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Recommended by Karen Robinson

It's Not Too Late

By Jennifer Louden

Thoughts on desire, power, rage & women ruling the world

The self-help queen 💜

- Karen Robinson

Wildhood Wanted

By Kristi Keller 🇨🇦

A weekly kick in the pants to DO SOMETHING about your restless human soul. This may or may not include disappearing to an island and living off coconuts & rum.

Sparkle on Substack

By Claire Venus ✨

Master Substack, write, build your DREAM business with joy! Global Top 10 Publication. Twice monthly space holding (co-working, workshops, teaching). Weekly chats, podcasts. A bespoke membership to help you stay creative and grow on Substack! 💫

Claire is knowlegdeable and gently direct and helps me learn how to grow my Substack sustainably and authentically. Avoiding overwhelm I can consistently grow at my own pace. :o)

- Karen Robinson

Apocrypha

By M. E. Rothwell

Writings of uncertain authenticity.

An absolute gourmet of culture and collaboration!

- Karen Robinson

The Substack Soirée

By Sara & Keeley

Free resources and insights to help make your Substack the most exclusive party in town. *PLUS* a new class from ME&ORLA. Subscribe to hear more!

Honest, simple ways of growing your subscriber audience on substack.

- Karen Robinson

Unmet Friends

By Gina Chick

All the myriad permutations of beings, humaning. Missives from the dirt with a dash of poetry, a modicum of humour and a barefoot dance in the mud when required. Which is to say, whenever there is rain. Subscription is free.

Writing like I have never experienced of our wild, authentic nature. Raw and honest, a real treat.

- Karen Robinson

Letters From A Hopeful Creative

By LFAHC

A podcast for small business owners ready to feel encouraged, inspired, and less alone in your journey

Ashtronomical

By Yo it's Ash!

A contrarian's guide to marketing like a motherf*cker.

The Golden Insight

By J.D. Daniel

Reflections, hard truths, life lessons, and personal transformations of turning pain into power.

Clear anecdotes & tips on dealing with mental health issues.

- Karen Robinson

haver & sparrow

By Charlene Storey

Letters from my island home in Shetland: creativity, photography, and slow-ish living with a punk rock heart. Forever obsessed with storytelling and capturing the life's littlest joys in words, photos & art. And dogs. There are also dogs.

David Whyte

Poems, essays and commentaries as well as insights from my Three Sundays Series.

Sublime poetry of nature and what it means to be human.

- Karen Robinson

Substack Writers at Work with Sarah Fay

Where committed Substack writers and creators get Sarah Fay's proven strategies for real, meaningful growth | A top-5, bestselling, featured Substack

Substack success! Almost all we need to know about becoming a successful writer on Substack. Generously and clearly taught.

- Karen Robinson

The Magically Mundane

By Hunter Burgtorf

A space to embrace the sacred & slow in your everyday life. Home to my personal musings on motherhood, thoughts on creativity, and insight into intentional living. Dive into my mini-course 'Sacred & Slow' to learn more.

The richness of living a simpler and more authentic life while raising a family.

- Karen Robinson

Letters From Love with Elizabeth Gilbert

This is heart work

The magic of writing to Love and all the wisdom that comes from listening to it. Need to rest? Rest. Need to slow down? Slow down. Totally endearing.

- Karen Robinson

The Light on the Sea

By Gillian Eilidh O'Mara

A newsletter from Gillian Eilidh O'Mara, Scottish artist, writer and children's book creator. Thoughts on the beauty in uncertainty.

Absolutely gorgeous art work that lights me up!

- Karen Robinson

Almost Sated

By Kristi Koeter

Real conversations and personal stories to help midlife women redefine health beyond diets and restriction, navigate perimenopause, and find liberation through radical self-love.

Honest thought provoking conversations about the real cost of dieting, body image and what it means to be true selves.

- Karen Robinson

What Now? with Lindsay Johnstone

Top 40 in Parenting: Asking and attempting to answer various flavours of this question as I rattle roughshod over the peaks and troughs of post-analysis, perimenopausal midlife from home in Glasgow, Scotland

Secret Gardens

By Keeley Rees

Here for the dreamers, the makers & the creatives.

Finding Simple & Calm

By Sophie

Trying to live & work in a gentle, sustainable & flexible way, and build a business that's baggy enough to live in. A community for ND creative small business owners navigating motherhood. Personal stories, support, business tips & resources.

Common sense ideas for a less stressed more nourishing life.

- Karen Robinson

The Mother Makers

By Kat River

The Mother Makers is a thriving symposium for the Mothers, The Makers and the Mystics. Designed to be an honest exploration of the deep dance between Motherhood, Creativity, energetic business and self inquiry into optimism.

The Shoulds by Francesca Specter

From Alonement author & podcast host Francesca Specter, an online publication examining the hidden rules & stories that shape our lives.

Living Authentically

By Sara Katherine

Sharing thoughts, advice, and personal stories about finding joy in life through self-discovery and being your genuine self.

Your True Self

By M.

On healing, minds, self, and healing minds and oneself.

The Writing Shed

By Linda Parkinson-Hardman

My aim is to reconnect each reader to that part of themselves they have thought lost or never known through creative writing prompts that might inspire, inform or entertain. With odd side helping of writerly business hints and tips too!

Slow Scottish Stories

By Molly Ella

Slow weekly stories from the Scottish Highlands. The perfect gentle community to help simplify your life, hone your creative career, swap seasonal book recommendations and immerse yourself in nature. So grab a cuppa and come on in…

Slow living in an absolutely gorgeous environment in Scotland. Molly's gentle delivery of living a simple life is so inspiring. Useful for HSPs

- Karen Robinson

The Wild Forgotten 🍂

By Natalie

A wildlife artist passionate about inspiring a deep and compassionate connection between your wild heart, and the wild world we are a part of.

Wild writing

- Karen Robinson

While I Was Drawing

By Emily

Join me on an adventure to explore and celebrate creativity of all kinds. I write about discovering and celebrating creativity to help you feel inspired and encouraged in your own creative journey. A weekly letter from a lifelong creative adventurer.

Cute pictures that can be used for branding

- Karen Robinson

I Wanna Be Me When I Grow Up

By Kara Monroe

Creativity, Authentic Living, Technology for Knowledge Work

Leah’s Letters

By Leah Sian Davies

Creating beautiful experiences that allow us to feel alive

Leah is an experienced coach/practitioner with deep insights from her own life experience, explained in an easy to understand manner, particularly around Grief.

- Karen Robinson

What Makes Great Writing

By Todd Brison

Read the best writing on the planet. Learn why it works.

Clear analysis of what makes great writing.

- Karen Robinson

The Queenager with Eleanor Mills

By Eleanor Mills & Noon

The noon.org.uk newsletter: Midlife, joy, new chapters and everything in between.

The Lighthouse with Cait Flanders

Stories of a Canadian author who found herself living in the middle of nowhere in the UK. It’s deeply reflective and also intentionally lighthearted. There’s enough darkness online and in real life. Let's hangout in the light. 🕯️

Creatively Conscious by Claire Venus

By Claire

Celebrate the beautiful reality of your dream life and business right here, right now. Updates from a slow-lived life on the Northumberland Coast, thoughtful tools to help enhance your creativity and wellbeing. 💫

Entre Nous

By Sara

Slow living, online business and personal growth - for creative souls and dreamers.

Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe

The internet’s most intimate, illuminating interviews with today’s greatest writers—get an in-depth look into the craft of writing and what it means to be a heart-centered human in a hard world.

Seeds & Water Newsletter

By Catherine Assam

Every letter is a seed 🌱 from my heart to yours and for Abba Father to water and nourish.

Human Stuff

By Lisa Olivera

A newsletter that explores the spiral of aliveness: the aches, the joys, and the liminal, from a therapist who is mostly just a human.

Brave Words 🌿

By Helen Redfern

Taking tiny steps towards big creative dreams.

Honest writing advice while living with burn out and anxiety.

- Karen Robinson

slow inside

By daphne

body & breath practices + writing prompts & soul questions + a monthly piece on living a life of embodied sovereignty from somatic practitioner, poet + podcaster, daphne cohn. thank you for being here.

Spiritual. Creative. Body led authenticity

- Karen Robinson

Austin Kleon

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

All about authentically showing your work.

- Karen Robinson

The Free Press

By Bari Weiss

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

US based alternative news that also seems pretty objective

- Karen Robinson

Both Are True

By Alex Dobrenko

Funny, deep, relatable stories from a dad to two, husband to one, friend to all (free for all) + BATCAVE (workshops, cowriting, "community") for paid subscribers.

Very funny and perceptive life observations from the King of Substack notes. I have laughed and cried in equal measure. Long live the King. :o)

- Karen Robinson

On Substack

By Substack Team

Resources, stories, and news for the writers, podcasters, musicians, video creators, and culture makers publishing on Substack.

Substack keeps connection with your tribe simple.

- Karen Robinson