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- Overachiever Syndrome: The Endless Pursuit of Doing MoreShow Notes This episode of “Enthusiastic Encouragement and Dubious Advice” features hosts Patricia and Nicole discussing recent events they attended, such as a Parliament-Funkadelic concert and an immersive theater experience about the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot. They then delve into the concept of “doing enough,” exploring personal feelings of inadequacy despite high achievements and societal pressures.… Read more: Overachiever Syndrome: The Endless Pursuit of Doing More
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Patricia Elzie-Tuttle (aka Patricia Elzie) 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.

Nicole has eaten tacos in Sweden and Beijing.
Neither were remotely good. Not even passable.