Volume 3, Resources 5: Big Announcement, Peptoc, and Hood Feminism
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! Daylight Saving Time starts this weekend so don’t...
Special: Quick Note for Paid Subscribers
Hi friends! I’m reaching out to you outside of the confines of Fridays because I have some news and a possible action item for you. I have made the decision...
Volume 3, Issue 5: Filling Our Cups
Hi friends! Before I get into this week’s essay, I want to share these links with ways to support Ukraine: Global CitizenThe Washington PostNPR Last weekend...
Volume 3, Resources 4: Some Ways to Help Trans Folks in Texas
Hello friends. To quote my therapist this week, “I wish I had something lovely and poignant to say but things are just shitty right now.” I often talk to my...
Volume 3, Issue 4: On Not Letting Your Past Experiences Ruin Your Present Ones
Hi friends! For today’s issue I have an essay for you and I’ll get to that in a bit but first there is a new resource I want to share sooner than later. Mark...
Volume 3, Resources 3: African American Wellness, Book Bans, and Caste
Hi friends! Wow. I don’t know about you but full transparency: I am burned out. I am completely fried. I am crispy and my brain is ashes. I am amazed I’m...
Volume 3, Issue 3: Stay Ready
Hi friends! I know this week is a longform-essay-week but I have some things I want to share before I get to that and believe me, I will get to that. First,...
Volume 3, Resources 2: Berkeley Mental Health Technology Project, Nutrition for ME, and Atomic Habits
Hi friends! It is the two-year anniversary of this sassy little newsletter! Thank you, as always, for joining me on this ride. I am nowhere near out of steam...
Volume 3, Issue 2: Does It Have to Be You?
Hi friends! I have been extra-overwhelmed this week and last. It is not necessarily because of bad things, I just have a lot on my plate and I’m still trying...
Volume 3, Resources 1: Gender Unicorn & A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities
Hi friends! Two weeks in and somehow this is already one of the longest years that has ever existed. Nicole and I have been taking frequent walks and it’s...
Volume 3, Issue 1: Composition Transcends Instrument
Hi friends! Happy 2022! I’m happy that you’re here with me. Before I forget (again), I wanted to share the Book Riot 2022 Reading Log that I had promised....
Volume 2, Issue 27: 2022 Goals, If You Are So Inclined
Hi friends! I know I said it before, but I’ll say it again: Thank you for being here. I appreciate you all so damn much. We have made it through the year and...
Volume 2, Resources 26: Best Books 2021
Hi friends! This year I’ve hit a personal record for number of books read. My goal was 120 books and I definitely surpassed that. I still have a full-time...
Volume 2, Issue 26: What I Learned in 2021
Hi friends! Holy shit, we’re almost through 2021 and I am SO PROUD OF US for making it this far. This year was a rollercoaster of emotions for so many of us....
Volume 2, Resources 25: The Wake Up, Happiness Calendar, and Just Watch
Hi friends! I want to send some extra love out to my fellow BIPOCs who are doing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, Justice, Access (DEIBJA) work in...
Volume 2, Issue 25: Some Healthy Phrases for Effective Communication
Hi friends! For the month of November, I worked on cultivating three habits: writing daily, stretching daily, and writing snail mail daily. I stretched all...
Volume 2, Resources 24: Supporting Native Orgs, Black Friday, Giving Thanks, and NPR's Books We Love
Hi friends! First up, we’re getting to the end of November and to keep myself accountable I want to check in about the habits that I have been trying to...
Volume 2, Issue 24: Xmas Shipping, Holiday Anti-Fatness, and Leveling-Up Your 'No'
Hi friends! This week is a non-resource week however, I have some things that I need to share with you sooner than later so it’ll be a little resource-y and...
Volume 2, Resources 23: Mental Health Apps & Emotion-Sensation Wheel
Hi friends! Last week I wrote about starting to cultivate specific habits in November and I’m happy to report that so far, I have stretched every day,...
Volume 2, Issue 23: November Habits
Hi friends! Last Friday my team at my day job had a virtual Halloween party. Someday I’ll write an essay about why Halloween is the perfect holiday but aside...