About AdviceGuru

AdviceGuru is a publication for adult life — the parts nobody trained you for.

Most sites in this shape are one of two things: a personal blog dressed up as a magazine, or an SEO farm dressed up as a personal blog. We wanted to make the third thing. A small, deliberately edited publication with real editorial standards.

How the site is organized

AdviceGuru is written and edited by a small editorial team — the AdviceGuru Editors. Our coverage is organized into named columns. Think of a column as a beat, not a byline: a topical focus with a consistent way of writing about it. Every piece is a product of the AdviceGuru Editors, informed by the editorial standards we publish openly.

We use columns because a reader who found us through a caregiving piece should be able to see the rest of the caregiving coverage — and know it will handle the topic with the same care as the one they already read.

The columns

• The Caregiver's Notebook — caregiving, family logistics, and the conversations everyone has been avoiding.
• The Pragmatist — money, work, negotiation, and the structural realities behind them.
• Showing Up — friendship, family, grief, and being present in the moments that matter.
• Ask the Contrarian — conventional wisdom that quietly fails, and what actually works instead.
• Modern Etiquette — communication, hospitality, and the small mechanics of adult life.

See all of our columns for more, or read the editorial standards that govern everything we publish.

Editorial process

Most pieces begin as an editorial brief: the specific reader problem, the concrete claims that must be true, the mechanic to explain, and the citations the piece needs. Drafts run through editorial review before publication — facts checked against primary sources, scripts and recommendations weighed against real-world outcomes.

What we do not do

We do not publish personal essays. We do not do listicles disguised as advice. We do not sell your inbox. We do not accept payment for placement. We do not print anything that would embarrass us if a reader took it to a therapist, a lawyer, or their mother.

Where to start

Pick a life moment on the home page, browse our columns, or ask the editors about your specific situation.

Contact

• Editorial: editors@adviceguru.com
• Corrections: corrections@adviceguru.com