Hi friends and welcome to the new subscribers! Since quite a few of you are new, I recommend checking out this post to learn what you’re getting into. Also, the new folks this week probably know me as Suzi and yet I write under my first name, Patricia. It’s complicated, but I go by my middle name (Suzi) at my day job and I write and podcast using my first name, Patricia. I answer to both.

This newsletter alternates between an issue of resources and an issue of something more thoughtful and personal. Last week was a resource week so get ready for some FEELINGS.

It’s time for some more real talk. Every time I mention real talk I feel compelled to share this short Twitter thread as a refresher. One of my dad’s favorite things to say to me, ever since I was a kid, was this: