Oh hi... welcome home. Ready to meet your most creative self and grow JOYFULLY and sustainably on Substack?
It's SO nice to meet you, here are some ways we can work together inside of Substack and beyond. ✨
Hi folks,
Happy Tuesday!! Sending so so many sparkles to you… how are you? How is your heart? How charged up is your will for creativity and your work online these days?
I’ve been writing on Substack for three years.
For two of those years people have told me they feel late to the party…
I always reply, you’re right on time! Substack is getting busier with over 5million paying readers, Notes can be frustrating - yes - but this community is cosy and here for you! We are building magical kingdoms brick by brick - I’m with you EVERY step of the way.
We’re creating on the world wide web yes but we’re reminding EVERYONE who will listen the internet is totally and utterly magical. 💃🏻 💫
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, you need to know what type of learner you are… you prefer reading, implementing through journalling or need accountability? Take this quick quiz from VARK method if you don’t know?
For the 300 of you who LOVE journalling and grabbed a copy of my Substack Planner and Journal Companion in January, it’s time to review how your year is going...
You can grab the planner here plus some discounted bonuses at checkout.
It’s free to members of
- link to get your free below if you missed it in January.
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Substack is SUCH a wonderful place to write and figure things out as you go. You can’t get anything ‘wrong’ and you don’t need to wait to start…
You want to write a blog people read, start a paid newsletter, a membership, a podcast? Pour your heart into personal essays, write a book? Host video? I’ve got you!
If you do need support here’s a map for your journey with my support and oodles of cheerleading…
1. If you are brand sparkling new, read this…
2. For my beautiful beginners
You can watch this video (it’s free)
My 4 week beginners course - ‘Stay Creative on Substack’ is included in the membership, you can join anytime for immediate access to that and over 40 call replays and all the live elements with over 450 beautiful souls.
You could also grab this class if you want to start a membership here or this class if you’re wondering how Substack fits with your current online eco-system.
3. For the people who need clarity on working out what they’ll do here AND want to set it up beautifully.
My signature course - Your Beautiful Substack Magazine is here. After taking this course last year, one of my participants went on to build a 6 figure a month Substack! Set-up is important, you have to feel clear and proud of what you’re doing here. I run it live once a year but you can grab the evergreen version here or as a Diamond Member.
4. For those who are tired of internet drama and who want a safe and supportive community and accountability
You are welcome to hang out here and join the membership. Everyone is so kind and has time for you. Our paid member chat is my favourite place online hands down.
5. Folks who need support to monetise and fast!
I run free and paid challenges over here - so so many breakthroughs for my beautiful participants. Some are free, some are paid and you can access them all individually on my website or pay for the publication - up to you!
You can buy my income generation for Substack programme - Substack 0-$10k for instant access on ways to scale to $10k annual revenue here.
6. Business Owners
I have one spot 1-2-1 left this summer for online congruence work or you can buy my two month long growth to bestseller package for you and your team - please email me to enquire.
My mastermind ‘The Business of your Substack’ returns in June here.
For anyone who is thinking about giving up or feeling a little at sea, why not listen to my podcast episode with
- it will re-enthuse your entire existence. Also highly recommend guest episodes with , and too. ✨Your creativity is always calling you home. Are you ready to put down the distractions, pick up the map and step on in?
Claire
Sparklers, have you been using your planner?
I’d also love for you to share your breakthroughs and wins from your reviews of the last four months in the comments?
I’m so looking forward to hearing how it’s all going this year… Meet you in the comments?
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EXTRACT FROM MINE...
Observations - free subs are steady each month between 400-900 across both platforms.
Mindset - The main thing I noticed was after I got out of my holding pattern of paid subs going up and down here, my voice felt free... I was choked by it... second guessing myself... people kept telling me about other educators and I had to bring in a new energetic boundary and affirmation - good for them, good for me! Giving this stuff and all the negative notes on growth ZERO attention is the best way I can serve you all and free up my creative voice. (Mute and Block)
Feeling - I think the fall out of world politics has had a HUGE impact on how safe folks feel to invest and the attention economy here has tanked thanks to Substack giving everyone one too many options and our eyes blinking away yet another silly viral note! (there are nice ones too) The world is built on opposites...
Surprises - I've had a ridiculous amount of views but subscribers are being more discerning... which feels a good thing... I'm so happy to cultivate a beautiful supportive community and NOT be for everyone... I got a small mention in a Substack feature - it brought around 30 new subs... I think it was responsible for the high views but I stuck to my guns and kept my publication locked down because I'm only one person with a small support team. I was still processing BIG feelings due to recent stealing for ai content...what a time to be ALIVE! No one is you and that my love is your super power!!
Money honey - I'm on track to run a 6figure Substack this year (USD) which is WILD to me... thank you all for your continued support and for helping me to support my family and invest in new ways for my husband to heal his long covid. Last month he met someone who reached out after one of my Substack notes and is now trained in a new modality to help nervous system healing... 💖
Energetics are our best friend in staying true to ourselves- how something feels is 99% of the time how it is.... listen, listen, listen... put your hand on your heart and listen.
A few sections from mine;
Proud moments - I have been super courageous, and I have lived by values and it has led me to making some beautiful connections. The podcast has done so well, which of course is what I had hoped, but it wasn't the goal. The goal was to build a community and to have these amazing conversations. I think what has made me so happy is the friendships that have formed as a result of it. I feel genuinely supported by an incredible circle of women who I admire and we support each other. I have just finished shortlisting for Season 2 of the podcast, and I had to have a bit of a lie down afterwards because the guests are just incredible, and I was so floored by their brilliance, and so happy they wanted to be interviewed by me. I have an author who's book I've read and loved, several incredible TEDx speakers, individuals who have worked with Harvard and Disney and even been on and recommended by Oprah. The energy in the podcast is right and needed, and it feels like a movement is happening. I also feel like it's supporting me to up my game and expectations of myself too. It feels as if anything is possible.
Challenging times - When my dad died, I wasn't on the platform much for about a month. I gave my subscribers a heads up, and had some lovely messages from them. Over the course of the month I lost 50, and my views and subscriber increases went almost to zero. When I rejoined it took some time to get back in the flow and for numbers to increase again. It left me with a worry about building a business here, as it felt there wasn't a safety net. I had a good chat with a few people on here that were feeling in a bit of a slump too. World politics, news and energy weren't good in general so I don't think that helped, but it led to a bit of a breakthrough.
Breakthroughs - When i rejoined, I realised were I felt the most excited in my work, and what was working and what wasn't, what wasn't usually were the areas I thought made sense for strategy, but didn't intuitively make sense for me. So like Claire, energetics. I want to create a movement, mobilising people to realign themselves spiritually (and scientifically...as I talk about from my evolutionary psychology point of view), provide the tools to support them to be courageous, intuitive, and inspired. So I have added monthly tutorials and a 7-day burnout rebellion kickstarter challenge around the Summer Solstice and new moon in June to my paid subscription. I am keen to collaborate throughout all of this, because there are so many awesome people out there so that will continue to happen with the podcast but I am also having a live programme with guests and in the future featured masterclasses in the paid subscription too. The vibe is community, and uplifting others, and it feels pretty cool.
Observations - I have made my first $1,000 on Substack in a short amount of time since refining my vision and offering. My free and paid subscriptions are steadily increasing as are my followers. Scarcity mindset is the enemy. I started to become anxious when I was losing subscribers but shifting my energy and realising I want people to be with me for as long as it's right for them will mean that naturally the numbers will go up and down.
Thank you for holding such a safe for this Claire, and to have these conversations about growth and challenges. The reflections are super helpful.