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Grounding techniques for anxiety: three things to understand first
Breath and Stillness

Grounding techniques for anxiety: three things to understand first

Let us set the limits of grounding techniques for anxiety first: it reliably improves a working feel for your own baseline, and it does not deliver…

Gideon StarkGideon Stark·September 12, 2026·4 min read
Logs versus weighing yourself, explained once properly
Keeping Records

Logs versus weighing yourself, explained once properly

Most people do not fail at logs versus weighing yourself from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the…

Imogen ClareImogen Clare·September 12, 2026·4 min read
Where damp-heat diets go wrong: what to do and what to skip
Knowing Your Body

Where damp-heat diets go wrong: what to do and what to skip

Most people want where damp-heat diets go wrong to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad…

Thea BergstromThea Bergstrom·September 12, 2026·4 min read
Setting up a safe corner at home: judging it before you start
Moxa and Foot Soaks

Setting up a safe corner at home: judging it before you start

Anyone who has spent time on setting up a safe corner at home has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is…

Thea BergstromThea Bergstrom·September 9, 2026·4 min read
Handling jet lag on arrival: a version you can actually follow
Rhythm and Light

Handling jet lag on arrival: a version you can actually follow

Separate two things in handling jet lag on arrival: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action…

Silas TurnerSilas Turner·September 9, 2026·4 min read
Eyes open or closed: a practical plan for ordinary weeks
Breath and Stillness

Eyes open or closed: a practical plan for ordinary weeks

Put eyes open or closed back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months will…

Silas TurnerSilas Turner·September 6, 2026·4 min read

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StillHouse covers daily wellness from the inside: four writers, one editorial rule — nothing is published until one of us has done it for at least a month, in a normal home, on a normal budget. The awkward parts stay in the text.