Evidence-based wellbeing

The Cleartide

Evidence-based guides to stress, the body, and everyday wellbeing.

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Stress-resilient living: sleep, food and movement
Resilience to stress is built by unglamorous basics, not cortisol hacks. Here's what sleep, movement, and food actually do, and where to put your effort.
Sensuality, intimacy and self-connection: a wellness guide
Sensuality and intimacy are part of wellbeing. Why stress dims desire, why responsive desire is normal, and why presence matters more than technique.
Somatic and mind-body practices: a grounded guide
What somatic and mind-body practices actually are, what the research supports, and how to read the big claims about releasing stored trauma.
Massage for stress and tension: what the evidence shows
Massage genuinely helps stress and anxiety, but not the way the spa brochure says. Here's what the research supports, and how to get the most from it.
How to calm your nervous system: an evidence-based guide
What it really means to calm your nervous system, why recovery matters more than avoiding stress, and the levers that reliably shift you toward calm.

Body image and intimacy: feeling at home in your body
How you feel about your body shapes how present you can be in intimate moments. On self-consciousness, spectatoring, and coming back to sensation.
What is interoception, and why does it matter?
Interoception is your sense of your body's inner state, from heartbeat to hunger. Here's how it shapes emotion and calm, and how to build it.
Does massage really release toxins?
You'll often hear massage 'flushes out toxins,' and that soreness is toxins leaving. Here's what actually happens, and what massage really does.
The window of tolerance: your stress comfort zone
The window of tolerance is the zone where stress still feels workable. Here's what pushes you out of it, in either direction, and how to widen it.
Magnesium for stress and sleep: what's proven, what's oversold
Magnesium is the wellness world's favorite calm supplement. What the evidence actually supports for stress and sleep, and what it does not.
What is touch starvation, and what helps?
Going without affectionate touch can leave you low and on edge. What touch starvation is, why it affects mood and stress, and small ways to ease it.