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Recommended by Jo Taylor

Soul Journaling Sessions

By Marcy

Channel your soul and its wisdom through journaling.

Soul Journaling. How cool is that?

- Jo Taylor

The Understory: Love, Culture, Fiction

By E A Carter

Essays on life and love, full works of award-winning fiction, podcast on creativity, rants, notes, the works.

Medium Curious Pod

By Jane Morgan

Where the gals of medium Curious, Sarah and Jane, hang out!

These lovely ladies talk about Mediumship, and life, and their wonderful selves are a joy to behold.

- Jo Taylor

Cheryl Page

Musings of a Modern Mystic

She's a spiritual and philosophic powerhouse. I'll read anything she writes. And she's my friend. We accidentally talk for hours.

- Jo Taylor

Auraist. The best writers on Substack.

By Sean

Trusted by 70K+ readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK new releases and prize shortlists, and publish articles by world-class authors on prose style and AI writing. Plus the satire The Demon Inside David Lynch.

Loving and attentive curation of the art of fiction. Lists, interviews, support for writers and their works. Nothing better.

- Jo Taylor

Zenith Within by Dr. Sara Redondo

By Zenith Within by Sara Redondo

Holistic, practical, science-backed health strategies to prevent disease and feel your best. No prescription required.

If you're looking for a Substack that combines heartfelt wisdom with practical health advice, Sara's Zenith Within is a must-read. As an MD, she brings to bear all her medical training and insight. Her sweet and insightful approach to total health and wellness offers a refreshing perspective you’ll want to revisit again and again.

- Jo Taylor

After Dinner Conversation® - Philosophy | Ethics Short Story

Award-winning short story fiction literary magazine designed to spark real discussion in classrooms, book clubs, and around the dinner table.

Balderdash! - A Weekly Sketchbook

By Stephen Dudas

Doodles, doggerel, musings, and more from the madcap scribblings of Stephen Dudas. New nonsense every Sunday!

This man is so clever and insightful. I laugh and think after every post. Follow him. You won't regret it.

- Jo Taylor

72 Degrees North

By Michael O. Church

Cats, communism, literature, and technology.

Funny, insightful, honest. Needed.

- Jo Taylor

Dispatches From the Basement

By Joseph Massey

I offer poetry that seeks out the sacred in the ordinary, accompanied by original photography. No politics, no hot takes, just poetry.

One of my favorite poets. He expresses how he sees the world in sublime and charming ways.

- Jo Taylor

Connected: Stories of Healing and Hope from the Other Side

By Carla Kaufman Sloan

Stories of grief, healing, and reconnection by Carla Kaufman Sloan, mother, Emmy-winning writer, spiritual medium, and founder of the CC Awesome Foundation.

Carla is an amazing wife, mom, writer, medium, and friend. Yes, she's my friend and I am so, so happy. Follow her!

- Jo Taylor

My personal Substack

why things are the way they are. biology, culture, and power. by vittorio.

Phenomenal insight and practical applications for improved health and aging. I'm a retired RN and I find this so valuable that I have purchased his protocols on Gumroad to support him. Thank you, vittorio.

- Jo Taylor

The Substack Bookstore

By Fleur Hull

Indie books worth buying, handpicked for readers who've given up on the algorithm. Subscribe and get the FREE Amazon Visibility Checklist for indie authors.

maddie rune

warm-blooded words from the underbelly of being alive

Resounding voice, stellar connections through brilliant metaphor. Please read her.

- Jo Taylor

Between Panic & Calm

ED nurse writing about healthcare, from a real life perspective.

ED Nurse writing about what it's like.

- Jo Taylor

cosmicpostoffice Substack

My personal Substack

Wry, honest, a little bit of woo, just enough, not too much. Read him. You won't regret it.

- Jo Taylor

Mad Shrink

By Steven Goldsmith MD

Weekly Substack posts on medicine and mental health with their resonances in culture, politics, philosophy, and daily living. The purpose, to challenge assumptions.

I like the way he thinks and writes. Would have loved working with him back in the day.

- Jo Taylor

36filatiers

Honest, open, and insightful. What more can you ask for?

- Jo Taylor

NICU Babies; Welcome to Our World

By Karen Sanborn

Stories from my NICU experiences: written from both a medical and spiritual point of view.

A Nursing soul sister who can sure tell a story.

- Jo Taylor