Substacks recommended by Annie Ridout

Recommended by Annie Ridout

Writer, illustrator, table stylist, story collector.

Personal stories, Q&As with neurodivergent thinkers and resources for parents of neurodivergent children (including tips for working from home). A supportive, welcoming and neuroaffirming online space.

My personal Substack

Personal essays about navigating single parenting, chronic illness and growing up. I speak from the heart and share the things that other people might be afraid to. I write for connection, self-expression and to give voice to the single parent experience.

Business, Interrupted

By Bonnie @ Business

A Recovering Entrepreneur shares lessons from starting, scaling, and letting go of her business after 12 years, with a focus on all the heart-stopping moments along the way. Explores burnout, healing, identity & mental health +Guest Interviews soon

(Extra)ordinary Love

By Julia Goodall

Notes on becoming 'all the way alive' and learning to love in everyday ways.

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

The Step Up Club with Alice Olins

A practical place for working women like you. Welcome.

It'll Be Fun, They Said

By Jess Pan

Writer in London working at a tiny indie London bookshop + latest news from my book - Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes

Un-Normal by Dr Emma Svanberg

Hi, I'm going on a little trip. Do you want to join me? I'm walking away from ideas of 'normal' and instead I'm exploring autism, psychology, trauma and feminism. I'm writing some stories too. And considering just what it means to be human. Welcome x

For generous insights on autism, neurodiversity and psychology.

- Annie Ridout

As I Was Saying with Poorna Bell

Social commentary and essays from career to mental wellbeing, capturing the general WTF of life and topical news, by award-winning author, former HuffPost Exec editor and lifter of heavy weights, Poorna Bell.

Unschooled

By Caro Giles

Words about a life on the edge

Necessary Salt by Joy Sullivan

What it means to be a woman in the world making slow, chewy art

Beautiful writing (and poetry on Instagram)

- Annie Ridout

Too Much by Nicola Washington

For writers who want to learn how to use Instagram to get more readers, while staying sane and protecting your creative energy

Plotting

By Katie Sadler

Get helpful emails every week or two about books, book marketing, and life as a self-employed solo mum. Upgrade to paid for exclusive articles and weekly office hours with a book marketer with over 15 years of experience in the industry.

Not Too Busy To Write

By Penny Wincer

Writing amongst life’s many other demands

If you write, or would like to, Penny is full of tips and inspiration.

- Annie Ridout

We Can't Do It Alone

By Harriet Minter

... and other lessons I've failed to learn. A newsletter about independence, responsibility and how to let go of shouldering it all

Truth, learnings and career inspiration.

- Annie Ridout

Well Well Well with Rosamund Dean

A useful & irreverent cheat sheet to the world of wellness, by a British journalist, breast cancer survivor, sceptic and optimist

The best wellness newsletter out there.

- Annie Ridout

THE LIBERATED WOMAN - with Tamu Thomas

By The Liberated Woman by Tamu Thomas

Welcome to The Liberated Woman, an oasis for those who want to break free from the relentless cycle of toxic productivity in our careers, homes, or relationships and find more joy.