Self-Compassionate Professor

In an effort to contextualize last episode's trauma discussion, I re-release my interview with Dr. Sara Taylor who explains that academia was a perfect holding container for her trauma. Since trauma a...

4 Jan 20231h 7min

Stephanie Lagana and I intentionally create space for "whatever conversation needs to happen." She describes what healing looks like on individual and collective levels and what we can do to begin and...

28 Des 202248min

Mona Penn-Jousset describes the challenges of working at a Dutch art academy, where issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion were either largely ignored or perceived with contempt. Feeling alone in ...

21 Des 202246min

Laura Hoyer discusses her career pivot into instructional design, the challenges she encountered, and how she came to more deeply understand (and act in accordance with) her own values. Laura also exp...

14 Des 202244min

In this re-release of one of the most popular interviews on the podcast to date, Dr. Jenn Berg explains how her work as a tenured math professor came to take over her life. After developing a meditati...

7 Des 20221h 3min

Dr. Leslie Wang helps listeners to re-conceptualize their relationship to academia so they may make intentional decisions about the future of the relationship (look for her upcoming book on this topic...

30 Nov 202254min

Dr. Noah St. John discusses "the shower that changed everything"--a moment of realization that would not only transform his own life, but many others. He soon implemented the idea and eventually named...

23 Nov 202238min

Dr. Ginger Lockhart describes how academia fed her addiction for hyper-achievement. Later, when she admitted to herself that she had never been passionate about the work, she still struggled to admit ...

16 Nov 202245min