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The Story Behind Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice
It all started, as many things do around here, with Patricia being irritated.
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September 22, 2025
Show Notes
Patricia and Nicole catch up after a break, sharing updates about their lives, including attending a Valkyries basketball game, harvesting tomatoes, and making their home cozier for the upcoming fall. They reflect on their progress with personal goals, such as decluttering and reading while also discussing the importance of adapting goals as life…
Read more: Tomato Extravaganza & a Fall Reset: Our Third Goals Check-In
| Episode Title | Date |
|---|---|
| Tomato Extravaganza & a Fall Reset: Our Third Goals Check-In | September 22, 2025 |
| Encore: Burnout is Not Your Fault | September 3, 2025 |
| Decluttering, Delegating, and Doing Less: The Art of Letting Go | August 20, 2025 |
(aka Patricia Elzie)
Patricia Elzie-Tuttle (she/her) is a writer, podcaster, and librarian. Her weekly newsletter, Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice offers self-improvement and mental health advice and resources that pull from her experience as a queer, Black, & Filipina person existing in the world. More of her written work can also be found on Book Riot, in Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy edited by Kelly Jensen, and, if you’re feeling spicy, in Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 4 edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Patricia is co-host of the All the Books and All the Backlist podcast, where she recommends a variety of reads. She lives in Oakland, CA with her wife Nicole and a positively alarming amount of books.
(she/her)
Nicole has eaten tacos in Sweden and Beijing. Neither were remotely good. Not even passable.
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