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#387 Re-Release: From 20 min Meditation to Major Moves – Nikki Bushaw on Building a Life-Aligned Firm
Some conversations are too important to only share once. This week, we’re revisiting a powerful CPA MOMS Podcast episode featuring Nikki Bushaw, a CPA, entrepreneur, and mom who chose to build her career on her own terms. Her story is a reminder that the path you...
The Simple Systems That Make Hiring Your First Employee Easier
Hiring your first employee is one of the biggest milestones in building your firm. It often means your business has grown to the point where you simply cannot do everything yourself anymore. But for many firm owners, hiring also brings a new kind of stress. Instead of...
Why Employee Onboarding Matters More Than You Think
When you hire your first employees, it often feels like the biggest challenge is simply finding the right person. But once someone joins your firm, another challenge quickly appears. How do you bring them into your firm in a way that sets them up for success? Employee...
Re-Release: Redefining Leadership – Building a Firm That Works for You
What if the reason you hesitate to call yourself a leader has nothing to do with your capability and everything to do with what you were taught leadership should look like? In this re-release episode of The CPA MOMS Podcast, we revisit a powerful conversation about...
One Good Thing a Day: How Tiny Choices Create Real Change
There is a moment most women hit at some point in their lives where everything feels heavy. The work feels relentless. The house never stays clean. The kids need more than you feel capable of giving. Or maybe it is not even dramatic. Maybe it is just the slow, steady...
Stop Waiting for Joy, Learn to Cultivate It Now
There is a quiet belief many working moms carry. Once everything is done, then I will relax. Once the deadlines are met, the house is clean, the kids are settled, and work slows down, then I will feel joy. But what if joy is not something waiting for you on the other...
Re-Release: What Work-Life Harmony Really Looks Like
When you’re juggling a career in accounting and the demands of motherhood, “work-life balance” can feel like a cruel joke. We’re told to keep everything in perfect alignment, but the truth is, life doesn’t work that way. And trying to force it to only leaves us...
The Invisible Mental Load: Why Moms Burn Out Faster
You don’t see it on your calendar, and it doesn’t show up in your time tracking. But it’s there, constantly running in the background like too many open tabs in your browser. It’s called the mental load, and it’s one of the biggest reasons so many CPA moms quietly...
Why High-Achieving Moms Burn Out and How to Break the Cycle
Burnout doesn’t always arrive in a dramatic crash. For most working moms in accounting, it shows up slowly and quietly. You’re checking every box, doing all the things, showing up for everyone, and yet, you feel completely drained, impatient, and disconnected. In this...
Re-Release: Designing a Career Around Your Life Not the Other Way Around
At CPA MOMS, we hear it all the time. Accomplished, hardworking women feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and quietly unfulfilled. You’ve climbed the ladder, checked all the boxes, and done everything “right,” but something still feels off. In this week’s podcast, Nicole...