We reserve the right to remove any user who acts in a manner harmful to others.
Afterwards is not a crisis intervention service. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988, or contact emergency services at 911.
Afterwards is provided "as is." Yari Blanco and Afterwards are not liable for any damages arising from your use of the platform, including interactions between grievers and supporters arranged through the platform.
All content, branding, and design of Afterwards is owned by Yari Blanco. You may not reproduce or distribute without explicit written permission.
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York.
Questions: yari@blancostudios.xyz