Overcoming Academic Burnout and Finding Fulfillment

Welcome back to Leaving Academia: Becoming a Freelance Editor. Today, we have the incredible Dr. Julia Galindo joining us.

Julia is a former faculty member in the Harvard Writing Program who has helped countless students navigate the challenges of college-level writing. She’s also a trained executive function coach and specializes in helping writers break down overwhelming tasks or break through the blocks that are keeping them from writing. Prior to becoming a coach, she taught the popular course: The Psychology of Success and Failure. In addition to having taught writing, Julia also brings over five years of experience tutoring students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Writing Center and her work as an editor on the Harvard Educational Review.

In this episode, we dive into Julia's journey from academia to entrepreneurship. She shares her insights on the burnout she experienced as faculty, the liberating process of leaving academia, and the skills she's leveraged to build a freelance editing business.

We also explore the importance of finding a balance between coaching clients and dedicating time to solo work (good for introverts or HSPs, highly sensitive people, like Julia and me), and Julia's passion for helping students overcome the obstacles they face in their academic pursuits.

So, if you're struggling with burnout in academia, or you’re an aspiring academic editor, I hope this conversation will help show you that you don’t have to stay where you’re unhappy, and you can indeed find joy by applying your academic training as a freelance editor.

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HELPFUL LINKS:

Julia's website: juliagalindocoaching.com

Elaine Aron's website and books on HSPs: https://hsperson.com/

Thinking of Becoming an Academic Editor? Learn more here: https://acadiaediting.com/becomeaneditor

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