Moms & Motherhood
This category features a variety of voices and experiences from moms who are doing the inner and outer work of raising kids—honestly, thoughtfully, and in their own way.
Human/Mother by Katrina Donham
Human/Mother is a publication designed for humans who are also parents and dealing with some pretty heavy life stuff.
Gen Xandwich by Anna De La Cruz
Gen Xandwich explores the experience of midlife caregiving for children, but also older adults and special needs family members.
Motherhood Muses by Mica Keeney
This newsletter is a place where we move out of the practical and into the inspirational. Beyond endless advice and tips and tricks related to your baby and into a space where the focus is on you, the mother.
This Might Be Cringe by Julie Laufer
I’m a toddler mom who is connecting to who I am as a parent and outside of being a parent — I believe both parts of that identity inform one another. I talk about motherhood, navigating job uncertainty as a parent, changing relationships, and how to connect with all sides of ourselves.
The Mother Lode by Cindy DiTiberio
Feminist essays on marriage, motherhood and divorce and how we can fight the patriarchy.
Coffee + Crumbs by Coffee + Crumbs
Coffee + Crumbs is a storytelling blog where mothers share raw, honest stories—no clickbait, no advice. At the core of our space, we want women to feel safe, known, encouraged, and loved.
The StoicMom Project by StoicMom
Led by StoicMom, this Substack offers a collection of a different kind of parent story--transformation stories that speak to the power of love, clarity, and responsibility to heal relationships and keep families affected by gender confusion together.
One Tired Mother by Amber Adrian
One Tired Mother thoughtfully examines cultural narratives that impact parents and families.
Healing Roots Parenting by Dina Ramadan
I started Healing Roots Parenting for fellow cycle breakers- parents healing from their past while raising kids with presence. As a certified coach with an MA in Positive Psychology, I share insights, reflections, and tools to help you heal while you parent.
The Mama Milk Circle by Edra Izzo
A monthly encouragement & resource hub for breastfeeding moms. Real stories, sacred space, and support for your milk-making mission.
I Grow Strong Again by Jeannie Ewing
I am a mom of five, ages 5 to 15, three of whom are neurodivergent. My writing merges themes of motherhood, ambivalence, and navigating midlife, and my passion is celebrating all humans, inclusion, and belonging. I'm working to cultivate a culture of nonviolence in my home and writing.
Motherhood Minute by Chanel Riggle
My mission is to support mothers by creating a digital space where they feel seen and understood, especially regarding the often tough conversations around mental health.
What are the Chances? by Andrea Hoffmann
Midlife + parenthood is not for the weak...or the super serious. Come observe, explore, opine, and laugh with Andrea Hoffmann and the What Are the Chances? community. She tackles raging hormones (yours & your kids'), maturity (yours & your kids'), health, hang-ups, and how we all need to give ourselves a break because this life thing can all be a bit much.
Think of the Children by Emily F. Popek
Exploring the culture of parenting and education.
dialoguing by Kaitlyn Elizabeth
A newsletter where an off-duty psychotherapist integrates what they know into the rest of their life--parenting, relationships to myself, my body and others--in the least clinical way possible. As the name suggests, often quite conscious of how we talk. To oneself, to each other, about media.
The Purple Spectrum by Violeta Klein
For the beautifully w(e)ired - late-diagnosed neurodivergent women and mothers of neurodivergent children. Putting together the pieces after years of feeling different. A home for real connection, validation, and hope - beyond symptoms, labels, and boxes.
Nebula Notebook by Heidi Fiedler
Celebrating creativity, motherhood, and children's books.
Home Organizing for Beginners by Tammy Schmidt
I'm a Home Organizing Educator. I help you learn how to organize your home by connecting foundational elements of organizing with how you live life every day. This method puts you, your family and your season of life at the core.
Mindful Mommy by Madhuri Shah
Mindful Mommy is a space for ambitious Indian mothers who are doing it all.
Mamawell by Jenna Jonaitis
Mamawell: a place where moms get support and tips for putting their well-being first while raising a family. Includes: Research-backed articles to support taking care of yourself, resources for how to care for your mental, emotional, and physical well-being, and hacks for self-wellness.
Open in the Middle by Caro Giles
I write about mothering on the edge. I live on the edge of England, and on the edge of a crumbling education. I am a single parent-carer with four children. Two of them cannot thrive inside the classroom. My next book, Unschooled, is the story of a family that doesn’t fit in.
Middle-Aged Lady Mom by Shelly Mazzanoble
Middle-Aged Lady Mom is your source for humorous, observational, and relatable takes on parenthood, middle-age, and other pressing world issues like what to do when a MILF moves to your street. If you can’t laugh you’ll… probably need to get that checked by a doctor.
Pandora’s Box of Shit by Sara White
Hilarious (hopefully) and humiliating (almost certainly) personal stories and humorous observations on the mundanity of daily life to failed parenting experiments, family skeletons, anxiety and unfulfilled creative callings, there’s something (awful) for everyone.
Mother Love Letters by Violet Carol
I’m a mom. I’m also a wife, a daughter, a sister, a writer, a bookworm, a lover of puffy dresses and Spring, a hater of spiders and Winter, and a thousand other selves. I write about them all against the backdrop of motherhood.
Tender & True by Anna Borle
Tender & True is a space for honest stories about motherhood, disability advocacy, and the beauty found in life’s unexpected paths. With tenderness and truth at its core, it offers comfort, connection, and community for those navigating early parenthood, difference, and everything in between.
Flying Motherhood by Valeria Kurul
Parenting, travel, and daily chaos — all through the lens of a former cabin crew member learning how to mom on flight mode. Grounded, jetlagged, and unfiltered.
Soul Musings, a Soul Yoga Retreat Newsletter by Amanda Aaron
Soul Musings includes personal essays and podcast episodes on motherhood, womenhood, earth-based spirituality and revillaging, and my journey to be a printed author!
Promoted to Mother by Kiya Taylor
Welcome to Promoted to Mother, a Substack on motherhood, careers and culture. I offer career perspectives to integrate motherhood, question cultural norms impacting mothers and share reflections from my own motherhood journey.
Hands On Nursing in a Germ Factory by Nancy Holroyd
Pediatric School Nurse and have successfully raised 3 daughters, one of whom had Down syndrome and other medical conditions. I write about raising a child with a disability along with her siblings. I share the parent and the nurse perspective of handling mild illnesses in school.
Motherhoodland by Brooke C.
Motherhoodland is a collection of written snippets of motherhood moments, insights on parenting young children from a developmental and intuitive viewpoint, poetry, and random thoughts.
Revillaging Mama by Emily Race-Newmark
Mama supporting families in revillaging. Sharing my own experiments and thoughts as I weave the village back into my life, and find nourishment within motherhood along the way.
The Unschooling Motherhood Diaries by Kelli Femrite
A sacred space for you to Unschool as a Mother, while navigating alternative pathways to your child's exploration and learning in the world, without forcing ways of being that simply don’t work for you or your child.
Intended Mother by IM
I offer a raw, lived account of becoming a mother in my 40s through the wonder of donor eggs. I hope you'll join me on this journey.
How Human by Emma Del Rey
I write to explore how human I can be and feel while meeting my different parts of self with compassion and acceptance. I write around and about the topics of motherhood, neurodivergence, creativity, and all the in-between spaces that make up my humanity.
The Green Pen by Helena ‘Ellie’ Huizenga
The Green Pen is a space for thoughtful reflections on sustainability, climate change, motherhood, and favorite reads. If you love getting lost in a good book or if you're trying to live a greener life (but find it hard, just like me), The Green Pen is right for you.
Cubconvos by Kelly-Ann Smith
Board-certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, former NICU nurse, and mom who understands both the medical and the emotional side of parenting.
Midweek Joy by Joy Netanya Thompson
Saying the quiet parts out loud about motherhood, middle age, and modern life.
Parenting In A Climate Crisis by Bridget Shirvell
A newsletter for anyone thinking about what it means to be a parent at this moment. It's a place to discuss environmental issues, share ideas, and be inspired. A place to explore parenthood, raising climate-resilient kids, and meet others working on climate solutions.
Gentle Strong Mom by Mona Veronica
Gentle Strong Mom is where motherhood meets healing, mindset, and truth-telling. I write for moms who feel unseen, tired, or lost and remind them they matter. Expect raw reflections, affirmations, and words that feel like a hand on your shoulder.
Mother Metamorphosis by Brittany Michaud
A space devoted to the sacred, spiritual, and emotional journey of becoming and being a Mother. Rooted in honesty and grounded awareness, it offers reflections on healing, spiritual connection, nervous system support, attachment with children, and soulful nourishment.
Grit and Grace Writes by Grace Clark Russell
Freelance writer. Solo mom. Sharing raw stories, real survival, and creative grit from the trenches of solo parenting and self-reinvention.
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