Human Mind Guide publishes practical guides about how we think: how we make decisions, solve problems, deal with overthinking, protect our focus and recover from setbacks. This page explains how those guides are made.
Who writes here
Every guide is written and edited by Sam Doyle. Each one is read in full and approved before it goes live, and the same person answers for every word on the site.
Where the ideas come from
Guides start from questions real people ask about their own minds. To answer them, we go to the work of the researchers who studied each question: published studies, books and reviews. When a guide relies on a specific researcher or finding, it names them in the text, so you can look further.
Psychology is a living field. Some popular findings have not held up well when other researchers tried to repeat them, and when that is the case, we say so instead of repeating the headline.
How we use AI
AI tools help us with groundwork: gathering material to check, organizing notes, and catching typos and clumsy sentences. They do not decide what a guide says. The ideas, the structure, the examples and the advice are chosen and reworked by the author, and every fact and every figure is checked against its original source before it is published.
This is not therapy
The guides offer general information and practical techniques. They are not medical or psychological advice, and they do not replace a doctor, a therapist or any other professional who knows your situation. Guides that touch on persistent anxiety, low mood or sleep problems say when it is worth asking for professional help.
If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, please contact your local emergency services or a crisis line in your country right away.
Updates and corrections
Guides are reviewed and updated when we find better evidence or a clearer way to explain something. The date shown on each guide is the date it was last updated.
If you spot an error, write to [email protected]. We check every correction and fix confirmed mistakes promptly.
Independence and financial interests
We may have financial interests in some of the books, apps, courses or services mentioned on this site, for example through affiliate links or other commercial agreements. Those interests never decide what we write. We recommend what we believe helps, and our opinions stay our own.