Academics Mean Business

Dr. Kate Browne is a writer, speaker, and self-care advocate, and shares her research on diet culture history, inclusive fitness, and transformational visibility through her online project Taking Up Space. Her work has been featured at Fit Is a Feminist Issue, Mommyish, US News and Refinery29, and she is the author of numerous academic publications on body-based autobiography. Kate also uses her PhD in rhetoric for good as the founder and CEO of Before and More, a brand strategy agency for change-makers. http://beforeandmore.co https://www.instagram.com/takeupspacewithkate/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-browne/ https://www.facebook.com/takeupspacewithkate/  

Cathy Mazak helps academic women write and publish more so that they can have the career (and life) they want. A full-time professor and mom of three, Cathy teaches the focus, time management, and mindset skills that academic women need to write and publish more, guilt-free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ishouldbewriting https://www.cathymazak.com https://www.facebook.com/cathymazakcoaching/ https://twitter.com/cathymazak https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathymazak  

Today my guest is Ines Ruiz, a former Cambridge University Lecturer, military spouse turned entrepreneur. She has an online educational business that went from 0 to over 350K in 20 months. And now she helps other women create an online business that fits their lives- no matter their circumstances. https://www.womenentrepreneurcommunity.com https://www.instagram.com/inesruizusa/ https://www.facebook.com/womenEcommunity/

Support their project! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/8105496/the-master-teachers-collective As an educator, Lindsey is committed to giving students amazing and authentic experiences in math, science, and engineering that leverage their curiosity. All of Lindsey's lessons are based around real-world projects. Lindsey's classes challenge students to take a closer look at a retractable pen, investigate bus stops near grocery stores and libraries, and tap into their own power as engineers. Laurabeth is an educator and a native New Yorker. She is currently a professor of Applied Theatre at Touro College and she runs her own coaching business for actors in New York City called "The Work NYC" (www.theworknyc.com). Laurabeth earned her BA from Brown University in 2006 in Theatre Arts and a Masters Degree in Applied Theatre from the City University of New York in 2012. http://masterteacherscollective.com https://www.facebook.com/masterteacherscollective/

Dr. Ariane Machin is a Clinical and Sport Psychologist, Co-Founder of the Conscious Coaching Collective, and Creative Director of Hello Totes (totes to uplift and inspire). At the CCC, she has an ICF-accredited Life Coaching Program where students can enroll in self-study options or the ‘live’ course, which takes once per year starting in January. The CCC also offers other programming, such as The Food Shift (aimed toward eliminating the pattern of emotional eating) and Media Training (for those coaches that want to get out in the media!). Dr. Machin offers a hybrid business/life coaching mentorship program, where she works with female entrepreneurs in building their business and working on their self-growth and creative strategy that contributes to an authentic online presence and clear purpose. She can be found in many online and print magazines, local media outlets, and academic publications, and has her first book coming out this winter (2018). Dr. Machín resides in Raleigh, NC with her husband, three you

This episode sets the stage for the podcast. Typically, Lindsay will be interviewing her guests, but for this first episode she is interviewed by her husband to provide the back story of how this all got started. https://www.facebook.com/lindsaympadilla/ www.lindsaympadilla.com Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach Twitter hashtags: postac altac withaphd Amy Porterfield podcast: Online Marketing Made Easy Pat Flynn podcast: Smart Passive Income NPR How I Built This podcast

Dr. Lindsay Padilla explores the academic and business lives of her guests, and how these two identities shape one another. Each episode traces the story behind their choices, the challenges they faced, and the mindset it takes to start a business (whether on the side or to leave academia for good). If you've ever felt bound by the walls of your institution, then you'll want to listen to these inspiring stories of your fellow academic misfits who are using their knowledge to build profitable businesses.