The terms, in plain language

This is the agreement between you and Happy Grieving Limited, the company behind Happy Grieving and Grief Trips, when you use this app. We wrote it to be read.

What this is - and isn't

Happy Grieving is a peer-support community: facilitated Circles, a private journal, resources, and events. It is not therapy, counseling, or medical care, and nothing here is a substitute for them. Facilitators are trained peers, not clinicians. If you are in crisis, use the crisis lines or your local emergency number - the app is not an emergency service.

Who can use it

You must be at least 18. An account is yours alone - don't share sign-in codes or let someone else post as you.

Your words stay yours

You own everything you write here. You give us only the permission needed to store it and show it to exactly who you chose (a private entry to nobody; a shared entry or circle post to your Circle). We don't use your writing for advertising, we don't sell it, and we don't train AI models on it. The privacy policy and how we treat grief data spell out the rest.

Membership and money

The journal, resources, events listing, and support lines are free. Membership (billed monthly through Stripe) opens your matched Circle and member early access. Cancel any time in one click from your account - it takes effect at the end of the paid period, no questions asked. Deleting your account cancels billing immediately. If the price is a barrier, scholarship memberships exist: info@grieftrips.com.

Behavior

The community agreements are part of these terms. Facilitators may remove posts that break them; serious or repeated harm can mean removal from a Circle or the community. Don't scrape, spam, impersonate, or attempt to access anyone else's data.

Leaving

You can delete your account at any time from the account page. That deletes your account, journal, dates, memberships, and posts attributed to you, and cancels billing. What the app kept on the device you delete from is a separate choice you make there. There's no penalty and no guilt trip.

The unavoidable part

We provide the service as-is and can't promise it will always be available or error-free. To the extent the law allows, our liability is limited to what you paid us in the twelve months before a claim. We may update these terms; if a change matters, we'll say so in the app before it takes effect.

Plain language on purpose. Questions: info@grieftrips.com.