What is Shine On Movement?

Shine On Movement is a women’s health and wellness community that helps women reconnect with themselves and each other through connection, conversation, and sisterhood. It is a program of Healing Minds Initiative, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Why do women join Shine On Movement?

Women join Shine On Movement because they are overwhelmed by stress, emotional overload, and the pressure to manage everything alone. The Movement gives women a safe, judgment-free space to breathe, share honestly, and receive real support. Sister Circles offer emotional relief, grounding, connection, and a sense of belonging within a national Sisterhood of women who truly understand their challenges.

What are the benefits of joining Shine On Movement?

Benefits include emotional support, reduced stress, practical coping tools, weekly community connection, and a renewed sense of identity. Women gain access to supportive Sister Circles, grounding practices, and a national network of women who uplift and understand one another. Many participants describe feeling lighter, calmer, and more connected after each session.

What is the 7-Week Shine On Journey?

The 7-Week Shine On Journey is a guided emotional wellness experience that takes women through weekly 'Permission to' themes—such as Permission to Pause, Permission to Unravel, and Permission to Reconnect. It helps women relieve stress, rebuild resilience, rediscover themselves, and connect with a supportive national Sisterhood.

How do I sign up for a Shine On Sister Circle?

You can sign up by completing the quick online registration form on our website. After registering, you’ll receive a welcome email with session details and access links. Sister Circles are donation-based to keep support accessible for every woman, and new participants immediately become part of our nationwide Sisterhood community.

How do I donate to support Shine On Movement?

You can make a tax-deductible donation through our secure online donation page. All contributions are processed through Healing Minds Initiative, our parent 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Donations help sustain Sister Circles, expand emotional support programs, and grow our national Sisterhood network so more women can receive support regardless of financial situation.

Is Shine On Movement part of a nonprofit organization?

Yes. Shine On Movement is a program under Healing Minds Initiative, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. This means all donations are tax-deductible and directly support accessible emotional wellness programs, Sister Circles, and the national Sisterhood movement.

Privacy Policy for Healing Minds Initiative, Inc. d/b/a Shine On Movement

Effective Date: May 2, 2025
Last Updated: March 12, 2026

Healing Minds Initiative, Inc., a nonprofit organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, doing business as Shine On Movement (“Shine On Movement,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit our website, submit forms, make a donation, register for programs, events, or Shine On Sister Circles, sign up for emails or text messages, or otherwise interact with us online.

By using our website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

1. Scope of This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the Shine On Movement website and related online interactions operated by Healing Minds Initiative, Inc.

This Privacy Policy does not replace any separate privacy notice, informed consent, or Notice of Privacy Practices that may apply to licensed clinical services, healthcare services, or any HIPAA-governed platform operated separately from this website.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of information:

A. Information You Voluntarily Provide

We may collect information you choose to provide to us, including:

your name
email address
telephone or mobile number
mailing address
donation details
registration details for events, programs, workshops, or Shine On Sister Circles
survey responses
newsletter sign-ups
contact form submissions
waitlist information
volunteer inquiries
and other information you choose to share

B. Donation and Payment Information

If you make a donation or payment, your payment information may be collected and processed by third-party payment processors, fundraising tools, or donation platforms, such as PayPal or similar providers. We may receive transaction-related information, such as your name, contact information, donation amount, billing details, and payment confirmation. We do not necessarily store full payment card information on our own servers.

C. Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we or our service providers may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, including:

IP address
browser type
device type
operating system
referring website addresses
pages viewed
dates and times of visits
clickstream or navigation behavior
general website interaction data

D. Information You Choose to Share About Yourself

You may choose to share information relating to your interests, community support needs, participation in programs, or general wellness concerns. Please do not submit confidential medical records, diagnosis details, treatment information, or other highly sensitive information through general website forms unless we specifically direct you to a secure platform for that purpose.

3. How We Use Information

We may use personal information and other collected information to:

operate, maintain, administer, and improve our website, programs, and communications;
process donations, registrations, and related transactions;
send receipts, confirmations, reminders, updates, newsletters, and other communications;
respond to inquiries, support requests, and contact form submissions;
communicate about Shine On Movement programs, events, workshops, campaigns, and Shine On Sister Circles;
manage volunteer, donor, and participant relationships;
understand website traffic, engagement, and user experience;
protect the security and integrity of our website, systems, and records;
maintain records for legal, tax, accounting, reporting, and administrative purposes; and
comply with applicable laws and enforce our policies and rights.

4. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share information in the following circumstances:

A. Service Providers and Technology Platforms

We may share information with trusted third-party vendors, contractors, and technology platforms that help us operate our website and nonprofit activities. These may include providers of:

website hosting
analytics
donation processing
payment processing
email communications
text messaging
form collection
scheduling
cloud storage
embedded content
security services
administrative support

Depending on the tools we use, these providers may include companies such as Google, PayPal, and similar service providers that support our operations.

We may also use artificial intelligence, automation, or software tools in limited ways to support communications, internal administration, drafting, organization, or workflow management. However, we do not disclose personal information to such tools except as reasonably necessary for legitimate operational purposes and subject to appropriate safeguards. If an AI-based tool is used in a way that processes user-submitted personal information, it will be used only as part of our operational support or communications functions.

B. Internal Organizational Access

Information may be accessible to authorized board members, staff, volunteers, contractors, or advisors on a need-to-know basis for legitimate nonprofit purposes, including administration, communications, donor management, event coordination, compliance, bookkeeping, and program support.

C. Legal, Safety, and Compliance Reasons

We may disclose information if we believe disclosure is reasonably necessary to:

comply with applicable law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or lawful governmental request;
protect the rights, property, safety, or security of Healing Minds Initiative, Inc., Shine On Movement, our website users, participants, donors, staff, or others;
investigate fraud, misuse, or security issues; or
enforce our terms, policies, or legal rights.

D. Organizational Changes

If Healing Minds Initiative, Inc. undergoes a merger, reorganization, restructuring, or transfer of assets, information may be transferred as part of that process to the extent permitted by law.

5. Cookies, Analytics, and Similar Technologies

We may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, embedded content tools, and similar technologies to:

remember user preferences;
understand website usage and visitor behavior;
improve site performance and user experience;
measure engagement with content, forms, and campaigns; and
support administration, communications, and outreach efforts.

We may use third-party services such as Google Analytics, embedded Google services, donation tools, videos, maps, forms, or similar tools that may collect information in accordance with their own privacy practices.

You may be able to manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect website functionality.

6. Email Communications

If you sign up for emails from us, we may send newsletters, updates, event announcements, donation appeals, campaign messages, organizational news, and other communications related to Healing Minds Initiative, Inc. and Shine On Movement.

You may opt out of marketing or newsletter emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us directly. Even if you opt out of marketing emails, we may still send transactional or administrative communications, such as donation receipts, registration confirmations, or direct responses to your inquiries.

7. Text Messages and SMS Communications

If you provide your mobile number and opt in to receive text messages from us, we may send informational, transactional, or limited promotional text messages related to our nonprofit operations, including:

event reminders
registration confirmations
program updates
scheduling notices
volunteer communications
donation-related confirmations
and other organizational communications

Consent to receive text messages is voluntary and is not a condition of making a donation, registering for a program, participating in a Shine On Sister Circle, or receiving any goods or services from us.

Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply depending on your wireless carrier and service plan.

You may opt out of receiving text messages at any time by replying STOP to any message or by contacting us at support@healingmindsinitiative.org. Where available, you may reply HELP for assistance.

By providing your mobile number and opting in, you represent that you are the authorized user of the mobile number provided and that you consent to receive text messages from us at that number.

We may use third-party service providers to facilitate text messaging communications on our behalf. Information related to text messaging may be shared with such providers only as reasonably necessary to deliver those communications and support related services.

8. Donor Privacy

Healing Minds Initiative, Inc. respects donor privacy. We do not sell donor personal information.

We may share donor information only with trusted service providers, advisors, and contractors as reasonably necessary for donation processing, acknowledgments, recordkeeping, accounting, tax reporting, auditing, communications, legal compliance, and related nonprofit administration.

We maintain donor records in accordance with applicable legal, tax, accounting, and reporting obligations.

9. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide services, maintain business and nonprofit records, comply with legal, tax, audit, accounting, and reporting obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.

10. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. However, no website, internet transmission, or electronic storage system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

If we offer or link to separate licensed clinical services or HIPAA-compliant systems, those services may be governed by separate privacy notices, consent forms, or healthcare privacy obligations.

11. Children’s Privacy

Our website and programs are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.

12. Third-Party Links and Embedded Content

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, donation tools, forms, maps, social media platforms, scheduling tools, videos, or other external services. We are not responsible for the privacy, security, or data practices of those third parties. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing information through those services.

13. Your Choices and Requests

Subject to applicable law, you may request that we:

update or correct certain personal information;
remove you from email marketing lists;
stop text communications;
provide information about the categories of personal information we have collected from you; or
delete certain personal information where appropriate and not subject to legal retention obligations

To make a privacy-related request, please contact us using the contact information below. We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.

14. International Users

Our website is operated in the United States and is intended primarily for users located in the United States. If you access the website from another country, you understand that your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, services, legal obligations, or organizational operations. When we do, we will post the updated version on this page and revise the “Last Updated” date above.

16. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to contact us regarding your information, please contact:

Healing Minds Initiative, Inc. d/b/a Shine On Movement
Email: support@healingmindsinitiative.org
Website: https://shineonmovement.org
Address: 4142 Mariner Blvd #238, Spring Hill, FL 34609