Substacks recommended by Hal Gill

Recommended by Hal Gill

I write essays on how I've learned to see life more clearly. Through a lens of philosophy, psychology, spirituality, and being the most authentic version of yourself. Hoping to help you see a little differently with my perspective.

Allan N Schwartz, PhD, LCSW

By DocTalk

A discussion of psychology, life and its many issues

Wolf Tracks Substack

By James Don BlueWolf

BlueWolf Family Substack--Fiction Stories, Non-Fiction Stories (mostly audio). Poetry and Copy-Poetry (audio/text, Original and Copy Music (audio). Socio/Cultural and Political Commentary (text), Serialized Novella, Serialized Novel, Copy Comedy (audio)

Clarity Speaks

By Jon Marshall

Clarity Speaks with Jon Marshall examines the worlds of culture, music, and entertainment with intelligence and heart. Each article looks at how art, sound, and storytelling influence the way we see ourselves and the society around us.

Rosie McGee's Substack

Want to read insider stories/photos of the early-days Grateful Dead? Photos from my years living at the Grand Canyon, in Taos, or on the Sausalito waterfront? I've photographed my non-traditional life since I was 12. I'm now 80 and sharing it all here.

Rikhard Ravindra Tanskanen

I am a fat, spoiled, idiot with crooked yellow teeth, swarthy yellowed skin with no educated opinions and no good educated ones, and with pre-diabetes and high cholesterol. I have 29 genetic defects which I believe comes from family intermarriage.

Hag Life

By Melanie Sumner

Prize-winning novelist gleefully turned Hag.

Jessica’s HOP Stories

By Jessica Alpha

My personal Substack

Eurykosmotron

By Ben Goertzel

AGI, frontier science, maniacal metaphysics, decentralizationist politics, life and consciousness extension and expansion, psi and psychedelics and etc. etc.

Racket News

By Matt Taibbi

“We care if it’s true. We don’t care why.”

And a Dog

By Dr Lily Dunn

I am an incurable memoir addict. I love reading it, teaching it, and writing it. Here you will find stories from a life, but you will also learn how to write it, and how memoir can be transformative beyond the page.

The Taoist Corner

By Patrick Stewart

Philosophy, religion, and family: I share how Taoism’s wisdom brings balance and simplicity to a hectic, family-filled life. I reflect on living harmoniously in a complex world.

Patrick B. Stewart is bringing us some clarity about Being versus Saying in his Podcast. Give him a listen.

- Hal Gill

Novalis

By Matthew Gasda

"The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are." -- Karl Kraus

In the Writing Burrow

By Margaret Atwood

Whatever comes into my addled, shrinking brain.

A Gathering of Spirits

By Carrie Newcomer

Carrie Newcomer's music, poetry and commentary on art, spirit and life.

Jennifer’s Substack

By Jennifer Coyne

My personal Substack

Brian Anderson

Tragic Magic: Michael Chabon

Field Notes of a Serial Enthusiast

We are so lucky to have Michael Chabon among us now on Substack. Tune in, dive deep.

- Hal Gill

Useful Fictions

By Cate Hall

all models are wrong, but some are useful

Healing Khamomile

By Mymy Khan

Mental health, spirituality, love and relationships

Carl’s Mind Chimes Magazine

By Carl Cimini

Politics, Lifestyle, Glamour, Whisky, Food, Travel, Pleasure and Pain

ORIGIN’s Substack

My personal Substack

Kill The Silence

By Cody Taymore

Pattern recognition for surviving manipulation, narcissism, workplace abuse, and trauma. Written by a survivor with receipts.

Suzanne M.Reed

I'm a learner for life. I am here to gain, share knowledge, see and post my work, and I love appreciating,creating and encouraging others. #Arts #adventures #foodie…#flowers #crystals Sketch ✍🏻🌸🪅💗📝

Story Arks

By Thalia Toha

Philosophies from places that make our story arcs

Tony's Super Queer-a Feministic Extra Black-i-docious Posse

By TONY GLOVER

This publication is—and always will be—free and open to all no matter their station. Harmony is not a given but earned. I strive to speak truth; listen more than I speak; and accept and acknowledge I'll fail sometimes. I'm grateful you're here.

QTR’s Fringe Finance

By Quoth the Raven

Liberty. Finance. Bullshit.

My Voice. Health. Nature. Love.

By Dr. Gabriella Kőrösi

Nature, life, my take on it. Wellness tips, meditation practices, living a joyful life. Think outside the box.

Andelman Unleashed

By David A. Andelman

Yesterday Today & Tomorrow

Want an unvarnished take on the world from someone who had been there? See Andelman Unleashed....

- Hal Gill

Diana’s Substack

By Diana van Eyk

Working class environmental and social justice activist with all the associated sociological weirdness. I will use every non-violent tool in the toolbox to get to a future where all can thrive. And I have lots of big ideas I like to share.

Lovely writing - uplifting - we need more of this.

- Hal Gill

Shimmers of Being

By Levi Ouwendijk

Musings on religion, philosophy, and mysticism. Hints of Zen.

Mystery Achievement

By 𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳

Metaphysics in history and practice. No sacred cows. "Mitch is solid gold"—David Lynch "I love Mitch Horowitz"—Dan Aykroyd “Convincing"—Paris Match “Treats esoteric ideas and movements with an even-handed intellectual studiousness"—Washington Post

One can't go wrong in following someone as steeped in the esoterica that has been transmitted through the years.

- Hal Gill

The Alchemy of Becoming

By Emily Roy

For those decoding reality while becoming themselves.

Christopher Sworen

Writer of novels and short stories. I look at what's wrong with this world and write about it.

Confessions of a Professional Vinyl Junkie

By Ty Cumbie

I own a record store called Tiny Vinyl Shop. I'm inspired by all the great music, art, literature and science. Sometimes I write stuff.

The Leading Edge

By Tom Morgan

Insights from Tom Morgan

Mayim Bialik's Breakdown

Health, Well-Being & The Science of Spirituality with Mayim Bialik & Jonathan Cohen! 🧠💥

Fish Sticks

By Rickie Lee Jones

A journal of my far away heart...

Shelton Browder

Bassey BY

I create weekly quick, easy, cheap recipes and monthly lifestyle short stories to help you live better. Sign up now for more stories and recipes!

Write More with Simon K Jones

I've been writing serial fiction for over 10 years. Ask me anything! Weekly tips and occasional stories in your inbox.

The Fractal Lounge

By The Bathrobe Guy (Robes) 👘

Where gravity, grief, and poetry share a cup of tea.

Rock and the Beat Generation

By Simon Warner

Where hip writers meet hot rockers

The Free Press

By Bari Weiss

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

Deedeeedaze Literary Depository

By Diet Wyatt

Words for a generation that will read ("shit should I print this?")

You know, Cannot Name It

@lintara writes in the register of discernment: power, fear, form — and the quiet protocols that train the nervous system before language arrives. Her work does not comfort. It makes mechanisms visible — until they become impossible to unsee.

Robin Flicker

I’m a reader, writer, lawyer. My legal work is in the service of preventing people from facing the death penalty. I try to live by Henry James’s credo: “Try to be one of those on whom nothing is lost.”

Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning with Sasha Stone

A rumination on the collapse of culture on the left. Is it really that bad? Yes, it is really that bad.

A Renaissance Life

By Alecia Stevens

How to begin again. At any age. Notes from a long life. Now in Italy.

Writing Is SuperPower

By Susan Moss Thomas

Join Susan Moss Thomas and the superpowers she thanks for 37 amazing years writing as a news reporter, author, and marketer, with thrills ranging from being a Pulitzer Prize finalist to writing and marketing her 1st ad section for $6.8 million.

Harrowings

Recommended by Hal Gill