The plain version.
Read what you like, quote it with credit, and don't mistake coaching for medical care. The rest is detail.
Last updated 26 September 2026.
Coaching is not therapy, and this site is not care
Mary is a Certified Grief Educator and an Erickson-Certified coach. She is not a therapist, a physician or a licensed mental-health clinician, and nothing on this site — the writing, the method, the rituals, the recipes — is medical advice, psychological treatment or a diagnosis. Coaching works forward from where you are; it does not replace clinical care, and it is not an emergency service.
If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, please stop reading and reach someone who can help now. In the United States, call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or call 911. Elsewhere, contact your local emergency number. If what you need is clinical care, Mary will say so and help you find it.
Using this site
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Coaching arrangements
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No promises about outcomes
Grief is not a process with a guaranteed end, and nothing here promises a particular result. The site is offered as it is: Mary aims to keep it accurate and available, but can't guarantee it will be free of errors or always reachable, and she isn't liable for any loss arising from relying on it. Nothing in these terms limits any liability that cannot be limited by law.
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Changes
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Getting in touch
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