Substacks recommended by Advantages of Age

Recommended by Advantages of Age

All things conscious ageing

Featured articles, poems and stories that come from the land, from my ancestors, your ancestors, my work as a storyteller, psychopomp, rune reader and death doula. Each week features a different topic for my letter.

Clover Stroud: On The Way Life Feels

By Clover Stroud on The Way Life Feels

I write about the moments that make up our extraordinary lives, especially related to creativity, relationships, sobriety, motherhood, grief and joy. I like hearing other's experiences too, so we can connect through a sense of our shared humanity

Words, Wisdom & Conversation by Karen Sommerville

Karen Sommerville is a book coach and writes international thrillers under the name of K.R. Dodd. Here on Words, Wisdom & Conversation, Karen is passionate about exploring how she and others navigate being a creative person of a "certain age.”

[B]OLD AGE with Debbie Weil

Sharing what it's really like to get old, from the blessings to the bullshit.

End Of The Line: A Parkinson's Progress

By From Nick Calder: End Of The Line episodes

Tales from trips to every end of line Tube station, notes on the progress of my Parkinson's, spiked with bits on life and death plus memories of London in 1960's - the whole mess served on a bed of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll.

Nick writes about his ongoing challenges dealing with Parkinson's Disease with wit, pathos and grit. His lust for life shines through.

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David Whyte

Poems, essays and commentaries as well as insights from my Three Sundays Series.

Dispatches From The Shed

By Lyn Slater

Essays, Ideas, "Butterfly Thoughts", Vignettes, Experiments and more by Lyn Slater

What Now? with Lindsay Johnstone

Top 40 in Parenting: Asking and attempting to answer various flavours of this question as I rattle roughshod over the peaks and troughs of post-analysis, perimenopausal midlife from home in Glasgow, Scotland

Penny Kiley's music writing

By Penny Kiley's Music Writing

A music journalist’s archive of post-punk Liverpool.

THE KUREISHI CHRONICLES

By Hanif Kureishi

Dispatches from my hospital bed. Writing on writing; sex and drugs and music, TV shows and writers I admire, my memories, among other matters.

Sex Advice for Seniors

By Suzanne

Honest, stigma-free sex advice for people who refuse to let age define their desires. New subscribers receive a FREE PDF of my '10 Most Overlooked Secrets to Better Sex After 50'.

No nonsense podcast about navigating sex and dating in later-life from Advantages of Age co-founder, Suzanne Noble and sexologist Zoe Kors.

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The Queenager with Eleanor Mills

By Eleanor Mills & Noon

The noon.org.uk newsletter: Midlife, joy, new chapters and everything in between.

Fellow pro-ageing activist Eleanor Mills has built up a community of Queenagers, that share Advantages of Age ethos that life can and should continue to be fulfilling as we grow older.

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SES/SUMS IT UP with Kevin Sessums

By Kevin Sessums

Conversation/Culture/Current Affairs

NYT Bestselling author, pilgrim and culture vulture Kevin Sessums shares his daily life - whether it's striking up a conversation with a barista to a backstage encounter with a celebrity ballerina. Every conversation, no matter how big or small, has significance reminding us that 'everything connects.'

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Before and After the Book Deal

By Courtney Maum

Real talk about the writing + publishing industry from an author who doesn’t want you to feel confused, bewildered, or alone. Plus: craft tips, reading recommendations, writing support + solidarity (unless you are a jerk to people in the comments).

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

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

seventysomething

By Susie Kaufman

memory, aging in amazement, the inner life

Let's Talk About Writing

By Suzy Vitello

Writing tips from a book coach: words, witchery, and occasional bouts of wisdom.

Help Me! Newsletter

By Marianne Power

Life. Love. Self-help.

Older Not Over

By Alan Swan

A newsletter and community for those who thought it was too late to change the course of their lives. Just because you're older doesn’t mean it’s over.