Substacks recommended by Rev. Shoren Heather

Recommended by Rev. Shoren Heather

Patricia Ikeda-Nash

My Personal Substack

Seigaku’s Substack

By Seigaku Amato

I’m a Soto zen priest sharing notes and journal entries from my practice and study of Buddhism.

Unanswered Question

By James Ford

Engaging the spiritual life today with Zen teacher and Unitarian Universalist minister James Ishmael Ford. James' passions include Zen Buddhism, mystical religion, especially Christian, and lives growing authentic and deep between the traditions.

James is a true Dharma teacher whose powerful insights and embodied practice of The Way is truly a gift to all beings.

- Rev. Shoren Heather

The Quiet Life with Susan Cain

The Quiet Life is for people who love quiet, depth, and beauty, and is read in all 193 countries and all 50 U.S. states. Join us for art, ideas, consolations, and candlelight chats. You'll never be forced to do anything groupy.

The Zen Psychedelic

Exploring the intersect between psychedelics & Zen Buddhism.

My Favorite Classical Music

By Vitaliy Katsenelson

Thursday highlights about a classical piece or composer along with Saturday classical picks for a beautiful start to your weekend.

Soul Joy

By Carrie Bancroft

A soul’s perspective on a joyful life.

Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

Spirituality, Zen, and Culture

Free Words

By Sal Randolph

New ways of seeing and the wild joy of writing from artist and poet Sal Randolph

In It with Kathleen Stetson

A repository of the substantive coaching emails I send each workday to small groups of 5-10 people on my mailing list. Want to be on my list? Subscribe, and you'll receive an email every 1-2 months.

Granted

By Adam Grant

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

Coyote Tracks

Writing, art, music and meditation from the monks and nuns of Deer Park Monastery. Make your inbox a Dharma door.

Audacious Women, Creative Lives

By Anne Boyd / Audacious Women

Inspiration from audacious, creative women in the past , plus opportunities to connect--because we're all in this together.

Love Songs Etc

By Pete Droge

Pete Droge muses on songwriting & record making while sharing work tapes, demos, outtakes, road stories & more.

Buddhist Thought & Practice

By Richard K. Payne

Critical reflections on the history & current applications of Buddhist praxis

5AM StoryTalk

By Cole Haddon

A place to talk about stories in all their forms, the craft that goes into them, and the role art plays in our lives.

Noted

By Jillian Hess

Tips from the world's best note takers

The Ten Thousand Things

By Dr. Robert Saltzman

An awakened view of the human condition. Questions about free will, self-determination, destiny, choice, and who are we anyway.

Poetry Unbound

By Pádraig Ó Tuama

Open your world with poetry

Zen Bones

By Marc Lesser

Ancient Wisdom For Modern Times

Marc is a wonderful Zen teacher, exceptional human being, and his books make the teachings of Zen accessible and relevant.

- Rev. Shoren Heather

Consciousness ∞ The Doorway to Human Evolution

By Scott Britton

I write and podcast about the intersection of self-awareness and human potential. Previously exited startup founder.

The Hyphen by Emma Gannon

✨ a cosy online space for curious readers ✨ from Sunday Times Bestselling author Emma Gannon. On books, work, wellbeing & creativity. 5th literature Substack globally. "One of Britain’s most prominent Substack writers" —The Times

Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe

The internet’s most intimate, illuminating interviews with today’s greatest writers—get an in-depth look into the craft of writing and what it means to be a heart-centered human in a hard world.

Out Over My Skis

By Tom Pendergast

Explorations in the pleasures and perils of getting out over your skis, told through nonfiction essays, photographs, and occasional fiction.

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

People love stories and George Saunders' is a phenomenal writer and his Substack is a thing of beauty. Thanks for inviting us in to your virtual classroom.

- Rev. Shoren Heather

Meditation with Heart with Kimberly Brown

Weekly meditations, practical Buddhist tools, and relatable insights to help you create a kinder, wiser, and more loving life.

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Salman's Sea of Stories

By Salman Rushdie

An ocean of stories from Salman Rushdie: I'll be talking about stories I’ve read or seen, true stories, tall stories, stories about me, and some I just made up.

Wondercabinet

By Lawrence Weschler

Lawrence Weschler's Fortnightly Compendium of the Miscellaneous Diverse.

Breaking the News

By James Fallows

Dispatches from a veteran reporter

Robert Reich

Daily newsletter exposing where power lies — and how it's used and abused

I love his intelligent and socialist take on economics, power, wealth, and social justice. He's a rock star and I wish he's run for president!

- Rev. Shoren Heather

The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad

A newsletter for people seeking to transform life's interruptions into creative grist

Austin Kleon

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

Patti Smith

The reader is my notebook

rabbit holes 🕳️🐇

By Patricia

Every week, Patricia Mou hand-picks the most psychoactive internet rabbit holes that explore this question: What does it mean to live a life of meaning and beauty?

Jatan’s Space

By Jatan Mehta

Exploring space and our Moon, for science and a better future for humanity.

A letter from Pádraig Ó Tuama

By Pádraig Ó Tuama

Poetry, Books, Theology

The Audacity.

By Roxane Gay

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

Brain Pizza by Shane O'Mara

Explore the mysteries of your brain and the magic of life by Shane O'Mara, Substack Featured Writer, best-selling author, and Professor of Experimental Brain Research. Book: Talking Heads - The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our Worlds

The Biblioracle Recommends

By John Warner

Weekly essays on reading the world and reading in the world, plus personalized book recommendations based on the last five books you've read.

The Weekly Dish

By Andrew Sullivan

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle," - Orwell

Michael Pollan

By News and Updates

News and Updates

WELLREAD

By Kerri Kelly (CTZNWELL)

Everything you need to know to wake up, take action, and stay well.

The TueNight Social

By TueNight

A grab-bag of Gen-X goodies: midlife stories, pop culture, and a community for grown-ass women

Daniel Pinchbeck’s Newsletter

I explore subjects ranging from the mystical and psychedelic to the political and mundane.

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

I read Heather Cox Richardson's insights and analysis of today's news every day. She's thoughtful and thought-provoking and she puts the news in a historical context.

- Rev. Shoren Heather

Nonzero Newsletter

By Robert Wright

Politics, psychology, and tips on averting the apocalypse.

Memoir Land

By Memoir Monday

Four verticals edited by Sari Botton: MEMOIR MONDAY, collab w/ Granta, Narratively, The Rumpus, Orion, The Walrus, Electric Lit, LitHub, Oldster; FIRST PERSON SINGULAR original essays; THE LIT LAB interviews + craft; GOODBYE TO ALL THAT, NYC stories.

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?)

CMOON

By Cristina Moon

Finding spiritual strength and the ability to stay calm amid chaos. Dispatches from Cristina Moon, a social change strategist and Zen priest in Hawaiʻi.

Spark Zen

Recommended by Rev. Shoren Heather