Substacks recommended by Jane Trombley | Living in The 4th Quarter

Recommended by Jane Trombley

Weekly personal essays on wealth, status, and family from someone with generational wealth, writing with transparency.

Reflections on what I have learned in over 8 decades of living, including a memoir using the letters of the alphabet to describe different aspects of who I am and my experience. Musings on things psychological, political and everyday life included.

Dare to Tell

By Georgia Kreiger

For those who want to tell the secrets others don't want them to share.

Life Unoptimized

By Rachel Ward

Holding on to adventure, style, and ease in modern motherhood.

Refreshing look at a young family's life, graciously written, gives you hope for the future

- Jane Trombley

Creative Eldering

By Stephanie Raffelock

Musings, memories and myth-making from the edges of a long and grateful life.

Economics for the Rest of Us

By Nikki Finlay

I help you understand the economy and how changes in the economy impact you everyday.

We need this now more than ever to understand our world and how policy and governments are shaping the economy

- Jane Trombley

The Arc of Ageing

By Jane Barratt

I’m Dr. Jane Barratt. I write to awaken our moral and strategic imagination — because the systems we build today will determine the dignity, care, and futures of every generation to come.

Smart, incisive writing on aging and its impact on society

- Jane Trombley

Coming of Aging

By Vicki Robin

Coming of aging is becoming wiser as we grow older. I'm honest, deep, inquisitive, and sometimes funny as I document my bumpy road from older to elder. Sometimes topics from my past creep in: money, time, dialog, freedom. All grist for the wisdom mill.

Thoughtful stories and insights about aging; challenges, joys and frustrations

- Jane Trombley

4-Quarter Lives | Elderberries

By Avivah Wittenberg-Cox

How to live and lead well in an age of longevity. Avivah Wittenberg-Cox explores longer lives — and their consequences for work, leadership and life — through two weekly lenses: Tuesday’s Longevity Leadership and Sunday’s 4-Quarter Lives.

Elderberries redefines what aging means - to individuals, companies, and countries. Clear and concise info and introspection

- Jane Trombley

Footnotes and Tangents

By Simon Haisell

Slow reads of great books. Book guides and a reading community to help you get more from the best stories.

Classic literature with all the detail you never knew.

- Jane Trombley

TheSeniorTechie

By Paul Wilczynski

Guiding seniors through technology with clear advice and insights, with practical advice from a senior who truly understands. Ranked #15 Rising in Technology on Substack!

Tech is a 9 headed monster for many seniors. The Senior Techie is our friend and guide in this wilderness.

- Jane Trombley

Creative Crones with Stella Fosse

Stella holds forth about creativity after midlife along with health, sexuality, anti-ageism, and building an age-positive culture for women.

The intersection of aging and creativity. Can't beat that combination

- Jane Trombley

The Granny Who Stands on her Head

By Ann Richardson

After a lifetime of reflection, I write short posts with a touch of gentle humour. Yes, I write on being old, but life is too interesting to be limited to one small part.

A granny who stands on her head? Of course you need to read her and tap into her wisdom!

- Jane Trombley

FLESH WORLD by Jessica DeFino

Reporting on the absurd world of beauty culture. / “The newsletter the beauty industry fears.” - the Herald.

I don't care how old you are - when is self care and beauty not top of mind?

- Jane Trombley

Ageism Is Never In Style's substack

By Jacynth

by our award-winning founder & CEO Jacynth Bassett

A compelling advocate and an intergenerational voice. It's not to be missed!

- Jane Trombley

Life In The Second Half

By Patricia Cusack

I help you become a health-conscious, more engaged and motivated over-60-year-old, extending healthspan and finding joy in life, because it's never too late to thrive

Patricia has a very down-to-earth approach to the "second half" of life, whether it's health/wellness, the importance of intellectual growth, or simply enjoying the fruits of our years.

- Jane Trombley

Everything is Personal

By Laurie Stone

The story is not about what happened, it's about what the narrator makes of what happened.

Embracing Ageing

By Jane Duncan Rogers

Aging is happening, and there is no knight in shining armour! Subscribe for insight, inspiration, and irreverence.

This is the essential guide for aging, and that means all of us!

- Jane Trombley

Elder Wisdom | Dr. Marc Cooper

By Dr Marc B Cooper

Thank you for reading Elder Wisdom. Subscribe for free—receive new posts and embody the presence and wisdom of Elder in yourself and the world.

A different take on what it means to have, and be, an elder with wisdom forged by a lifetime

- Jane Trombley

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

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

Exploring aging one fabulous interview at a time.

- Jane Trombley

Ageless Mind Project Newsletter

Wellbeing

Healthy Seniors

By Diana

Join thousands of subscribers who want to age well, stay active, and feel their best. We turn healthy-aging advice into simple, practical guidance that seniors can actually use.

Solid health information for seniors or anyone in their orbit who is vested in senior well-being

- Jane Trombley