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Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice — 64 episodes

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1

Encore: How to Find a Therapist

2

Spring Equinox, Vernal Equinox, Whatever: It's Goal Review Time

3

Permission to Not Have It Together: A Practical Guide to Overwhelm

4

Make It a Production: The Art of Intentional Creative Time

5

I Am Choosing to Listen to This Podcast Right Now

6

Showing Up: A Casual Hangs Renaissance

7

You Don't Serve Your Goals: 2025 Reflections & 2026 Plans

8

Louboutin Saddles & Slinky Origins

9

Typewriters, Tomatoes, & Travel: 2025's Lessons Learned

10

Cookbooks, Conjure, & Queers: The Best Books We Read in 2025

11

Homemade Isn't Holy: Debunking the DIY Superiority Complex

12

Letting Go, Holding On: Lessons from Sorting a Loved One's Belongings

13

Scroll Less, Live More: Being Intentional with Tech Use

14

EEDA Pod Book Squad: Winning Friends & Influencing People

15

Tomato Extravaganza & a Fall Reset: Our Third Goals Check-In

16

Encore: Burnout is Not Your Fault

17

Decluttering, Delegating, and Doing Less: The Art of Letting Go

18

The Missteps of Modern Activism: Awareness vs. Action

19

Our Most Popular Communication Skill: Some/Many/Most

20

Own Your Words: How 'I Statements' Change Everything

21

Encore: A Starting Place to Learn About Pride & the Queer Community

22

Halfway Check-in: Progress, Pride, and Practical Advice

23

Taking What's Best: A Guide to Self-Help

24

Overachiever Syndrome: The Endless Pursuit of Doing More

25

Creating and Queering Rituals of Connection

26

Facing Feelings: Embracing Big Emotions with Curiosity

27

Encore: We Need to Talk About Misinformation and Disinformation

28

Finding Joy in the Everyday - Tips for Adding Novelty

29

Revisiting Goals? In THIS Economy? Focusing on Purpose & Joy

30

Community Building: Skills and Resources You Didn't Know You Had

31

Survival, Solidarity, and Simple Pleasures

32

Embracing the Flaws of Imperfect Actions

33

Cultivating Community & Embracing Hope in 2025

34

Deck the Halls with Unwanted Fowl

35

Wrapping Up the Year: Marshmallows, Musicals, and Memories

36

Best Books We Read in 2024

37

Post-Election Thoughts & Advice

38

Taking Care On Election Day & Communicating Hard Things

39

Advice for the Coming Election/Holiday/Winter Season

40

The Impossibility of Being Perfectly Ethical

41

Why and How To Ask For What You Want

42

Ways to Think About Time Anxiety

43

A Medley of Best Advice

44

Should We Expect Black Women to Save the U.S.?

45

We Need to Talk About Misinformation and Disinformation

46

Community Care is Self Care

47

Some Coming Out Advice for Pride Month

48

A Starting Place to Learn About Pride & the Queer Community

49

What You Can Do if You Think You Have ADHD

50

How to Find a Therapist, Especially if You're Queer or BIPOC

51

Relationship Advice for All Types

52

Library Love Letter, Part Two

53

Library Love Letter, Part One

54

[Verb] Like There's Nobody Watching

55

All Hail Snail Mail!

56

Burnout is Not Your Fault

57

Everyone Deserves Help (Except for Me)

58

Any Knife Can Be a Throwing Knife if You Believe in Yourself

59

We Do Not Dream of Labor

60

2023, Looking Back, & Looking Forward

61

Spell Slot Theory

62

There's No Such Thing as 5-Star Cereal

63

Breaking Rules

64

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