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Messy Work

Lucia Fontaina-Powell

A monthly 'magazine' about the messy work of being human, and building a life that feels like yours.

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Substack
PricingOnly free issuesPublishesWeekly
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Latest Issues

Recent posts by this newsletter. Browse the email archive.

Ideas People #5: Jamiel Thompson on committing to the idea that feeds you back

Ideas People is a series of honest conversations with risk-takers and rule-breakers who had a big idea—and made it happen. Encouraging fellow ideas people to bridge the gap between dreaming and doing…

18 days ago
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The curious paradox of being seen: the thing we fear and crave the most

Since I launched this Substack in 2024 (wild), I’ve played with a few different approaches to publishing—from religiously posting every other week, to monthly “magazine” issues, to not really posting at all. But the heart of Messy Work has ...

2 months ago
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New Year's Resolutions for recovering high achievers

Hello and Happy 2026! I’m writing to you, as I usually do at this time of year, as a kind of New Year scrooge—primed to caution you on the perils and psychology of goal-setting and remind you that you don’t need to be a “new” you. But first...

2 months ago
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Messy Work: A round-up of my very much human-generated, occasionally sloppy writing

Hello, lovely reader! I’m interrupting scheduled programming to take a break from our usual monthly issue. For no other reason (no pics of my blotchy, tear-stained face to accompany a dramatic announcement here*), than that I’ve quite enjoy...

3 months ago
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  • Lucia Fontaina-Powell

    Writer/coach/over-thinker

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