"Love and light" over "thoughts and prayers" any day.

Sending love and keeping you in my thoughts

I say something like "sending good thoughts" or "good juju," or "Best wishes for ____"--eg, health, healing, relief, comfort, etc. Depending on the situation, might also be, "Best of luck and skill [or whatever other quality could be useful] in dealing with ____."

I like the "good juju" comment because it frames the matter in terms I am most comfortable with: probably superstition, with the possibility that there's (cue Arthur C. Clarke) a technology there, as yet indistinguishable from magic.

I have no opinion on whether there's anything to the notion of this kind of (now, cue Einstein) "spooky action at a distance." But I do think that my mental imagery and self-talk can affect me and how I deal with someone else's issues and my own, especially related ones. It's rather like bowing to a statue of the Buddha (which I don't do, but might in the future): it's not about worshiping Gautama; it's about acknowledging and revering Buddha-like characteristics, such as compassion, in oneself.

I always say sending good wishes or happy thoughts

I tell them what they want to hear. Makes life easy for both sides.

‘You (and your family, spouse, etc.) are in my thoughts’ or ‘I’m thinking about you and wishing you well (speedy recovery, etc..)’

Those are my two standards.

I just say “I will keep you in my thoughts, is there anything I can do to help you? Anything I can do for you?”

I have a pacemaker, and I am in a couple of pacemaker groups on FB. When people ask for prayers I usually reply by saying I will pray to Enumclaw. He is the Native american god of lightning, and by extension all things electrical including pacemakers.

I usually say, 'sending good vibes your way '