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What To Do When You’re Stuck
Whether you feel stuck in your current job, your marriage or in indecision about a host of other things, feeling stuck is a very common problem, especially for working moms. The struggle to make the right decision for yourself and your family can create an...
Getting Out Of A Funk
Have you ever woken up and just felt off? Or you’ve woken up in a fine mood and then all of a sudden you’re feeling blah, and you can’t put your finger on it other than to describe it as being in a funk? As working moms, we all go through funks now and again. ...
Making More Money
As accountants we know all about managing other people’s money, as well as how to help them make more and keep more of it. But what about you? Would you like to make more money? That’s not a trick question - do you honestly want to make more money? The reason I’m...
Taking Charge Of Your Self-Talk
Have you ever noticed that your female brain likes to talk A LOT! The constant conversations going on in your brain are mostly unconscious, but are as busy and noisy as Grand Central Station in Manhattan at rush hour. If we put a cartoon bubble above your head, and...
Interview With Jen Bastian, CPA, Placement Manager At CPA MOMS ®
Every female CPA has a story - we all have a journey we’ve taken to get us to where we are now. Not only is Jen’s CPA journey fascinating, but she has a lot to share about how CPA MOMS® works and how it can help talented CPA’s as well as the businesses that want to...
Podcast The Key To Building Self-Confidence
On the surface it would appear that self-confidence shouldn’t be an issue for accountants; the inherent combination of intelligence, respect and professionalism, should make self-confidence a non-issue. As a CPA and a mom, you should have even more to be confident...
Podcast Dealing With Dirty Pain vs Clean Pain
Is it just me or does it seem like wherever we turn, there’s another story of tragedy or loss? Whether it’s news of accidents, children being mistreated or animals being abused, my mind seems to be having a battle between finding gratitude and allowing gut-wrenching...
Podcast How To Win The Battle With Busyness
Whether you are a working mom or not, most people identify themselves and their day, based on a sliding scale of busyness. It’s as if busyness has become the norm and we use descriptors like “kind of”, “super” and “crazy” to delineate how busy we are and to help...
How to Stop Overthinking and Improve Your Accounting Career
If you’ve ever been told that you think too much, but not in a good way, there’s a reason for that. Your female brain is significantly more active than a male brain, especially in the areas involved in impulse control, focus, mood and anxiety. So it’s not just your...
Why Your CPA Mom Brain Hates Uncertainty And What To Do About It
As an accountant you deal with risk and uncertainty every day as part of doing your job. You are called on by bosses and clients to make predictions about how various trends will affect their financial success, based on constantly changing information, in an...