Paulina S. Cossette, PhD

This woman is a total badass. 💪🏽

If you’re struggling to figure out what your next career steps are, get in touch with Jen.

#academicsky

We had a hard time finding a place that would vaccinate my kids for Covid. I called a local hospital switchboard, they transferred me to the ER (because they claimed that’s who vaccinated), and ER lady said, “Oh, we don’t vaccinate for THAT anymore.” WTAF? (Thankfully we’re all vaxxed now)

I love that! It’s amazing how the shift from “I’ll do it when I’m earning more” to “I’ll do it SO I CAN earn more” makes such a difference.

Why DIY-ing Your Academic Business is Killing Your Profits (and What to Invest in First)

Honestly, sometimes it feels like @acadiaediting.bsky.social is in my head. This is one of my favourite work-related podcasts, and this particular episode provided me with an "inspiration right when you need it" listen. (Bonus motivation during a #stetwalk, guaranteed!) pca.st/episode/9522...

Oh, thank you so much! That is so kind of you to say and share the episode! What did you decide to invest in?

Reporter: Is it appropriate for your family to do business with Saudi Arabia while you’re president? The us intelligence concluded you orchestrated the murder of a journalist…

Trump: Who are you with?

Reporter: ABC News

Graphic of a woman, staring out at the ocean, with the text burned out in academia? Register at acadiaediting.com/live

This is your chance to do what you love—teaching, research, writing, mentoring—in a context you control.

Join me today at 12 EST to hear my story of leaving academia and building a 6-figure editing and coaching business.

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3 Steps to Build Your Dream Academic Business You love your academic work but hate where you do it. You're worried that higher ed is collapsing but have no idea what else you can do. Sound familiar? This free live call is for you. Join me to disc...

Now is the perfect time to put your academic training to work for you where you get to be your own boss.

No more burnout. No more $&@?! administrators. No more free labor disguised as “service”.

My next call is this Wednesday!

Info in bio

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Saved. Thank you.

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MAINERS: If you see ICE, call this hotline: (207) 544-9989.

It's the Maine Immigrant Rights org, and their website has resources on how to protect yourself and others, what do do if someone is taken, and how to safely film their activity.
maineimmigrantrights.org/mirc-resourc...
#MEpolitics

You’ve already proven yourself a thousand times.

Degrees. Publications. Grants. Mentoring.

You don’t need to “earn” the right to build a business—you already have every skill you need.

Now you just need the courage to use them.

Join my live call 11/19 🔗 > bio
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We cannot afford a divided and weak opposition party when an authoritarian is invading our cities, terrorizing our communities, and corruptly self-enriching at the expense of the rest of us. We want to celebrate a Democratic Party that fights back. But after this latest surrender, the next step is primaries and new leadership. We get the party we demand, and we intend to demand one that fights.

Let’s do an AMA.

Tell me your academic background/expertise and I’ll tell you how you can make a business out of it.

(& save your seat for my Nov 19 workshop—🔗 bio)

#academicsky

You can have this, too! Looking at your bio, you’re a journal editor and an expert in AI/ML and business/marketing. That’s a goldmine of skills waiting for you to monetize them! DM me on LinkedIn to chat about how you can do it. And save your seat for my workshop Nov 19. Acadiaediting.com/live

No way! There’s a lot of Monday dread out there. But I found it goes away when you own your own business and get to control how you spend your days.

I haven’t had the Sunday scaries since 2019–when I left academia.

Now, I have work-life balance.

I look forward to Friday movie nights and spending the weekend with family. But I also enjoy Monday mornings & having a quiet house again. 😅

Join me Nov 19 to see how I did it (🔗 bio)

#academicsky

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

If I could tell every unhappy, scared academic 1 thing, it’s this:

You’re so much more powerful than you think you are.

Academia has been lying to you for years.
- You are smart.
- You have transferable skills.

But you have to get uncomfortable.

Join my live call 11/19 🔗 > bio

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You’re not starting over.

You’re starting from experience—years of research, writing, mentoring, and problem-solving.

The business you want already exists within your skill set.

You just have to redirect it and use those skills in a new context—that you control.

#academicsky

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Auburn University requires faculty to review courses to comply with anti-DEI law Auburn's provost office posted a web site on how to comply with state and federal DEI mandates on Oct. 31.

Disturbing news out of Auburn University, where the admin is pressuring professors to sign a statement saying they're complying with an "anti-DEI" law and TPUSA is holding a rally and trying to record classes.

I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.

They told you academia was the safe path.

But what’s safe about hiring freezes, vanished funding, and endless anxiety?

You don’t have to stay. Use your skills in a new context, one that you control.

#academicsky

Save your seat at acadiaediting.com/live

The life you want doesn’t need permission, peer review, or a publication record—just a decision.

You’ve spent years waiting for approval. Outside academia, you set the terms.

Your next chapter starts when you choose yourself.

Join me Nov 19 for an info session.

#academicsky

You absolutely do have skills. You’re already using them in academia. Now it’s time to put them to work in a new context—where you control your time, who you work with, and your pay. 💪🏽

How many times have you revised a manuscript for free? Be honest. 😅

You did it because you care—about your students, your field. But what if that same skills could build a business that pays you (and well)?

It’s not a leap of faith. It’s transferable skills.

Link in bio.

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💔 Higher ed is collapsing—programs cut, budgets slashed, jobs disappearing. You’ve given everything, but it’s falling apart.

What if your research, writing, and mentoring skills could build a business that gives you freedom?

Join me Nov 19 @ 12 pm EST
👉 acadiaediting.com/live

#academicsky

You were never “just” a professor.

You were always a mentor, strategist, communicator, & problem solver.

These skills = billable hours in business.

Now you get to be paid well for your labor—without having to attend faculty meetings.

Get in touch if you want to thrive.

#academicsky

(between images of the Spotify logo that have been crossed out) DON’T STREAM FASCISM Spotify is treating ICE recruitment like just another ad. But when you turn family separation into a marketing pitch, you're not a platform — you're spreading propaganda. • Cancel your Spotify Premium subscription until Spotify removes all ICE ads • Demand Spotify immediately terminate all ICE and DHS advertising contracts. • Urge artists and podcasters to speak out.

Do you use Spotify Premium? Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify

Your highest self isn’t revising another manuscript for free. She’s building a business that pays her for her labor.

Your time is valuable. Your skills are rare. Your expertise deserves pay, not praise.

It’s time to use your skills in a context you control—your own business.

#academicsky