Substacks recommended by Dana Miranda

Recommended by Dana Miranda

What Works is a newsletter and podcast about work, the many ways it shapes us, and how we can better shape it.

Tara's voice is effortlessly entertaining and brilliant, and her content is meticulously researched and produced. Every piece will turn your thinking upside down and send you off with a freshly-squeegeed view of work and labor in our society.

- Dana Miranda

Change of Heart

By Jamie Cattanach

Change of Heart is a biweekly-ish newsletter about when and why we change our minds. All posts are free, forever; paid subscriptions support contributors. <3

A clever premise and a collection of beautiful, touching and creative prose.

- Dana Miranda

Readable Moments

By Sri

Find the perfect children's book for those important, teachable moments to help you bond and learn together.

Almost Sated

By Kristi Koeter

Real talk about detoxing from diet culture after a lifetime of restriction. I also share other people’s stories of quitting diets.

Overcoming Financial Trauma

By Rahkim Sabree

Sign Up For My 2x Award Winning Publication Discussing Financial Empowerment & Financial Trauma For People Who Look Like Me

A straightforward examination of financial trauma and the Black experience with money in particular.

- Dana Miranda

The Mindful Consumer

By Cait Flanders

Thoughts and reflections on the relationships between money, mindfulness, and mental health. Written by the author of THE YEAR OF LESS and ADVENTURES IN OPTING OUT.

Make It Happen | Jennie + Meredyth

By Coach Jennie

We're on a mission to change how you think about productivity, so you can actually accomplish more of what matters to you.

Everyone needs a dose of Coach Jennie! Get a signature "cathartic" shove from every post, plus pick up a new, no-nonsense framework to discover the path to your most ambitious goals.

- Dana Miranda

The Ladybird Purse • Opening up about money

By Keris

Open and honest conversations about money for women, creatives, freelancers and more.

The View From Down Here

By Lucy Webster

What's it *really* like to be disabled? How can you fight ableism? A newsletter aiming to demystify disability through personal stories and observations, from journalist and card-carrying disabled woman Lucy Webster

At times appropriately cheeky, angry, insightful and moving. An account of living with a disability that's cathartic for disabled readers and illuminating (without coddling) for readers who come to Lucy's work with no prior understanding of disability.

- Dana Miranda

Stay-At-Home Macro (SAHM)

By Claudia Sahm

My goal is to make economic policy and macroeconomics better.

Brilliant and honest economic insight from a bonafide expert who knows how to talk to non-economist humans.

- Dana Miranda

Startup Parent with Sarah K Peck

A deeper look at what's really happening in today's world of business, productivity, gender, and parenting. Plus, we're building real community for founders with kids.

Sarah asks important questions about how we view motherhood, parenting and working parents in our culture, and high-profile guests from a spectrum of industries offer insights for entrepreneurs, women and parents.

- Dana Miranda

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

BOSS BARISTA

By B O S S B A R I S T A

A newsletter and podcast about a thing you drink everyday. Interviews and articles about big ideas in coffee, the service industry, and collective action.

Smartly written and thoroughly researched posts that challenge the way you think about service work — all with a clever tie to coffee that offers an unignorable invitation to learn more.

- Dana Miranda

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!)

Virginia is a masterful writer and reporter who shares life-changing insights and touching stories through entertaining and engaging content that questions the status quo of diet culture and more.

- Dana Miranda

Men Yell at Me

By lyz

Written from a journalist in a red state, this newsletter is personal, political, sometimes funny and always raises hell.