Terms of Use
Last updated: April 21 2026
A Plain-Language Summary (Read This First)
Before the longer version, here's the short one:
This website is a personal publication. The writing, photos, recipes, and videos here are mine.
You're welcome to read everything, try the practices, cook the recipes, and share links with friends. Please don't copy the content wholesale onto your own site or into your own products.
I'm a certified coach and I spent years in the food business— but I'm not your doctor, therapist, dietitian, or trainer. Nothing on this site is medical, psychological, nutritional, or clinical advice. If something you're dealing with is serious, please talk to someone qualified to actually see you.
If you buy something from the shop in the future, there will be clear terms for that purchase at the point of sale.
If you ever work with me one-on-one as a coach, we'll sign a separate agreement before we start.
Be kind in the comments. Be honest with yourself about what's in this policy. If you have questions, email me.
1. Who This Agreement Is Between
These Terms of Use ("Terms") are an agreement between you (the person reading, visiting, or using this site — "you") and me, Jens Koester ("I," "me," or "my"), operating Everyday Anchors from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
By visiting everydayanchors.com (the "Site"), subscribing to the newsletter, commenting, or buying anything from the shop, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the Site. This isn't me being prickly — it's just how the internet works.
If you have questions about anything here, email me at hello@everydayanchors.com. I read everything.
2. What Everyday Anchors Is (and What It Isn't)
Everyday Anchors is a personal publication — a website, a newsletter, and a small digital shop — created by one person. It's a place where I write about balanced living, simple food, honest movement, quiet practices, and time spent outside with a dog who has strong opinions about squirrels.
What it is:
A publication of essays, recipes, practices, observations, and weekly reflections
A newsletter (the Sunday Reset) sent to subscribers who have asked for it
Eventually, a small digital shop selling guides, meal plans, and similar items
A community, via the comments section and the Substack Chat, for people who want to talk about any of the above
What it isn't:
A medical practice
A clinical therapy practice
A licensed nutrition or dietitian service
A certified personal-training program
A substitute for professional advice of any kind
Please keep this distinction in mind as you read the rest of these Terms, and especially Section 5.
3. Your Right to Use the Site
You can visit the Site, read anything on it, subscribe to the newsletter, try the recipes in your kitchen, do the stretches in your doorway, and share individual links with friends, family, or colleagues. That's what it's here for.
What you can't do:
Copy substantial portions of the writing, photography, or other content and republish it on your own website, social media, newsletter, or printed materials without my permission
Sell, license, or commercially distribute any of the content
Use the content to train machine-learning models or for any automated scraping
Use the Everyday Anchors name, logo, or visual identity to suggest I endorse your products, services, or opinions when I don't
Use the Site to do anything illegal, harmful, abusive, or harassing
For most normal uses — sharing a link, quoting a sentence or two with attribution, forwarding a newsletter issue to a friend, saving a recipe to your own cookbook for personal use — I'm delighted. If you're unsure whether something falls within reasonable use, email me and ask. I'm usually happy to say yes.
4. What Belongs to Me (Intellectual Property)
All the original content on this Site — the essays, recipes, photographs, illustrations, videos, designs, audio, the name "Everyday Anchors," the Sunday Reset, the Four Anchors framework, and the visual identity — is my intellectual property. It's protected by Canadian and international copyright, trademark, and related laws.
When you subscribe, comment, or buy something, you're not getting ownership of that content — you're getting permission to use it as described in Section 3.
If you'd like to use something more substantially (feature a recipe in your own publication, reprint an essay, include the work in a book or course, use a photograph commercially), email me at hello@everydayanchors.com. The answer is often yes — with attribution and sometimes a small arrangement — but please ask first.
5. Important Disclaimers About the Content
This is the section that matters most. Please read it carefully.
Everything Here Is for Informational and Inspirational Purposes Only
I'm a certified coach, and I spent years working in the food business. That's meaningful experience, and it informs everything I publish. But let me be completely clear:
I am not a doctor, a registered dietitian, a licensed therapist, a physical therapist, a mental health clinician, a registered nurse, a personal trainer, or a medical professional of any kind.
Nothing on this Site — no essay, newsletter, recipe, meditation, movement practice, journal prompt, book recommendation, coaching reflection, or any other piece of content — is:
Medical advice
Nutritional advice
Mental health advice
Clinical or therapeutic advice
Fitness or physical therapy prescription
A diagnosis, treatment, or cure for any condition
Everyday Anchors is a creator-run publication about balanced living. The content is meant to inform, inspire, and occasionally entertain you. It is not meant to replace the advice, diagnosis, or treatment of a qualified professional who can actually see you, examine you, or know your specific situation.
On Food and Nutrition
I publish recipes and write about food because I love cooking and I spent a career doing it. The food writing on this Site reflects what I personally cook and eat. It's not a nutritional prescription.
If you have food allergies, dietary restrictions, medical conditions affected by diet (including but not limited to diabetes, celiac disease, eating disorders, cardiovascular conditions, or kidney disease), are pregnant or breastfeeding, or are managing a complex nutritional situation, please consult a registered dietitian or your physician before following any dietary guidance you find here.
Recipes are written as I cook them. Your kitchen is not my kitchen. Your oven has its own personality. Your ingredients will differ from mine. Your own taste should always overrule what a recipe tells you. Taste as you go, trust your senses, and adjust. I am not responsible for outcomes that arise from a recipe you modified, an ingredient you substituted, an equipment difference, or a timing variation in your kitchen.
On Movement and Fitness
The movement and mobility content on this Site — doorway stretches, walking practices, short home workouts — reflects what I personally do. It's not a prescription for anyone else.
Before starting any new movement practice, especially if you have a history of injury, chronic pain, cardiovascular concerns, joint issues, or any condition that could be aggravated by physical activity, please consult a physician, physical therapist, or other qualified professional. Start slowly, listen to your body, and stop immediately if something hurts in a way that feels wrong.
You do anything described in the Move content at your own risk. I'm not liable for any injury, strain, aggravation, or harm that results from you trying something I've written about.
On Mental Health, Meditation, and Coaching Content
I write about mental health, meditation, journaling, and coaching because I find these practices genuinely useful and because I've trained in them. The Mind content on this Site is intended to be supportive, reflective, and occasionally helpful — not clinical.
Nothing on this Site is a substitute for licensed mental health care.
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, suicidal thoughts, severe anxiety or depression, trauma, disordered eating, addiction, or any serious psychological condition, please contact a qualified professional or a crisis resource immediately.
In Canada, you can reach the Talk Suicide Canada helpline at 1-833-456-4566 (available 24/7), or text 45645 between 4pm and midnight ET. In the United States, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. In the UK and Ireland, contact Samaritans at 116 123. In other regions, the International Association for Suicide Prevention maintains a global list of crisis resources.
My coaching certification qualifies me to offer coaching relationships — supporting people in identifying goals, reflecting on values, and making changes they choose. It does not qualify me to provide psychotherapy, diagnose mental health conditions, prescribe treatment, or replace licensed clinical care. When a situation requires clinical support, I'll say so.
On Future Coaching Offers
This Site is a publication and a community. It is not a coaching platform, and subscribing to the newsletter or engaging with the content does not create a coaching relationship between us.
In the future, I may offer one-to-one coaching, group coaching cohorts, or related professional services. If you decide to work with me in any of those capacities, we will sign a separate written coaching agreement before we begin. That agreement will set out the scope of the work, fees, confidentiality, cancellation terms, professional limits, and the distinction between coaching and therapy. No coaching relationship exists, or can be implied, outside of that signed agreement.
Until then: everything here is content, not coaching. Useful, I hope — but content.
6. Comments, Replies, and Community Conduct
If commenting is enabled on Journal posts, newsletters, or in Substack Chat, please be thoughtful. A few ground rules:
What I encourage:
Honest reflection
Genuine questions
Disagreement, politely expressed
Sharing your own experience
Recommending books, recipes, or resources
What I don't allow:
Personal attacks on me or other community members
Harassment, hate speech, or discrimination of any kind
Spam, promotional content, or self-promotion disguised as commentary
Unsolicited medical, nutritional, or therapeutic advice directed at other community members
Attempts to sell products, services, or programs
Anything illegal
I reserve the right to remove comments, replies, or community contributions that violate these rules, and to remove or block users who repeatedly do so. I'll usually give one gentle reminder first. Usually.
When you post a comment, reply, or other content in the community, you're granting me a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to display it on the Site. You keep ownership of what you wrote; I just need permission to show it. I will never publish your comment or reply elsewhere (newsletter, Instagram, marketing materials) without asking you first.
7. Third-Party Links, Services, and Recommendations
The Site links to a lot of things — books, tools, other writers, recipes, occasionally products. When I link to something, I'm doing so because I personally recommend it, not because anyone is paying me to.
Important to know:
External websites I link to have their own Terms of Use and Privacy Policies. I'm not responsible for their content or practices.
I don't currently use affiliate links. If I start in the future, I'll disclose it clearly on any post that contains one, and I'll add an Affiliate Disclosure page to the footer.
Third-party services this Site depends on (Substack, Squarespace, Stripe, Printful, Google, and so on) have their own terms that apply to your use of their platforms. The relevant links are in the Privacy Policy.
8. Purchases from the Shop
Once the shop is active (currently planned), specific terms will appear at the point of sale — including price, delivery method, refund policy, and any product-specific notes.
General principles that will apply:
Prices will be listed in Canadian dollars (CAD) unless stated otherwise.
Applicable taxes (GST/HST for Canadian customers, local taxes where required) will be added at checkout.
Digital products (PDFs, guides, meal plans) are delivered via download link or email after payment clears.
Physical products (merchandise) will include their own shipping terms.
Refund policies will be clearly stated before purchase. Digital products are typically non-refundable once downloaded; I'll always say so before you buy.
Until the shop is live, this section is informational only. When it goes live, these Terms will be updated and a more detailed Shop Terms & Refund Policy will be added.
9. Limitation of Liability
This is the part where I have to speak like a lawyer for a moment. I'll translate immediately afterward.
The legal version: To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Everyday Anchors, Jens Koester, and any associated parties are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Site, the content, the newsletter, or any products purchased — including but not limited to damages related to loss of data, loss of profits, injury, illness, emotional distress, or any other loss or harm, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or any other legal theory, and whether or not I was advised of the possibility of such damages. The Site and its content are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied.
The plain-language version: Everything on this Site is offered in good faith and with care, but without guarantees. If you try a recipe and don't like it, if a stretch doesn't help your back, if an idea from a newsletter doesn't change your life, if the Site is briefly unavailable, or if any other ordinary disappointment happens — I'm genuinely sorry, but I'm not legally responsible for it. If something serious happens (you hurt yourself trying something I wrote about, you have a medical reaction to a recipe), please talk to the appropriate professional; I'm not that professional, and these Terms mean I'm not legally liable for outcomes.
This limitation doesn't attempt to exclude any liability that can't legally be excluded under the laws of Ontario, Canada, or your local jurisdiction. If something here isn't enforceable where you live, the rest of the Terms still apply.
10. Indemnification
If you use the Site in a way that violates these Terms, breaks the law, or harms someone else, and that causes me to face a legal claim, complaint, or expense, you agree to cover those costs.
11. Governing Law and Disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada that apply there. Any disputes that can't be resolved through friendly conversation will be handled in the courts of Ontario.
If you're reading this from another country, I understand your local laws may also apply in certain situations — particularly consumer-protection and data-privacy laws in Europe and the US. Nothing in these Terms is intended to override protections that apply to you by law where you live.
Before any legal process, though: please email me. Most disagreements can be resolved in a single message. Lawyers are slower, more expensive, and less fun for everyone.
12. Changes to These Terms
As Everyday Anchors grows — when the shop launches, when coaching offerings open, when new platforms are added — these Terms will need to be updated.
When that happens:
The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will change.
For significant changes (especially anything affecting purchases, refunds, or coaching), I'll mention it in the Sunday Reset newsletter before the change takes effect.
Your continued use of the Site after an update means you accept the updated Terms. If you don't, you're free to unsubscribe or stop using the Site.
13. If Part of These Terms Isn't Enforceable
If any section or sentence of these Terms turns out to be legally unenforceable in your jurisdiction, the rest of the document still applies. The unenforceable part will be treated as if it had been written to be enforceable to the maximum extent allowed by law — or, if that's not possible, removed.
14. Contact
One person handles all of this. That person is me.
Email: hello@everydayanchors.com
Mail: Jens Koester, Everyday Anchors, Jens Koester Consulting, Venture X North York, 5255 Yonge St Unit 201, Toronto, ON, M2N 6P4, Canada
Legal questions, licensing requests, comments on anything here — email me. I usually reply within a few days.