Marisol Vance
Founding editor
Sets the calm, plain-language voice and decides what is genuinely worth your time.
About Stillwater
We write to reassure, not to shout.
Stillwater Field Guide is a small, independent editorial project built on one belief: good information should be easy to find and easy to trust.
Our story
A thoughtful journal that moves with quiet confidence.
We started in 2019 because so much wellbeing writing felt either clinical and cold or loud and overpromising. We wanted something in between: paper-calm, carefully researched, and genuinely on the reader's side.
Today we publish across three pillars, Mind, Body, and Accessibility, with the same standard for each. If a piece will not help you, it does not run. That is the whole filter.
See the three pillars
How we work
Three habits behind every guide
The quiet discipline that keeps our writing trustworthy.
We research it properly
Every piece starts with real digging: primary sources, current facts, and context, never recycled filler.
We make it clear
Plain language, useful structure, and the answer up front. You should not need a second read to get it.
We keep it current
Topics change, so we update. What you read here reflects how things actually are right now.
What we hold to
Four values, no asterisks
01Accuracy
We get the facts right and cite where it matters.
02Clarity
Plain language, answer first, no padding.
03Independence
Reader-first, never hype-first.
04Usefulness
If it does not help you, we do not publish it.
The small team
A few people who care about getting it right
Not a content farm. A handful of writers and researchers who read every message.
Devon Achebe
Research and fact-checking
Chases primary sources and double-checks every claim before it goes live.
Priya Sundaram
Accessibility and reader care
Pressure-tests our access guides and answers the questions readers send in.
Want to suggest a topic?
We genuinely read every note. If there is something you wish were explained clearly, tell us.
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