Substacks recommended by Emily Bazalgette

Recommended by Emily Bazalgette

Writer in London working at a tiny indie London bookshop + latest news from my book - Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes

Jess' writing is exceptional, and my increasing obsession with the cast of characters working in her indie London bookshop is testament to that

- Emily Bazalgette

What a World by Hanna Thomas Uose

A newsletter about meaning, relationship, design, and the connections between them.

The OG of recommendations newsletters. Let Hanna guide you towards what to read, watch and listen to. All the sweeter for the once-a-quarter delivery.

- Emily Bazalgette

Fully Alive

By Elizabeth Oldfield

I’m Elizabeth Oldfield and I write about tending to our souls, staying loyal to our values and seeking spiritual core strength in these trembling times. Spirituality, poetry, plants.

Radical, original invitations to consider what Christianity can teach us in our isolated, meaning-starved times. Elizabeth's writing on community is the guide and the balm we all need.

- Emily Bazalgette

Social Imagining

By Matt Lloyd-Rose

Social Imagining is a letter by Matt Lloyd-Rose exploring themes of care, community, ecology and the role of imagination in social change.

I would read a groceries list if Matt wrote it, he's a skilled, curious and empathetic storyteller, preoccupied with connection and community

- Emily Bazalgette

Moon Studio’s Substack

By Sarah Faith Gottesdiener

Thoughts and missives about culture, art, mystery, inspiration, and paradigm shifts from the Moon Studio, care of Sarah Faith Gottesdiener.

Astrological attunement and development prompts that never fail to show me a new perspective

- Emily Bazalgette

GORSE

By Ciara Ohartghaile

Baking, Cooking, North Coasting

Regenerative living on Ireland's north coast that makes me believe different worlds are possible

- Emily Bazalgette

The Sunday Soother

By Catherine Andrews

The Sunday Soother is a community, membership and newsletter for highly sensitive people and empaths about authentic living, ritual and sacredness, compassionate personal growth, and living a more magical life by Catherine Andrews.

I learn something helpful from every post. Essential reading for sensitive, spiritual women

- Emily Bazalgette

Pulling the Thread with Elise Loehnen

I read a lot and share what I learn. Spiritual seeker. Pulling apart the stories we tell about who we are so we can re-write a truer version. Podcast host and author of the New York Times bestseller ON OUR BEST BEHAVIOR.

If you're into growth and development from a place of curiosity and humility, Elise's newsletter is essential reading

- Emily Bazalgette

g l i m m e r s

By Kerri ní Dochartaigh

A meditation on why we need creativity, inspiration, & beauty; now more than ever. Trying to honour those bright, fleeting moments that weave themselves into our days. Feeling my way towards tenderness through beauty. On one-another-ness; tenderness &

Gorgeous, nature-filled meditations on motherhood and the search for meaning and sense-making in a challenging world

- Emily Bazalgette

Of Asterisms and Allegory

By Siobhán Rodgers

Irish Folklore, Flower-lore, the rhythm of the seasons, and poetry and prose

Beguiling legends and close relationship with the more-than-human worlds of Ireland. Siobhán's writing asks us to welcome once again these ancient rhythms and practices.

- Emily Bazalgette

Breccia by Ruth Allen

What rocks can teach us & other things [Breccia: a rock composed of fragments] Journal pieces from my life alongside rock and animal kin, and the embodied writing process. Vignettes, brief contemplations, essays, prose sketchbook and travel dispatches.

An unusual and delicious weaving together of bodies, hearts, rocks and the more-than-human world

- Emily Bazalgette

STRONG BACK, SOFT FRONT

By Stella McLeod McKenna

a curated space for resources, practices and community to support your resilience, adaptability and leadership in this moment of transition. Inspired by Nature.

A dose of depth and hope, centred around regenerative practice

- Emily Bazalgette

Creative Destruction

By Thomas Klaffke

Thought-provoking ideas and perspectives to expand your imagination and help you build a better world // Every Wednesday & Friday. Read by innovators, idea-seekers, and changemakers.

A kindred publication to TMR, full of excellent links to life-affirming work

- Emily Bazalgette

The Clearing by Katherine May

By The Clearing with Katherine May

A newsletter and community for wild minds, winterers and enchantment-seekers with internationally bestselling author Katherine May.

Compassionate explorations of what it means to live well from the author of the brilliant Wintering and Enchanted

- Emily Bazalgette

Ask Polly

By Heather Havrilesky

Advice and wisdom from Heather Havrilesky, published since 2012 (formerly at The Awl and NY Magazine). Paid subscribers receive twice weekly posts on how to navigate our broken world with compassion, realism, and an open heart.

The greatest agony aunt since Cheryl Strayed. Timeless wisdom in every post.

- Emily Bazalgette

How To Cure A Ghost

By Fariha Róisín

An exploration of all the ghosts that haunt me. I’m working through it as an act of healing.

Wisdom on trauma and spirituality, plus occasional and excellent ceramics recommendations

- Emily Bazalgette

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you

Brilliant analysis at the intersection of culture and the workplace

- Emily Bazalgette

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