Stress management - the evidence, not the noise.
Understand chronic stress, build recovery, and know when to get help.
The guides
11 curated stress articles.
Every guide is written from the UK sources listed on the page.
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Managing stress - the evidence
Which techniques actually reduce stress in randomised trials, and which do not.
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What chronic stress does to the body
The physiology behind the fatigue, sleep loss and gut symptoms - and what reverses it.
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Cortisol explained
What cortisol actually is, when a test is useful, and the wellness claims that misunderstand it.
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Breathing techniques that work
From box breathing to the physiological sigh - which techniques have measurable effects.
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The vagus nerve - evidence vs hype
What vagal tone really is, what actually shifts it, and what social media gets wrong.
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Nature & stress
Green space, forest bathing, and the 120-minutes-a-week threshold that shows up in the data.
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Cold water therapy
What cold-plunge and Wim Hof evidence actually shows - and the risks the influencers skip.
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Sauna & heat exposure
The Finnish cohort data on sauna and mortality - and how to use heat safely.
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Workplace burnout
The three dimensions of burnout - and what actually reverses it (mostly not resilience courses).
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Work-life boundaries
The evidence on remote work, always-on culture, and the boundaries that protect wellbeing.
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Digital wellbeing
What screen time actually does to attention and mood - and the small changes that reset it.
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Related conditions
When stress starts to leave marks.
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