Editorial policy

We want you to know exactly how the words on this site come to be.

What we publish

Practical, evergreen articles and small tools on everyday life improvement for busy adults — productivity and habits, relationships and communication, home and routines, personal growth, work-life balance, everyday wellbeing (non-medical). Every article is planned to answer a real question our readers have, and to leave you with something you can do today. We do not publish medical, legal or financial advice, and we do not cover news.

How articles are made

Each article starts from an editorial brief: the question it answers, who is asking, and what the obvious advice gets wrong. We then look for published evidence, such as peer-reviewed studies, university and public-health sources, and build the article on what those sources actually say. Articles are researched and drafted with the help of AI tools working from that brief. Each source is opened and read during research, and every link is checked before publication.

Articles are published under the name of the Better Lifestyle Journey editorial team, not under individual bylines. Henri Relyveld (owner and editor-in-chief) is responsible for the site and for what it publishes. The scenes that open our articles are typical situations, written to be recognisable; they are not accounts of real events or of anyone’s personal experience.

Editorial responsibility

Better Lifestyle Journey is owned by Henri Relyveld in Utrecht, Netherlands, who is responsible for the site as owner and editor-in-chief. Questions about anything we publish go to hello@betterlifestylejourney.com.

Accuracy and sources

We do not invent statistics, studies, quotes or personal stories. A factual claim that needs evidence links to its source, and every article lists its sources at the end. We describe studies modestly: who was studied, what was found, and what the study cannot show. Where the evidence is thin or a suggestion is only a practical rule of thumb, we say so.

Corrections and updates

If you spot an error, e-mail hello@betterlifestylejourney.com. We correct the article and show the date it was last updated at the top.

Images

Photographs come from stock libraries under licences that allow commercial use, and each one is credited to its photographer beneath the image. We do not use AI-generated imagery.

Independence

The site is funded by display advertising served through Google Ad Manager. Advertisers have no say in what we write, and articles never recommend a product because someone paid us to.