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Episode artwork for Enthusiastic Encouragement and Dubious Advice Podcast for the Episode titled "How to Find a Therapist, Especially if You're Queer or BIPOC”

Show Notes Patricia and Nicole share advice on how to find a therapist that is right for you regardless of your identity with added advice for folks who are queer and/or BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color). Finding a therapist can be inaccessible, difficult, and overwhelming, and in this episode we try to demystify and […]

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Episode artwork for Enthusiastic Encouragement and Dubious Advice Podcast for the Episode titled "Relationship Advice for All Types”

Show Notes Patricia and Nicole chat about their upcoming wedding anniversary and share their tradition of rereading their vows every year. They talk about how the ways in which their vows have helped them maintain their romantic relationship and how they have been really useful in friendships and family relationships, too. It’s a bit of

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Episode artwork for Enthusiastic Encouragement and Dubious Advice Podcast for the Episode titled "Library Love Letter, Part Two”

Show Notes Patricia and Nicole are back to continue their chat about how effing rad public libraries are. They share some of the free online resources that they’ve encountered through public libraries and go down a lot of rabbit holes. Mentioned on the show: Find the full show notes and official transcript on our website:

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Episode artwork for Enthusiastic Encouragement and Dubious Advice Podcast for the Episode titled "Library Love Letter, Part One”

Show Notes Patricia and Nicole chat about how effing rad public libraries are and share some of the free in-person resources that they’ve encountered at their local libraries. There are so many amazing things available at some public libraries that they had to cut this library love letter into multiple episodes. Mentioned on the show:

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Show Notes Patricia and Nicole chat about imposter syndrome, how many of us underestimate our abilities, bartending, and high ropes courses. This episode is based on Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice “Volume 2, Issue 1: You Can Do the Thing” Mentioned on the show: Find the full show notes and official transcript on our website:

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Show Notes Patricia and Nicole chat about all the wonderful things sending and receiving snail mail has to offer as well as some of the common things holding folks back from this super effective relationship-building activity. They also make a special announcement for the first 60 Patreon subscribers! This episode is based on Enthusiastic Encouragement

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Show Notes Patricia and Nicole chat about the not-so-secret primary causes of burnout and what you can (and can’t) do about it. This episode is based on Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice Volume 1, Issue 5: Prepping for Meltdowns, Volume 3, Issue 18: On Burnout and Individual Responsibility, and Volume 4, Issue 7: Filling the

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Artwork for Enthusiastic Encouragement and Dubious Advice Podcast episode titled "Everyone Deserves Help (Except for Me)"

Show Notes Patricia and Nicole chat about the complexities and pitfalls of being socialized to always be helpful or useful but to never ask for or need help themselves. This episode is based on Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice Volume 1, Issue 2: On Being Helpful & Being Helped Mentioned on the show: Find the

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Artwork for the episode titled, "Any Knife Can Be a Throwing Knife If You Believe in Yourself"

Show Notes Patricia and Nicole chat about how learning a skill and becoming proficient at something often has little to do with having the newest, fanciest instruments and gear. They also discuss recognizing and celebrating wins, especially outside of the typical heteronormative social structure. This episode is based on Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice Volume

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Artwork for Episode 5: We Do Not Dream of Labor

Show Notes Patricia and Nicole chat about the common pressure to link people’s identities and worth to their jobs and ways in which they are rallying against it for themselves. This episode is based on Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice Vol 1, Issue 18: I Do Not Have a Dream Job Mentioned on the show:

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