Substacks recommended by AMARA ~• | Life Is In Love With Me

Recommended by AMARA ~•

Sex and Style picks up where sex-ed left off. None of us got enough erotic education. I'm Sarah, a Sexologist and Somatic Coach, dedicated to fixing that.

notes from your shadow

By 'A'

honest meditations on grief, love, loss and belonging

Love + Travel

By Rachel Leeke Alexis

For people who enjoy exploring landscapes within themselves and the world.

Travel stories, laughter, and boldness welcome you at the door of this newsletter. I feel welcomed, seen, and a part of the inside joke always whenever I read a new post. Rachel is easily one of my favourite writers here.

- AMARA ~•

Lookinthemirah

By Amirah Jones

This is a glimpse of what goes on in my mind, where creativity does a lil’ two-step with vulnerability and curiosity. Here, I journey through fashion, style, music, beauty, and wellness and embrace my many ideas and thoughts through storytelling.

the woman who feels everything: musings on awakening

By amissa

a soft space to share reflections, transmissions, and patterns from my process of political, creative, sexual, and spiritual awakening, as a radically loving Black queer neurodivergent cis femme breathing body of water.

Holly Starley's Rolling Desk

My living room is the world. Pull up a chair.

one of the best travel storytellers here and maybe on Earth. Holly is truly a gift to this digital space of connectivity and sharing

- AMARA ~•

Bluejeans & Moonbeams

By Amar Patel on Substack

Getting deep and meaningful about arts and culture™️

The Soul Work Newsletter

By Bethany Nicole

Bethany Nicole writes liturgies for the living—braiding memoir, cultural critique, grief, joy, and Blackness. Soulwork is both altar and archive: a womanist offering of reflection, resistance, and radical care.

reflections of an open heart

By Irie Blooms

transmissions for those finding wisdom in what broke them open.

softer hours

By LaVonna

sentimental southern woman, in search of a sweet artful life. writing somewhere between favor and fire. a slow moving newsletter, led by soul.

Always beautiful. A combination of the lyrical and heart-opening reminders that make life and literature so gorgeous. One of my favourite poems ever written lives in her newsletter.

- AMARA ~•

All My Language

By Mariah Maddox

an offering through the weight of my words.

‘I live life in the deep end’ as written by Mariah Maddox, author of the newsletter that nourishes and uses language for love.

- AMARA ~•

The Seed Of A Flower

By Bleggy

The Seed Of A Flower is a space where I share my learnings about love, humans, art, and me.

Raising Myles

By Marc Typo

A first-time dad writes letters to his newborn son, Myles, every Monday, sharing the joy he didn't experience himself with the world. Inspired by Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Between the World and Me."

A newsletter about fatherhood, reflections on the world Marc is raising his son in, generational healing and so much more. Marc literally never misses and his love for his community is admirable.

- AMARA ~•

Books & Banter

By Amani Hope 💌

A fun approach to reading and living a more intellectual life.

The Carrington Collection

By Carrington Epperson

This is where the curious come to indulge in topics of love, life & food from a conscious and lighthearted position.

I am shouting this recommendation because the offered observations, the life experiences, are just that delicious. You know how you can taste when someone has cooked with love? Yeah, that, but through writing.

- AMARA ~•

UPROOTED

By green dreamer kaméa

metabolizing the mess and immensity of our socio-ecological-cultural crises ~ via expansive interviews, critical musings, and heart-centered reflections

Waterloo Road.

By Jourdana Elizabeth

A weekly newsletter to encourage your unique and creative journey. Together, we explore creative expressions of faith through tea, music, style, nature, and travel.

soul remedies

By Ayanna Nicole

Soul Remedies is a soft, introspective journey of remembrance. It is a reclaiming of our power, a return to our ancient roots in nature, and an invitation for living intuitively through our spirit.

I eagerly await Ayanna Nicole’s letters because they’re always in alignment and deeply honest. Every word is a mirror. Every reader leaves lighter. I consider ‘soul remedies’ the sage sister to ‘Life Is In Love With Me’.

- AMARA ~•

The Lookout Point

By Tea

A space for reflection, gratitude, inspiration and purpose giving a voice to my experiences living in Spain, travel stories, personal growth, and whatever else happens.

Tea’s love for slow travel and openness to the beauty and mess of long-term travelling makes ‘The Lookout Point’ one of my favourite newsletters/places on the internet to think deeply about the way that I wander.

- AMARA ~•

Letters From A Stranger

By Nneka Julia

A digital journal by writer, filmmaker, and creator, Nneka Julia.

My early entryway to Substack and a new kind of online letter-writing. ‘Letters From A Stranger’ is for lovers of photography and vulnerability.

- AMARA ~•

Musings From A Broken Heart

By Robert the contemplative

Theology, poetry, reflections, and restful meditations from a Black man in process

Love letters from tenderness itself. Robert’s ‘Musings From A Broken Heart’ feel like a layering of hugs at the end of the day.

- AMARA ~•

Smith Street

By Kaila & Brendan

Taking the Leap with Our Pup: Our Guide to Making Living Abroad a Reality.

Travel diaries and advice from a couple living in Belize who prioritise community and consciousness in their move abroad. They live a life of their choosing with their cute pup Jamieson (who I can confirm loves to be fed mangoes and pineapples, diced).

- AMARA ~•

My Heart Is In Bathsheba

By adjei sun

poetic essays on life, nature, creativity and self.

a favourite of mine, a heart-opening lyricist

- AMARA ~•

Lani's Library

By Yulani Sann

Lani’s Library is an archive of Yulani's essays, book reviews, and papers about life's mundaneness and nature's reciprocity and nurturing.

Lani’s Library is an archive of wholesome things: reviews for all the books already on your shelf or TBR list, travel reflections, inner reflections, and poetry. And it is ever-expanding.

- AMARA ~•

from my open tabs

By Jessica

These letters are an attempt to make sense of all the open tabs in my brain. Windows into way I see the world ✨✨✨

the passionate wanderer

By Shalenah

Heart-centered reflections from an eternal free spirit following her heart wherever it leads her (plus everything that makes life beautiful, messy, and divine) 🌹

kindred soul, free spirit with a gift for words that linger long

- AMARA ~•

Letting Life Marinate

By Kezia

A newsletter about good food and life lessons.

sacred somethings

By kenzi m.

musings, essays, and poems from a big feeler and life lover🦋

Fully Expressed by Sarina Zoe

Holding us to a truer, braver expression, as we shamelessly inhabit our unique brilliance and beauty. No one's giving us permission, so we do it anyway. Join me for fortnightly flushing out of what does not belong to this one wild and precious life 🔥