Unhooked & Held

About the Substack

Documenting a life of self-compassion

Free Subscription Benefits

  • Occasional public posts

Paid Subcription Benefits

  • Subscriber-only posts and full archive
  • Post comments and join the community

Paid Subscription Plans

  • $80 a year
  • $8 a month

About Aly Prades

Maker of magic in the margins. Mom of two, writer, painter, in recovery for OCD, seeker of beauty in the everyday.

Is this your Substack? Submit changes.

Unhooked & Held's recommended Substacks

Finding Your Voice Writing Community logo
Jessica Kantrowitz

Finding Your Voice Writing Community

Welcome to the community page for the Finding Your Voice Writing Workshop! Weekly and monthly content for writers who struggle with depression or other mental illness, including writing prompts, exercises, and short talks.

All The Threads logo
Ivy Nyx Zeller

All The Threads

Finding creative spiritual practices after religious trauma. Resisting fascism through whimsy and intention.

Finding Feathers logo
Sonya Spillmann

Finding Feathers

a mixtape for your inbox

1K+
free subscribers
Healing is My Special Interest logo
D.L. Mayfield

Healing is My Special Interest

The intersection of late-diagnosed neurodivergence and healing from high-control environments. Also, combatting Christian fascism!

100+
paid subscribers
8K+
free subscribers
Recasting Religious Trauma logo
Christine Greenwald

Recasting Religious Trauma

/rฤ“หˆkast/: to give a different form by melting it down and reshaping it. Understanding the trauma our religion inflicted so we can melt it down and reshape it to create a more whole and vibrant spirituality.