The Granny Who Stands on her Head

Building a community of like-minded Substackers who all want to grow their own following, and help each other do the same.

Exploring and uplifting our shared humanity. Changing our world one joyous conversation at a time.

Midlife, widowed mom to one tween boy. I write about some of the crazy sh*t grief made me do after my husband died from cancer in 2021.

My personal Substack

Life happens. We get interrupted. When my husband died, grief opened my heart. Writing, like grieving, is an act of love. Interruptions are not forever. I'm writing again. Join me! A Substack Featured Publication.

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

I share practical insights and inspiration about Healthspan, and living your best life after 50 - because it's never too late to thrive.

I've worked fast food, made curtains for VW vans, dental assistant, married people, ran an herb farm, wrote obits, church secretary, and became a psychotherapist and an artist. Not done pivoting. There's life after loss and I hope to inspire.

Celebrating discovery in art, writing and the moment as it flies

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

Weekly personal essays about wealth, class, and capitalism from someone with generational wealth, writing with transparency

Loving my patients to death: Anecdotes from a hospice doctor

Rebuilding a life and a writing practice after leaving academe.