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“When my mom was going through chemo, we felt helpless being so far away. Embrace let us wrap her in love from across the country. She watched her montage before every session.”
JM
Jessica M.
Daughter
Chemotherapy support
Healthcare-focused video support
Turn every thinking of you into a keepsake of care.
Rally friends, family, and community around someone facing treatment, surgery, or a long recovery. One private link. Many voices. One beautifully finished montage.
JM
ML
DK
SR
500+ families supportedHIPAA-conscious and encryptedDesigned with clinical researchers
Preview MontageEpisode 03
AL
Voice note added
Aunt Lena sent encouragement from Chicago.
MJ
Treatment synced
Episode 03 will deliver the night before chemo.
Care cadence
14
contributors lined up for tomorrow's delivery
Next send
Tue 7:00 PM
23 voices gathered
Montage preview ready
Watch the stitched cut before you schedule the final send.
Outcome
50%better recovery with strong social support
What makes it different
Private by default
Invite-only recording links, secure delivery, and thoughtful controls for a sensitive moment.
What makes it different
Built for treatment cadence
Use one-time sends for milestone moments or recurring sends for every hard week ahead.
What makes it different
Finished, not DIY
Messages are stitched into a polished montage that feels meaningful the moment it opens.
Process
Four calm steps from invitation to delivery.
The experience is designed to reduce coordination overhead for families while increasing the emotional quality of what gets delivered.
500+
families supported
30+
hospital communities
72h
standard delivery
01
Set up in minutes
Open a private embrace
Name the moment, choose who is invited, and add prompts so every message feels grounded in real care.
02
No app required
Invite the whole circle
Share one link with friends, family, coworkers, and community. Each person records when they are ready.
03
Phone, desktop, or upload
Collect voices from anywhere
People can record or upload from a phone or laptop, so support arrives whether they are across town or across the country.
04
Preview before sending
Deliver a finished keepsake
Every reply is stitched into a polished HD montage that lands at just the right time and stays shareable forever.
Why it matters
Support works best when it feels visible, personal, and timed to the hard days.
Treatment can make people feel isolated even when many care. Embrace turns that invisible support into something tangible they can watch, replay, and lean on.
Research snapshot
50%
better recovery outcomes are associated with strong social support.
Embrace was shaped around findings from social support research and clinical collaboration at Duke and UNC.
Backed by peer-reviewed support science
Perceived social support is strongly linked to resilience during treatment and recovery.
Designed around treatment reality
Recurring sends can match a care plan so encouragement arrives before the next difficult day.
Grounded in clinical collaboration
The language, timing, and care model were shaped alongside healthcare researchers.
Private by default
HIPAA-conscious handling, encryption, and invite-only sharing keep each embrace protected.
Recurring support
For treatment plans that keep going, the support can keep showing up too.
Recurring Embraces help families build one support system and let it keep pace with every upcoming appointment.
What repeats automatically
Keep invite lists and prompts from one cycle to the next.
Send automatic reminders before each scheduled treatment.
Deliver a fresh montage without rebuilding the experience every time.
Week 1
First chemo session
12 voices delivered the evening before treatment.
DeliveredAuto-managed
Week 3
Second session
Reminders reopened the circle automatically.
DeliveredAuto-managed
Week 5
Third session
Fresh replies are being stitched into tomorrow's montage.
Stitching nowFresh cut by 7 PM
Week 7
Fourth session
Invite list stays ready, prompts stay consistent.
UpcomingAuto-managed
Week 9
Fifth session
Recurring support keeps pace with the treatment calendar.
UpcomingAuto-managed
A real rhythm of support
Sarah gets chemo every two weeks. Her embrace keeps meeting her there.
Her sister created a recurring embrace tied to the treatment calendar. Now two days before every session, contributors are reminded, new replies are collected, and a fresh montage lands before the next difficult day.
Auto-syncedRe-invitedFresh each cycle
Start a recurring embraceStories from the circle
Families remember the montage because it proves they were never carrying it alone.
Instead of a noisy stream of texts, each embrace becomes one coherent artifact of love, gathered in time for the moment it matters most.
ML
Post-surgery recovery“After my husband's surgery, 23 people recorded messages for him. Watching that video in his hospital room — we both cried. It was the first time he smiled in weeks.”
Maria L.
Wife
DK
Recurring support“Our team used Embrace when our colleague was diagnosed with cancer. The recurring feature meant she got fresh encouragement before every treatment.”
David K.
Coworker & friend
RT
Bone marrow transplant“My daughter received an Embrace before her bone marrow transplant. 47 videos from people she hadn't spoken to in years. She said it changed her outlook on everything.”
Robert T.
Father
SN
Healthcare professional“As a nurse, I've seen what social support does for patients. Embrace puts that research into practice. I recommend it to every family I work with.”
Sarah N.
Oncology Nurse
Pricing
Start for free. Pay only when you are ready to deliver.
You can create the embrace, invite contributors, and review the collected messages before choosing a delivery plan.
Included across every plan
Invite-only link for contributors
Guided prompts to improve message quality
Secure delivery and shareable playback
One-Time Embrace
A beautifully edited support montage for one meaningful treatment moment
$99per embrace
- Invite up to 25 contributors
- Guided prompts for heartfelt replies
- HD montage delivered within 72 hours
- Automatic email reminders
- Shareable link and download forever
- Private, encrypted delivery flow
Most popular
Recurring Embrace
Ongoing support that keeps pace with long treatment plans
$149per embrace
- Everything in One-Time, plus:
- Unlimited recurring episodes
- Auto-synced to treatment schedule
- Contributors re-invited each cycle
- Fresh montage before every session
- Priority 48-hour delivery
Someone you love needs more than a text thread.
Gather the people who care, guide them toward meaningful messages, and deliver something they can watch whenever they need to feel held.
Free to create, invite, and preview
Recurring support for long treatment plans
Private delivery that feels polished and personal