AND given that this month in the membership, we are focussed on going and staying paid, I wanted to bring your attention to the fact that people buy from people… yep, this exercise is well worth doing to better understand the unique sparkle and delight you bring to the world and your customers…
You’ll see my example is a blend of personal and professional.
Example -
I’m Claire, I’m an award winning Engagement Consultant and Mentor. I’ve been self employed since 2008 and run my own business (Creatively Conscious) since 2017.
I’m passionate about supporting folks to find, kindle and use their creativity and voice. Here on Substack, I teach you all how to stay creative here and use this platform to grow an income stream joyfully and sustainably. Outside of that, I work on commissioned projects that make a difference to communities through arts development. I’m also a mum to two bright sparks who are 3 and 10 and we recently welcomed a Whippet puppy called Stella to our family.
You can buy one of my masterclasses, downloads or courses or join the membership here at Sparkle on Substack.
Hi! I'm Katie, and I'm a social and cultural psychologist. I live in the desert of Texas alongside the cacti, roadrunners, and horned lizards. I help curious and creative women understand their inner landscape and the whirlwind of the world around them.
At psychologie, I dish out practical self-improvement hacks, tips and tools, dive into the latest mind-blowing research, and share stories that hit home for every woman on her own unique journey.
My paid subscribers receive practical, hands-on exercises that go a step further than simply reading words on a page—including my Dopamine Hit List workbook + video guide designed to help you romanticize your daily life.
Hi! I'm Nancy and I'm a creativity coach, which means I help folks reconnect with their creative dreams so they feel more alive and energized (and get unstuck when those pesky blocks inevitably rear their heads).
On Substack, I write the Spark, where I write about lots of different aspects of the creative process--sometimes in ways that are more "conventional" and sometimes aspects that are not so obvious--and post updates on the latest episodes and guests on my Follow Your Curiosity Podcast.
I'm currently in the home stretch of putting together my upcoming Make Bad Art group program, which will be starting in about a month. Make Bad Art is the anti-MBA, a safe place to come unlearn all those things you're taught you have to have as an "adult" (stress, perfection, conformity) so you can reclaim the inner wild, curious, creative kid who's always been inside you--the one who knows how to play, invent, have fun, and live with abandon and joy. It's a playground for the liberation of your inner artist AND your authentic self, and the effects will go beyond the class container...if you let them.
I'll be posting more very soon on The Spark, so subscribe to get the details as soon as they're available! We'd love to have you! https://fycuriosity.substack.com/
Hi everyone 👋 I'm Sophie, I'm originally from Belgium, now living in New Zealand.
Professionally, I'm a Social worker/ criminologist, managing a team of 7 for a Government Department.
Outside of that, I live in an off grid tiny house.
In the substack world, I write about my reconnection with nature, my journey to rewild , while keeping my busy 9 to 5. Because I do not believe you need to give up your job in order to be happy. We can have it all, life is about balance.
Hey there! I’m mixed media artist working on building a new collection of work focused on native plants and our connection to place. I’m currently using plastic that would be headed for the landfill to make small houses and creating a type of wall sculpture.
I’m not offering a paid option yet but I am wanting to in the future. I feel like I’m still finding my footing a little bit. I’m so used to working with my hands to create, finding the right words to say what’s in my head feels difficult sometimes.
Right now I’m sharing a lot of my process and how my work comes together. I’m a Mom of a 6 year old daughter and a 3 year old boy so my work time is limited but my kids are encouraging. My son always asks if I will show him what I did with my clouds and my daughter is keen to give suggestions and feedback. She likes to work collaboratively with me.
Thank you so so much Layla! I feel good even just sharing them on Substack for now. I just peeked over at your page and gave you a follow too, reading your description had me hook, line and sinker hahaha
Thanks Claire! Hi all! 👋 I’m Olivia, and I inspire, encourage and teach people to grow their own cut flowers from my garden on the West Coast of Scotland.
I’ve been gardening my whole life, but during the first lockdown I dug up half the back garden to create a cutting garden, grew more flowers than I could ever use, and Lark Rose was born. I started with flower farming, and I now have a small plant growing business out of a beautiful commercial-sized greenhouse near me, but my heart’s in the cutting garden. I write all about it here on Substack, including weekly detailed updates from the garden and business, mostly for my paid community.
I write about the practicalities of growing your own cut flowers, provide lots of floral inspiration, take you into the garden and greenhouse, and just generally want to create a world where everyone grows at least a few cut flowers. Come and join in!
Good evening! On Substack I write Two Houses. Two Painters. Two Parents. which shares stories, art, and artifacts found while excavating my mother’s Soho, Manhattan loft. My mother died during the pandemic, leaving behind the space where she’d lived and painted for 40 yrs. I write about my life in Brooklyn and Manhattan with my long-divorced painter-parents. I share their art and my story as a child of a well-known father and unknown mother. Themes for my writing are divorce, feminism, art history, NYC, grief, and Time.
I'm Eileen Kennedy-Moore. For my day job, I'ma a clinical psychologist working with adults, children, and families. I'm also the author of many traditionally published books for parents or kids about children's feelings and friendships.
I'm passionate about helping kids build strong and caring relationships. My favorite work activity is creating a weekly, 5-min. podcast for children in grades K-8, called Kids Ask Dr. Friendtastic. Each episode features an audio recording of a question about friendship from a kid plus a practical and thought-provoking answer from me.
My Substack is Dr. Friendtastic for Parents. Free subscribers get the podcast sent to their email every Saturday morning (East Coast US time), along with an easy-to-read transcript and discussion questions they can use to deepen their child's understanding. Paid subscribers get additional weekly Podcast Parent Note, which focus on how to reinforce the podcast topic that week at home. They also get a coupon code each month for $20 off the featured online workshop of the month. For September, that’s Dealing with Feelings About Friends – For Kids! https://webinars.eileenkennedymoore.com/courses/feelings-about-friends-for-kids
I am Nora Herold. I am an Internationally known psychic medium and reiki master who offers direct voice channeling sessions in individual and group format. I also teach channeling, tarot, and reiki. I've been self employed in this field since 1998.
On top of that I am a political activist and have worked on both of Bernie Sanders campaigns for President.
I am passionate about facilitating the awareness in everyone that you are love incarnate and are valuable simply because you exist. I use the phrase "operate from joy" and it is the foundation for my work as a channel, guide, healer, writer, and activist.
You can register for a class, schedule a session with me, or purchase one of my many lectures, processes, or classes here on my site: https://www.noraherold.com/
And you can subscribe to me here for my regular writings on spirituality, creativity, healing, astrology, my memoir, and anything else that inspires me at the moment.
Thank you for giving us the space to share our words and to connect with other readers and writers 🤗.
I’m Jess, a 32 year old woman from Bournemouth, south coast of England, UK. When I’m not writing (which isn’t often because writing has become to me like breathing), I’m writing…oh that doesn’t make sense 😆…and editing children’s books for a reading scheme. I also tutor primary aged children. Things that bring me joy and I’m practising at the moment include: embracing my wild autumnal self, allowing myself to be cosy and living fearlessly in a life that is not promised.
I write about mindfulness, faith and living well over on The Wildflower. I’d love to see you over there 😌 👉 http://jessthompson.substack.com
Hi everyone! I’m Shinjini, an India-based mixed media artist and tarot reader. I offer beginner-friendly art and tarot courses as well as tarot readings, which you can find on my website, https://moderngypsy.in.
On Substack, I send out Studio Diaries, weekly notes to fuel your creative fire! Subscribers receive a new sketchbook prompt every month, short process videos, pages from my art journal & notes on the creative process.
I don’t have a paid option on Substack yet, and I’m not planning to turn it on in the near future. But I am working on offering a snail mail subscription, where I will send out a small piece of original art (A6 size, roughly 10.5 x 14.8 cm) and a handful of handmade ephemera that can be used in your journals (art or written). It will be set up as an annual subscription with a snail mail package sent out twice a year. Each painting will be unique (original, not prints of my art) and spots will be very limited.
If this is of interest, do subscribe to Studio Diaries, as I will launch the offer there once I’ve ironed out the details. https://shinjinim.substack.com
Hello everyone! I'm Polina. I live on a block of land in New Zealand, trying to garden and raising children and chickens.
My substack is called Elements of a Mother. I send out newsletter every 2 or so weeks, covering yogic and ayurvedic practices that can help deal with beautiful and challenging motherhood journey.
Ayurveda has been my support for the last 7 years, guiding me through endometriosis diagnosis, struggles to conceive and 2 healthy pregnancies.
I am still somewhat on maternity leave, but if you have health concerns (mental, emotional, physical or spiritual) that you feel are not being resolved through more traditional systems, please feel free to DM me.
oh hi fellow New Zealander 👋 so excited to meet another kiwi, there's not too many of us here, or at least that I've met. I also have endometriosis and for a while also used ayurveda to keep it under control! I'm now no longer eating that way, mostly because I felt it was a lot of work, but I still find food has a massive impact on endometriosis, so eating healthy is still important. Lovely to meet you!
MERHABA 🙋🏻♀️ I'm Tuğba, a Turkish-Greek writer and artist living in Berlin. I write, paint, and work with ceramics, and I'm also part of an Artist Collective in Berlin.
I publish "as slow as possible" on Substack, a newsletter that delves into the often overlooked in-between spaces of our lives, reflecting on the subtle yet profound experiences that enrich our creativity and shape our everyday narratives. At the moment, I'm working on an ebook to share with my readers, detailing all the tools I use to achieve deep, focused work. Due to my corporate job, my time is limited, so I've discovered methods that work well for me over the years.
In addition to my newsletter, I have over 15 years of experience in the corporate world, having worked for companies like Nokia, Microsoft, Nike, and Salesforce. Although this aspect of my life doesn't play as critical a role anymore, I'm still glad to be engaged in new technologies like AI and have acquired numerous business skills over the years. I currently work four days a week to allocate more time to my creative pursuits.
i love what you're doing Tuğba. Great name for your page too. I lived in Berlin for 8 years, so it's nice to feel that connection back there through you too!
Tugba I never realised you also work in tech, I also don’t talk much about that side of myself. I just looked you up on LinkedIn and can see some of my colleagues likely know you - haha small world 🫶 I’ll add you there although I keep my writing / corporate worlds super strictly separate, no one from the other world knows I write on substack and I intend to keep it that way 🤫. It’s so inspiring to see that you can give space to your creative persuits and can work only 4 days per week.
I am Terje, a woman starting the second year after a career-change at the age of fifty-one, leaving school, finishing coaching-supervision studies, discovering new ways of being.
As a coach and educator, I love nudging and supporting people to learn and grow and live a life with the sense of agency and joy. Here on Substack, I share what I have discovered about writing and life and encourage people to be playful with words. I have three adult daughters. The youngest moved out in August. I appreciate small things and ordinary moments. Learning keeps me young. I love gathering light and colour and to share it with others. I write, bake and dance for fun.
Hello, I'm Josefin and I am a bureaucrat by day and writer, spinner and spinning teacher all day and every day. Spinning, teaching and writing go, literally, hand in hand. The spinning in my hands and the writing of the spinning through my hands that still tingle from the movement of the wool.
In the courses I provide in-person in Sweden and online I want my students to feel they have got something more than just a course. I want them to feel that they have a box of tools they know how to use in their context and with the skills they have, and trust that they can make decisions on their journey towards joy in all the parts of the process.
On Substack I write for a wider audience than just spinners. I love to explore my wild writing and often find myself flirting with a poetic writing style.
A couple of weeks ago I sent my finished book manuscript to my editor. The book is called "Listen to the wool – a why-to guide for joyful spinning" and will be published in the second half of 2025.
Thanks for creating this space for us to share and connect, Claire! 🫶
Hi Beautiful Souls! I’m Catherine Wilde a homeschooling mom of three, the founder of Soul Care Mom and the Vibrant Mom Life Membership, and the best-selling author of the book Reclaiming Your Inner Sparkle. I help women find themselves again in motherhood, and carve out time to do the things they love without mom guilt, all while being the mom they want to be.
On my Substack, Soul Care Mom Substack with Catherine Wilde, I share behind the scenes of my journey of mastering the art of slow living while navigating the wild ride of motherhood, homeschooling, and entrepreneurship.✨💕
Paid subscribers get a deeper level of support, including my transformational course Compassionate Motherhood that will help you finally release mom guilt, lean into deeper levels of self compasssion, and create a life infused with self care!
I am Ann Richardson, age 82 and therefore one of the older writers on Substack, but not the oldest. I was born and brought up in the US (Washington, DC and NYC) but have lived in London since 1968 with my English husband of 61 years now. We have two grown up children who both live in London and two teenage grandsons. I spent my life doing social research (eg focus groups and interviews with people with social or health problems) and have written many books on completely different topics. Two focus on aspects of dying (one about people with AIDS in the 1990s and one about people working in hospice care) and I found both moving and fascinating. My most recent is about how old age can remain fun and is called, like my Substack, The Granny Who Stands on her Head: Reflections on growing older. I am and I do – you can see a two minute video on my Substack site here: https://arichardson.substack.com/p/why-does-anyone-stand-on-their-head.
I love thinking about things and I love writing and in my Substack, I put the two together. I do write about growing older, but not only about that.
I am a mother, visual artist, writer and somatic-based mentor. I offer 1-1 somatic intelligence mentorship ‘The Art of Being You’ alongside my paid membership on Substack.
I’m soon launching a second publication dedicated to my poetry and illustration work, as a behind the scenes journey from zero to first book publication 🪷
Hi, I’m Anna. I am a Sunday Times Bestselling writer, ghostwriter and co-writer of books (both fiction and non- fiction) and a journalist. My work is centred around strong female voices and activists so a lot of my discussion over on my substack White Ink is about how we use our voice, what we write, and how we write as women.
Off substack I make my living as a writer of books and so I am able to talk about life as a writer, and some of my most viewed posts have been things like ‘what do writers actually earn’ and ‘how to get a six-figure book deal’. I also host a monthly creative writing workshop for paid subscribers.
Off substack I am a single parent to a 12-year-old daughter and fur mum to two cats, one gorgeous Labrador and currently her seven puppies (🥴).
Is that everything? I can never remember! But hi! 👋🏻
I am a dad of two beautiful girls ✨and husband to the woman of my dreams.
After many years working as a theatre stage manager and producer, I’ve spent the last decade helping families of children with cancer getting to hospitals.
Sometimes I give them a lift. Other times, I cross a whole country in war by foot to help them get there.
Recently I was finalist of the BBC Make a Difference Awards for having helped 7,000 children.
I learnt how to fly planes and today, I use my travel experienceI to inspire people like you to find their next travel adventure.
Travel Plans is an immersive podcast with matching articles.
In each episode you and me go on a flight together to a new place. I mean, virtually of course, but I can guarantee you that with me at the cockpit, you’ll never be scared of flying ever again!
Hi! I'm Wendy from Come Aside & Rest a While, and I'm a housewife/homemaker. I'm not currently making money on Substack, but I hope to in the future. I'm currently working on a book project Re Mindful Photography which is one of my passions. My other passion is practical slow living.
Hi, I'm Lynda. My substack, Heines Sight, is about my loves: genealogy and my life journey. I'm also a fabric artist, but share that on my website, lyndaheines.com. I decided to get back to writing (I used to teach journal writing years ago) when my sis died last year - the last of my family. I have found this substack community to include a wonderful bunch of supportive writers. https://lyndaheines.substack.com/
Hiya! I'm Sarah, an English florist living in Glasgow. I've been running my own business, Rook Botanics, for several years now. I do everything from bespoke funerals, to hen parties and wreath workshops, to weird and wonderful weddings. I've just finished writing an eBook called 'Flower Arranging at Home' which covers all the knowledge I've learnt over many, many years (I got my first job in a flower shop when I was 14!)
My substack is chock full of flowers. Each week I alternate between sharing a written essay about the behind the scenes of being a florist / running a creative business and a visual essay of florals I've designed. I really, really can't shut up about flowers.
I'd love to connect with other creative business owners - it can get lonely sometimes!
I’m Susie, and I write ‘The Quest for Less Health Stress’ on Substack, and as someone who collects both chronic and acute illness, I hope to encourage, educate, and support others who also suffer.
As a regular contributor to The Mighty, and in my newspaper column called, ‘Expert Patient Here to Help!’ in six Canadian newspapers, I weave practical self-advocacy tips and anecdotal stories and humour (sometimes dark!) to help those with illness feel seen, heard, and understood.
My own list is long: type 1 diabetes, gastroparesis, fibromyalgia, retinopathy (and went blind, needing a hoover to my eyeballs to regain my sight!), and even had a brain tumour removed.
I’ve completed my memoir manuscript called, ‘What If I Deserved It? An emotional journey through a broken body.’
Currently living in the UK with my (jealous) husband Don and my cuddle-buddy Carlos the Chi (that’s why Don’s jealous, ha!), you’ll find me writing in front of a cozy fire, composing music at my piano, or you won’t find me at all, because I’ll be deep in a second-hand charity shop!
Join me on my stack? (When you subscribe, as a thank you, you’ll receive my free list, ‘10 Things (You May Not Have Thought Of) To Get the Best Care At Your Doctor’s Office’ .. https://lesshealthstress.substack.com/
Hi, 'Dia Duit' from the mountains of Wicklow, Ireland,
I am a mother to three living children and three babies who did not make it to this world. I have lived through my own experiences of birth and loss have supported thousands of women throughout their journeys. I am a Women’s Health Physiotherapist. I have spoken at international conferences and worked alongside leading doctors in the field of women’s health. I am the daughter of a pharmacist and a nurse. The medical system runs my her blood. I am also the grand-daughter of a seventh son, a man who held 'the cure' as we say in Ireland. I am a reiki healer, a writer and a poet. For so long, I have known there is much more to women’s health, wellbeing and life than what we are experiencing today.
But it was the devastating loss of our baby in the summer of 2022, when I was 22 weeks pregnant and the journey that followed that opened my eyes to the connection that exists between women and the natural world. When life forced me to stop. I found that with grief came unexpected moments of clarity and a recognition of myself in the landscape and in our ancient stories.
Why am I here? To connect to the women who connect to my words. To find anam cara/cairde (Soul Friends). My book is coming, in which I explore through the wisdom of the Celtic Landscape and the myths it holds, what it means to be a woman and what it means to truly heal. When my book is here and complete, that is what I will be selling. But my Substack is free, which is exactly right for me in this moment. I happily and gratefully subscribe to others but for now, mine is a place without expectation (on me as on others) it is a place for women to gather, freely. I am asking you to subscribe and share, if you feel called to come on this journey through nature, woman and wisdom.
Go raibh míle maith agaibh. Thank you. May good be on you a thousand times...
Hi Aoibhín, I'm so sorry to hear of your loss, that is a terribly hard thing to go through. Your work sounds wonderful, and very aligned with mine - I'm also in Wicklow (Ballycullen, near Devil's Glen) and when not writing am a 5 Element Acupuncturist! I'm sure we must have people in common, Ireland being Ireland!
Hello I am Melanie, Mentor, Counselor an Author I have been working as a mentor since 2018 online and in person. I offer soulful talking therapy counselling sessions to support and guide my clients through mid-life challenges. Nature is at the heart and soul of my work I wrote and published my book 'Living with Amazing Grace - a journey through grief, healing and transformation' to help support others through miscarriage and baby loss. I work holistically and intuitively to infuse nature led, and divine feminine practices and rituals into my mentoring, counselling and writing. Based in Surrey you’ll often find me outdoors in my wellies, immersed in nature and pottering in our garden surrounded by wildlife, flowers and plants. You can work with me on a 1-1 basis via melaniemackie.org or join the Branches of Wisdom Retreat here on Substack which is infused with divine feminine wisdom, soulful and mindful rituals and well-being practices for you to simply be. Members have full access to the monthly retreat gathering, podcast - Through the Seasons and my online ecourse Bloom From Within. I look forward to meeting you. https://melaniemackie.substack.com/
Kia ora, I'm Vicki from New Zealand. I'm a clinical psychologist and yoga teacher, running a therapy practice in Central Auckland. My passion is for trauma healing and somatic psychology, focusing on the interface of mind and body, and the ways in which our emotional experiences are stored and expressed through the body. My own 15-year journey with auto-immune disease has been a huge part of my learning and I believe we often teach best what we most needed to learn.
My newsletter, The Therapy Room, combines the personal and the professional, with musings and insights from life and therapy on wide-ranging topics, spanning mind, body, heart, and soul. I'd love you to drop in.
Hi all! I'm Cassandra and I live on an island on the west coast of Canada with my husband and our dog, Chewie.
I'm self-employed and work as a virtual assistant to female entrepreneurs in a variety of industries. I love all things systems and organization, so that plays a big role in my work.
I started my Substack, Notes from a Kindred Spirit, in December. It's a bi-weekly newsletter about embracing curiosity, exploring hobbies, living with chronic illness, and finding contentment in the everyday. I talk a lot about two of my favourite things: books and Bullet Journaling!
I love this thread! I read others’ intros, enjoy finding those whose words intrigue me and am not quite sure how to possibly put into a few words what I feel like is true to me and my offering today ✨
I’m in a phase of transitions in so many aspects of life and so is my publication naturally shifting too. That’s why I decided I embrace the not knowing how to self promo myself in this thread today and just invite curious readers in to explore the transition with me 🫶
Hello! I write history and historical fiction here on Substack, as well as hold space for history writers to connect with each other, grow in their craft, promote their own writing. If you write or read history, I’d love to connect with you! ✨
I have an ebook of short historical fiction stories, designed to show readers a world that is relatable, richly textured, and beautiful. You can buy it here: https://1606281410081.gumroad.com/l/ledntd
Hi everyone! Love learning more about all of your work.
I’m Michelle, I’m a writer and a certified coach who’s got lots of experience disentangling from her own people-pleaser ‘stuff.’ I’m super interesting in exploring questions around what it means to be a woman who feels vital, + connected in the world: emotionally, creatively, all of it.
The Webs We Weave is a hub for personal essays and monthly roundups that are all about staying connected to ourselves, making connections in our creative work, and feeling more connected in the world.
No true paid strategy for me yet, but I’m actively keeping my antenna up for some kind of offering that makes sense and feels like a win/win!
Hi there! I'm Stephanie Duncan Smith, senior editor in the publishing industry, creator of the Slant Letter Substack for writers looking to deepen their craft, and most recently, author of my upcoming book Even After Everything: The Spiritual Practice of Knowing the Risks and Loving Anyway which comes out in two weeks 🎉🎉🎉
After 15 years in professional publishing, it's been eye-opening in the best of ways to jump the desk and join the ranks of writers in the incredible work that you do--all respect!
For anyone interested in memoir and personal narrative, I'm hosting a memoir workshop and so excited to share what I know about one of my favorite genres: hope you'll join us!
Hi all! I'm Annmarie and I live in Minnesota in the US (or as I say in most of my bios, I live in sleepy Midwestern town next to a lazy river). I am an award-winning contemporary romance author and a certified life coach. My intention with my novels has always been "to give people a soft place to land at the end of a hard day." And my (new) Substack was born of that ethos -- in fact it is called A Soft Place to Land! I've been posting essays while I've been hammering out the details of what I hope this publication will become (I always tell people to start before you're ready, so I needed to follow my own advice - so much easier to tell others what to do!).
My new About page text, hopefully to go live next week is:
If you're looking for the typical one-size-fits-all "self-help" stuff, this might not be the place for you. Why? Because I've learned the hard way that personal growth is, well, personal. There's no universal manual for reconnecting with ourselves, building genuine relationships, or finding the silver lining in our struggles. (Trust me, I've looked!)
Instead, think of this space as a cozy cafe where the menu is built around my unique blend of the 3 C's: Compassion, Creativity, and Connection. You get to pick and choose what resonates with you, creating your own recipe for growth. Whether you're here for a quick moment of calm in a chaotic day or you're ready to dive deep into self-discovery, I've got a special brew just for you.
What's on offer? A mix of personal essays (where I share the unvarnished truth about my own journey), fictional explorations (because sometimes the best way to understand reality is through make-believe), and interactive exercises (don't worry, no gym clothes required). It's all designed to help you explore, reflect, and grow at your own pace—no judgment, no pressure, just a warm welcome and a soft place to land.
So, if you’re ready to create a kinder, more compassionate world—starting with how we treat ourselves—pull up a comfy chair, grab your favorite mug, and let's embark on this gentle journey together. After all, in a world that's always pushing for more, sometimes the bravest thing we can do is be soft.
Sorry for the lengthy comment! You can find the publication at annmarieboyle.substack.com or learn about the rest of my shenanigans at www.annmarieboyle.com. Looking forward to exploring all the publications shared here!
Hi I'm Clare! I'm a Media Analyst at AllSides.com, which means I write and research about political bias in the news with an emphasis on bridging divides. As a writer, it may not be surprising that I'm fascinated by the way word choice and framing can change the same news story.
At The Mestiza, I write about identity and self improvement. I love learning about psychology and meditation, which are common themes in my writing, and looking for the best vegan food in Ohio. I'm not offering anything for paid subscribers at the minute, but I hope to in the near future!
Hi 👋🏽 I’m Nneka, pronounced en-Nay-kah. I am a Trini born oracle and current caregiver to my parents. My dad has Alzheimer’s and my mom is legally blind.
I’m walking a line between being the Trini culturally appropriate, responsible immigrant daughter, and the freedom seeking, individualistic American while preparing for my own golden years.
In my publication, Letters from Nneka, I share insights from this journey.
My paid subscribers receive financial updates on my road to retirement including the down and dirty numbers and what I’m doing to replace my income.
Hi everyone, On Substack I publish poetry, spoken word, stories, photography and I’m currently in the process of writing my first book. Amongst other inspirations, my work and play here is informed by different healing and somatic practices such as shamanism, dance, improvisation, intuitive voice, rewilding, plant medicine and meditation. I’m currently exploring how to integrate my work as an intuitive healer more into what I offer on Substack. I really love that the platform offers the opportunity to weave all these in one place in a creative and coherent manner.
My art is also informed by my strong connection with the earth. I live fairly remotely in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in a land based community where we grow food, make music together, open up the community for community celebrations and offer regular kirtan and improv sessions. I refer to my Substack as a garden and I consider it an organic extension of my life here.
Thanks for this opportunity Claire. I’ve just joined Beth Kempton’s SoulCircle as would love to connect with more like hearted souls, your community is also very much in my awareness and I may get to delve deeper at some point. I look forward to connecting with others here on the thread through their Substack.
Hi all, I'm Layla. A non-fiction / memoir writer living at the foothills of the Wicklow mountains in eastern Ireland with my three kids, partner and too many animals to name! I've written a memoir about my unruly body, longing, belonging and coming home which has found itself an agent and is out on submission soon.
My page here on SS is called beauty & bone. I’m interested in exploring how it feels to write, hold and (m)other on this beautiful, tattered planet right now. For paid subscribers I share through weekly written posts (the heart of it all), live seasonal calls (where we get to explore, connect & support) and my slow podcast (for deeper dives in your own time).
At the moment I'm loving deepening connection with readers through live calls and chats. I've just launched a mini-series called the Element Sessions which draws on my day job as a five element acupuncturist, and that has been a brilliant way to deepen conversations.
Would be lovely to have you pop over to my page, follow along, say hi, you'd be most welcome :-)
Hi, I'm Jan and my Substack is Alchemical Wonderings with Jan Elisabeth -- a space to find hope in a challenging world, an invitational space to rest and recreate so that we can serve that world without overwhelm. Through writing, creativity and our connections with the natural world, it’s a space to find community as we make our healing journeys. In all of my posts — whether about writing, creativity, or our herbal allies — we’re exploring: What story do we want to live? What story do we want to write?
The Substack magazine brings together the creative areas of my life. My 'day job' is running an independent publishing house (Cinnamon Press) based in the UK & France and I've been editing poets, novelists and creative non-fiction writers for 20 years and bringing their work to the world.
I also run a writer's community outside Substack (Kith: for a different story -- https://janfortune.com/)
I host a yearly writing community there with workshops, regular prompts and a forum on Mighty Networks and also have two cohorts of writers that I mentor each year (poetry and prose) where I edit a.whole manuscript with them and work 1-1 and they also have group workshops and prompts and a forum. The writers vary from beginners to those PhDs in writing or college professors.
I also write myself -- across genres and my most recent books are a novel set in the forest and a book of haiku poetry about our first year living in a forest
I'm in the last few months of my training as a medical herbalist so will have a herbal practice setting up from 2025 and currently offer some supervised online clinics and seasonal herbal courses (again via Mighty Networks) and have a website for the herbs at https://triskelewell.com/
I live in a tiny hamlet in the forest in Finistére, France with my husband, who is a writer, book cover designer and artist, and youngest son. I have two adult daughters in the UK and one in Seoul, Korea. All home educated many moons ago.
I help people record their legacy on the page. I'm a ghostwriter, so I write books that everyone else thinks you wrote! I find my sweet spot in stories that can change the world - or even just one reader's life.
Hello! As Designer X I write about interior design, in a fun, practical way—because our homes should be both fun and practical. Rooms I love, tips on making trends your own, why shelter magazine dictums don't matter: that sort of thing. And like the best things in life, my Substack is free. https://mysterydesigner.substack.com
I’m Hannah Harvey! I have a podcast called Happily Ever After and my debut book, How to Divorce Sober, came out last week hitting #2 in hot new releases and #7 in bestselling women’s memoir 🤩
I help women regain control post-trauma and heartbreak through my words, mentoring, yoga, ceremony and online courses (coming soon - Divorce Alchemy: turn a crap situation into gold ✨)
Hello, I think I am still finding my identity here. I am just writing this quickly, forgive me, as our electricity is being turned off shortly for maintenance for many hours. I will go through all the wonderful writers below when it comes back (hopefully) much later this evening/tomorrow and do my part of supporting. This is not going to be as polished as your's, Claire! I so admire how polished everyone else is! I do feel like a baby writer, 😊
I am a cognitive psychotherapist and women's coach. I live in the Highlands of Scotland, which is a story in itself and I am English. I have been a therapist for 20 years, prior to that I worked in the corporate world as a project manager, so have been on both sides. I have worked in the NHS and private sector and have my own practice as well (though that is struggling a bit due to location, it thrived when I was in Kent). Over those years, I have noticed a trend in the women I have worked with. They are generally really kind, empathetic, give a lot to others (often too much) and juggle way too many balls in the air trying to the perfect person to everyone. They often lack confidence, have low self-esteem, find it hard to find "their people" who share the qualities they have. They often get taken advantage of by others due to their inability to set boundaries, say no to people and feel there is something wrong with them because of how others treat them. I have, for many years, wanted to create a community (tribe) to help with this, somewhere they can feel they belong, to feel less lonely. I also wanted to do it in a way that is financially accessible as these women would not spend money on themselves. I am really struggling to get that message across, I think. I do doubt myself as to whether this is something that is wanted as well. I think I do have a bit of unique approach. I have a lot of energy, passion and a strong to desire to help others and make women their own coach, to help them to set boundaries and feel good about themselves. Those are the skills I am trying to provide here as well.
Alongside that I am starting up a letterpress (we have learnt how to do it!) wedding stationery company as I am also quite creative.
I hope this makes sense! thank you for reading, sorry for the haste!
Hello everyone! I'm bakhtawar and I'm a psychology student and writer who lives in Pakistan.
I'm a passionate learner who wants to channel what we know of the world today to become a more mindful writer and reader. I journey through literature and emulate the takeaways from these stories in real life.
I am Liza, a Social Anthropologist, who spent 20 years working in and on a number of cultures/societies in Sub Saharan Africa (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Uganda). I am passionate about equality, and inclusion. I went from a career in academia where I wrote about food, gender, youth and religion, to a career in research for development focusing on natural resource management, water governance and agriculture and finally left it all after 20 years, to become an independent consultant and a Co-Active Coach.
In my Substack, Sharing Secrets (and Other Useful Stuff) I share ideas and tips on how to live a more fulfilled personal and professional life. I write based on my personal experience and also use examples from my coaching work. I hope that sharing my successes and failures can help others.
I am new to Substack and am currently learning how to keep writing regularly, and not get distracted by comparison with other Substacks.
Hi! I'm Katie, and I'm a social and cultural psychologist. I live in the desert of Texas alongside the cacti, roadrunners, and horned lizards. I help curious and creative women understand their inner landscape and the whirlwind of the world around them.
At psychologie, I dish out practical self-improvement hacks, tips and tools, dive into the latest mind-blowing research, and share stories that hit home for every woman on her own unique journey.
My paid subscribers receive practical, hands-on exercises that go a step further than simply reading words on a page—including my Dopamine Hit List workbook + video guide designed to help you romanticize your daily life.
Thank you for reading! :)
http://thepsychologie.com
Hi Katie, landscape and journeys are definitely a theme for me too! I look forward to reading more, x
I like the idea of a BFF with a PhD :-) looking forward to following along Katie x
Oh Katie, I love the idea of a dopamine hit list 🤗. Thank you for sharing. This is definitely something me and my journal will be exploring today 🥰
Hi Katie! Your Dophamine Hit List workbook and video sounds amazing! Love your intro. Heading your way now!
Hi! I'm Nancy and I'm a creativity coach, which means I help folks reconnect with their creative dreams so they feel more alive and energized (and get unstuck when those pesky blocks inevitably rear their heads).
On Substack, I write the Spark, where I write about lots of different aspects of the creative process--sometimes in ways that are more "conventional" and sometimes aspects that are not so obvious--and post updates on the latest episodes and guests on my Follow Your Curiosity Podcast.
I'm currently in the home stretch of putting together my upcoming Make Bad Art group program, which will be starting in about a month. Make Bad Art is the anti-MBA, a safe place to come unlearn all those things you're taught you have to have as an "adult" (stress, perfection, conformity) so you can reclaim the inner wild, curious, creative kid who's always been inside you--the one who knows how to play, invent, have fun, and live with abandon and joy. It's a playground for the liberation of your inner artist AND your authentic self, and the effects will go beyond the class container...if you let them.
I'll be posting more very soon on The Spark, so subscribe to get the details as soon as they're available! We'd love to have you! https://fycuriosity.substack.com/
wonderful Nancy! I love the idea of Make Bad ARt programme, looking forward to following along :-) x
Fuck yeah! Sounds 🔥
Hi Nancy, I love the sound of your MBA, sounds fun to Make Bad Art! That is the way I like to create too.
Hi everyone 👋 I'm Sophie, I'm originally from Belgium, now living in New Zealand.
Professionally, I'm a Social worker/ criminologist, managing a team of 7 for a Government Department.
Outside of that, I live in an off grid tiny house.
In the substack world, I write about my reconnection with nature, my journey to rewild , while keeping my busy 9 to 5. Because I do not believe you need to give up your job in order to be happy. We can have it all, life is about balance.
You can read more here: https://thisissophietoday.substack.com
And thanks Claire I really appreciate these threads!
Hello Sophie lovely to meet you, I've subscribed too. Thank you for sharing.
Your substack is just my kind of thing Sophie. Subscribed.
your page looks beautiful Sophie - the illustrations are wonderful too, so interested in the off=grid tiny house as well! x
Loving your Substack, Sophie! 💛
Hey there! I’m mixed media artist working on building a new collection of work focused on native plants and our connection to place. I’m currently using plastic that would be headed for the landfill to make small houses and creating a type of wall sculpture.
I’m not offering a paid option yet but I am wanting to in the future. I feel like I’m still finding my footing a little bit. I’m so used to working with my hands to create, finding the right words to say what’s in my head feels difficult sometimes.
Right now I’m sharing a lot of my process and how my work comes together. I’m a Mom of a 6 year old daughter and a 3 year old boy so my work time is limited but my kids are encouraging. My son always asks if I will show him what I did with my clouds and my daughter is keen to give suggestions and feedback. She likes to work collaboratively with me.
Thanks for reading!
https://substack.com/@junerandbec
bec, these are the most gorgeous art works! very excited to follow and be inspired.
Thank you so so much Layla! I feel good even just sharing them on Substack for now. I just peeked over at your page and gave you a follow too, reading your description had me hook, line and sinker hahaha
Wow Bec I love what you’re creating, incredible stuff, I just had a glimpse and subscribed
Thanks so much Sarina!
I just did the same, I love you're writing style! I'm excited to read more from you!
Thanks Claire! Hi all! 👋 I’m Olivia, and I inspire, encourage and teach people to grow their own cut flowers from my garden on the West Coast of Scotland.
I’ve been gardening my whole life, but during the first lockdown I dug up half the back garden to create a cutting garden, grew more flowers than I could ever use, and Lark Rose was born. I started with flower farming, and I now have a small plant growing business out of a beautiful commercial-sized greenhouse near me, but my heart’s in the cutting garden. I write all about it here on Substack, including weekly detailed updates from the garden and business, mostly for my paid community.
I write about the practicalities of growing your own cut flowers, provide lots of floral inspiration, take you into the garden and greenhouse, and just generally want to create a world where everyone grows at least a few cut flowers. Come and join in!
What a lovely idea for a publication! 🌷excited to take a closer look.
100% subscribing - i've two patches in the garden to do just his with, very happy to find you here :-)
Cut flower gardening! How wonderful!🌹🌷🪻
Good evening! On Substack I write Two Houses. Two Painters. Two Parents. which shares stories, art, and artifacts found while excavating my mother’s Soho, Manhattan loft. My mother died during the pandemic, leaving behind the space where she’d lived and painted for 40 yrs. I write about my life in Brooklyn and Manhattan with my long-divorced painter-parents. I share their art and my story as a child of a well-known father and unknown mother. Themes for my writing are divorce, feminism, art history, NYC, grief, and Time.
what a fascinating and poignant premise for a substack Eliza, so intrigued to read more...
Thank you, Layla!
Here’s my link https://twohouses.substack.com/ ☺️
I'm Eileen Kennedy-Moore. For my day job, I'ma a clinical psychologist working with adults, children, and families. I'm also the author of many traditionally published books for parents or kids about children's feelings and friendships.
I'm passionate about helping kids build strong and caring relationships. My favorite work activity is creating a weekly, 5-min. podcast for children in grades K-8, called Kids Ask Dr. Friendtastic. Each episode features an audio recording of a question about friendship from a kid plus a practical and thought-provoking answer from me.
My Substack is Dr. Friendtastic for Parents. Free subscribers get the podcast sent to their email every Saturday morning (East Coast US time), along with an easy-to-read transcript and discussion questions they can use to deepen their child's understanding. Paid subscribers get additional weekly Podcast Parent Note, which focus on how to reinforce the podcast topic that week at home. They also get a coupon code each month for $20 off the featured online workshop of the month. For September, that’s Dealing with Feelings About Friends – For Kids! https://webinars.eileenkennedymoore.com/courses/feelings-about-friends-for-kids
https://DrFriendtastic.substack.com
https://EileenKennedyMoore.com
https://DrFriendtastic.com/podcast
I am Nora Herold. I am an Internationally known psychic medium and reiki master who offers direct voice channeling sessions in individual and group format. I also teach channeling, tarot, and reiki. I've been self employed in this field since 1998.
On top of that I am a political activist and have worked on both of Bernie Sanders campaigns for President.
I am passionate about facilitating the awareness in everyone that you are love incarnate and are valuable simply because you exist. I use the phrase "operate from joy" and it is the foundation for my work as a channel, guide, healer, writer, and activist.
You can register for a class, schedule a session with me, or purchase one of my many lectures, processes, or classes here on my site: https://www.noraherold.com/
And you can subscribe to me here for my regular writings on spirituality, creativity, healing, astrology, my memoir, and anything else that inspires me at the moment.
Thank you for giving us the space to share our words and to connect with other readers and writers 🤗.
I’m Jess, a 32 year old woman from Bournemouth, south coast of England, UK. When I’m not writing (which isn’t often because writing has become to me like breathing), I’m writing…oh that doesn’t make sense 😆…and editing children’s books for a reading scheme. I also tutor primary aged children. Things that bring me joy and I’m practising at the moment include: embracing my wild autumnal self, allowing myself to be cosy and living fearlessly in a life that is not promised.
I write about mindfulness, faith and living well over on The Wildflower. I’d love to see you over there 😌 👉 http://jessthompson.substack.com
Hi everyone! I’m Shinjini, an India-based mixed media artist and tarot reader. I offer beginner-friendly art and tarot courses as well as tarot readings, which you can find on my website, https://moderngypsy.in.
On Substack, I send out Studio Diaries, weekly notes to fuel your creative fire! Subscribers receive a new sketchbook prompt every month, short process videos, pages from my art journal & notes on the creative process.
I don’t have a paid option on Substack yet, and I’m not planning to turn it on in the near future. But I am working on offering a snail mail subscription, where I will send out a small piece of original art (A6 size, roughly 10.5 x 14.8 cm) and a handful of handmade ephemera that can be used in your journals (art or written). It will be set up as an annual subscription with a snail mail package sent out twice a year. Each painting will be unique (original, not prints of my art) and spots will be very limited.
If this is of interest, do subscribe to Studio Diaries, as I will launch the offer there once I’ve ironed out the details. https://shinjinim.substack.com
Hello everyone! I'm Polina. I live on a block of land in New Zealand, trying to garden and raising children and chickens.
My substack is called Elements of a Mother. I send out newsletter every 2 or so weeks, covering yogic and ayurvedic practices that can help deal with beautiful and challenging motherhood journey.
Ayurveda has been my support for the last 7 years, guiding me through endometriosis diagnosis, struggles to conceive and 2 healthy pregnancies.
I am still somewhat on maternity leave, but if you have health concerns (mental, emotional, physical or spiritual) that you feel are not being resolved through more traditional systems, please feel free to DM me.
And of course you can subscribe to polinawilkinson.substack.com to learn more🧡
oh hi fellow New Zealander 👋 so excited to meet another kiwi, there's not too many of us here, or at least that I've met. I also have endometriosis and for a while also used ayurveda to keep it under control! I'm now no longer eating that way, mostly because I felt it was a lot of work, but I still find food has a massive impact on endometriosis, so eating healthy is still important. Lovely to meet you!
Hi Sophie! Sorry to hear that you are in a sad endo club. Appropriate diet really does help to keep it under control.
How exciting to see another kiwi here. Which part of NZ are you based in (if yoi don't mind sharing)? So lovely to meet you 😊
I'm near Raglan, whereabouts are you?
So cool! I'm in Canterbury
beautifully supportive and beneficial offering Polina - delighted to be following along x
MERHABA 🙋🏻♀️ I'm Tuğba, a Turkish-Greek writer and artist living in Berlin. I write, paint, and work with ceramics, and I'm also part of an Artist Collective in Berlin.
I publish "as slow as possible" on Substack, a newsletter that delves into the often overlooked in-between spaces of our lives, reflecting on the subtle yet profound experiences that enrich our creativity and shape our everyday narratives. At the moment, I'm working on an ebook to share with my readers, detailing all the tools I use to achieve deep, focused work. Due to my corporate job, my time is limited, so I've discovered methods that work well for me over the years.
In addition to my newsletter, I have over 15 years of experience in the corporate world, having worked for companies like Nokia, Microsoft, Nike, and Salesforce. Although this aspect of my life doesn't play as critical a role anymore, I'm still glad to be engaged in new technologies like AI and have acquired numerous business skills over the years. I currently work four days a week to allocate more time to my creative pursuits.
i love what you're doing Tuğba. Great name for your page too. I lived in Berlin for 8 years, so it's nice to feel that connection back there through you too!
Tugba I never realised you also work in tech, I also don’t talk much about that side of myself. I just looked you up on LinkedIn and can see some of my colleagues likely know you - haha small world 🫶 I’ll add you there although I keep my writing / corporate worlds super strictly separate, no one from the other world knows I write on substack and I intend to keep it that way 🤫. It’s so inspiring to see that you can give space to your creative persuits and can work only 4 days per week.
Hi Tuğba, I also write paint and work with ceramics, beautiful to find you here 🌸
I am Terje, a woman starting the second year after a career-change at the age of fifty-one, leaving school, finishing coaching-supervision studies, discovering new ways of being.
As a coach and educator, I love nudging and supporting people to learn and grow and live a life with the sense of agency and joy. Here on Substack, I share what I have discovered about writing and life and encourage people to be playful with words. I have three adult daughters. The youngest moved out in August. I appreciate small things and ordinary moments. Learning keeps me young. I love gathering light and colour and to share it with others. I write, bake and dance for fun.
I welcome new readers to my Writing Playground https://terjeakke.substack.com/
Hello, I'm Josefin and I am a bureaucrat by day and writer, spinner and spinning teacher all day and every day. Spinning, teaching and writing go, literally, hand in hand. The spinning in my hands and the writing of the spinning through my hands that still tingle from the movement of the wool.
In the courses I provide in-person in Sweden and online I want my students to feel they have got something more than just a course. I want them to feel that they have a box of tools they know how to use in their context and with the skills they have, and trust that they can make decisions on their journey towards joy in all the parts of the process.
On Substack I write for a wider audience than just spinners. I love to explore my wild writing and often find myself flirting with a poetic writing style.
A couple of weeks ago I sent my finished book manuscript to my editor. The book is called "Listen to the wool – a why-to guide for joyful spinning" and will be published in the second half of 2025.
Thanks for creating this space for us to share and connect, Claire! 🫶
Hi Beautiful Souls! I’m Catherine Wilde a homeschooling mom of three, the founder of Soul Care Mom and the Vibrant Mom Life Membership, and the best-selling author of the book Reclaiming Your Inner Sparkle. I help women find themselves again in motherhood, and carve out time to do the things they love without mom guilt, all while being the mom they want to be.
On my Substack, Soul Care Mom Substack with Catherine Wilde, I share behind the scenes of my journey of mastering the art of slow living while navigating the wild ride of motherhood, homeschooling, and entrepreneurship.✨💕
Paid subscribers get a deeper level of support, including my transformational course Compassionate Motherhood that will help you finally release mom guilt, lean into deeper levels of self compasssion, and create a life infused with self care!
Join the soulful fun here 💖 https://soulcaremom.substack.com/
I am Ann Richardson, age 82 and therefore one of the older writers on Substack, but not the oldest. I was born and brought up in the US (Washington, DC and NYC) but have lived in London since 1968 with my English husband of 61 years now. We have two grown up children who both live in London and two teenage grandsons. I spent my life doing social research (eg focus groups and interviews with people with social or health problems) and have written many books on completely different topics. Two focus on aspects of dying (one about people with AIDS in the 1990s and one about people working in hospice care) and I found both moving and fascinating. My most recent is about how old age can remain fun and is called, like my Substack, The Granny Who Stands on her Head: Reflections on growing older. I am and I do – you can see a two minute video on my Substack site here: https://arichardson.substack.com/p/why-does-anyone-stand-on-their-head.
I love thinking about things and I love writing and in my Substack, I put the two together. I do write about growing older, but not only about that.
👋🏽 I’m Sarina, originally a Londoner but it’s now been 14 years in my soul home of NSW Australia.
I write the publication Fully Expressed - to hold us to a truer, braver expression, while we shamelessly inhabit our unique brilliance and beauty 🌼🌸🌺
https://sarinazoe22.substack.com
I am a mother, visual artist, writer and somatic-based mentor. I offer 1-1 somatic intelligence mentorship ‘The Art of Being You’ alongside my paid membership on Substack.
I’m soon launching a second publication dedicated to my poetry and illustration work, as a behind the scenes journey from zero to first book publication 🪷
Hi, I’m Anna. I am a Sunday Times Bestselling writer, ghostwriter and co-writer of books (both fiction and non- fiction) and a journalist. My work is centred around strong female voices and activists so a lot of my discussion over on my substack White Ink is about how we use our voice, what we write, and how we write as women.
Off substack I make my living as a writer of books and so I am able to talk about life as a writer, and some of my most viewed posts have been things like ‘what do writers actually earn’ and ‘how to get a six-figure book deal’. I also host a monthly creative writing workshop for paid subscribers.
Off substack I am a single parent to a 12-year-old daughter and fur mum to two cats, one gorgeous Labrador and currently her seven puppies (🥴).
Is that everything? I can never remember! But hi! 👋🏻
Oh, a link to my substack https://annawharton.substack.com
Hope to see you there!
I couldn't recommend Anna's page more to everyone - always so much food for thought! x
That is so nice of you to say so, Layla. Thank you! I love you being a part of my White Ink community x
Hey there, I’m Fernando 👋
I am a dad of two beautiful girls ✨and husband to the woman of my dreams.
After many years working as a theatre stage manager and producer, I’ve spent the last decade helping families of children with cancer getting to hospitals.
Sometimes I give them a lift. Other times, I cross a whole country in war by foot to help them get there.
Recently I was finalist of the BBC Make a Difference Awards for having helped 7,000 children.
I learnt how to fly planes and today, I use my travel experienceI to inspire people like you to find their next travel adventure.
Travel Plans is an immersive podcast with matching articles.
In each episode you and me go on a flight together to a new place. I mean, virtually of course, but I can guarantee you that with me at the cockpit, you’ll never be scared of flying ever again!
Hi! I'm Wendy from Come Aside & Rest a While, and I'm a housewife/homemaker. I'm not currently making money on Substack, but I hope to in the future. I'm currently working on a book project Re Mindful Photography which is one of my passions. My other passion is practical slow living.
You can read more about me and what I offer readers here: https://comeasideandrestawhile.substack.com/p/meet-wendy-may
P.S. I'm new to Substack and still finding my way. "Hi everyone". 🙋
Hi, I'm Lynda. My substack, Heines Sight, is about my loves: genealogy and my life journey. I'm also a fabric artist, but share that on my website, lyndaheines.com. I decided to get back to writing (I used to teach journal writing years ago) when my sis died last year - the last of my family. I have found this substack community to include a wonderful bunch of supportive writers. https://lyndaheines.substack.com/
I love genealogy! I’ve subscribed ✨
Thank you!!!
Hiya! I'm Sarah, an English florist living in Glasgow. I've been running my own business, Rook Botanics, for several years now. I do everything from bespoke funerals, to hen parties and wreath workshops, to weird and wonderful weddings. I've just finished writing an eBook called 'Flower Arranging at Home' which covers all the knowledge I've learnt over many, many years (I got my first job in a flower shop when I was 14!)
My substack is chock full of flowers. Each week I alternate between sharing a written essay about the behind the scenes of being a florist / running a creative business and a visual essay of florals I've designed. I really, really can't shut up about flowers.
I'd love to connect with other creative business owners - it can get lonely sometimes!
Sarah x
My substack: https://sarahrushbrooke.substack.com/
Your publication is beautiful! I’ve subscribed ✨
Hi!
So.
Who doesn't want less health stress!?
I’m Susie, and I write ‘The Quest for Less Health Stress’ on Substack, and as someone who collects both chronic and acute illness, I hope to encourage, educate, and support others who also suffer.
As a regular contributor to The Mighty, and in my newspaper column called, ‘Expert Patient Here to Help!’ in six Canadian newspapers, I weave practical self-advocacy tips and anecdotal stories and humour (sometimes dark!) to help those with illness feel seen, heard, and understood.
My own list is long: type 1 diabetes, gastroparesis, fibromyalgia, retinopathy (and went blind, needing a hoover to my eyeballs to regain my sight!), and even had a brain tumour removed.
I’ve completed my memoir manuscript called, ‘What If I Deserved It? An emotional journey through a broken body.’
Currently living in the UK with my (jealous) husband Don and my cuddle-buddy Carlos the Chi (that’s why Don’s jealous, ha!), you’ll find me writing in front of a cozy fire, composing music at my piano, or you won’t find me at all, because I’ll be deep in a second-hand charity shop!
Join me on my stack? (When you subscribe, as a thank you, you’ll receive my free list, ‘10 Things (You May Not Have Thought Of) To Get the Best Care At Your Doctor’s Office’ .. https://lesshealthstress.substack.com/
Hi, 'Dia Duit' from the mountains of Wicklow, Ireland,
I am a mother to three living children and three babies who did not make it to this world. I have lived through my own experiences of birth and loss have supported thousands of women throughout their journeys. I am a Women’s Health Physiotherapist. I have spoken at international conferences and worked alongside leading doctors in the field of women’s health. I am the daughter of a pharmacist and a nurse. The medical system runs my her blood. I am also the grand-daughter of a seventh son, a man who held 'the cure' as we say in Ireland. I am a reiki healer, a writer and a poet. For so long, I have known there is much more to women’s health, wellbeing and life than what we are experiencing today.
But it was the devastating loss of our baby in the summer of 2022, when I was 22 weeks pregnant and the journey that followed that opened my eyes to the connection that exists between women and the natural world. When life forced me to stop. I found that with grief came unexpected moments of clarity and a recognition of myself in the landscape and in our ancient stories.
Why am I here? To connect to the women who connect to my words. To find anam cara/cairde (Soul Friends). My book is coming, in which I explore through the wisdom of the Celtic Landscape and the myths it holds, what it means to be a woman and what it means to truly heal. When my book is here and complete, that is what I will be selling. But my Substack is free, which is exactly right for me in this moment. I happily and gratefully subscribe to others but for now, mine is a place without expectation (on me as on others) it is a place for women to gather, freely. I am asking you to subscribe and share, if you feel called to come on this journey through nature, woman and wisdom.
Go raibh míle maith agaibh. Thank you. May good be on you a thousand times...
Here is my latest essay on substack... https://open.substack.com/pub/aoibhinswift/p/after-equinox-mist?r=u9nn0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Hi Aoibhín, I'm so sorry to hear of your loss, that is a terribly hard thing to go through. Your work sounds wonderful, and very aligned with mine - I'm also in Wicklow (Ballycullen, near Devil's Glen) and when not writing am a 5 Element Acupuncturist! I'm sure we must have people in common, Ireland being Ireland!
Hello I am Melanie, Mentor, Counselor an Author I have been working as a mentor since 2018 online and in person. I offer soulful talking therapy counselling sessions to support and guide my clients through mid-life challenges. Nature is at the heart and soul of my work I wrote and published my book 'Living with Amazing Grace - a journey through grief, healing and transformation' to help support others through miscarriage and baby loss. I work holistically and intuitively to infuse nature led, and divine feminine practices and rituals into my mentoring, counselling and writing. Based in Surrey you’ll often find me outdoors in my wellies, immersed in nature and pottering in our garden surrounded by wildlife, flowers and plants. You can work with me on a 1-1 basis via melaniemackie.org or join the Branches of Wisdom Retreat here on Substack which is infused with divine feminine wisdom, soulful and mindful rituals and well-being practices for you to simply be. Members have full access to the monthly retreat gathering, podcast - Through the Seasons and my online ecourse Bloom From Within. I look forward to meeting you. https://melaniemackie.substack.com/
Kia ora, I'm Vicki from New Zealand. I'm a clinical psychologist and yoga teacher, running a therapy practice in Central Auckland. My passion is for trauma healing and somatic psychology, focusing on the interface of mind and body, and the ways in which our emotional experiences are stored and expressed through the body. My own 15-year journey with auto-immune disease has been a huge part of my learning and I believe we often teach best what we most needed to learn.
My newsletter, The Therapy Room, combines the personal and the professional, with musings and insights from life and therapy on wide-ranging topics, spanning mind, body, heart, and soul. I'd love you to drop in.
https://drvickiconnop.substack.com
Hi all! I'm Cassandra and I live on an island on the west coast of Canada with my husband and our dog, Chewie.
I'm self-employed and work as a virtual assistant to female entrepreneurs in a variety of industries. I love all things systems and organization, so that plays a big role in my work.
I started my Substack, Notes from a Kindred Spirit, in December. It's a bi-weekly newsletter about embracing curiosity, exploring hobbies, living with chronic illness, and finding contentment in the everyday. I talk a lot about two of my favourite things: books and Bullet Journaling!
I don't have paid subscriptions turned on for my Substack at the moment, but I did just launch my first Etsy product this week! If you're a book club host or a bookworm who doesn't know what to read next, you can check it out here: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1799905549/curated-book-list-book-recommendations
I love this thread! I read others’ intros, enjoy finding those whose words intrigue me and am not quite sure how to possibly put into a few words what I feel like is true to me and my offering today ✨
I’m in a phase of transitions in so many aspects of life and so is my publication naturally shifting too. That’s why I decided I embrace the not knowing how to self promo myself in this thread today and just invite curious readers in to explore the transition with me 🫶
Thank you for being here Carmen and sharing your truth. ✨💕
Hi, I'm Lucy and I'm a YA fantasy author masquerading as a librarian.
At the moment, I'm writing a series of small novellas that are a combination of sweet YA romance and fairytale retellings.
Hello! I write history and historical fiction here on Substack, as well as hold space for history writers to connect with each other, grow in their craft, promote their own writing. If you write or read history, I’d love to connect with you! ✨
I have an ebook of short historical fiction stories, designed to show readers a world that is relatable, richly textured, and beautiful. You can buy it here: https://1606281410081.gumroad.com/l/ledntd
Hi everyone! Love learning more about all of your work.
I’m Michelle, I’m a writer and a certified coach who’s got lots of experience disentangling from her own people-pleaser ‘stuff.’ I’m super interesting in exploring questions around what it means to be a woman who feels vital, + connected in the world: emotionally, creatively, all of it.
The Webs We Weave is a hub for personal essays and monthly roundups that are all about staying connected to ourselves, making connections in our creative work, and feeling more connected in the world.
No true paid strategy for me yet, but I’m actively keeping my antenna up for some kind of offering that makes sense and feels like a win/win!
You can read more here: https://michellelacroix.substack.com/
Hi there! I'm Stephanie Duncan Smith, senior editor in the publishing industry, creator of the Slant Letter Substack for writers looking to deepen their craft, and most recently, author of my upcoming book Even After Everything: The Spiritual Practice of Knowing the Risks and Loving Anyway which comes out in two weeks 🎉🎉🎉
After 15 years in professional publishing, it's been eye-opening in the best of ways to jump the desk and join the ranks of writers in the incredible work that you do--all respect!
For anyone interested in memoir and personal narrative, I'm hosting a memoir workshop and so excited to share what I know about one of my favorite genres: hope you'll join us!
https://stephanieduncansmith.substack.com/p/youre-invited-to-my-memoir-workshop
Hi all! I'm Annmarie and I live in Minnesota in the US (or as I say in most of my bios, I live in sleepy Midwestern town next to a lazy river). I am an award-winning contemporary romance author and a certified life coach. My intention with my novels has always been "to give people a soft place to land at the end of a hard day." And my (new) Substack was born of that ethos -- in fact it is called A Soft Place to Land! I've been posting essays while I've been hammering out the details of what I hope this publication will become (I always tell people to start before you're ready, so I needed to follow my own advice - so much easier to tell others what to do!).
My new About page text, hopefully to go live next week is:
If you're looking for the typical one-size-fits-all "self-help" stuff, this might not be the place for you. Why? Because I've learned the hard way that personal growth is, well, personal. There's no universal manual for reconnecting with ourselves, building genuine relationships, or finding the silver lining in our struggles. (Trust me, I've looked!)
Instead, think of this space as a cozy cafe where the menu is built around my unique blend of the 3 C's: Compassion, Creativity, and Connection. You get to pick and choose what resonates with you, creating your own recipe for growth. Whether you're here for a quick moment of calm in a chaotic day or you're ready to dive deep into self-discovery, I've got a special brew just for you.
What's on offer? A mix of personal essays (where I share the unvarnished truth about my own journey), fictional explorations (because sometimes the best way to understand reality is through make-believe), and interactive exercises (don't worry, no gym clothes required). It's all designed to help you explore, reflect, and grow at your own pace—no judgment, no pressure, just a warm welcome and a soft place to land.
So, if you’re ready to create a kinder, more compassionate world—starting with how we treat ourselves—pull up a comfy chair, grab your favorite mug, and let's embark on this gentle journey together. After all, in a world that's always pushing for more, sometimes the bravest thing we can do is be soft.
Sorry for the lengthy comment! You can find the publication at annmarieboyle.substack.com or learn about the rest of my shenanigans at www.annmarieboyle.com. Looking forward to exploring all the publications shared here!
Hi I'm Clare! I'm a Media Analyst at AllSides.com, which means I write and research about political bias in the news with an emphasis on bridging divides. As a writer, it may not be surprising that I'm fascinated by the way word choice and framing can change the same news story.
At The Mestiza, I write about identity and self improvement. I love learning about psychology and meditation, which are common themes in my writing, and looking for the best vegan food in Ohio. I'm not offering anything for paid subscribers at the minute, but I hope to in the near future!
Thanks for the invitation Claire:-)
Hi 👋🏽 I’m Nneka, pronounced en-Nay-kah. I am a Trini born oracle and current caregiver to my parents. My dad has Alzheimer’s and my mom is legally blind.
I’m walking a line between being the Trini culturally appropriate, responsible immigrant daughter, and the freedom seeking, individualistic American while preparing for my own golden years.
In my publication, Letters from Nneka, I share insights from this journey.
My paid subscribers receive financial updates on my road to retirement including the down and dirty numbers and what I’m doing to replace my income.
https://nnekakelly.substack.com
Hi everyone, On Substack I publish poetry, spoken word, stories, photography and I’m currently in the process of writing my first book. Amongst other inspirations, my work and play here is informed by different healing and somatic practices such as shamanism, dance, improvisation, intuitive voice, rewilding, plant medicine and meditation. I’m currently exploring how to integrate my work as an intuitive healer more into what I offer on Substack. I really love that the platform offers the opportunity to weave all these in one place in a creative and coherent manner.
My art is also informed by my strong connection with the earth. I live fairly remotely in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in a land based community where we grow food, make music together, open up the community for community celebrations and offer regular kirtan and improv sessions. I refer to my Substack as a garden and I consider it an organic extension of my life here.
Link to my Substack
https://artemisrosearcher.substack.com/
Thanks for this opportunity Claire. I’ve just joined Beth Kempton’s SoulCircle as would love to connect with more like hearted souls, your community is also very much in my awareness and I may get to delve deeper at some point. I look forward to connecting with others here on the thread through their Substack.
Thank you 🙏
Hi all, I'm Layla. A non-fiction / memoir writer living at the foothills of the Wicklow mountains in eastern Ireland with my three kids, partner and too many animals to name! I've written a memoir about my unruly body, longing, belonging and coming home which has found itself an agent and is out on submission soon.
My page here on SS is called beauty & bone. I’m interested in exploring how it feels to write, hold and (m)other on this beautiful, tattered planet right now. For paid subscribers I share through weekly written posts (the heart of it all), live seasonal calls (where we get to explore, connect & support) and my slow podcast (for deeper dives in your own time).
At the moment I'm loving deepening connection with readers through live calls and chats. I've just launched a mini-series called the Element Sessions which draws on my day job as a five element acupuncturist, and that has been a brilliant way to deepen conversations.
Would be lovely to have you pop over to my page, follow along, say hi, you'd be most welcome :-)
https://laylaomara.substack.com/
Hi, I'm Jan and my Substack is Alchemical Wonderings with Jan Elisabeth -- a space to find hope in a challenging world, an invitational space to rest and recreate so that we can serve that world without overwhelm. Through writing, creativity and our connections with the natural world, it’s a space to find community as we make our healing journeys. In all of my posts — whether about writing, creativity, or our herbal allies — we’re exploring: What story do we want to live? What story do we want to write?
-and - How do we want to feel?
https://alchemicalwonderings.substack.com/
The Substack magazine brings together the creative areas of my life. My 'day job' is running an independent publishing house (Cinnamon Press) based in the UK & France and I've been editing poets, novelists and creative non-fiction writers for 20 years and bringing their work to the world.
I also run a writer's community outside Substack (Kith: for a different story -- https://janfortune.com/)
I host a yearly writing community there with workshops, regular prompts and a forum on Mighty Networks and also have two cohorts of writers that I mentor each year (poetry and prose) where I edit a.whole manuscript with them and work 1-1 and they also have group workshops and prompts and a forum. The writers vary from beginners to those PhDs in writing or college professors.
I also write myself -- across genres and my most recent books are a novel set in the forest and a book of haiku poetry about our first year living in a forest
https://cinnamonpress.com/smiling-at-grief-in-a-house-in-a-forest-where-life-grows/
https://cinnamonpress.com/at-worlds-end-begin/
I'm in the last few months of my training as a medical herbalist so will have a herbal practice setting up from 2025 and currently offer some supervised online clinics and seasonal herbal courses (again via Mighty Networks) and have a website for the herbs at https://triskelewell.com/
I live in a tiny hamlet in the forest in Finistére, France with my husband, who is a writer, book cover designer and artist, and youngest son. I have two adult daughters in the UK and one in Seoul, Korea. All home educated many moons ago.
I help people record their legacy on the page. I'm a ghostwriter, so I write books that everyone else thinks you wrote! I find my sweet spot in stories that can change the world - or even just one reader's life.
Hello! As Designer X I write about interior design, in a fun, practical way—because our homes should be both fun and practical. Rooms I love, tips on making trends your own, why shelter magazine dictums don't matter: that sort of thing. And like the best things in life, my Substack is free. https://mysterydesigner.substack.com
I’m Hannah Harvey! I have a podcast called Happily Ever After and my debut book, How to Divorce Sober, came out last week hitting #2 in hot new releases and #7 in bestselling women’s memoir 🤩
I help women regain control post-trauma and heartbreak through my words, mentoring, yoga, ceremony and online courses (coming soon - Divorce Alchemy: turn a crap situation into gold ✨)
Chuck us a link for it Hannah?! ✨
Hello, I think I am still finding my identity here. I am just writing this quickly, forgive me, as our electricity is being turned off shortly for maintenance for many hours. I will go through all the wonderful writers below when it comes back (hopefully) much later this evening/tomorrow and do my part of supporting. This is not going to be as polished as your's, Claire! I so admire how polished everyone else is! I do feel like a baby writer, 😊
I am a cognitive psychotherapist and women's coach. I live in the Highlands of Scotland, which is a story in itself and I am English. I have been a therapist for 20 years, prior to that I worked in the corporate world as a project manager, so have been on both sides. I have worked in the NHS and private sector and have my own practice as well (though that is struggling a bit due to location, it thrived when I was in Kent). Over those years, I have noticed a trend in the women I have worked with. They are generally really kind, empathetic, give a lot to others (often too much) and juggle way too many balls in the air trying to the perfect person to everyone. They often lack confidence, have low self-esteem, find it hard to find "their people" who share the qualities they have. They often get taken advantage of by others due to their inability to set boundaries, say no to people and feel there is something wrong with them because of how others treat them. I have, for many years, wanted to create a community (tribe) to help with this, somewhere they can feel they belong, to feel less lonely. I also wanted to do it in a way that is financially accessible as these women would not spend money on themselves. I am really struggling to get that message across, I think. I do doubt myself as to whether this is something that is wanted as well. I think I do have a bit of unique approach. I have a lot of energy, passion and a strong to desire to help others and make women their own coach, to help them to set boundaries and feel good about themselves. Those are the skills I am trying to provide here as well.
Alongside that I am starting up a letterpress (we have learnt how to do it!) wedding stationery company as I am also quite creative.
I hope this makes sense! thank you for reading, sorry for the haste!
Nancy, this sounds so freeing. Thank you for sharing
You're welcome--and welcome to join us! I expect to be able to share all the details in a week or so!
Hello everyone! I'm bakhtawar and I'm a psychology student and writer who lives in Pakistan.
I'm a passionate learner who wants to channel what we know of the world today to become a more mindful writer and reader. I journey through literature and emulate the takeaways from these stories in real life.
And that's what my substack is mostly about too! If it interests you, consider supporting me: https://storiesandstates.substack.com/
I am Liza, a Social Anthropologist, who spent 20 years working in and on a number of cultures/societies in Sub Saharan Africa (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Uganda). I am passionate about equality, and inclusion. I went from a career in academia where I wrote about food, gender, youth and religion, to a career in research for development focusing on natural resource management, water governance and agriculture and finally left it all after 20 years, to become an independent consultant and a Co-Active Coach.
In my Substack, Sharing Secrets (and Other Useful Stuff) I share ideas and tips on how to live a more fulfilled personal and professional life. I write based on my personal experience and also use examples from my coaching work. I hope that sharing my successes and failures can help others.
I am new to Substack and am currently learning how to keep writing regularly, and not get distracted by comparison with other Substacks.
I also love to read, cook and eat.
https://lizadebevec.substack.com/