Volume 4, Issue 2: Dealing With (Managing?) Change
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
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
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
Volume 3, Issue 26: This Week Was Not What I Expected
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
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
Volume 3, Resources 24: Patricia's Best Books of 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
Volume 3, Issue 22: On Accountability
Volume 3, Issue 21: On Gardeners and Architects
Hi friends! Something I’m celebrating this week is that I managed to cook acorn squash. Nicole and I had tried years ago and it was so incredibly difficult...
Volume 3, Resources 20: Fear of Success, Bad B's Have Bad Days, and Chilling with Studio Ghibli
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends, happy October! As I always say, it’s the time of...
Volume 3, Issue 20: Perfection in the Progressive Olympics
Volume 3, Resources 19: How to Help Puerto Rico, Jackson, and Pakistan
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! Today is a resource week and there is a lot going...
Volume 3, Issue 19: On Doing What Works
Hi friends! Before I dig into today’s issue, I want to give a little bonus advice up front. Some backstory: I’ve mentioned before that I have started making...
Volume 3, Resources 18: Impossible Tasks, Second-hand Trauma, and Gratitude-Shaming
This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! It’s the time of year when I get my serotonin by...
