Author

Maya Ellis

Mental health writer & editor

Maya writes ThriveOnlineHealth's condition guides and self-care articles. She has spent the last decade writing about mental health for readers rather than clinicians — turning research from the WHO, NIMH, NHS, and peer-reviewed journals into plain, warm English. She writes from lived experience with anxiety and burnout, and edits every piece with the question: 'Would this help the person reading it at 2am?'

How Maya writes

Every article Maya publishes on ThriveOnlineHealth follows our editorial standards: primary sources first (WHO, NIMH, NHS, APA, NICE, Cochrane), peer review by a second editor, plain language over jargon, and a clear "last updated" date so you know how fresh the guidance is.

Maya Ellis is a pen name used consistently by the same writer across this site. We use it to protect a private individual writing about mental health. The person behind the byline is real; the accountability, sourcing, and editorial review are unchanged. Read our editorial policy for the full picture.