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Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, Vol 4, Iss 19: How to Get Started
$ · October 13, 2023
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Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, Vol 4, Res 19: How to Stop Junk Mail & the Benefits of Play for Adults
October 6, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! Tiny bit of housekeeping: while the resource issues...
Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, Vol 4, Iss 18: Rethinking Helpfulness and Rest
$ · September 29, 2023
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Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, Vol 4, Res 18: The Institute of Student Loan Advisors and Ableist Language You May Be Using
September 22, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! Quick reminder about Violet Blue’s Pandemic Roundup...
Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, Vol 4, Iss 17: The Creative Advice I Turn to Repeatedly
$ · September 15, 2023
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Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, Vol 4, Res 17: Banned Book Club, Small Talk, & Music From Any Time & Place
September 8, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! First, very important: It is being made very...
Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, Vol 4, Iss 16: Knowing When to Say, "It's Not For Me"
$ · September 1, 2023
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Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, Vol 4, Res 16: KOSA, Covid Resources, & a Bonus Funsie
August 25, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! This week was my second episode returning on All...
Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, Vol 4, Iss 15: Working With Where We Are At Right Now
$ · August 18, 2023
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Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, Vol 4, Res 15: Help for Maui and How Gatekeeping Womanhood Hurts Everyone
August 11, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! Our sofa finally arrived and it is absolutely...
Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, Vol 4, Iss 14: Function Over Form
$ · August 4, 2023
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Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, Vol 4, Res 14: Understood.org and A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns
July 28, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! I recorded my first episode of All the Books! of...
Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, Vol 4, Iss 13: The Mythical Someday When
$ · July 21, 2023
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Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, Vol 4, Res 13: Simple Wikipedia & Dope Therapy
July 14, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! I have always been generally crap at keeping a...
Volume 4, Issue 12: Make Fewer Choices
July 7, 2023
This is typically a paid subscriber-only issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice but this one is public. I appreciate your support for my work!...
Volume 4, Quickie 3: Refocusing This Week and a Bonus Fun Thing
June 30, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! I am attending funerary services this week for my...
Volume 4, Resources 12: How to Find a Good Therapist and TGI Justice
June 23, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! Happy Pride weekend for all of you here with me in...
Volume 4, Issue 11: The Question That Helps When I'm Feeling Bad
$ · June 16, 2023
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Volume 4, Resources 11: Diversity in Stock Photos and Anti-capitalist Affirmations
June 9, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! This past weekend we went cherry picking again and...
Volume 4, Issue 10: On Thoughtfulness
$ · June 2, 2023
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Volume 4, Resources 10: Demand Avoidance and Angela Davis in Conversation with OMCA
May 26, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! It’s a resource week and this week has been a doozy...
Volume 4, Issue 9: Permission to Play
$ · May 19, 2023
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Volume 4, Resources 9: Wallet Activism and Buy Nothing Groups
May 12, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! One of the most exciting things in my life right...
Volume 4, Issue 8: Pouring Into Me While Pouring Into Our Community
$ · May 5, 2023
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Volume 4, Resources 8: The Racism of "Authentic" Food and Let's Talk About Hard Things (Book Rec)
April 28, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it!Hi friends! In case you missed it, I removed the paywall from...
Exciting Update to Volume 4, Issue 7: Filling the Well: It's Free Now!
April 23, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! Last week I wrote about how I categorize and...
Volume 4, Issue 7: Filling the Well
April 21, 2023
This is typically a paid subscriber-only issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, but my gut tells me this issue should be accessible for...
Volume 4, Quickie 2: This Week's Writing Energy Was Redirected
April 14, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends. Friday April 14th we are having my mother’s...
Volume 4, Resources 7: Mercury Stardust and a Big Yikes for BetterHelp
April 7, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends. I am still off from my day job and the podcast. My...
Volume 4, Issue 6: The Importance of Saying Thank You
$ · March 31, 2023
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Volume 4, Resources 6: More Support for Trans Folks & the Pajaro Farmworkers
March 24, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends. Difficult update at the bottom of this newsletter....
Volume 4, Issue 5: Giving Mom Her Flowers While She Can Still Smell Them
March 17, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. CW: parent with terminal illness, big feelings Hi friends. Last week I said that my...
Volume 4, Resources 5: Support for Trans Folks
March 10, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends. Switching the order of resource issue/essay issue...
Volume 4, Resources 4: Better Version of the Anti-racism Resource Guide & Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
March 3, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends. All my personal updates that I have right now are...
Volume 4, Issue 4: Everything is on Fire, So Now What?
$ · February 24, 2023
Hi friends! This week I offer some second-hand advice on what do you when it feels like everything is (figuratively) on fire. This is for paid subscribers...
Volume 4, Resources 3: Covid Risk Assessment and Anti-racism Resource Guide
February 17, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! We have mostly moved into our new home. Unpacking...
Volume 4, Quickie 1: We're Moving This Week!
February 10, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! We are moving today, Friday 2/10 and so there is...
Volume 4, Issue 3: On Community
$ · February 3, 2023
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Volume 4, Resources 2: Inclusive Language & Style Guide Roundup
January 27, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! Things continue to be overwhelming over here....
Volume 4, Issue 2: Dealing With (Managing?) Change
January 20, 2023
Hi friends! First, a bit of housekeeping: I do not want to put Mom updates behind a paywall but I also don’t want to start off every week with them. So, for...
Volume 4, Resources 1: Short Update, Self-Compassion, and Social Justice Engagement Strategies
January 13, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends. I’ll keep the Mom updates short by saying: the...
Volume 4, Issue 1: I've Already Learned So Much This Year
January 6, 2023
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! Normally the more essay-ish issues are behind a...
Volume 3: Good Riddance to 2022 & Hurtling Toward 2023
December 30, 2022
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Volume 3, Issue 26: This Week Was Not What I Expected
December 23, 2022
This issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice is public. CW: Hospitalization of a parent Hi friends. I had planned on unveiling something that I...
Volume 3, Resources 25: A Bit of Permission and a Bit of Joy
December 16, 2022
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! I don’t know about you but I’m feeling pretty...
Volume 3, Issue 25: Feelings Can Be Scary
$ · December 9, 2022
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Volume 3, Resources 24: Patricia's Best Books of 2022!
December 2, 2022
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! Before I get into the main event, I first want to...
Volume 3, Issue 24: Tips on Handling Overwhelm
$ · November 25, 2022
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Volume 3, Resources 23: A Few Words on Allyship, 2022 Books as Gifts, How Long to Read, & Secret Cooking Techniques
November 18, 2022
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends. It’s a resource week but before I get to that fun...
Volume 3, Issue 23: It's Already That Time of Year
$ · November 11, 2022
Hi friends! The other day I was chatting with a friend and we were talking about how we each aspire to have rituals around the lunar cycles (specifically the...
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