How Following My Intuition Helped Me Grow My Substack (and Find Direction)
If you’ve ever wondered how to grow your Substack without losing your voice, this is for you.
You can find your purpose even after months of feeling off. Sometimes, it starts with something as simple as writing a newsletter.
Four months ago, when I started this newsletter, it felt like a long road ahead. I could never have imagined the journey it would become. At that time, I simply wanted to find a way out of the stuck place I was in.
Over these four months, I started to figure out what I want to do next. I reconnected with my younger self and allowed myself to dream again. This newsletter wasn’t meant to be another growth project or another way to gain subscribers. It became my way of getting unstuck—the spark that helped me start enjoying life again..
Writing, creating, and showing up here has been less about building an audience and more about building the life and work I’ve been longing for.
And what began as a small experiment became something far more powerful. In just four months, this newsletter has grown to almost 1,000 subscribers and now reaches over 3,000 readers. It’s proof that Substack growth doesn’t have to come from tactics or algorithms, it happens naturally when your work is aligned with purpose.
If you’ve been wondering how to get back into creative flow, I wrote more about that in Let Things Flow
The Inner Work Behind Substack Growth and Intuitive Success
The Heart Behind Substack Growth: Intuition
Every step of this process has been shaped by intuition. I didn’t follow a strict content plan or a calendar. I listened and trusted what felt right in the moment. I’ve written before about how to trust your intuition and make aligned decisions, and it continues to guide how I create, share, and connect through Substack.
When I felt stuck, intuition helped me get out of the rut, find perspective, and return to myself.
There are days, as you can imagine, when writing is the last thing I want to do. But intuition always finds a way to guide me back. One day, when anxiety was high, it nudged me to visit a museum. Another day, it led me to a café to write, even when I felt empty.
Can you build Substack newsletter by following your intuition? You absolutely can.
Three days after launching my newsletter, intuition guided me to post a note. It wasn’t planned or polished but it resonated deeply. That single note brought in over 111 new subscribers in one day. Since then, multiple notes have gone viral, and each time it happened, it was never from productivity hacks — it was from following what felt real.
Intuition guides the creative process. It gives you the next story to tell, the courage to keep going, and the honesty that keeps readers close. It reminds you that creativity isn’t something you force, it’s something you follow. And when you follow it consistently, your Substack growth becomes natural and sustainable.
Building Belief Before the Numbers Come: Mindset
Your mindset shapes how you see the process and what you believe is possible. I wrote more about this in What You Believe Exists, where I explored how belief itself becomes a creative force.
I’ve had to remind myself again and again: this is your dream, you can make it here. It’s a simple phrase, but it carried me through doubt. Our minds often try to keep us safe, but when you’re building something with meaning, you have to redefine what “growth,” “success,” and “failure” mean.
If you only focus on numbers or subscriber counts, it’s easy to lose heart. But when you create from a place of belief, joy, and service, everything changes. Building a newsletter isn’t just a marketing exercise, it’s a mindset practice. It’s choosing to show up before the results, trusting that your work will grow roots in its own time.
Over these four months, I’ve written 34 newsletters — roughly two each week. Writing that often has been a practice in trust. Publishing regularly has taught me that growth isn’t only about numbers, it’s about presence.
This is where true Substack growth begins, when you stop chasing and start nurturing.
Building a Purpose-Driven Substack for Long-Term Growth
Vision is what helps you see beyond the next post and hold on to the bigger picture.
What’s your vision for your newsletter? Do you see it as a side project or as a space to serve, connect, and grow?
For me, I’ve pictured this life many times: sitting in cafés, writing stories that matter, building a community and creating a digital business rooted in meaning. That vision guides every choice from the words I write to the energy I bring to each post.
Vision gives direction. It’s what aligns your creative work with the life you’re called to build. When you hold that vision close, even the smallest steps begin to make sense.
Your Substack Growth Journey Begins Within
What if your Substack newsletter could become the thing that helps you get unstuck?
Not just a project on the side, but a space that reconnects you with yourself, helps you serve others, and opens doors you didn’t expect.
That’s what these four months have shown me. For creators who are led by purpose and heart, your newsletter isn’t just a nice-to-have — it’s a calling. It’s a way to reach people, to inspire them, and to remind them of what’s possible when they follow their intuition and vision.
Your words can travel further than you think.
Whether you’re just starting or rebuilding, remember: sustainable Substack growth doesn’t come from tactics alone, it comes from alignment.
Listen to your intuition. Write from where you are. This is only the beginning of your journey .
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Your turn
If you’re still reading, I’d love to know:
What would happen if you gave your newsletter more space in your life? What might change if you started treating it as something worth building and taking to the next level?
Drop a comment. I read each one, and I reply with care.
Thank you for sharing, it deeply resonates. I am just starting, but I also feel like I am following my inner voice, my intuition. Many times I fall back into my rational mind, planning, organizing, researching for the best strategy to grow. But then I remind myself, I why I am doing this. To give whatever is coming up a a space, a voice.
I love the idea of aligning intuition with a businesslike mindset. Since I started publishing on Substack, I noticed one main reason that makes me want to stay here (and grow a community of people interested in essays on motherhood, faith, and beauty): this platform does not tear me apart in terms of attention.
I can show up twice a week, engage, comment, work on the next post, and then forget about it for the next couple of days. That was never the case with Instagram, which required undivided attention several times a day.