Welcome to Rethink with Rachel!

I’m honoured that Rethink with Rachel is a Substack Featured Publication for 2023! 🙂

“Rethink” means two things to me. One, it’s a way of sharing ideas that I hope will make you think differently about life and work. It can be hard to carve out the time and headspace to cut through the information clutter to find insights that spark fresh thoughts or feelings. Joining the dots across disciplines is what I take great pride, care, and joy in doing.

Rethink is also a way for me to have a closer, more direct relationship with readers, writers, designers, students, entrepreneurs, leaders, and thinkers. Hello!

It’s a place for me to experiment with new emerging ideas and to see your responses and hear your feedback. You’ll see sneak peeks of new projects and writing drafts. It’s a more personal and meaningful space to create a connected community that I haven’t been able to create on other social media platforms.  It’s a place for me to share all the things I listen to, read, watch, and enjoy.

Rethink is really a space to do more thinking (and less doing). Some of you have told me how the ideas shift your lens on something important or prompt an interesting or even difficult conversation. It is so rewarding when you share with me how you take an idea and put it into practice.

Whether you sign up for free or upgrade to a paid subscription, I'm so glad you’re here. 

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• The Rethink newsletter: A weekly idea that will make you think differently. Read by curious minds and lifelong learners in 130+ countries, every Monday.

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• And my gratitude—lots of it—because being a paid subscriber means you’re directly supporting the development of my ideas.

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Warmly,

About Rachel

I’m Rachel Botsman. I’ve lived on four continents, given three TED talks, written two acclaimed books, and was the first Trust Fellow at Oxford University. I live in Oxford with my husband, two children, and beloved dog Mack. I’m a gardening enthusiast, book nerd, and artist at heart.