Substacks recommended by Mary Jo Eustace

Recommended by Mary Jo Eustace

Welcome to my Substack, where I share my thoughts on everything except cooking. I've been told that my writing sounds exactly like me in real life. So here I am, just the way I am, sharing my thoughts on life. xx-Amanda

Clover Stroud: On The Way Life Feels

By Clover Stroud on The Way Life Feels

I write about the moments that make up our extraordinary lives, especially related to creativity, relationships, sobriety, motherhood, grief and joy. I like hearing other's experiences too, so we can connect through a sense of our shared humanity

Jenny’s Substack - Let's art together

By Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

Join me as I share a drawing a week to rekindle the joy of creating. Includes random musings on inspiration, motivation and how to keep pouring from your creative cup even when it feels like there's a hole in it.

The Squawk

By LaineyGossip

A LaineyGossip community for discerning gossips to squawk together and discuss all things pop culture.

I have been a fan since the day I had her on my radio show over a decade ago. No one, I mean No One, was writing the way she was with such bravery and swagger. Love to see that she has not changed one iota. Check out her books too - they are gold.

- Mary Jo Eustace

Playing with Fire

By Shannon Watts

Playing with Fire isn't just a free newsletter, it’s a community of badass women (and supporters!) who want to find and nurture the spark inside and learn to live on fire.

Letters From Turkey Town

By Tina Hedin

What happens after the worst happens? After the death of our daughter, we left home to travel the US. I write about love, loss and hope from the road.

Letters From Love with Elizabeth Gilbert

This is heart work

To me, Elizabeth Gilbert is unadulterated joy and a seeker of the purest kind. Her voice on the written page is impossible to ignore and pulls you in with warmth, curiosity and questions. She makes me braver and an advocate for my own life. I read and follow her religiously.

- Mary Jo Eustace

How To Be Old

By Lyn Slater

Essays and Dispatches From My Shed by Lyn Slater

I’m Walking Here

By Liz Gumbinner

Culture, media, politics and parenting. Oh, did someone say pick a lane? Adorable.

everyone is entitled to my own opinion

By Jeff Tiedrich

I read the news today, oh boy

Juvenescence with Leah McLaren

A newsletter by the journalist and author Leah McLaren. Weekly short essays on life, love, the creative unconscious and the tragicomedy of being alive -- plus regular video interviews with writers.

Because she is kick-ass and a really, really great writer. MJx

- Mary Jo Eustace

Longer Tables with José Andrés

Every meal has the power to change the world.

Permanent Retrograde

By Kelly Oxford

Happiness, sadness, and everything in between. No recipes.

Every post either has me either laughing hysterically or shedding tears of empathy and solidarity. A unique and much needed voice, especially for single mothers and seekers. She is all of us, all at once.

- Mary Jo Eustace

The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad

A newsletter for people seeking to transform life's interruptions into creative grist

Between Two kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad is one of the most beautifully written books I have ever read and so is her newsletter The Isolation Journals. She documents her journey in both publications in the most profound and moving way, articulating the precarious dance we all do between our own well being and the vulnerability of potential sickness and death. Every time I delve into her writing I am mesmerized. A truly unique and inspiring voice.

- Mary Jo Eustace