You agree to the privacy policy below, and the Privacy Policy for Substack, the technology provider.

On Meaning and Becoming — Privacy Policy

Your privacy matters.

On Meaning and Becoming is published by Florence Thum through Substack. When you subscribe to, read or interact with this publication, certain personal information may be collected or made available to me through the Substack platform.

This may include information such as your name, email address, subscription status and information about how you engage with the publication, such as whether newsletters are opened or links are clicked.

I use this information only for purposes connected with On Meaning and Becoming, including:

  • sending newsletters and publication updates;

  • managing subscriptions;

  • responding to messages or enquiries;

  • understanding readership and engagement;

  • improving the publication and its content; and

  • administering any subscriber features offered through the publication.

I do not sell or rent subscriber information.

Because this publication is hosted on Substack, Substack also collects and processes information in accordance with its own Privacy Policy and platform terms. Your use of Substack is therefore also subject to Substack’s privacy practices.

You may unsubscribe from emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link contained in a newsletter or by adjusting your Substack subscription settings.

If you contact me directly through the publication, I may retain that correspondence where reasonably necessary to respond to you or maintain an appropriate record of the communication.

Please avoid sending sensitive personal or health information through comments, Notes or general publication correspondence. Communication through On Meaning and Becoming is not a confidential psychotherapy or counselling service and does not form part of any clinical record.

If you are, separately, a psychotherapy or counselling client of Florence Thum, your personal and clinical information is governed by the privacy and confidentiality arrangements applicable to that professional relationship, not by this publication Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time.

For questions about privacy or your personal information, please contact Florence Thum through the contact details provided on the publication.