Tenured and a Little "Woo": How One Professor Is Working to End Scarcity Thinking Among Faculty

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 this episode, I talk with Marie Gasper-Hulvat, a tenured art history professor at Kent State and the founder of Soulstar Attunement. She also created the Ivory Tower Inner Fire Summit, a free online event for academics who are disenchanted and want a livelihood that sustains them. When Marie asked online whether anyone else felt caught between academia and the woo, hundreds of people answered. Then, 740 signed up for her first summit. Now Marie is hosting a second round of the Summit, and this one is focused on the "vow of poverty" that faculty take, even if they don't realize it. You'll hear us gab about: 🐦‍🔥 Why so many academics keep parts of themselves closeted and masked at work 🐦‍🔥 How Marie teaches a full course load and runs a business, and why finding a supportive co-working community changed everything 🐦‍🔥 Why "abundance" is almost heretical in faculty meetings, and how the scarcity stories in academia keep us small 🐦‍🔥 What's happening at the summit (Oct 9–11): 24 pre-recorded presentations, live Q&A panels, hot-seat coaching, and a fabulous community of people like you 🐦‍🔥 Why "nobody's going to pay me for that" is usually a story, not a fact Register for and access the Ivory Tower Inner Fire Summit here: https://ivorytowerinnerfire.com/2-summit-registration?am_id=paulina2538 Resources Mentioned: Ivory Tower Inner Fire Summit, Oct 9–11 (free to attend, or get your VIP pass for extra goodies): https://ivorytowerinnerfire.com/2-summit-registration?am_id=paulina2538 Soulstar Attunement (Marie's business): https://soulstarattunement.com/ Flow Club (the online co-working space Marie mentions): https://in.flow.club/?inviteCode=marie698 Want to turn your academic skills into paying clients in 90 days? Go to AcadiaEditing.com/map 01:45 - Teaching art history 100% online03:30 - Founding Soulstar Attunement and human design06:45 - Are academics open to woo?08:00 - The Venn diagram post that started it09:45 - Academics with PhDs who read tarot12:00 - Wanting a livelihood that sustains you14:30 - Marie's group programs and offers18:00 - Doing both: Flow Club co-working20:15 - How the summit came together23:00 - Who the summit is for27:00 - Summit schedule, VIP pass, and gifts29:30 - Changing the story you tell yourself31:30 - The third option beyond academia or corporate33:30 - Scarcity versus abundance in academia35:15 - How to register (it's free) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.