Substacks recommended by Aransas Savas

Recommended by Aransas Savas

Through storytelling & art, each newsletter explores: Building Community in grief, healing & motherhood. Appreciating the wonders of NYC. Finding new ways to experience the familiar and reasons to marvel at the world around you.

Lia's view of life, of the city, and of healing makes me better and more grateful for this lovely life we get to live.

- Aransas Savas

Wayward Utopias: Farm, Fiction & Friends

By Eliza Factor

Tending a utopia infused with the insight of disability, the beauty of wild herbs, the chattiness of chickens and the expansive power of the imagination.

Eliza's mission and her beautiful writing inspire me and boost my day. So grateful for women like her who are making the world more beautiful.

- Aransas Savas

The HeARTful Resilience Coach

By Kym Dakin

I'm a coach, author & mom intrigued by the links between arts & cultural resilience. I'll post blogs, audio & video segments, some stories from my book: "Head Heart & Hands Listening in Coach Practice", and some poetry - just for fun!

Softening Time with Elena Brower

Dedicated to practice, study and small transformations.

Small Steps, Deep Breaths

By Gila Daman

Cultivate Mindfulness, Compassion, and Creativity

Sh!t I Learned From My Crappy Childhood

By Robin Hopkins

Join writer, actress, and podcast host, Robin Hopkins for stories about relationships, family, parenting, and sometimes running away from our past. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll call your sister to say you're sorry.

Reading Robin's newsletters feels like chatting with your warmest, wisest, and wittiest friend.

- Aransas Savas

Brass Ring Daily

By Kara Cutruzzula

Short notes of encouragement for your creative work and life.

I've followed Kara's newsletter for years. It so often feels like she's in my brain cheering me on, challenging me to move past my blocks, and inspiring me to do brave work.

- Aransas Savas

Dear Reader, I'm lost

By Rebecca Holden

Letters from a writer navigating the world with absolutely no sense of direction.

Gratitude Practice

By Gina Hamadey

It’ll make you feel better, promise. By the author of I Want to Thank You: How a Year of Gratitude Can Bring Joy and Meaning in a Disconnected World.

Gina makes gratitude, a truly transformative practice, accessible and joyful!

- Aransas Savas

Run to Write

By Julie

Where Movement & Writing Meet. Poetry, stories, and running. Leading the Run to Write Club.

Julie's poetry and reflections encourage and inspire me, both in my writing and my running.

- Aransas Savas

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Modern Loss

Candid conversation and community on the long arc of loss and resilience. Beginners welcome. Subscribe now for exclusive content.

Cheryl Strayed's Dear Sugar

This is the home of two newsletters. Paid subscribers get Cheryl's Dear Sugar Letter monthly, plus her free newsletter several times a year, which includes her "Tells Us" author series. Free subscribers get everything but the monthly Dear Sugar Letter.

The Em Dash—from Carla Zanoni

I’m not good at small talk. Dispatches from my evolving brain, spirit and body.

Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith

Dismantling diet culture and anti-fat bias, especially in health, fashion, and parenting. (But non-parents like it too!)

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you