This is my guest appearance on Thinking Outside the Box, a podcast hosted by my PhD program colleague, Dr. Kimberly Grocher. We discuss opportunities for academics outside academia, how to build a research and freelancing career, and parenting children with additional educational needs. I offer specific advice about starting a freelance and consulting career as an academic. We also discuss my book, Adopting Older Children and how I became interested in this topic as a professional and parent.

Dr. Grocher is a licensed psychotherapist, coach, and consultant.

Timestamps:

"00:00 - Host intro"

"01:45 - Stephanie intro"

"07:50 - Pivoting away from academia after PhD"

"17:56 - Parenting a neurodiverse adopted son"

"20:28 - Freelancing & consulting work"

"29:00 - Adopting Older Children book"

"30:40 - Advice for going into freelancing"