Substacks recommended by Jocelyn Lovelle

Recommended by Jocelyn Lovelle

Nature writing, memoir, poetry and prose from a meaning-making marine biologist.

Kendall is a storyteller and her first lines are some of the best I've ever read. To see the world through her eyes is a gift. Dive in!

- Jocelyn Lovelle

Tales From The Trails

By TheUltraContemplative

Spiritual Director, Ultramarathon Runner, Practitioner of Ignatian Spirituality, Seeker of Celtic thin places.

A little peace and comfort in your day.

- Jocelyn Lovelle

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz

Authentic words for everyone trying to figure out the best way to be human.

John brings us to our feet with passion for our democracy and what we stand to loose.

- Jocelyn Lovelle

Baur Studio

By Diana Strinati Baur

Garden, atelier, writing space, kitchen. European by choice. Flavored by nature, umami and wabi sabi. Steeped in love for the ordinary.

Holly Starley's Rolling Desk

My living room is the world. Pull up a chair.

Not only is Holly a bad ass, she has wonderful stories to tell and tells them wonderfully. Dive in, the water's fine.

- Jocelyn Lovelle

Humaning with Dr. Kelly Flanagan

Helping kind people navigate the complexities of human connection.

A Year of Writing Dangerously

By Summer Brennan

Transform your writing practice.

Summer and the community she has created is making me a better writer, but more than that she is holding the space for us to belong.

- Jocelyn Lovelle

Letters From Love with Elizabeth Gilbert

This is heart work

Inspirational. Healing. If you want to dive in to a place and feel more love than you knew was out there, this is the place.

- Jocelyn Lovelle

Letters from a Muslim Woman

By Noha Beshir

Dispatches from one woman's life as a Western Muslim told through the lens of mental health, faith, and the multi-generational immigrant experience.

Noha explores beautiful and challenging topics about faith and love and religion with generosity and compassion.

- Jocelyn Lovelle

Fully Expressed by Sarina Zoe

Holding us to a truer, braver expression, as we shamelessly inhabit our unique brilliance and beauty. No one's giving us permission, so we do it anyway. Join me for fortnightly flushing out of what does not belong to this one wild and precious life 🔥

Mantras & Coffee

By Mary Beth Kaplan🪶

Remembering yourself and noticing your life. What made you feel alive today?

Mary Beth reminds me to love myself. To slow down and appreciate being alive.

- Jocelyn Lovelle

Everything is Personal

By Laurie Stone

The story is not about what happened, it's about what the narrator makes of what happened.

Laurie writes delicious flash stories and essays I always read to the end.

- Jocelyn Lovelle

5 minute reads from a 50something woman

By Cary J Hansson

You'll have it read before the coffee gets cold.

Cary's writing has a lilting cadence to it, she writes beautifully about hard things in a way that makes life just a little easier for the rest of us.

- Jocelyn Lovelle

The Long Middle

By Lisa Renee

Letters about life in the middle.

The Magic Hour

By Caroline Donofrio

A celebration of being human.

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

seventysomething

By Susie Kaufman

memory, aging in amazement, the inner life

Susie is wise and generous and I read her every chance I get.

- Jocelyn Lovelle

The Review of Beauty by Jessica DeFino

A critical review of the beauty industry prioritizing people, not products.

Great Books + Great Minds

By Diamond-Michael Scott

Great Books, Great Minds is a member-supported digital community with a mission of “Igniting a New World of Community, Connection, and Conversation, One Book at a Time

Michael makes me smarter. Also he brings the joy.

- Jocelyn Lovelle

Hello Beautifuls

Recommended by Jocelyn Lovelle