# About Lumendal

- Link: https://lumendal.com/about/
- Published: 2026-09-07T11:17:19+00:00
- Author: lumendal194adm

## Why this exists

Lumendal started because the available writing about racing thoughts at night fell
into two camps. One was clinical literature: accurate, and impossible to use at 
2 a.m. The other was wellness content: readable, and largely invented — lavender
oil, gratitude, a cheerful assurance that you simply need to relax.

What was missing was the thing in between. Accurate, sourced, and written for someone
who is tired, anxious and reading on a phone in the dark. That is what we are trying
to be.

## Who writes it

Lumendal is a small independent editorial team, not a clinic and not a medical publisher.
Nobody here is a doctor, and we say so on every page rather than implying otherwise
through tone.

What we do bring: personal experience of the problem, a genuine commitment to reading
primary sources rather than other people’s blog posts, and a willingness to write“
the evidence is weak” when the evidence is weak. Our [editorial policy](https://lumendal.com/editorial-policy/)
sets out exactly how pages are researched, sourced and reviewed.

## What we will not do

 * **We will not claim to treat or cure anything.** No page on this site will tell
   you it fixes anxiety or insomnia. Those are medical claims and we are not in 
   a position to make them.
 * **We will not overstate evidence.** Where research is thin, we say it is thin—
   even on pages where a stronger claim would sell more.
 * **We will not use fear.** No countdowns, no manufactured urgency, no “what sleep
   deprivation is doing to your brain” frightening a reader who is already frightened.
 * **We will not recommend something we would not use.** Every review includes what
   is wrong with the product, and some reviews conclude you should not buy it.

## How it is funded

Two ways, both disclosed. Affiliate commissions when you subscribe or buy through
some of our links, at no extra cost to you. And our own [printable and audio tools](https://lumendal.com/products/),
which we make and sell directly.

Affiliate relationships never determine what we include or what we say. The clearest
evidence of that is on the pages themselves: our review of [weighted blankets](https://lumendal.com/tools/weighted-blankets/)
says the research is inconclusive, and our [Calm review](https://lumendal.com/tools/calm-review/)
tells a substantial group of readers not to buy it. Neither is what an affiliate-
first site would publish.

## Getting in touch

Corrections especially. If something here is wrong, out of date, or badly framed,
we want to know — the [contact page](https://lumendal.com/contact/) has the details,
and we log every correction we make.