Substacks recommended by Amber Adrian

Recommended by Amber Adrian

I mothered hard for 30 years, coached hundreds of women, and wrote Motherwhelmed. Now that my four daughters are grown (and I'm somewhere between gutted and elated), I’m naming what’s tender, true, and missing from modern womanhood as motherhood wanes.

The School for Housewives

By Leila Marie Lawler

Practical help for wives to manage their households, meant for the spirited woman who is ready to be competent and cares not a fig for perfection, nor does she wish to live in a mess, but wants to make a warm home for her family and friends.

The Wisdom of Women

By Becca Parsons

Scribblings about motherhood. Recipes from an aspiring matriarch. Monthly essay on the lives of early medieval British saints. Podcast coming soon.

Becca is a lovely soul as well as a woman of fierce intellect. I've loved getting to know her as a reader of mine, and now she's writing her own stuff here on Substack! I recommend you subscribe immediately if you're interested in thoughtful work on motherhood and culture.

- Amber Adrian

Human/Mother

By Katrina Donham

I write about being a human, and I also write about being a mother.

Womaning Wisely

By Jo Hughes

Jo writes with candour and vulnerability, mashing together the everyday challenges of life with her knowledge of science and counselling. Readers say, “Yes, I feel seen” and, “Mind blown!”

The Mother Letters

By Jan Yanello

Field notes from a mother & midwife, exploring fertility, birth, death, the ripple effects of female wellbeing, and the personal work of mothering.

Deep, thoughtful, slow commentary on the landscape of modern womanhood and motherhood. Jan is the real deal; when she talks, I listen!

- Amber Adrian

The Hollow

By Dixie Dillon Lane

A welcoming place for discussions on education, books, tech resistance, family, & history.

Women's Work

By Emily Hancock

From the hands that weave to the breasts that feed.

Emily's work is deep and original thought about womanhood, in an era where there are so many loud and simplistic voices telling us what is what. If you care about advocacy for women as women, this is a not-to-be-missed publication.

- Amber Adrian

Radical Moms Union

Let down and rise up.

Unique and bold commentary on issues of modern motherhood. A must-read for thinking mothers!

- Amber Adrian

Let It Go

By Ashley Brooks

Reflections on Ignatian surrender in everyday life

Half Baked

By Berlin

Gooey matrescent musings.

Writing While Washing

By Annelise Roberts

musings from the mundane

School of the Unconformed

By Ruth Gaskovski

Practical guidance for navigating daily life in the Machine Age.

Katherine Louise DeGroot's Newsletter

redemptive homemaking

Unique and honest commentary on issues of motherhood, womanhood, and culture. I love it. I just wish she wrote more often!

- Amber Adrian

Rob Henderson's Newsletter

Human nature, psychology, social class, luxury beliefs, and more.

Visible Child: Staying Connected

By Robin Einzig

Respectful Parenting through a Visible Child Lens

Through a Glass Darkly

By Emily Stimpson Chapman

Church teaching for the head and the heart.

Mary Harrington

Mary Harrington's Newsletter

Nuclear Meltdown

By Jim Dalrymple II

How our ideas about family could be even better

Listen to Your Motherhood

By Serena Sigillito

All the babies, none of the bathwater.

Terms of endearment

By Sarah Menkedick

Essays from the author of Homing Instincts and Ordinary Insanity on counter-culture, education, motherhood, art, and travel.

Life Considered

By Haley Baumeister

Bringing the truth, goodness, and beauty needed for human flourishing into conversation with each other.

🌞 Brighter Days, Darker Nights 🌚

By Nikko

Circadian optimized pregnancy, birth, postpartum and life! Sign up for detailed guides and to be part of the growing community interested in perinatal quantum health. Upgrade for courses and coaching. We welcome family members and practitioners!

The Garden of Earthly Delights

By Alex Kaschuta

An ongoing conversation on liberalism & its alternatives and the home of Alex Kaschuta's writing and Subversive Podcast.

Your Attention, Please

By Melissa Mowry

Reclaiming the joy and magic of the human experience in a world that wants to keep us distracted.

Maiden Mother Matriarch

By Louise Perry

A podcast about sexual politics, hosted by Louise Perry.

MADE WITH CARE

By Elissa Strauss

A newsletter and community for people who dream of a world in which parenting and caregiving isn’t only valued and supported, but treated with the curiosity and fascination it deserves.

The Commonplace

By Tsh Oxenreider

Noticing what's still beautiful, good, and true in the world. Because it's there—if you have the eyes to see.