Substacks recommended by Claire Venus ✨

Recommended by Claire Venus ✨

How can we tilt towards love in this complicated world?

Social commentary and essays from career to mental wellbeing, capturing the general WTF of life and topical news, by award-winning author, former HuffPost Exec editor and lifter of heavy weights, Poorna Bell.

Zoe Lea

For writers who've been told to hustle harder, but know there is another way. Weekly letters on slow writing rituals, anti-hustle creativity, and reclaiming your own creative rhythm whilst making a living from it.

Journaling Wild

By Nelly Bryce

Journaling my way through life as a feminist, poetry-writing, book-loving, ever hopeful mum of four. Occasionally sweary.

The Writing Laboratory

By London Lit Lab

Where writers teach writers: the friendliest creative writing space around. Come and join Dr Lily Dunn and Zoe Gilbert in this creative experimental space: observations, hypotheses, experiments, chemical reactions. A safe space space to experiment.

The Meandering Muse

By Amy Ray 🍃

Hi! I'm Amy! This space is where I am learning to walk the wise woman road by connecting to my true self through seasonal shifts, writing, food, intuition, and resilience. If this resonates with you, subscribe and walk the season alongside me.

Leanne Catherine | Energetic Notes

By Leanne Catherine MacDonald

I write about the art of storytelling, the energetics of marketing, and the alchemy of visibility. Head of Marketing and Comms @ Muse Oracle Press, I share behind-the-scenes reflections on publishing, brand magic, and building resonance in a noisy world.

The Deeper Call

By Ashley Neese

LA breathwork teacher learning presence through foster care, homesteading, and life with rescued horses.

Heart Leap

By Suzy Walker

Building a simple, happy, creative life that makes your heart leap. Join our Heart Leap writing community

Two writing sessions a week with Suzy and the Heart Leap gang - I wouldn't want to be anywhere else!

- Claire Venus ✨

Speak Your Peace by Leesha Mony

Speak Your Peace is a newsletter where letters form sentences, and sentences become a movement—each one a small attempt to make sense of the ever-shifting, beautifully complex world of motherhood and being human with an open, tender, deeply feeling heart.

Cosmic Owl

By Louise Edington

🌾 For those remembering what the world forgot. Astrology and the Esoteric as a living language of healing, sovereignty, and cosmic belonging. Weaving Cosmic Rhythm into Your Life (With stars as mirrors and myth as guide.)

Magic Divorce Club ✨

By Hannah Harvey

A supportive and magical club for those going through divorce. Sharing tools and techniques to help you save money and turn your pain into a beautiful future.

Yoga For Tired People

By Jo

Get one fun, easy to follow session every Monday that you can do as you are, no need to change your clothes or get out your mat. For when you need to chill the flip out and stretch but don't have the energy to get out your mat. Come chill out with us.

Simple yet soulful yoga for anyone who needs to cut through the noise and be held.

- Claire Venus ✨

I Need to Finish This Before I Die

By Amy I Beeson 🐝

Memoir writing, open-hearted writing practice and creative community, online and in person.

Cultured. North East

By Sam Wonfor

Championing, celebrating and surveying the rich landscape of arts and culture which makes the North East of England a better place to be

Brilliant insight from Sam and Dave on all the cultural sparks and North East arts news you need to know!

- Claire Venus ✨

Your Integrative Physician | Tanmeet Sethi, MD

By Tanmeet Sethi

Real science + (unfiltered) wisdom so you can stop feeling overwhelmed by all the health advice that makes no practical sense. No toxic positivity or 47-step morning routines. Just clarity on real medicine that works.

Doctor, but also..

By Nirja Joshi

The messy, beautiful overlap of being a GP, a dancer, and a person with a life outside the clinic. Personal essays, stories from practice, and twice-monthly dance tutorials for paid subscribers.

Another Door Opens

By eleanor

The search to find opportunity amongst the messiness of change

Tasha Goddard

I write about being an illustrator, creative practice, freelance life, the books I read, things I watch and listen to, food I cook and eat, as well as my thoughts and experiences of neurodiversity and post-menopausal life as a Gen X feminist woman.

Slow Tarot Stories

By Kerry Hinns

Stories from a thirty-something single mother who’s softening into a life of slowness and simplicity, with the loving support of her tarot deck.

A Fan's Notes, by Nick Hornby

Music, books, movies, work, football, TV and so on.

Newsletter Circle

By Ciler

Your go-to source for building a successful newsletter business. In-depth interviews with newsletter operators and insightful reports on newsletter strategies.

Open In The Middle

By Caro Giles

Words about a life on the edge

Caro writes beautifully about life, mothering and being human from the Northumberland Coast.

- Claire Venus ✨

Fully Expressed by Sarina Zoe

Holding us to a truer, braver expression, as we shamelessly inhabit our unique brilliance and beauty. No one's giving us permission, so we do it anyway. Join me for fortnightly flushing out of what does not belong to this one wild and precious life 🔥

Abbey's Road

By Abbey Wade

I’ll probably write about trauma a lot. But humor is my favorite coping mechanism and I’m a little psychic, so we’re all gonna be ok.

tuning in.

By Tuning In by Megan Moran

A community of intentional creatives craving a life without 'shoulds.' Join us to explore slow, intentional living, minimalism and creativity at the intersection of parenthood with articles, videos, a magazine and mini-courses.

Brand Seasons

By Sarah Robertson

Exploring the rhythms of creative life + work through branding, design + writing

Sarah is my 'go to' for understanding the storytelling behind my brand - I am learning so much.

- Claire Venus ✨

System Changers

By Genevieve Nathwani

Exploring how the path to creating great change starts within.

Crazy Successful

By John Spencer Williams

Go behind the scenes with me as I write my book "Crazy Successful: Defy Conformity, Create The Extraordinary"

Soul Care Mom with Catherine Wilde

Mastering the art of slow living while navigating the wild ride of motherhood, homeschooling, and entrepreneurship.✨💕

Poles & Crocs

By Poles and Crocs

Poles & Crocs is a community of fighters, military personnel & ultra runners dedicated to #mensmentalhealth. We meet in the UK fells for challenging activities & social events, emphasizing accountability & commitment. Stronger Together Inside and Out

The Quiet ADHD Club

By Gabrielle Treanor

A membership for quiet, introverted, sensitive women with ADHD (or who think they have ADHD) to help them understand their brains, and build inner calm and confidence to be their true selves.

Distracted

By Kylie-Ann

A distracted mum writing honestly about life through the lens of motherhood. Come join the chaos.

Yes! You Can Eat This

By Melissa

For busy home cooks who want to make gluten and dairy free cooking easier. Delicious veggie-filled recipes for the everyday and gatherings that cut prep time & reclaim food joy. Meals good enough that everyone can eat, share and enjoy.

What Now? with Lindsay Johnstone

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

Ditch The Templates • Andi Bitay

Where women learn to trust their voice, clarify their message, and build something that's truly theirs on Substack. Strategy meets self-expression.

Sustainable and practical advice on being online long term. Lovely thoughts and beautiful invitations from Andi. 💖

- Claire Venus ✨

The Lemon Tree Mindset 🌳🍋

By Veronica

I help you turn your hobby into a creative business. Strategies to grow your community, monetize your creativity and build a lifestyle business. Substack Bestseller | Penguin Author | Public Speaker

Mama Reset

By Amy Lord

Writing and resources for self-employed, business-owning mamas to get re-focused clarity, confidence and ‘a plan’ for growing their career which weaves in motherhood, family life and wellbeing.

Letters From Therapy

By Kate Harvey

Come home to yourself and feel less alone with personal growth tools, words & journalling. Flourish in a life you love!

Messy Home Mom

By Kelly

Life, projects, experiments, and whatever I’m into... no perfection, just curiosity 🏡✨ For moms with beautifully chaotic homes & differently wired brains.

Too Much by Nicola Washington

🌱 For writers who want ease, not overwhelm in your Instagram book marketing. Stay visible on Instagram and keep your audience growing, one simple step at a time.

This Is Sophie Today

By Sophie

Every Saturday I share strategies to cut through the noise and reconnect with yourself. For busy humans craving a slower, more creative life—starting now, none of the fluff.

Loose Connections

By Lo Carmen

A wildly eclectic weekly newsletter on loose connections between music/culture/life/death/art & other fun stuff from Lo Carmen, singer-songwriter, host of Death Is Not the End & author of 'Lovers Dreamers Fighters’.

Trina Dalziel

By Trina DALZIEL

Words and pictures related to my life as an artist and illustrator

Not So Smug Now

By Cat Sims

Exceptional content for real women.

Wildbeauty Life

By Joyce Wycoff

Wildbeauty is what I call those moments of wonder and awe that take our breath away. Everywhere and free to anyone, it is the spark of generosity and beauty. Wildbeauty Life awaits us!

🌐 Bold Types

By Nika Talbot

Adventures in journalism and solo travel, from a GenXy writer who walks. Your weekly hit of optimism and grit.

Reboot

A publication by and for technologists.

Over the Influence

By Jo Piazza

A hilarious and often factual romp through motherhood, the world of social media, old-school media, publishing and whatever else catches our fancy.

Mad About The House by Kate Watson-Smyth

A weekly newsletter about interior decoration and finding your style.