Substacks recommended by Nolan Yuma

Recommended by Nolan Yuma

For three decades, I've written about how culture impacts how we think and interact. This substack is created to explore the latest research and update some stories from the past.

Conscious Living

By Rachel Ooi

For those seeking to live consciously with mindfulness, deliberate intention, and deeper connections with people and the world.

The World According to Tharp

By Chris Tharp

Travel and more

Follow Your Gut

By Elin Petronella

Poignant reflective writing about the artist life and business from the POV of a soon decade long independent visual artist career

Shy Guy Meets the Buddha

By Don Boivin

Reflections on Work, Love, and Nature.

Don gives reminders and stories about how we all need to stay connected and present through well-crafted essays.

- Nolan Yuma

Enfant Terrible

By Remy Bazerque

Spleens, sins, and dad-related exhaustings from an award-winning writer/director, currently avoiding work on a screenplay.

Disenchantments & Discoveries with JD

By JD Goulet (they/she)

Critical and prefigurative essays, podcasts, and videos on society and culture, technology, the environment, queer politics, and more, to help inspire a radically re-enchanted world.

Those Who Wander

By Justin S. Bailey

A newsletter for readers who want to learn about the meaning of travel, why we seek adventure, and how to incorporate more of it into our lives. In short, the anthropology of wandering.

StoryWorlds with Junot Díaz

By Junot Díaz

“So howled out for the world to give him a name. The indark answered with wind.” ― Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren :: Reflections on fiction and worldbuilding, on diasporas and elsewheres.

Switter’s World

I decided to write these sketches for my kids, so they can know what happened during my long trips when they were too young for me to tell them the whole story.

Magical Thinking by Leticia Sala

Una newsletter sobre pensamientos que conectan cosas imposibles

Always Care Community

By Paul Moxness

Sharing stories from 30 years in global hospitality, security, travel, and wellness, and lessons learned at the "University of Life".

Le Journal Curioso

By Emmanuelle Maréchal

A newsletter written by an underrated fashion professional passionate about the African diaspora and storytelling

Letters from a Muslim Woman

By Noha Beshir

I share honest experiences of life as Western Muslim through the lens of mental health, motherhood, faith, and the multi-generational immigrant experience.

Granted

By Adam Grant

Adam Grant’s newsletter on psychology and work, delivered to over 400,000 readers.

Adam Grant has a wealth of information and recommendations that keep my to-read list ever-growing.

- Nolan Yuma

Wrong Channel

By Sam

Limp stabs at humour on drugs, filth, travel, science, anything & everything. Thoughts and stories from a life lived shame-free.

Dean Foster Global Cultures

Crossing Cultures & Managing Cultural Differences, for Work and Life, in the Global World.

The Garden of Forking Paths

By Brian Klaas

Wandering around an infinitely complex, ever changing world.

The perfect newsletter for anyone interested in creating a better future by learning about geopolitics.

- Nolan Yuma

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

This is my favourite Substack for understanding relationships and motherhood. You need to understand what creates life to create the life you want.

- Nolan Yuma

Numb at the Lodge

By Sam Kriss

These heavy sands are language tide and wind have silted here

Zero bullshit writing that helps me see my insincerity. Sam writes some of the most intelligent and hilarious articles I've come across.

- Nolan Yuma

Beyond the Comfort Zone with Renée Eli, Ph.D.

By Renée Eli – Beyond the Comfort Zone

Complex times usher us beyond comfort to the depths of human becoming. These letters are meditative essays devoted to the unfolding of us.

Part of exploring what it means to be human requires returning to the wild. Renée's writing will help you go beyond your comfort zone and fall in love with North America's natural beauty through her sublime photography.

- Nolan Yuma

Cosmographia

By M. E. Rothwell

Creating a map of the world and our place in it.

Inner Workings

By Rachel Katz

Literary essays, published occasionally. On work culture, mothering, mysterious women’s diseases, and redefining success. Striving to deliver little nuggets of beauty and sparks of insight.

Caravanserai with Samantha Childress

Personal stories and incisive commentary on travel, culture, and expat life--because understanding breeds compassion.

Poetic Outlaws

A place for the outlaws of poetry and the written word.

The Feel Good Life

By Dr. Mariana Calleja Ross

Hi! I'm Dr. Mariana, an MD writing a good dose of health, emotions, prevention, empathy and hope. Everything that makes life feel good! No medical jargon, just cool learning and good vibes. 😉

MD, polyglot, daydreamer, and traveller, sharing her wisdom on how to live a healthier life.

- Nolan Yuma

if not, Paris

By Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

a novelist writing tall-tales, essays & music from Paris

Chris Arnade Walks the World

Dispatches and photos from walks around the world

Tell Their Stories

By Hannah Ray

Writer and editor Hannah Ray shares regular posts on storytelling, communities and the internet. Subscribe for Tell Their Stories posts—a toolkit to community-first storytelling, as well as her free newsletter Shelf Life 🍣.

The Author Stack

By Russell Nohelty

Helping create a sustainable path forward for authors to build businesses that allow them to thrive and lives that light them up inside.

AI Supremacy

By Michael Spencer

News at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, technology and business including Op-Eds, research summaries, guest contributions and valuable info about A.I. startups.

Brent and Michael Are Going Places

By Brent and Michael are Going Places

The adventures, insights, and travel tips of a gay nomad couple exploring the world. A "Substack Featured" Newsletter! Also seen on CBS Sunday Morning and CNN.com.

They have excellent advice for digital nomads, and I'm sure many people will understand why they left the USA to travel.

- Nolan Yuma

Unschool for Writers

By Alison Acheson

Playing and working with words: finding your own way to fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and writing for young people

The Intrinsic Perspective

By Erik Hoel

Bridging the two cultures of science and the humanities

Expat in Portugal

By Nancy Whiteman

Two old white women escape the US and move to Portugal.

Nancy gives honest advice on how to navigate Portugal's culture and red tape while sharing her personal journey.

- Nolan Yuma

GIRLS

By Freya India

Girlhood in the Modern World

Everything Is Amazing

By Mike Sowden

A newsletter about seeing more, feeling more, and asking better questions. Curiosity makes everything better - but can it be *learned*? Let's find out.

“Why do I feel, think, react, and behave when I _____” Insert a word into the blank and chances are, you’ll find the answer on Everything Is Amazing. And unlike ChatGPT, you’ll get these answers through Snowden’s narrative and personal experience, making it all the most engaging.

- Nolan Yuma

The SneakyArt Post

By Nishant Jain

Secretly drawn art of the world, delivered to your inbox.

An Ordinary Disaster

By Bowen Dwelle

Writing from experience on men, money, love, and addiction from a former teenage boozehound, entrepreneur, and adventure guide. I'm here to tell the truth.

Honest, reflective writing with a podcast that brings together a Substack writers community.

- Nolan Yuma

Both Are True

By Alex Dobrenko

Funny, deep, relatable stories from a dad to two, husband to one, friend to all (except himself who he doesn't like v much but is working on it but like how can you really like yourself knowing everything you know about yourself, you know?)

Hilarious writing that sometimes makes you cry. The paid subscription is definitely worth it for people wanting even more personal pieces.

- Nolan Yuma

The Crow's Nest

By Alexander M Crow

The notebook of a globally feral author finding balance through connection with nature, ancestral skills, and different cultures. Words and kindness.