Substacks recommended by Angela Burk | The Real Girls Guide™

Recommended by Angela Burk

A community dedicated to reading books about women in the prime of life, the heroines juggling careers, families, and all the joys and challenges of these juicy middle years. ⁠Because main character energy doesn't have an expiration date.

We LOVE book clubs!!

- Angela Burk

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'

Liz’s Newsletter

By Liz Alterman

I write novels about messy people making questionable choices. Always happy to join book clubs, panels & author events.

Ries is Positioning

By Laura Ries

The Pioneers of Positioning welcome you into our club. Sharing all the tools in the RIES Positioning Toolbox to help you build a brand worth fighting for.

The queen of category positioning & smart as a whip!

- Angela Burk

Cake for Dinner

By Keesha Scott

Reflections on motherhood, meaning, and the conversations that stay with you long after the podcast wraps.

Thoughtful, real, honest convos!

- Angela Burk

Bronwyn Communications

By Bronwyn Saglimbeni

I help visionary leaders become spellbinding communicators.

The New Playbook

By Jennifer Hall Thornton

I help the adults in a young person's life have real conversations about building a career in a world reshaped by AI — without the lecture.

Good for anyone who has growing/adult kids in their orbit...makes you think different and we love that!

- Angela Burk

Women Mastering Midlife

By Victoria Byrd

A space to make sense of midlife, understand what’s actually happening in your body, and feel confident advocating for yourself without the confusion or overwhelm. We discuss midlife health, relationships, career, and mastering midlife on your own terms.

The Midst

Become the woman you are meant to be. Join our community of women over 40 in the midst of life pivots, career and relationship upgrades, perimenopause, building businesses, and more. Together, we're designing fulfilling, healthy lives on our terms.

My Thoughts on the Matter

By Sara Larson

Menopause and everything that comes with it.

Sara is full of straightforward wisdom and we all need more of this in our lives if you ask me! Great reads!

- Angela Burk

Life Branches

By Ellen Scherr

I'm a therapist who talks about the parts nobody warns you about when everything stops making sense, whether you're 45, 60 or 80. I give you: clinical validation + lived experience + permission to stop explaining yourself.

Some of the best writing that not only names what's happening but explains why!

- Angela Burk

Joslyn McIntyre

Freelance writer, fiction devotee, mom of identical twins, living the slow life in southern Vermont.

Thoughtful writing and fun stories!!

- Angela Burk

Aging Like a Legend

By Lorraine C. Ladish

Whether it’s rebuilding after divorce, navigating health challenges, or simply wanting to take the reins of how you age physically, mentally, and emotionally, I’m here to share the journey with you.

Great reads and fun energy!

- Angela Burk

The Nate Birt Report

By Nate Birt

Your life is a circus. So is mine. Let's connect over coffee, dangerous ideas, and a touch of doom and delight.

Sisterhood Circle Women's Well

By Women's Well Sisterhood Circle Online Group

Supporting moms in perimenopause with medicine and all it forgot. Let's do this Together.

A new find and I'm loving it!

- Angela Burk

Miranda July

Off the cuff MJ writing/videos/picts/audio for paid subscribers and an ongoing All Fours Group Chat for everyone (not a book club! A place to talk about your own life.)

Cheryl Strayed's Dear Sugar

Welcome to Cheryl Strayed's newsletter. Everything is free right now. The paid "Dear Sugar" newsletter is currently on hiatus.

Through HER Prism

By Aleksandra Pikula

Burnout, brain health & the midlife transition — for women in medicine. The window where vulnerability becomes wisdom, and biology becomes connection.

Great content, expert perspective and very timely with all the things we gals in midlife are going through!

- Angela Burk

Laura Ries

Positioning Strategist, author of The Strategic Enemy

Dr. Trina Read

Dr. Trina Read, Sexologist, is a best selling, award-winning, of the world's first self-help fictions The Sex Course, The Taboo Show & companion workbook, You. Me. Bed. NOW! Subscribe to her Pursuit of Pleasure podcast.

Wonderful insight.

- Angela Burk

Your Menopause Toolkit

Insight and info on the menopause transition.

Excellent Content.

- Angela Burk

Chief's Substack

By Chief Executive Dysfunction

My personal Substack