You have a great idea for a paid program, but it only works at a certain time of year, and that time of year is almost here. Do you scramble, or do you wait another 12 months and hope the idea is…
You've probably been told you have two choices: stay in academia and hope for flexibility, or leave for a 9-to-5 job in industry. There's a third one nobody talks about, and it's a lot more fun. In…
You've been trying to grow your reach on LinkedIn—posting consistently, following the experts' advice, tweaking your hooks—and nothing's working. Each post gets 8 likes and disappears into the void.…
If you're an academic, have you ever wondered what your spouse really thinks about the countless moves, job insecurity, stress, and burnout that are likely shaping your life together? In this episode,…
You've always assumed that niching down will scare clients away, but you're getting it wrong. I know it's counterintuitive, but Erin Schleiden, PhD, is the perfect example of why narrowing your niche…
You're fully booked with editing or coaching clients. Revenue is good. And somehow you still feel like something's about to fall apart. If that sounds familiar, you haven't done anything wrong—you've…
If you're still charging 2 cents a word for academic editing, this episode is going to make you uncomfortable—in a good way. In this episode, I break down the two beliefs that keep editors underpriced…
Leaving academia can feel like admitting the whole thing was a mistake. It isn't—and the fear that says otherwise isn't an accident. In this episode, Paulina sits down with career coach Jen Polk (From…
Thousands of moms around the world are getting their PhD while juggling many (or all) of the parenting responsibilities. In this week's episode, I spoke with Laura Vasquez Bass, of Atlantic Editorial,…
You keep hearing there's no editing work out there. Let me be clear: That is NOT true—and if your calendar has been empty, the problem probably isn't the market. It's that your ideal clients don't…
