Substacks recommended by Nicole Havelka (she/her)

Recommended by Nicole Havelka (she/her)

Standout Authors: A Standout Creative Business Publication

I help self-published authors market their books with smart, authentic strategies that connect them to the readers who truly get them—without losing the joy of storytelling. Host of The Standout Creatives podcast.

The Clarity Shift

By Miriam Raquel Sands

A podcast and newsletter for for Sensitive, Intuitive, Nonlinear Humans who need clarity, autonomy, and grounded courage to navigate work-life transitions in a changing world.

Amplify from Feminist Podcasters Collective

By Becky Mollenkamp

News and notes from Feminist Podcasters Collective and our member shows

All you need to know about feminist podcasting but didn't know to ask! This group has supported me starting a podcast and could not be more awesome.

- Nicole Havelka (she/her)

re:dressing

By Shaun Chavis

Rebuilding my wardrobe and personal style after losing 140 pounds.

Feminist Founders

By Becky Mollenkamp

A weekly roundup of news and features at the intersection of business and feminism.

Dragon 🐉 Letters from Ixchel Lunar

By Ixchel Lunar ✨ Indigenous-Time Ecologist

Decolonizing Time. Reclaiming Rhythm. Decolonial practices for living in ancestral, cyclical, and spiral time. For those who refuse urgency.

Feminist Rants are My Superpower

By Becky Mollenkamp

I'm Becky Mollenkamp, an intersectional feminist business coach who shares all sorts of random feminist-y things (business, reading, perimenopause, and more).

The Qube

Discover your next favorite Black & Brown podcasts. Subscribe & join the movement.

The Empowered Leader

By Margaret Williams

The Empowered Leader is a leadership publication which helps marginalized leaders stop surviving power systems and start leading with freedom, Influence, and authority

Margaret is a force! You'll learn so much from her and her guests about leadership in an age of difficulty.

- Nicole Havelka (she/her)

Footnotes by Jemar Tisby

Where faith, history, and justice meet the fierce urgency of now

Nikki the Death Doula

The Good Grief Society. Dedicated to demystifying and destigmatizing death, dying and grief with compassion and sometimes humor.

BenefitHumanity

Ms. Moore Esq,. I support California Task Force Reparations. period! Have legal verify my USA approved intellectual property trademark.

Advancing With Amy’s Substack

By Amy

Mental Health Warrior & Neurospicy Mama

All God's Favorites

By Stephanie

I’m Stephanie, an artist and host of the noseyAF podcast. All God’s Favorites is a home for my writing experiments: essays, short stories, observations, and lists. Grateful you’re here.

The Rag

By Louise

The Rag doesn’t do polite menopause — we say the quiet parts out loud, call BS on outdated advice, and give midlife the main character energy it deserves.

Want the truth about challenges and joys of the menopausal life? Read more from Louise.

- Nicole Havelka (she/her)

Rachel Be Daring

By Rachel Thompson

Adventures and Explorations | Stories of Strategies, Structures, and Living a Solo Biz

The RestLab Report

By Jordan Maney

What does it mean to rest right *now*? Follow along while I explore this question in the RestLab Report, a place to experiment with rest, justice, care, and joy. 💖

My pal Jordan also talking about rest, why it's important and how to do it. You need this in your inbox.

- Nicole Havelka (she/her)

Faith With Life

By Faith C

My musings on crafting life to honor the ancestor I'm becoming, centering connection, belonging and community with those I love, while rewilding myself, making space for me and mine and helping others cultivate the spaces they actually want to be in.

Spontaneous Yoga

By Dr. Liz

Feel great moving your body. Online yoga accessible anywhere.

Liz has helped me heal -- body and soul. This is a great place if you want to know both science and spirituality.

- Nicole Havelka (she/her)

Radical Ease

By Heather Vickery

Success is easy; it’s the way we’ve been taught to do it that’s hard. Radical EASE is the space to dismantle hustle culture and move from pressure to pleasure. Equal parts science and soul—it’s time for success that feels as good as it looks.

What moves you

By Naomi Gottlieb-Miller

Writing about what moves me. Focusing on motherhood through the lens of movement and with a critical eye aimed at diet and wellness culture, as well as how we are impacted by the greater culture we all move within.

Movement is essential in the times we live in. Learn from Naomi about how you can use it to get through these anxious times.

- Nicole Havelka (she/her)

The Alchemy of Ease

By Kim Romain

Exploring the intersection of strategy, embodiment, and alignment to untangle our conditioning and reclaim clarity, energy, and impact—with ease.

WeReadSmut

A community space for diverse smut readers.

If your a rest practice for you includes reading smut, this is your place to hang.

- Nicole Havelka (she/her)

The Nest

By PhoenixNymphy

Phoenix is a Journalist who focuses on law and policy in the USA. This substack will be a collection of articles, podcasts, and other notes of interest pertaining to that subject.

Great breakdown of complicated legal and historical concepts.

- Nicole Havelka (she/her)

The Brandsmith

By Solveig Petch

An honest, insightful journey through the landscapes of modern entrepreneurship, meaningful branding — and being a human.

I just love anything that's inviting businesses to slow down, be more intentional and do their work with integrity.

- Nicole Havelka (she/her)

Engineering Serenity with Evelyn

By Evelyn.Energy

Welcome Wanderer to my spontaneous publication exploring the intersection of tech & well-being to equip exhausted overachievers with the tool they need to show-up fully as themselves with energy & ease.

Tirra Hargrow

Spiritual Guide and Coach who is Pro-Democracy

Love Activist Luminaries

By Jeni Rogers

For heart-led solopreneurs and founders, an exploration into love in action as a catalyst for liberatory leadership, making good money, and fostering collective wellbeing.

Jeni is such a thoughtful interviewer who's able to create a safe space for her entrepreneur guests to share stories of joy and transformation.

- Nicole Havelka (she/her)