Recovering Academic

Recovering Academic


Latest Episodes

Season 2 Episode 12: Perspective
February 14, 2018

Merriam-Webster defines PERSPECTIVE as: - 1a : the technique or process of representing on a plane or curved surface the spatial relation of objects as they might appear to the eye; specifically : representation in a drawing or painting of parallel li...

Season 2 Episode 11: Find Your Fungus
January 24, 2018

How do you find your happy? Do you have to make big changes? Or can small changes be enough? - In this episode, we talk about figuring out what will make us happy. Sometimes these involve big changes (like moving) and sometimes small changes (like buy...

Season 2 Episode 10: Interview with Sara Langworthy
January 10, 2018

In this episode, we're joined by Dr. Sara Langworthy of, well, just about everything. Team: Do All The Things! Sara is an author, consultant, speaker and YouTuber with a degree in Developmental Psychology. In 2013,

Season 02 Episode 09: Reflections and Resolutions
December 27, 2017

In this end-of-the year episode each one of us reflect about our recovering 2017 year and come up with resolutions for the 2018. Thank you so much for listening to our podcast! It is really rewarding for us to feel that we're able to help you cope with...

Season 02 Episode 08: Burnout and Transition
December 13, 2017

In this week's episode, we're discussing burnout and transitioning. We all think that once we've made our decision that all our problems will be solved. We'll take all that energy we spent on fretting over leaving and put it into side projects.

Season 02 Episode 07: Interview with Chall
November 29, 2017

We’re joined by Chall (@challdreams) who left academia behind as a postdoc and currently a Project Coordinator in pediatric cancer via a job in pharma quality control science. Getting out of the Gray Zone

Season 02 Episode 06: Interview with Jennifer Polk
November 01, 2017

In today's episode, we talk with Jennifer Polk of PhD to Life. She's a life coach and entrepreneur and has a PhD in History. Everyone Feels This Way Sometimes We ask Jen about her transition out of academia and into entrepreneur life.

Season 02 Episode 05: Identifying skills
October 18, 2017

You always hear about transferable skills—and how PhDs have them. But how do you identify them? How do you know what skills to develop? In this episode, we discuss how you can identify them and how to develop them. What's Your Super Power?

Season 2 Episode 04: Interview with Ian
October 04, 2017

This week we interview (interrogate?) Ian about his recent transition outside of academia. The Many Hats that Ian Wears... Ian shares his venture outside of academia in which he fills a bunch of roles. His current day job is a lab manager with a comp...

Season 2 Episode 03: Interview with Doctor_PMS
September 20, 2017

In this week's episode, Ian and Amanda interview Cleyde to get the in-depth story of her experience as a recovering academic. Cleyde's Advice: Have a Plan Cleyde talks about her reasons for leaving academia,