The Cost of Hustle Culture and Its Unrealistic Expectations of Resiliency: A Conversation with Emi Nietfeld

Written By Sarah Olivo

The expectations of college students have never been greater.  It’s a perfect storm of pressures that can set college students on a fixed path towards dissatisfaction and burnout.  College students are often shaped into deprioritizing their own needs by overworking and focusing on achieving successful outcomes.  In this week’s episode we speak with Emi Nietfeld, mental health advocate, journalist and author of the book Acceptance, a memoir. 

Tune in to hear Emi discuss:

  • The college application process 

  • The cost of overemphasizing resiliency 

  • How to balance personal privacy and mental health activism 

  • Hustle culture and post-achievement depression

Resources:

Emi’s memoir:

https://www.amazon.com/Acceptance-Memoir-Emi-Nietfeld-ebook/dp/B09KXS5KKL

NY Times Article on student disclosure of mental health difficulties 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/opinion/college-applications-mental-health.html

Atlantic Article on Self-Reliance

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/03/alissa-quart-bootstrapped-book-review/673354/



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