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12 Steps to a New Job, Step 9: Forgive Yourself and Others (Amends)

By Karen Kelsky | September 9, 2025

Welcome back to our 12 Steps to a New Job series, where we use the 12-Step model (completely secularized, we promise) to guide you through leaving academia. I’m Kel Weinhold, productivity coach for The Professor Is In. I work with postdocs and … [Read more...] about 12 Steps to a New Job, Step 9: Forgive Yourself and Others (Amends)

Filed Under: Careers Outside, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Rearview Mirror

12 Steps to a New Job, Step 8: Engage in Self-Reflection

By Karen Kelsky | September 9, 2025

Welcome back to our 12 Steps to a New Job series, where we use the 12-Step model (completely secularized, we promise) to guide you through leaving academia. I’m Kel Weinhold, productivity coach for The Professor Is In. I work with postdocs and … [Read more...] about 12 Steps to a New Job, Step 8: Engage in Self-Reflection

Filed Under: Careers Outside, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Rearview Mirror

12 Steps to a New Job — Step 7: Seek Guidance (You Don’t Have to Know It All)

By Karen Kelsky | September 9, 2025

Welcome back to our 12 Steps to a New Job series, where we use the 12-Step model (completely secularized, we promise) to guide you through leaving academia. I’m Kel Weinhold, productivity coach for The Professor Is In. I work with postdocs and … [Read more...] about 12 Steps to a New Job — Step 7: Seek Guidance (You Don’t Have to Know It All)

Filed Under: Careers Outside, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Rearview Mirror

12 Steps to a New Job, Step 6: Be WILLING to release the strategies that no longer serve us

By Karen Kelsky | July 25, 2025

In light of the shit show of unprecedented proportions that is academia at the present moment, post-ac coach Kel Weinhold and I have launched a a new 12 part series on leaving academia called, Twelve Steps To A New Job. Welcome back to our 12 … [Read more...] about 12 Steps to a New Job, Step 6: Be WILLING to release the strategies that no longer serve us

Filed Under: Careers Outside, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Rearview Mirror

12 Steps to a New Job, Step 5: Admit What You’ve Endured—and How You Survived

By Karen Kelsky | July 25, 2025

In light of the shit show of unprecedented proportions that is academia at the present moment, post-ac coach Kel Weinhold and I have launched a a new 12 part series on leaving academia called, Twelve Steps To A New Job. Welcome back to our 12 … [Read more...] about 12 Steps to a New Job, Step 5: Admit What You’ve Endured—and How You Survived

Filed Under: Careers Outside, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Rearview Mirror, Shame

12 Steps to a New Job, Step 4: A Fearless Professional Inventory

By Karen Kelsky | July 25, 2025

In light of the shit show of unprecedented proportions that is academia at the present moment, post-ac coach Kel Weinhold and I have launched a a new 12 part series on leaving academia called, Twelve Steps To A New Job. Welcome back to our 12 … [Read more...] about 12 Steps to a New Job, Step 4: A Fearless Professional Inventory

Filed Under: Careers Outside, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Rearview Mirror

Help The Second Edition Come Out This Fall!

By Karen Kelsky | July 1, 2025

PLEASE READ: 2nd Edition Book News and Promotion I just got word that the second edition of The Professor Is In book - orig. planned for September - might be *delayed*! It can't ship out until we sell the extra inventory of the 1st edition that … [Read more...] about Help The Second Edition Come Out This Fall!

Filed Under: Academic Job Search, Alt-University Critique, Marginalized Voices, Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Job Search

12 Steps To A New Job: Step 3: Trust the Collective Wisdom

By Karen Kelsky | June 30, 2025

In light of the shit show of unprecedented proportions that is academia at the present moment, post-ac coach Kel Weinhold and I have launched a a new 12 part series on leaving academia called, Twelve Steps To A New Job. Welcome back to our 12 … [Read more...] about 12 Steps To A New Job: Step 3: Trust the Collective Wisdom

Filed Under: Careers Outside, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Rearview Mirror

12 Steps To A New Job: Step 2: Seeking Strength Beyond Yourself

By Karen Kelsky | June 23, 2025

In light of the shit show of unprecedented proportions that is academia at the present moment,  post-ac coach Kel Weinhold and I have launched a new 12 part series on leaving academia called, Twelve Steps To A New Job. Welcome to the … [Read more...] about 12 Steps To A New Job: Step 2: Seeking Strength Beyond Yourself

Filed Under: Careers Outside, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Rearview Mirror

12 Steps To A New Job: Step 1: Admitting Powerlessness (Without Giving Up)

By Karen Kelsky | June 16, 2025

In light of the shitshow of unprecedented proportions that is academia at the present moment,  post-ac coach Kel Weinhold and I have launched a new 12 part series on leaving academia called, Twelve Steps To A New Job. Reach out to us for support, … [Read more...] about 12 Steps To A New Job: Step 1: Admitting Powerlessness (Without Giving Up)

Filed Under: Careers Outside, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Rearview Mirror

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