Paulina S. Cossette, PhD
@acadiaediting.bsky.social
🐦🔥 I help academics end burnout and turn their expertise into a profitable business.
👩🏻💻 Prof >> 6-figure editor & coach
👩🏻🏫 Join 80+ academics @ AcadiaEditing.com/live
She/her | 1st gen | Poli sci | Fla 🐊 | Maine 🫐
👩🏻💻 Prof >> 6-figure editor & coach
👩🏻🏫 Join 80+ academics @ AcadiaEditing.com/live
She/her | 1st gen | Poli sci | Fla 🐊 | Maine 🫐
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Ever wondered whether you could turn your academic skills into a business?
On Nov 25, 11–12:30 EST, I’m hosting an AMA on building your dream academic business.
Bring your questions. I’ll walk you through what’s possible beyond academia.
Want the link? DM me “AMA.”
#academicsky
On Nov 25, 11–12:30 EST, I’m hosting an AMA on building your dream academic business.
Bring your questions. I’ll walk you through what’s possible beyond academia.
Want the link? DM me “AMA.”
#academicsky
Ever wondered whether you could turn your academic skills into a business?
On Nov 25, 11–12:30 EST, I’m hosting an AMA on building your dream academic business.
Bring your questions. I’ll walk you through what’s possible beyond academia.
Want the link? DM me “AMA.”
#academicsky
On Nov 25, 11–12:30 EST, I’m hosting an AMA on building your dream academic business.
Bring your questions. I’ll walk you through what’s possible beyond academia.
Want the link? DM me “AMA.”
#academicsky
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Ever wondered whether you could turn your academic skills into a business?
On Nov 25, 11–12:30 EST, I’m hosting an AMA on building your dream academic business.
Bring your questions. I’ll walk you through what’s possible beyond academia.
Want the link? DM me “AMA.”
#academicsky
On Nov 25, 11–12:30 EST, I’m hosting an AMA on building your dream academic business.
Bring your questions. I’ll walk you through what’s possible beyond academia.
Want the link? DM me “AMA.”
#academicsky
I wish I could hear Zohran’s honest, unfiltered reflections on meeting POSOTUS. It must have been a wild day for him.
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I wish I could hear Zohran’s honest, unfiltered reflections on meeting POSOTUS. It must have been a wild day for him.
Last Call to join the January cohort of Becoming an Academic Editor or Coach—and save your free seat in my one-time workshop “Thrive Together in 2026.”
End the shame, guilt, overwork/underpay, and burnout.
Do the work you love AND be your own boss.
This is your exit plan.
#academicsky
End the shame, guilt, overwork/underpay, and burnout.
Do the work you love AND be your own boss.
This is your exit plan.
#academicsky
Transform Your Academic Skills into a Profitable Business | Paulina Cossette LLC
🔴 2025 cohorts SOLD OUT🟢 Now enrolling for January 2026 (10 seats remaining) JOIN NOW How I Went From Burned-Out Academic to Six-Figure Freelancer (Working Just 30 Hours a Week) When I started editing...
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November 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Last Call to join the January cohort of Becoming an Academic Editor or Coach—and save your free seat in my one-time workshop “Thrive Together in 2026.”
End the shame, guilt, overwork/underpay, and burnout.
Do the work you love AND be your own boss.
This is your exit plan.
#academicsky
End the shame, guilt, overwork/underpay, and burnout.
Do the work you love AND be your own boss.
This is your exit plan.
#academicsky
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
If you’re struggling to figure out what your next career steps are, get in touch with Jen.
#academicsky
Coaching isn’t just about solving problems (though we do that!). It's also about feeling supported, seen, encouraged, which is nice but also crucial to making progress. That’s what happens in the PhD Career Clarity Program’s small group coaching sessions, 3x per month.
PhD Career Clarity Program from Dr. Jennifer Polk
Join the PhD Career Clarity Program course and community for your post-academic job search. Ready to leave academia? Dr. Jen Polk's program is for professors, postdocs, and other PhDs like you.
fromphdtolife.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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
If you’re struggling to figure out what your next career steps are, get in touch with Jen.
#academicsky
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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...
Why DIY-ing Your Academic Business is Killing Your Profits (and What to Invest in First)
pca.st
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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...
Reposted by Paulina S. Cossette, PhD
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
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
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.
#academicsky
Join me today at 12 EST to hear my story of leaving academia and building a 6-figure editing and coaching business.
#academicsky
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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.
#academicsky
Join me today at 12 EST to hear my story of leaving academia and building a 6-figure editing and coaching business.
#academicsky
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
#academicsky
No more burnout. No more $&@?! administrators. No more free labor disguised as “service”.
My next call is this Wednesday!
Info in bio
#academicsky
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...
acadiaediting.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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
#academicsky
No more burnout. No more $&@?! administrators. No more free labor disguised as “service”.
My next call is this Wednesday!
Info in bio
#academicsky
Reposted by Paulina S. Cossette, PhD
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
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
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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
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
#academicsky
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
#academicsky
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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
#academicsky
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
#academicsky
Reposted by Paulina S. Cossette, PhD
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
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
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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
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
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
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
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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
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
Reposted by Paulina S. Cossette, PhD
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.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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
#academicsky
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
#academicsky
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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
#academicsky
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
#academicsky
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
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
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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
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
Reposted by Paulina S. Cossette, PhD
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Reposted by Paulina S. Cossette, PhD
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.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
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.
www.al.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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.
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
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
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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
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
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’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
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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’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
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.
#academicsky
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.
#academicsky
November 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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.
#academicsky
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.
#academicsky
💔 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
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
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
💔 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
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
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
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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
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
Reposted by Paulina S. Cossette, PhD
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
October 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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
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
October 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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
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