Two Years on Substack

August 1 marked two years of writing on Substack. This space has been through a few lives… it started as Sustainable Stories, then became The Mind Reset, and finally grew into Life in Vivid Warm.

When I first began, I wanted this to be a place for me to share holistic health, wellness, and yoga with science-backed articles digging into specific topics while expanding my own knowledge along the way. Over time, though, my writing shifted into something a little different, and I started focusing my writing more on what I knew would be more “popular” versus what I actually wanted to write. I still very much enjoyed it (and it helped be get a contributing writer job), but it wasn’t quite what I had first imagined and eventually I lost the spark that kept me showing up week after week.

So this is a goodbye to Life in Vivid Warm. I’m starting fresh and if you’re subscribed here, you’ll hear from me soon in a new space that feels much closer to what I originally imagined.

In the meantime, I’ve still been writing over at For Evergreen. If you’re into nature-based travel and wellness or environmental and wildlife conservation, that’s where you’ll find me. It’s also where I’ll be sharing updates for my seasonal magazine, Evergolden, which features the voices of other Substack writers.

Thank you to anyone and everyone that has followed along over the past 2 years and stay tuned :) 🤍

-Leanna