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Recommended by Josephine Courant

Two professional culture writers based in Berlin join forces to share their favorite secret places and experiences from around the globe.

Tales of a Glitchy Body

By Susan G Schroeder

Brain surgery. Breast cancer. Grief. Motherhood. Friendship. Reinvention. Every Monday: a Pep Talk. Every Friday: a Story. Both inspired by life's interruptions and the moments that remind us who we are and what matters most.

The Borowitz Report

By Andy Borowitz

Home of Truth

Isa Catto's Swimming at Altitude

Staying afloat after extreme loss and exploring a new horizon.

PubStack Success

By Karen Cherry

Start, grow, and make an impact on Substack. Get one easy-to-follow, no-nonsense newsletter per week and grow without FOMO and overwhelm. By a writer who built a $30K+ publication that's not writing about writing.

Dan Harris

Self-help for smart people.

Speaking of Teens

By Ann Coleman

Learn the science of adolescence and parenting adolescents

The Letter

By Simone Silverstein

Deep thoughts, delivered lightly. The Letter celebrates the raw, the messy, and the beautiful parts of being human.

The Grudge Report

By Bess Kalb

Scribbling into the void!

Lions Tails

By Lucy Lyon

Musings on moving and belonging. Stories and images. Understanding comes from listening, exploring and also standing still. Nomadic mother of 3 cubs. Loves a Lion.

Lucy Lyon is the most incredible storyteller...she will take you into worlds you have never been to which will open up your mind and heart to different cultures, traditions and histories. You will learn something about yourself and the world with every read.

- Josephine Courant

No Small Parts

By Linzi Cora on Substack

Big, bold storytelling.

Elevate with Yung Pueblo

By Yung Pueblo

Articles about personal transformation, inner peace, and relationships

The Halfway Cafe

By The Halfway Café

Dadaist graffiti news. Halfway true comedy and satire by Dash MacIntyre. I don't report the facts, I improve them.

Hear Me Out Club

By Josephine Courant

HearMeOutClub is your sassy, stigma-busting corner of the internet where we get real (and really funny) about hearing loss as we age.

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.

Between The Lines

By Katie Morell / Between The Lines /

Between The Lines exists to highlight what is between the lines of what I say, think, feel. What is under it all. What is the generator fueling my words, thoughts, feelings, actions out there in the world.

ClimateRaise

ClimateRaise enables investors to diversify their deal flow, and early-stage climate startups led by founders who identify as women, gender-non conforming individuals, and individuals of marginalized genders, to access the capital and network they need.

Wellies & Wranglers

Two women. Two wildly different childhoods. One shared obsession with old journals.