Terms

These terms apply to anyone who reads the ConsciousEd library. The site is educational. It is free to read. It is provided in good faith but without any warranty. If you do not agree with the terms below, please do not use the site.

Educational scope

The library is an educational and reflective resource. It is not therapy, diagnosis, treatment, financial advice, legal advice, or coaching. None of the pages should be relied on as a substitute for advice from a qualified professional in the relevant field.

The wellbeing pages explicitly say so on each page. The other pages assume the reader understands that general writing about life skills is not personal advice.

Use of the site

You may read the site, link to specific pages, and quote short excerpts with attribution for non-commercial purposes such as education, journalism, and personal reflection. You may print pages for personal reading. You may share pages with friends, family, or colleagues.

You may not republish substantial parts of the site, scrape the site for use in a commercial product, or use the site to train a commercial machine learning system without permission. The library is small and the writing is original. Please be a thoughtful reader.

Intellectual property

The text and design of the library are the work of the editorial team and are protected by copyright. Book titles, author names, and other references appear under fair-dealing or fair-use principles for the purpose of editorial commentary. Quoted phrases, where used, are attributed to the source. The library does not claim a relationship with any author, publisher, or institution mentioned in a book note.

The site does not host the books it discusses, does not provide download links, and does not provide chapter-by-chapter replacements for any title.

Links to external sites

A small number of pages link to authoritative external sources, primarily on wellbeing topics. The library does not control those sites and is not responsible for their content. The link does not imply endorsement of every page on the linked site, only of the specific resource referenced.

User submissions

The library does not accept guest posts, paid placements, or sponsored articles. Email correspondence with the editors is treated as described on the privacy page. If you suggest a topic, a learning path, or a book, you grant the editors permission to consider the suggestion editorially. You retain copyright in your message, but the resulting page, if any, is written by the editorial team in the editorial voice of the site.

Warranty

The library is provided "as is". It is offered in good faith and is revised regularly, but the editors make no warranty that every sentence is current, complete, or correct for every reader's situation. Pages are reviewed and corrected when issues are flagged via the contact page.

Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the editors and operators of the library are not liable for any loss or damage arising from the use of the site. The library is educational. Any decisions you make based on what you read are your own.

Wellbeing scope

If you are using the wellbeing pages, please remember that they are educational. They are not a substitute for professional support. If you are in immediate crisis, please contact a qualified local service. The site cannot be that for you, and the editors strongly encourage anyone in that situation to seek help promptly.

Changes to these terms

These terms may be revised in future. Material changes will be noted on the changelog. Minor wording corrections will not be.

Governing principles

These terms are written in plain English to be useful to readers. They are not a substitute for a contract. If anything on the page is unclear, please ask via the contact page and the editors will try to clarify.

Contact

For questions about these terms specifically, please use the email address on the contact page and include the word "terms" in the subject line.