Question 1

Is the grief school different from the breakup curriculum?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Institute of Infinite Grief is one of the four schools. Bereavement follows six semesters: The Call, The Numbness, The Waves, The Anger, The Quiet, and Carrying Them Forward. Estrangement has its own six. Bereaved students go there directly and skip the relationship questions entirely.

Question 2

The person I am grieving is still alive. Does that count here?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Estrangement track exists for exactly that, whether it was a blowup, a slow fade, or a line you finally drew. Grieving someone who is still alive is treated as real grief, not as a lesser version of it.

Question 3

Is this grief counseling?

Accepted Answer

No. It is an educational curriculum with an AI advisor, not treatment and not bereavement counseling. If your grief is complicated, if you are not functioning, or if you are in danger, please work with a licensed professional. This can sit alongside that.

Question 4

Is Alma therapy?

Accepted Answer

No. Alma is an AI advisor inside an educational curriculum. She cannot diagnose, treat, prescribe, or provide crisis care, and she is not a licensed therapist. She is built to sit alongside therapy, or to be something structured to work with when therapy is out of reach or you are between appointments.

Question 5

What does it cost to start?

Accepted Answer

Nothing. The Audit tier is $0 forever and includes: alma enrollment intake session, personalized curriculum plan, 5 alma messages per day, daily check-ins, previews of every gated section. Enrolled is $19/month and opens every school, track, and elective, unlimited alma sessions with memory, journaling, insights, and patterns, library readings and insights, community access, progress tracking, report card, and graduation.

Question 6

How long does enrollment take?

Accepted Answer

A few minutes. You create an account (name, email, and password), then have a chat-only intake with Alma. No uploads: she builds your semester path from the conversation.

Question 7

What happens to what I tell Alma?

Accepted Answer

Your account, journal entries, and conversations are stored so Alma can remember them between sessions. To generate her replies we send relevant portions to third-party AI providers through a secure gateway. We do not sell your data. You can delete your account and all of its data from your Profile page at any time. EX University is not a HIPAA-covered healthcare provider.

Question 8

What if I am in crisis?

Accepted Answer

This is not emergency support. If you are having thoughts of self-harm, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text 988 in the US) or your local emergency services. Alma surfaces crisis resources when she detects crisis language, but she is not a substitute for reaching a person.

Grief and Estrangement: A Structured Curriculum for Loss That Does Not Fit the Script