145. Project Jenn with Dr. Jenn Berg

Self-Compassionate Professor

In this re-release of one of the most popular interviews on the podcast to date, Dr. Jenn Berg explains how her work as a tenured math professor came to take over her life. After developing a meditation practice however, she started noticing patterns that indicated she had an unhealthy relationship to work. As she watched herself in a new way, she realized it was time to walk away and she made the bold decision to leave academia altogether. She's now working on "Project Jenn," where she is unlearning bad habits, processing emotions when they emerge, and actively making choices about what she wants. - P.S. This is the photo we were talking about early in the interview. It's my husband, Dan, literally stuck on the wall after attempting to jump out of the crawl space in the basement. LOL. (Register for Semester Unplug and Self-Compassion for Academics here: https://danielledelamare.com/?page_id=1066)