The Wellness Writers

Every article on Well of Dreams passes through the hands of three people. We write under pen names because the work matters more than our bylines, and because it lets us write openly about family situations, sleepless nights and worries without bringing our day jobs into it. We hold no medical qualifications. What we do have is curiosity, a lot of patience with reading and a shared belief that health writing should leave readers calmer than it found them.

Tibbie Arkwright

Tibbie looks after Restful Sleep and Stress & Mind. A long spell of broken nights first sent her looking for clear explanations, and she was struck by how many pages either promised miracles or buried the useful advice under jargon. Her pieces lean towards small experiments: change one thing for a week, notice what happens and keep what helps. She wrote our guides to waking at 3am and the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique.

Ianto Pemberthy

Ianto edits Proper Diet and many of the broader Health pieces, including the dental and smoke-free topics. He likes tables, short lists and turning a confusing label into four plain steps. He is wary of anything sold as a quick fix and tends to be the one who asks "where does that number come from?" during editing.

Albertine Mossop

Albertine writes Caring for Parents and most of our pieces on talking with health professionals. She spent several years arranging help for an older relative from another part of the country, and her articles carry the practical lessons of that time: keep a shared folder, learn the names at the GP surgery, and make room for ordinary conversation on every visit. Her guide to long-distance caregiving grew straight out of that experience.

How the three of us work together

1. One writer, one checker. Whoever drafts a piece hands it to one of the others, who reads it as a doubtful stranger would.
2. Cautious by default. If two of us disagree about whether a claim is too strong, the softer version wins.
3. Every guide ends with a next step. We name the kind of professional worth talking to and the signs that make it more urgent.
4. Revisits are normal. Reader emails and changes in public guidance regularly send articles back for another pass.

What we will not do

We do not offer diagnoses, suggest doses, comment on individual test results or claim credentials we do not have. When a question goes beyond general information, the honest answer is to point you to someone who can examine you, and that is what we do.

If you would like to suggest a topic or tell us where an article fell short, the contact page reaches all three of us. You can also read more about the site itself on our about page.