Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 26, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how Lean Towards Joy collects, uses, and shares Your information when You visit our website, book a call, buy a guide, join our newsletter, or work with Us, and it tells You about Your privacy rights.

The short version: We collect only what You choose to share with Us, such as Your name and email when You book a call or subscribe. We use it to respond to You, deliver what You purchased, and send the newsletter if You asked for it. We do not sell Your personal information. Please never share Your clients' health information with Us through this website.

Interpretation and Definitions

Words with a capitalized first letter have the meanings defined below.

• Company (referred to as "the Company," "We," "Us," or "Our") refers to Lean Towards Joy, 48 Waterfield Rd #55, Winchester, MA 01890. For the purposes of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.
• Cookies are small files placed on Your device by a website.
• Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
• Service Provider means a company that processes data on our behalf to help Us run the Website and our business, such as our hosting, form, payment, and email providers.
• Usage Data means data collected automatically when You use the Website, such as the pages You visit.
• Website refers to Lean Towards Joy™, accessible at leantowardsjoy.com.
• You means the individual using the Website or our services, or the company or legal entity on whose behalf that individual is acting.

Information We Collect

Information You give Us

Depending on what You do on the Website, We may collect:

• When You book a call: Your name, email, optional phone number, the state Your business is in, a short description of what You would like help with, and who referred You.
• When You buy a guide or a service: Your name, email, billing details, and purchase history. Your payment card is entered directly with our payment processor. We never see or store Your full card number.
• When You subscribe to the newsletter: Your email address and, if You provide it, Your name.
• When You contact Us or request a workshop: Your name, email, organization, and the details You include in Your message.
• When You work with Us: information about Your business that You choose to share during consulting sessions.

Information We do not want

Our services never require Your clients' protected health information, and our Website forms are not designed to receive it. Please do not include any client names, diagnoses, or other health information in forms, emails, or messages to Us.

Information collected automatically

Like most websites, our hosting provider automatically records basic technical information when You visit, such as Your IP address, browser type, the pages You visit, and the date and time of Your visit. We use it to keep the Website secure and working properly. If We add website analytics, We will use it to understand which pages are helpful, and We will update this policy to name the provider.

Cookies

The Website itself does not use advertising cookies. Some of the Third-Party Services built into the Website, such as our form, payment, and newsletter providers, may set their own cookies when You use them, for example to remember Your time zone or keep a checkout secure. You can set Your browser to refuse cookies, though some features of those services may not work without them.

How We Use Your Information

We use Your Personal Data to:

• Respond to Your questions and schedule and hold consulting calls and sessions.
• Process Your Orders and deliver the guides and services You purchased.
• Send the newsletter and occasional updates about our services, if You subscribed. Every email includes an unsubscribe link.
• Manage our Referral Program and apply credits and discounts.
• Keep the Website secure and improve our services.
• Comply with our legal, tax, and accounting obligations, and enforce our Terms.

How We Share Your Information

We do not sell Your personal information, and We do not share it with third parties for their own marketing. We share it only:

• With Service Providers who help Us run the business, only as needed for them to do so. They include our website host, our form, payment, and email newsletter providers, and the email and file storage tools We use to run the business. Each uses Your information under its own privacy policy.
• For legal reasons, when required by law or valid requests from public authorities, or when We believe in good faith that disclosure is needed to comply with a legal obligation, protect our rights or property, prevent wrongdoing, or protect the safety of any person.
• In a business transfer, if the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. We will give notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
• With Your consent, for any other purpose You agree to.

Our Service Providers

These are the kinds of providers We currently use. Each link goes to that provider's own privacy policy.

Our payment processors follow the PCI-DSS standards set by the PCI Security Standards Council for the secure handling of payment information.

How Long We Keep Your Information

We keep Your Personal Data only as long as needed for the purposes in this policy, including to meet our legal, tax, and accounting obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. For example, We keep records of purchases as long as tax law requires, and We keep newsletter subscriptions until You unsubscribe.

Security

We take reasonable steps to protect Your information, including using reputable providers, encrypted connections, and multi-factor authentication on our business accounts. No method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, so We cannot guarantee absolute security.

Where Your Information Is Processed

Your information is processed in the United States, where the Company and our Service Providers operate. If You are located outside the United States, the data protection laws in the United States may differ from those in Your country.

Your Privacy Rights

No matter where You live, You can ask Us to:

• Access the Personal Data We hold about You and receive a copy.
• Correct information that is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Delete Your Personal Data, unless We need to keep it for a legal obligation or to complete a transaction You requested.
• Stop marketing emails at any time, using the unsubscribe link in any email or by contacting Us.

To make a request, email consulting@leantowardsjoy.com. We may need to verify Your identity before responding, and We will respond within 45 days. We will not treat You differently for exercising Your privacy rights.

Residents of California and other states with privacy laws

Several states, including California, give residents specific rights over their personal information, such as the rights to know, correct, delete, and opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal information. In the past 12 months We have collected identifiers (such as name and email), commercial information (such as purchase records), and basic internet activity information (such as pages visited), from You directly and automatically, for the purposes described above. We have not sold or shared Your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. You may exercise any of these rights by emailing Us, and You may use an authorized agent to make a request on Your behalf.

Visitors from the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom

If the GDPR applies to You, We process Your Personal Data based on Your consent (for example, the newsletter), to perform a contract with You (for example, a purchase or a booked session), to meet our legal obligations, or for our legitimate interests in running and improving our business. In addition to the rights above, You may object to or restrict certain processing, request a portable copy of Your data, withdraw Your consent at any time, and complain to Your local data protection authority.

Do Not Track

The Website does not currently respond to Do Not Track browser signals, because it does not track You across other websites.

Children's Privacy

Our Website and services are intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 16. If You believe a child has provided Us with personal information, please contact Us and We will delete it.

Links to Other Websites

The Website contains links to other websites, such as podcasts and videos, that are not operated by Us. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices, and We encourage You to review the privacy policy of every site You visit.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the new version on this page and update the "Last updated" date at the top. If the changes are significant, We will also let You know by email or a notice on the Website before they take effect.

Contact Us

If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact Us:

• By email: consulting@leantowardsjoy.com
• Through the contact page