Volume 1, Resources 17: Vowing Not to Burn Out, Tea & Empathy Cards, & 50 Ways to Reach Out
Hi friends! What Ashley C. Ford says in this Instagram post is a lot of what I’m feeling: smashfizzleI don’t have advice for you. Lots of people much smarter...
Volume 1, Issue 17: An Honest Coping Skills Check-in
Hi friends! By the time this newsletter goes out, I will have been sheltering in place for 191 days. Sometimes I feel okay and recently came across this...
Volume 1, Resources 16: Re-Orientation & Reality Check, Pandemic Round-Up, Surge Capacity, & More Mental Health Resources
Hi friends! As you know, I am in the San Francisco Bay Area. As you may also know, a whole lot of California is on fire right now. When my wife left our...
Volume 1, Issue 16: The Most Difficult Boundaries
Hi friends! I’m trying out a new time for sending the newsletter so thanks for bearing with me. Today I wanted to write a bit more about boundaries because...
Volume 1, Resources 15: More Antiracism, Self-Care, & Therapy
Hi friends! There’s a lot going on right now in the U.S. and I’m having a hard time finding anything to say that isn’t just screaming incoherently and...
Volume 1, Issue 15: 8 Myths About Boundaries
Hi friends! Well, fire season in California has started. There are over 360 wildfires currently burning in California. We have kept our windows closed all...
Volume 1, Resources 14: Doomscrolling & COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment
Hi friends! I am overwhelmed. I’m taking Friday (newsletter day!) off my day job this week which means it was a 4-day work week for me. I have had 17...
Volume 1, Issue 14: The One Where I Am A Snail Mail Evangelist
Hi friends! Today I want to write about something very, very important to me: snail mail. “But this newsletter is about self-help and being a better person....
Volume 1, Resources 13: Breathing Techniques & More Antiracist Resources
Hi friends! How’s it going? There are a few things that have been keeping me going and bringing me joy lately and I want to share them. The first is that my...
Volume 1, Issue 13: On Speaking Up for Ourselves
Hi friends! How are we all holding up? I am currently having a cup of hot chocolate that is mostly whipped cream. Yes, it is late July. Yes, I am in the...
Volume 1, Resources 12: Affordable Prescriptions
Hi friends! It’s resource week! A couple weeks ago I wrote a bunch about therapy from why someone might go to therapy to how to afford therapy if you don’t...
Volume 1, Issue 12: On Ritual and Creation
Hi friends! In the before times, I would frequently wear a bold lipstick. But now I am wearing a mask when I leave the apartment so I’ve stepped up my...
Volume 1, Resources 11: A Bit of Therapy, As a Treat
Hi Friends! This week is a resource week. Normally I’d send out a couple resources and save the meatier stuff for every other week; however, the past week...
Volume 1, Issue 11: How Are You Really?
Hi friends! A special hello to my new subscribers. I hope that you find something of use in this ambitious little newsletter! <gif of Bela Lugosi as Dracula....
Volume 1, Resources 10: Critical Race Theory & a Wheel of Feelings
Hello old friends and new friends! I’m happy you’re here. Happy Juneteenth! I’ve taken the day off work to do some reflection and reading and also because I...
Volume 1, Issue 10: On Effort
Hello new friends! The majority of you reading this are new subscribers. Welcome! Most of you got here via the Absolutely Massive List of Anti-racist...
Volume 1, Resources 9: Absolutely Massive List of Anti-racist Resources for Black Lives Matter Allies
This post is public and free to share Hi Friends. I hope you are all taking care of yourselves. This list is too giant to fully show up in your email so you...
Volume 1, Issue 9: Ally is a Verb
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! theinfophile"Being Black is having a good day and then seeing...
Volume 1, Resources 8: Implicit Bias & Unf*ck Your Habitat
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi Friends! How’s it going? It’s resource week! I know that...
Volume 1, Issue 8: What do boundaries look like right now?
Hi Friends! How’s it going? What have you done for yourself lately? I typed that second question 8 times. I deleted it 7 times. I kept deleting it because I...
Volume 1, Resources 7: Book Concierge & Help With Meditating
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! How’s it going? As you received this (if you’re...
Volume 1, Issue 7: 5 Stars
Hi Friends! How’s everyone doing? My friend taught me a new answer to this question, which is, “I’m pandemic-okay.” Like, all things considering, I’m okay....
Volume 1, Resources 6: Free Anxiety Workbook & A Wealth of Goodness
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi Friends! How’s everyone doing? I think I’ve reached some...
Volume 1, Issue 6: Running Low on Spell Slots
Hi Friends! I’m on day 37 of sheltering in place. How about you? Is anyone else tired from the constant performance of calmness and contentment? Tired of...
Volume 1, Resources 5: Self-Compassion, ResearchBuzz, and a Cat in Your Ears
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi Friends! How’s it going? I have recently started learning a...
Volume 1, Issue 5: Prepping for Meltdowns
Link to original comic: http://gunshowcomic.com/648 As of the posting of this newsletter, I will be in self isolation / sheltering in place / physical...
Volume 1, Resources 4: Crowd-Sourced Covid-19 Resource Database, Cook Like an Adult, & Stretch Like Katniss Everdeen
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hello friends! How is everyone holding up? I skipped the...
Volume 1, Issue 4.1: Well this is festive!
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! This week is supposed to be a newsletter with resources. To be...
Volume 1, Issue 4: Stay at Home Club
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! WOW, WHAT A FUCKIN’ WEEK. How are you holding up? I had a whole...
Volume 1, Resources 3: WorldCat & So You Want to Talk About Race
This issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice is for everyone. Please feel free to share it! Hi Friends! Wow I am exhausted. We have been out...
Volume 1, Issue 3: On Sharing Feelings
When my wife and I first started dating and it was clear it was turning into something serious, we sat and had a long talk and set up ground rules. We both...
Volume 1, Resources 2: DIY Self-Care Self-Check & Ambient Sounds to Transport You
Hi friends! How’s everyone doing? I’ve turned into a reading monster. I’m trying to squeeze in reading time whenever I can. Putting away the dishes? I can...
Volume 1, Issue 2: On Being Helpful & Being Helped
I was a Mister Rogers fan as a kid. I was also a Sesame Street kid for a while until my mom didn’t allow me to watch it. Why did my mom cut 4-year-old me off...
Volume 1, Resources 1: Intro, Tax Help, & Putting Down Your Phone
So, last week I jumped right into the newsletter with a meaty post. My plan is to deliver one of those to your inbox every other week. For the weeks in...
Volume 1, Issue 1: On Making and Breaking Rules
Hi Friends! It’s the last day of January and holy shit wow. This month. We made it to the end of the week. The longest week of the year. What was this, a...
Hi Friends!
I’m Patricia. I’m Black, Asian, and queer. I’ve had a lifetime of answering questions in various settings. I was a sex educator & dating expert for years. I...
Self-improvement for people who are underwhelmed
Welcome to Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice by me, Patricia Elzie. We're all in this together. Sign up now so you don’t miss the first issue....
EEDA Newsletter Greatest Hits
Hi friends! Over the past five years I have shared a ton of advice and a huge number of resources. Below you will find some of my most popular posts linked...
About Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice
Tl;dr: Let’s disrupt self-help! It all started, as many things do around here: I was irritated. I’ve been an avid reader of self-help for years and while...
The Infophile's Kitchen Gadget Recommendation List
This is a public page of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! This is mostly in service of the folks on Instagram...