About · Stille Wellness
Hi. I'm Anna. I built Stille after my own version of overload.
A quiet European corner of the internet for women who are done with wellness shouting at them.
The story
It started because I was tired of being tired.
I'm 34. I live in Berlin. For most of my late twenties I worked in editorial — magazines, then content strategy for a couple of European wellness brands I won't name here.
Around 31, things stopped working. Not dramatically. Quietly. I'd sleep eight hours and wake up exhausted. I'd drink three coffees by noon. I'd be wired at 11pm staring at the ceiling. My periods went strange. My skin did things it had never done.
I went to my GP. Bloods came back fine. Iron — fine. Thyroid — fine. "You're probably just stressed," she said, kindly.
So I did what most of us do. I went online. And the wellness internet was somehow loud and useless at the same time. Everyone was selling me something. The supplement aisle in the Apotheke had 40 different magnesium products. I bought three. None of them did anything. I bought collagen. I bought adaptogens. I bought electrolytes meant for marathon runners.
I spent around €600 in a year on supplements that mostly didn't work — because nobody told me that magnesium oxide absorbs at 4%, or that taking collagen with hot coffee denatures it, or that "adrenal fatigue" isn't a real diagnosis but the underlying mechanism is.
That's how Stille started. As notes in a Notion doc, then a few articles I sent to friends, then the Sunday Letter, then this site.
The name is German for stillness. It's what I was looking for, and what I think most of us are. Not silence. Not retreat. Just enough quiet to actually hear what your body is telling you.
What Stille is
An independent EU wellness publication.
That's it. There's no parent company. No investors. No supplement brand behind the scenes. I write everything. I do the research. I test products. When I recommend something with an affiliate link, you'll know — and the link will only be there if the product would have been mentioned anyway.
I'm not a doctor. I'm not a registered nutritionist. I'm a careful editor who has spent the last three years reading PubMed, talking to nutrition researchers, and translating studies into something useful for people like me — women in their thirties and forties living busy European lives.
Everything you read here is for educational and informational purposes only. If something is going seriously wrong with your body, please see a doctor — and ideally a functional medicine practitioner who will actually run the right tests.
Editorial principles
How I decide what makes it onto Stille.
Ingredient before brand
I evaluate the active compound, dose and form before I look at packaging. If a product wins on branding but loses on substance, it doesn't make the list.
EU-registered only
I cover products realistically available in Europe under EU Directive 2002/46/EC. No reaching across the Atlantic for things you can't legally import.
Honest about affiliates
Some links earn Stille a commission. The disclosure sits at the top of every article. The editorial filter is the same whether there's an affiliate link or not.
No miracle language
I don't use words like "transform," "revolutionary," or "fix." I use words like "support," "may help," and "evidence suggests." That's the honest range.
Foundations before tools
A supplement is never the whole answer. Sleep, food, hydration, stress load — those come first. Products are the last 10%, not the first.
I'll say "I don't know"
If the research is mixed or my own experience contradicts the marketing, I'll say so. Stille is a publication, not a sales floor.
Background & sources
Who reviews and how I work.
A note on credentials: I'm not pretending to be a medical professional. Here's what I actually do:
- I read primary research on PubMed and EFSA — not just the abstracts. Every claim in a Stille article links back to a study or a regulatory document.
- I work with a registered nutritionist consultant who reviews supplement-related articles before they go live. Her name stays private to protect her main practice — but she has signed off on every product recommendation on this site.
- I test the products I recommend personally for at least 4 weeks before writing about them. If something doesn't work for me, I either say so or don't include it.
- I update articles when new evidence comes out. Every piece on Stille has a "last updated" date.
- I don't accept sponsored content. I don't take payment for product mentions. The only commercial relationship is affiliate commission on links — and that's disclosed every time.
Want to say hi or correct me?
If you spot an error, have a question, or want to suggest a topic — I read everything that comes in. Replies aren't always fast (Stille is one person), but they happen.
hello@stille-wellness.com