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Terms of Use
Welcome to Mahalo.
Mahalo is a place for connection, curiosity, shared experiences, and exploring the many ways we can live well. These Terms of Use explain the guidelines that apply when you visit our website, participate in our community, purchase something, register for an experience, submit content, or otherwise interact with Mahalo.
By using Mahalo’s website, community, or services, you agree to these Terms.
Using Mahalo
You’re welcome here, and we ask that you use Mahalo in a way that respects the people who share this space with you.
When participating in Mahalo, you agree not to:
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Harass, threaten, discriminate against, or intentionally harm another person
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Post unlawful, abusive, hateful, fraudulent, or intentionally misleading content
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Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity
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Share another person’s private information without permission
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Upload material that infringes someone else’s copyright, trademark, privacy, or other rights
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Attempt to interfere with the operation or security of our website or community
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Use Mahalo for unauthorized advertising, spam, solicitation, or commercial promotion
We may remove content or restrict access when we reasonably believe it violates these Terms or interferes with the safety or experience of the community.
Community Content
Some parts of Mahalo allow members to post comments, photographs, recommendations, stories, and other content.
You remain responsible for anything you choose to share.
By posting content within the Mahalo community, you confirm that you have the right to share it and that doing so does not violate another person’s rights.
Please remember that anything shared in a community space may be seen by other members. Use care when deciding what personal information you want to make visible.
Pass It Along & Submissions
Mahalo invites members of our community to pass along the things worth sharing—stories, photographs, recipes, books, music, podcasts, traditions, lessons learned, and other pieces of everyday life.
When you submit something through Pass It Along or another submission form, you retain ownership of your original work.
By giving Mahalo permission to share your submission, you grant us permission to edit it for length, clarity, formatting, or presentation and to publish or feature it in accordance with the permissions provided with your submission.
Your contribution may be considered for the Mahalo website, community, email communications, social media, The Collection, Worth a Listen, Field Notes, our Bookshop recommendations, Gathered, and other Mahalo editorial features.
Submitting something does not guarantee publication.
For complete details about submissions, photographs, attribution, permissions, and publication, please see our Submission Policy.
Recommendations & Editorial Content
Mahalo shares books, podcasts, products, places, recipes, experiences, ideas, and other things we genuinely think may be worth knowing about.
These recommendations reflect opinions, experiences, community contributions, or editorial selections. They are not guarantees that every recommendation will be right for every person.
Some links may be affiliate links, which means Mahalo may receive a small commission if you make a purchase through them, at no additional cost to you. When appropriate, we will disclose affiliate relationships.
Wellness Information
Mahalo explores topics related to living well, including food, movement, mindfulness, rest, relationships, purpose, nature, longevity, and everyday wellbeing.
Our content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only.
It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition or replace care from a qualified healthcare professional.
Your health circumstances are individual. You should use your own judgment and consult an appropriate healthcare professional before making significant decisions regarding your health, diet, exercise, medication, or treatment.
Journeys, Gatherings & Experiences
Mahalo may offer Journeys, gatherings, events, workshops, and other experiences.
Additional terms, cancellation policies, participation requirements, waivers, or agreements may apply to individual experiences. When they do, those terms will be provided during registration and will apply in addition to these Terms.
Travel and participation naturally involve circumstances outside our control. Itineraries, accommodations, transportation, activities, schedules, and other details may occasionally need to change.
Purchases
Products, memberships, experiences, or other offerings available through Mahalo may have their own pricing, shipping, return, cancellation, or refund policies.
We try to describe our offerings accurately, but colors, dimensions, availability, pricing, and other details may occasionally vary or contain errors.
We reserve the right to correct errors and update information when necessary.
Third-Party Services & Links
Mahalo may link to third-party websites and services, including booksellers, podcast platforms, makers, travel providers, social platforms, community platforms, and other resources.
We don’t control these third parties and aren’t responsible for their content, policies, availability, products, or practices.
Your interactions with those services are governed by their own terms and policies.
Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise indicated, the Mahalo name, branding, website design, original writing, photography, graphics, collections, and other original Mahalo materials belong to Mahalo or are used with permission.
You’re welcome to share links to Mahalo content and tell others about something you’ve found here.
Please don’t reproduce, republish, sell, substantially copy, or commercially use our original materials without permission.
Community contributors retain ownership of their original work, subject to any permission they grant Mahalo when submitting or posting it.
Availability of Mahalo
We hope Mahalo will be around your table for a very long time, but we can’t guarantee that every feature, page, offering, or service will always remain available.
We may add, change, suspend, or discontinue portions of Mahalo as the community evolves.
Disclaimer
We work hard to make Mahalo thoughtful, useful, accurate, and welcoming, but we cannot guarantee that all information will always be complete, current, error-free, or appropriate for every individual circumstance.
Your use of Mahalo and decisions you make based on information or recommendations found here are ultimately your responsibility.
To the extent permitted by law, Mahalo is not responsible for indirect, incidental, consequential, or similar damages arising from your use of our website, community, content, products, or services.
Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time as Mahalo grows, new features are introduced, or our practices change.
When we do, we’ll post the revised Terms here and update the date below.
Your continued use of Mahalo after changes are posted means you accept the updated Terms.
Questions?
If you have questions about these Terms, please contact us at:
Last Updated: August 21, 2026