Sitemap - 2024 - Clover Stroud: On The Way Life Feels

Some of the things I will do in 2025 to feel more present in my life

On finding meaning amongst the special melancholy and abundance of Christmas

On more new things I'm learning about reducing kids screen time for my kids, and how I do it

On being and staying sober when everyone else is drunk

On why every mother needs the gift of a burn out diagnosis this Christmas

Tiny Acts of Bravery: Elizabeth Gilbert

Tiny Acts of Bravery: Series Two of my podcast launches tomorrow!

On one thing I learned a year ago, which will radically increase your JOY in the next six weeks

On missing my children, but delighting in my solitude

On the two things I've done in the last week which have helped me feel hope

On how it feels to be living in Washington DC today, on the eve of the biggest election of all our lives

On balancing the big and small stuff in life

On the places I've found creativity when I'm feeling overwhelmed

The surprising things I really love about life in America

On the effect removing screens has had on my children, and how I am managing it

On the one thing absolutely all of us are searching for

On sharing Sunday evening sadness, and how that might help us feel a little less alone

"I was a trad wife. I'm sharing my story so other women can learn from the way my life was destroyed."

Join me tomorrow for a live chat on how we divvy up our domestic responsibilities

On the threat trad wives present to women everywhere

On finding our own personal journey into and through grief

Meet me to chat sobriety next Thursday!

On reflecting on three years of sobriety, and what it has taught me

On realising that the best aphrodisiac for parents costs absolutely nothing

On the way a holiday has taught me a valuable lesson about time

On returning to a landscape of my past, and an extract from The Wild Other

On the role our dogs play in knitting together the everyday moments of our lives

On why life in America has started to feel like The Hunger Games

On answering a critic, and what Eminem teaches me about turning life into art

On the lessons I learn in teaching creative writing, and the sense of creative collaboration it brings

On ten top tips for getting through a first draft of writing

On reaching an extraordinary sense of radical acceptance of my body, and it's all down to the way I sweat

On how the quick movement of time feels when your children grow up

On settling into the changing rhythm of life

On the way the shape of a family changes over time as children grow up; an extract from The Giant on the Skyline

On how I reduced screen time for my children, and the dramatic effect it's had on family life

On... our Motherhood live chat

On the individual personalities of children and a liberating piece of parenting advice

On tomorrow's live discussion on motherhood

On stepping back into my old life, and a life lesson from an astronaut

On being in the english countryside, book events and teaching

On the creative possibilities of colour, and how to make conditions for it to thrive

On putting my life and kids on the page

Exclusive Preview from The Giant on the Skyline

Does a landscape absorb us, as we absorb it?

On the earthly pleasures of someone's else's stuff

On feeling melancholy, and the mantra that shifted it

On sadness, subscribers and a couple of updates

On why I owe Taylor Swift a personal apology

You Asked Me Anything! And I Answered: Part Two

On the life lessons I'm learning from Washington's famous cherry blossom

You Asked Me Anything! And I answered: Part One

On the kinda wild creativity of a super sober life

On the deeps and colours of a life without alcohol

Join my Substack chat!

Thinking more on human connections

On the absolutely essential joy of human communication

On the emotional resonance of jewellery

A little video chat about memoir - and also because the birds sound so sweet & optimistic

On Asking Me Anything!

On the way home feels

On Spring flowers, and the radical creative opportunities of grief

What would you like to ask Elizabeth Gilbert about bravery?

On Losing Home and Everything in it

What Am I Doing Here?