Susan Cain

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  • The Hedge Cutter Loved

    who has such lovely work. If you fall in love with it as I have, note that she sells greeting cards on her site. (Just fyi, no commission to me.)

    susancain.substack.com 2026-09-01

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  • Fern Hill Loved

    Today, I want to share with you one of my favorite poems: "Fern Hill", by Dylan Thomas.

    susancain.substack.com 2026-09-01

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  • Gone: A Girl, A Violin, a Life Unstrung Loved

    This is one of the most extraordinary memoirs I've ever read.

    susancain.substack.com 2026-04-07

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  • The Power of Myth Loved

    I discovered Campbell's work during that great transitional period of my life (in my early 30s, when I left the wrong career and the wrong relationship, and set sail into the unknown) and it has been a mainstay ever since.

    susancain.substack.com 2026-04-07

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  • Sacred Therapy: Jewish Spiritual Teachings on Emotional Healing and Inner Wholeness Loved

    This book is so full of wisdom and insight. I pulled down my copy just now and it's filled with underlines and margin notes.

    susancain.substack.com 2026-04-07

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  • The most beautiful poem about growing older 1 Sept
  • Fern Hill 1 Sept Loved
  • The Hedge Cutter 1 Sept Loved
  • Our Candlelight Chat is TOMORROW, Sunday, from 1-2 pm EST, on Zoom 29 Aug
  • Our next Candlelight Chat is this Sunday, with special guest, the very warm and fabulous Kate Bowler 28 Aug
  • A simple path to a richer, deeper form of happiness 25 Aug

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  • In an age of machines, what makes life worth living? 17 Aug
  • Sacred Humanism: A New Vision for the Humanities 13 Aug
  • Are You Building a Writing Life? 7 Aug
  • How to Thrive as a "Highly Sensitive Person" 3 Aug
  • I'm doing a Substack Live, TODAY at 2 pm ET, with Sarah Fay! Open to all. 31 Jul
  • How to handle anticipatory anxiety and anticipatory grief 30 Jul
  • Are you a Highly Sensitive Person? Our next Candlelight Chat tomorrow (Sunday) is for you. 25 Jul
  • Going Home: The Deeper Meaning of "The Odyssey" 20 Jul
  • We keep mistaking visibility for depth 14 Jul
  • The magic of Candlelight Chats - and our next one is coming up! 12 Jul
  • I am aware of how little I know 5 Jul
  • Sacred Therapy: Jewish Spiritual Teachings on Emotional Healing and Inner Wholeness 7 Apr Loved
  • The Power of Myth 7 Apr Loved
  • Gone: A Girl, A Violin, a Life Unstrung 7 Apr Loved