This Bait-and-Switch Keeps PhDs Overworked and Underpaid (and What to Do About It)
You did everything right—the degree, the publications, the cross-country moves—and academia still didn't deliver the flexible schedule, job security, or financial comfort it promised you.In this episo...
9 Juli 48min
Group Coaching or 1:1? How to Choose the Right Path Out of Academia
You know you're ready to leave academia. What you don't know is whether you need a program with a syllabus and a group cohort, or one person in your corner helping you move at your own speed.Here's th...
2 Juli 53min
$10k Months as an Editor? The Exact Homepage Structure I Used to Hit This Major Revenue Goal
Your website is losing you clients before they even scroll down.If your editing or coaching website leads with your credentials, your degree, your publications—you're doing it backwards. And it's prob...
25 Juni 1h 3min
"I Can't Leave, I Need the Insurance": How to Leave Academia and Freelance With a Chronic Illness
Is the fear of losing your health insurance keeping you trapped in academia? This worry keeps a lot of chronically ill academics stuck in jobs that are making them sicker—and the premise is worth ques...
18 Juni 46min
7 Clients in 12 Weeks: How Annie Left a 20-Year Teaching Career and Launched Her Editing Business
You've been doing everything right—teaching, advising, serving on committees, even organizing a union—and still hitting a wall.Annie Brubaker did all of that for 20 years, watched her salary get froze...
4 Juni 58min
The AI Editing Backlash Nobody's Talking About (And Why It's Good News for You)
You're worried AI is going to kill academic editing and coaching. Here's what's actually happening—and why it might be the best news you've heard all year.If you've asked yourself, "Should I even both...
28 Maj 46min
The 1 Thing Killing Your Academic Business Before You Even Start
You spent months preparing to launch your editing or coaching business, and you still haven't started.Or maybe you launched, got crickets, and shelved the whole idea. Here's the truth: it's not your i...
21 Maj 45min
The Academic Skills You're Giving Away for Free (and What They're Actually Worth)
⏱️ Stop doing this academic work for free.Every Tuesday, you wake up, drink your coffee, read a dissertation chapter, meet with a struggling grad student, teach a seminar, peer review an article, and ...
14 Maj 45min
