How to make Substack much, much more relaxing...

A loving reminder

May 22, 2025

Hi there!

I hope you’re well.

Substack is changing, and we have to change with it. It’s getting crowded and will continue to be more crowded, which isn’t a bad thing. But it will mean that having engaged subscribers and paying subscribers will demand a different (healthier, if I have anything to do with it) approach.

When we think of engaging our audience and being paid for our (very good) work, our (my) tendency is to want to do more. (I just fell prey to this as a matter of fact—as you may have seen from the calendar that went out the other day.)

Doing more is rarely the answer.

Doing less better and with more joy almost always is.

In planning tomorrow’s The Relaxing Way to Grow on Substack Workshop, I went for a very, very long walk, so what we’ll do comes from a wise and open place.

This is a 30-minute WORK-SHOP—not a dull, passive, listening-to-someone-talk Zoom blah session.

It’s time for you to set aside to get work done on your Substack to make it a better mental, physical, financial, and emotional place for you to be.

The Relaxing Way to Grow on Substack Workshop

Friday, 5/23 10-10:30 AM CT

Replay will be sent

10 minutes of me sharing my super-special way to make posting and maintaining a regular cadence easier (i.e., the “golden nugget”).
15 minutes for you to create your own.
5 minutes to share what you created, your Substack, and rejoice.

Free to paid subscribers.

How to join:

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Register and get the Zoom link and reminders.
Join us or watch the replay.
Experience incredibly relaxing Substack growth.

Hope to see you!

All our best,

Sarah and the boys (the cats)

P.S. Remember, that in SW@W, “growth” isn’t just subscriber numbers. It’s growth in terms of financial security, professional opportunities, physical health, and a sense of emotional ease, and creative flow.

P.P.S. Time permitting, Sweets and Baby Theo will illustrate what the word “relax” means to those of us who love to go, go, go.