Substacks recommended by Elizabeth Hannam

Recommended by Elizabeth Hannam

Consent-based education, unschooling, neurodivergence, and making sense of giftedness

Come to share what is alive for you in this moment of motherhood ♡ Read the archives of mothers' experiences on the journey ♡

A Wonderful Mess

By Kathryn Barbash

Navigating parenthood with humor, compassion and common sense.

Sparkle on Substack

By Claire Venus ✨

Master Substack, write, build your DREAM business with joy! Global Top 10 Publication. Twice monthly space holding (co-working, workshops, teaching). Weekly chats, podcasts. A bespoke membership to help you stay creative and grow on Substack! 💫

Spirit Connections with Jenna Newell Hiott

Discover weekly Archetype and Tarot insights, dive into ancestral healing, embrace the Magic, and explore relationality across all realms.

A Life of Less with Claudia Wilde

By Claudia Wilde

Letters on simplifying, turning inward and reshaping the way we mother and meet the world. A place for community, creativity and self exploration. Published weekly with love.

A beautiful read on motherhood, healing & creativity.

- Elizabeth Hannam

Splendid to be

By Stephanie Elizabeth

Love letters that celebrate the many little measures of slow, simple and seasonal living from my heart, home and garden to you.

The Imbolc Lioness

By Bron Marshall

The Wheel of the Year from a Southern Hemisphere Perspective

My go to read on The Wheel of the year and all things Hygge.

- Elizabeth Hannam

Postpartum Matters CIC

By Zoe Gardiner (she/her)

Welcome to Postpartum Matters CIC, a non-profit aimed at supporting women+ through the postpartum period & beyond. All whilst breaking taboos and creating space for women+ & girls (like you!) to connect, to feel empowered to take charge of your own health

Tea Notes

By erin boyle

Dispatches and digests from Erin Boyle. Very rarely about tea.

My Week In Objects is one of my favourite weekly reads. Do take a look!

- Elizabeth Hannam

Slower Space

By Jodie Rogers

A space where we explore living a little slower. Includes weekly letters, monthly journaling club, meditations & more.

Generosity of Spirit

By Emily

Welcome to Generosity of Spirit, a gentle community for YOU. We find pockets of time for slow & gentle living, books, writing, journaling & life affirming work. You are so welcome here in our cosy space, grab a cuppa & stay a while... 🐢🙏📚☕💌

The Motherhood Connection

By Jenna Folarin

🌟 How to ease your overwhelm and cultivate self-compassion as a mum 🙌 Tips on how to take imperfect action towards a life that feels good to you ✨ Sharing the small moments of family life that bring me joy 💛 Honest reflections on motherhood

Beautiful offerings from Jenna on motherhood.

- Elizabeth Hannam

Seasonal Living with Victoria Harrison

By Victoria

A regular slice of seasonal magic to help you live a life more wild. Sign up for recipes, folklore and ideas for celebrating the ancient seasonal festivals.

My go to read on seasonal living with a sprinkle of magic and folklore.

- Elizabeth Hannam

Soft. Simple. Still.

By Soft. Simple. Still by Samantha Corrie

Soft Simple Still is a place where, like gentle butterflies that land upon your hand, soft words and meditations will land in your heart for profound healing, stillness and simplicity. Weaving earth based wisdom into simple living and self healing.

Adele Jarrett-Kerr

Writer and poet Adele Jarrett-Kerr on becoming, belonging and centring consent

How We Homeschool

By Catherine Oliver

How We Homeschool exists to show the world what home education can look like, and to help and inspire families by sharing approaches and resources that work. Families from all over the world share their experiences. Come and join us!

Held. By Lauren Barber

A digital sanctuary for your heart & soul ✦ Read my (brutally honest) words on motherhood, creativity, sacred business & being human ✦ Listen to the podcast & my poetry ✦ Sink in to replenishing practices of remembrance ✦ Let yourself be held.

Lauren writes the most beautiful, and thoughtful words on motherhood.

- Elizabeth Hannam

The Green Witch

By Jennifer Lane

Witchcraft, healing plants, seasonal living and working with the cycles of nature 🌿

Beautiful words from Jennifer, I love the witchy threads woven into seasonal living.

- Elizabeth Hannam

The Analog Family

By Katherine Martinko

How can we be better parents in a digital era? Smart guidance on how to fight tech takeover, embrace independence, tolerate boredom, and navigate FOMO, from the author of Childhood Unplugged

Home Ed Resources Newsletter

By Mary-Ann Horley

A weekly(ish) roundup of home education/homeschooling resources

The Magically Mundane

By Hunter Burgtorf

A space to embrace the sacred & slow in your everyday life. Home to my personal musings on motherhood, thoughts on creativity, and insight into intentional living. Dive into my mini-course 'Sacred & Slow' to learn more.

Hunter writes about slow and sacred living. I always receive such inspiration from this beautiful wise soul.

- Elizabeth Hannam

Slow Folk

By Stacey Langford

Slow Living for REAL life. A Radical Slow Living community for rebellious creatives + renegade entrepreneurs, thirsty for a slower life in a world obsessed with speed.

Kat River

Substack bestseller, writer, mother, & creative. Kat River is a thriving symposium for the Mothers, The Makers and the Mystics. Designed to be an honest exploration of the dance between Motherhood, Creativity, and self inquiry into optimism. Come play

Gorgeous words from Kat on Motherhood, creativity and plenty in-between. Kat always offers beautiful images alongside her words too which I adore.

- Elizabeth Hannam

A Life of Wonder

By Tansie Bennetts-Slater

A sprinkle of pixie dust in your inbox: discovering ways to grow wild imaginations, stir up wonder, and weave everyday magic into our little ones' lives.

Think Again

By Dr Naomi Fisher

Making Childhood Fit for Children

The Tortoise by Brooke McAlary

In a world made for hares, spend time feeding your inner tortoise. Created by author Brooke McAlary (Slow, Care and Destination Simple) The Tortoise is an online community where we explore and experiment with all things slow.

Brooke is growing a beautiful slow living community via her Substack and podcast. So many great subjects and beautiful words that get me thinking and feel reassured and seen.

- Elizabeth Hannam

novitas

By subsomatic

Stories of Post-Capitalism.

a life unschooled

By A Life Unschooled

A guide to challenging cultural norms around children's autonomy, consent, mothering, care work and education from a lens of unschooling and collective liberation.

Fran offers so many amazing essays on child's rights, consent, mothering and unschooling. I learn so much from Fran and her words always get me thinking and reflecting on my own beliefs and actions.

- Elizabeth Hannam

Reschooling // Weekly News from the SDE Community

By subsomatic

A curated list of news and articles from the SDE community

Great round up of amazing reads all to do with unschooling, all in one place!

- Elizabeth Hannam

wild soul collective

By liz

seasonal letters for those of us who long to live a slow life in rhythm with nature.

Beautiful, authentic words on slow, seasonal rhythms.

- Elizabeth Hannam

Let 'em go Barefoot

By Missy Willis

Welcome to the Great Educational Awakening! Here you will find stories, research, and insights on human behavior, psychology, child development, and learning outside the standard schooling model.

Ah, just so many great offerings about unschooling and living a life outside of the mainstream.

- Elizabeth Hannam

Small Places by Eloise Rickman

A newsletter on parenting, education, adultism, and children's rights. Join the children's liberation movement!

Rooted & Rested

By Carmen

Your cozy corner on the internet to move from rushed to rested. Find nuanced views, stories, and practices to return to what nourishes YOU! 💛 Occasional slow travel adventures sprinkled in.

Story & Thread.

By Lyndsay Kaldor

Step inside Story & Thread., a cosy, layered home where the threads of creativity, interiors and mothering meet. Here, we unearth the stories from the seasons of our lives, with a house & a garden at the heart and everyday beauty as our guide.

Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith

Dismantling diet culture and anti-fat bias, especially in health, fashion, and parenting. (But non-parents like it too!)