Substacks recommended by Beyond Survival with Clare Egan

Recommended by Beyond Survival with Clare Egan

I want to demystify and bring greater understanding to complex post-traumatic stress disorder, cPTSD. I’ll be sharing insights about my experience + how the trauma lens affects what I see and experience in the world.

Thoughtful and honest writing on cPTSD with a focus on recovery and healing. This is a newer Substack but I'm excited to see how it grows.

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SmallStack

By Robin Taylor

A collection of the finest newsletters with fewer than 1,000 subscribers, with special love given to the under 500 subscriber stacks out there.

SmallStack is passionate about finding the quiet folks whose work deserves attention. It can be tough being a new creator competing in this cacophonous space, but SmallStack aims to build community among smaller creators and highlight work that deserves to be read.

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Stories of Conflict and Love

By Roxani Krystalli

(Very) occasional essays on attention, place, care, memory, loss, and light. Ever striving to holding multiple truths in one embrace.

Thoughtful essays about memory, place, care, loss and attention. I've been reading Roxani's work for more than a decade and find it consistently moving and thought-provoking. Highly recommend.

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Sober App Substack

Welcome! We created this space as an extension of Sober App—a free app to help you discover freedom through sober living. Join our engaged and growing community—one in which everyone shares a common goal of of staying sober, one day at a time.

Thought provoking conversations about sobriety and what it means to live a sober life

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Heart Talk by Rachel Hills

A conversation about what it means to be human.

Feminist and philosophical writing about the things that shape our lives. Rachel's work is always smart, thoughtful and engaging. Highly recommend.

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Attention Economy

By Leigh Stein

honest advice about making a career as an author today

Leigh always helps me to think differently about the publishing industry. Essential reading for writers, editors and anyone who cares about good books.

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Big Salad

By Joanna Goddard

Life advice, fun finds, and dating gossip — from Joanna Goddard and the Cup of Jo team.

I Grow Strong Again

By Jeannie Ewing

I'm a published author offering emotional validation to readers by sharing excerpts from my life with five kids. My goal is to reach the heart of my readers through storytelling that provides insight and encouragement.

I love Jeannie's deeply personal essays life, family, loss and midlife. She's working on a memoir, and I can't wait to read it!

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In Tending

By Ryan Rose Weaver

On mindfulness, caregiving, and the ways in which these two things intersect.

I love Ryan's thoughtful, kind-hearted writing about life's transitions and stumbles.

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The Bed Perspective

By Madelleine Müller

Words and meditations about navigating chronic illness, severe ME/CFS, and creativity from a feminist and anti-ableist perspective.

Beautiful, true writing about life with chronic illness. It makes me think, feel and see the world in a new way. Highly recommend.

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Notes from Saving the World

By Catriona Knapman

Vision, solace, heart and grit for those on unconventional paths and wild journeys. Inspired by 20 years in 10 countries, working in the aid sector.

Beautiful, heartfelt writing on creativity, travel and navigating an unconventional path. I love Catriona's work and really recommend that you check it out!

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AutCasts

By Aisling Walsh

Essays exploring autism and neurodivergence through cinema’s oddballs, misfits & rebels!

I love Aisling's writing about queerness & neurodivergence through cinema’s oddballs, misfits & rebels. Highly recommend!

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Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette

For people who do language. Writing saved my life—so I teach writing as if it might save yours.

For people who love language. I really admire the tremendous online writing school that Jeannine has built. It's always a pleasure to be in the (virtual) classroom.

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Books + Bits

By Pandora Sykes

A Pandora's Box of books and culture recs.

The Women of Ireland Project

By Belinda Vigors

A bi-monthly newsletter exploring what it is like to be a woman of Ireland and how we came to be the way we are

Thought-provoking writing about what's it's like to be a woman of Ireland from social scientist (& friend) Belinda Vigors.

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Sober Soulful

By Dana Leigh Lyons

For anyone exploring their relationship to unhelpful patterns. Get heart-sourced, no-bullsh*t insights on addiction, sobriety, and being human from a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and writer.

Intimate essays and reflections on sobriety, being and becoming from Dana Leigh Lyons. Dana's writing always makes me think a little differently and exhale a little more deeply.

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The Editing Spectrum

By Amanda B. Hinton

Where guesswork ends and confident, data-informed iteration begins. Come learn newsletter skills one core theme at a time.

Wise and practical advice on editing, publishing and the writing process. I love how Amanda balances data with storytelling, and feel like I learn something from every post.

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Peak Notions with Laura Kennedy

The digital world is full of voices (often loud and disgruntled), but this is a place where you won’t find the obvious perspective, or the one you see everywhere else. By an Irish writer, editor and ex-philosopher.

Thoughtful (& thought-provoking) essays from writer & philosopher, Laura Kennedy.

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Little Things

By Ali Griffin Vingiano

a newsletter about creativity & being human. full of essays, recommendations, advice, and community events.

I love Ali's writing about creativity, wellness and how to create art that matters. Highly recommend!

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maeve o'brien writes

By Maeve O'Brien

An Irish girl currently living in Dublin. Personal and political musings with a focus on reproductive justice and swimming in the sea.

Thought-provoking writing about life and literature.

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Human Stuff

By Lisa Olivera

A newsletter that explores the spiral of aliveness: the aches, the joys, and the liminal, from a therapist in the practice of leading with full humanity.

To All the Recipes I've Loved Before

By Sonya Gee

My fave online recipes to make at home. Sent monthly to help you plan your next meal. By Sonya Gee.

Recovering

By Holly Whitaker

Examining current cultural trends through the lens of addiction, recovery, alcohol, and all the other drugs like your smartphone

Ayesha A. Siddiqi

By Ayesha's substack

Reviews, interviews, advice, and essays. No rants. I take my time until I have something worth yours.

Curious About Everything

By Jodi Ettenberg

Personal updates, the occasional rant, & the best monthly writing from around the web.

navel gazing

By River Selby (they/them)

A space for writers, readers, and lovers of writing, reading, art, and the personal essay.

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.

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.

the examined family

By Courtney Martin

figuring out how to be and raise ethical, joyful humans in beautiful, horrible times

Jessica Stanley's READ.LOOK.THINK.

By Jessica Stanley READ.LOOK.THINK.

READ.LOOK.THINK. is an email newsletter for writers and readers by London-based Australian novelist Jessica Stanley. Sent out every three or four weeks, each edition links to scores of essays, books, recipes, podcasts, interiors and more.

From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy

Essays, criticism, and interviews on food, culture, and media sent out on Monday morning. Paid subscribers receive additional posts on Fridays and have access to commenting, the recipe archive, and more.

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!)

THE FEELING by Kate Carraway

THE FEELING newsletter is written by Kate Carraway (the NYT, ELLE, VICE) and is about wellness, happiness, relationships, self-care, and the self-imaginary. Email kate@katecarraway.com

What Do We Do Now That We're Here?

By Rosie Spinks

A Substack Featured newsletter about how to live a meaningful life in a chaotic, unstable world. I'm trying to find the place between denial and nihilism, and set up a life there. Come join me for monthly essays, Q&As, links, and shreds of sanity.

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you

by Jeanne Sutton

Mini-essays on modern life, culture, whatever makes it out of a little notebook to a word doc from Irish writer Jeanne Sutton.