Substacks recommended by Kiran Singh | MIDLIFE BY DESIGN: CURATING YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

Recommended by Kiran Singh

My Menossance is about midlife as a season of authorship, where we stop performing the life we were handed and start writing the one we actually want. A space to rethink, reimagine and rewrite our next chapter.

Midlife Musings

By Kimberly Wilson

Reflections and inspiration on bringing beauty and balance into the midlife journey.

Something Beautiful with Chay

By Chay Bachar

A deep feeling person writing from the heart about living from the inside out, following your true north and the experience of being human in the 21st century.

Wisdom Waves

By Vex King

A dynamic and energetic flow of information, ideas and wisdom to help you elevate your thinking and empower your life. Topics include mental health, relationships, spirituality, habits, goals, life and more.

Breathing Space by Camille Styles

Your weekly dose of nourishing recipes, wellness practices, and inspiration to create the life of your dreams.

Escape the Cubicle

By Wes Pearce

Regular insights & community support on how to "Escape the Cubicle" & build a freedom life by growing an audience on Substack and creating digital products. 💡

Worthy And Wild

By Lana Jean Telles

For women (or anyone) rewriting their story -- through presence, purpose, and power. A space for reflection, growth, and grounded strength. Where wellness, purpose, and personal leadership intersect.

Rise Wise

By Linda Cooper

Where psychology meets soul in midlife

Undividing with Karl Dunn

A community of people reconnecting a divided world - by undoing the divisions around us, and in ourselves.

The Quiet Transition

By Simon Salt

The Quiet Transition is for men in midlife whose partners are in peri or post menopause. Written by a certified menopause coach. Clear, grounded perspective on change, empathy,& showing up. Because support is more than just a checklist. Two posts a week.

The Midlife Nomad

Discovering waterfalls and wellness in body, mind, and soul in pre-retirement living as a digital nomad, rewriting the rules of midlife.

Musings on True Connections

By Mina Yang

I cracked the code on love after decades of getting it spectacularly wrong. Now I help high-achieving women do the same — through coaching, hypnotherapy, and a Substack that doesn't pull its punches.

Midlife Strong

By Maryann Jacobsen

Helping midlife women go deeper—past headlines and hype—to make informed, evidence-based health decisions.

The Menopause Professor

Forget your mother’s menopause advice. This is your weekly intelligence briefing on menopause science: the research-backed tools you need to eliminate brain fog, reclaim your energy, and feel like yourself again.

Hotflash inc menopause + midlife by Ann Marie McQueen

By Ann Marie

Powered by GenX journalism, weighing scientific evidence, expert opinion and human experience; 250+ interviews, 600+ newsletters and six years of research. This is your unbiased, moderate middle ground to a sovereign menopause + midlife.

40s Are The Better 20s

By Claudia

A newsletter to empower women over 40 to take control of their health and thrive despite the roller coaster journey that is our 40s. I feel you, girl!

Flourish & Flow

By Vanessa

Building a gentle and welcoming community for midlife creativity and joy.

The Sattva Collective CIC

By Kiran Singh

Honest conversations about midlife and menopause for South Asian women. Because the silence has gone on long enough.

The Midst

Become the woman you are meant to be. Join our community of women over 40 in the midst of life pivots, career and relationship upgrades, perimenopause, building businesses, and more. Together, we're designing fulfilling, healthy lives on our terms.

Landon’s Letters

By Landon Poburan

A quiet rebellion against hustle culture. Learn slow, simple, and sovereign growth strategies for creators building on their own terms.

Nomads 50+ Midlife Recalibrated, Travel Optional.

By chris

Redefining freedom, reinvention, and meaning after 50. Inspiration Tuesdays, interviews on Thursdays, city guides on Fridays, and location-independent business ideas on Sundays. Travel optional.

Grace & Grit Letters - Where grace meets grief by Angie Hanson

By Grace and Grit Letters

Grace & Grit Letters is where grace meets grief. I’m Angie—writer, grief educator, and founder of Butterflies + Halos—sharing honest letters about loss, faith, resilience, and the long way through.

What Effort Reveals

By Marc Dupont

Research-based and personal reflections on effort, learning, and the self beneath performance. Writing that pays attention to what falls away as we stay curious, and show courage as we learn and change.

40 and Giving Zero F's

By Amanda

Honest, funny essays about midlife, ambition, pleasure, and not putting your life on hold.

Feminine Energy for Midlife Women

By Csilla 🌹 Feminine in midlife 💃

For midlife women who want to reconnect to their feminine essence, to feel like a woman again: radiant, sensual, soft, powerful, having a life full of joy and pleasure. For women over 40 who want to be featured in my co-authored article series.

Letters from Maison Violette

By Sif

After my kids left the nest, I felt the call for a fresh start. A French house I'd long admired went up for sale, and I took the leap. In 'Letters from Maison Violette,' I share my journey of self-discovery, new dreams, and life in the French countryside.

I’ve really loved discovering Maison Violette. As a fellow Scandinavian, there’s something in Sif Orellana’s way of seeing and writing that feels both deeply familiar and beautifully inspiring. A lovely Substack to subscribe to if you’re drawn to thoughtful, elegant reflections on life, home, and becoming.

- Kiran Singh

Midlife Unfiltered Substack

By Erica & Anita : Midlife Unfiltered on Substack

Take back your power. Choose yourself in midlife and beyond. Exploring often taboo topics and busting outdated stereotypes. Podcast hosts Anita McLachlan & Erica Webb.

The Life Edit with Shira Gill

Less clutter, more clarity — practical strategies to simplify your home, life, and business. Join readers in 150 countries + all 50 states 📍

We Are Getting Old?

Getting older? Maybe. But that’s no excuse to stop living fully. Honest thoughts, personal stories, and practical ideas to help you live with intention. If we are—let’s make it count.

Daphne Ogle, New Era Midwife

Transformational Coach, Priestess, and Safe Space Holder embracing the second half of life by honoring my need for quiet, deep reflection and meaningful connection. Grateful to be in community where slowness and authenticity are valued.

The Open Draft

By Lisa Marie Lawler

For women in midlife who did everything right and still feel behind. The Open Draft moves you from “what’s wrong with me?” to “who am I now?” — so you can move forward without betraying yourself.

Midlife Inspiration

- Kiran Singh