Archive - Samantha Shelley's Substack

Not crying at the post office

I’m standing at the post office counter while a brusque, detail-oriented woman types my England address into her computer.

Jul 13 •

Samantha Shelley

A little update on what I'm offering, coaching-wise

Less gurus, more caring conversations that bring us back to ourselves

Jul 7 •

Samantha Shelley

June 2025

Sleep tips me out at 5 a.m.

Jun 29 •

Samantha Shelley

Surviving the night

The so-called self at the end of the world, or a different, better subheading

Jun 27 •

Samantha Shelley

Can I have your attention? (Sorry)

What a serious thing it is,

Jun 23 •

Samantha Shelley

My mind has been all over the place lately (for reasons you can likely guess) so I haven’t had anything to say that’s felt worth sharing on this…

Jun 17 •

Samantha Shelley

May 2025

Natasha Helfer just schooled Mormon Stories on its stigmatization of non-monogamy

The unending reach of purity culture and oh thank God, a qualified woman has entered the chat

May 19 •

Samantha Shelley

The unexamined patriarchy of the Mormon Wives

Women who hate each other and the baby elephants in the room

May 18 •

Samantha Shelley

What does your desire know that you don't?

Wanting as data and the intuitive pull of the red-flag-lined path

May 13 •

Samantha Shelley

A new crisis of faith

Radical honesty, disillusionment, alcoholism, objectification, loving what's real, stuff like that

May 6 •

Samantha Shelley

I'm being forced to surrender

A little (up in the air) life update/this Substack has gone to the dogs

May 1 •

Samantha Shelley

April 2025

No more giddy up

The real me is a Southern girl with her Levi's on and an open heart

Apr 27 •

Samantha Shelley

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