The Scholarpreneur Podcast
About This Show
Show Info: Build your own academic career without tenure or adjuncting by turning your knowledge into a business.
Most Recent Episode
SPP 029 | The Philosopher Coach Claarje Van Sijil
Feb 2 16
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52 minutes
Claarje Van Sijil is doing what many people think is impossible -- getting paid as a self-employed PhD. She does this by using Socratic questioning to help her clients -- mostly early and mid career academics -- answer questions of purpose, direction, balance and confidence in life and career. One such technique is rational emotive therapy. Based on the Stoic philosophy of Seneca, this is a mindset technique that many psychologists use but have no clue about its origins. Basically, if you see something as being either good or bad, an emotional reaction will follow. If you change your thoughts you will change your emotional reaction. We get into all sorts of practical discussions here. How do you transition from academia to a career? How can philosophy be used in the real world? How do you convince clients that your academic knowledge is useful enough to them to pay for it? What are books and resources to help you get started? Resources mentioned in this episode Claartje's blog post "How to Be a Self-Employed Philosopher... And Actually Get PaidClaartje's homepageLou Marinoff's Plato, Not Prozac! Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems
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