CPA Exam Success

Dawn Edelstein, CPA
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  1. Sep 1

    47. Take Your Life Back Now — Self-Care for CPA Exam Success

    🎙Take Your Life Back Now — Self-Care for CPA Exam Success Episode Summary CPA Exam candidates often end up doing one of two things: putting the exam on hold while it continues to weigh heavily on them, or putting their life on hold completely while they study. But you do not have to choose between having a life and passing the CPA Exam. Your needs do not disappear when you decide to become a CPA, and taking care of yourself does not take away from your CPA Exam Success. It supports it. This episode is about making room for CPA Exam prep inside your big, full life so you can take care of yourself, study effectively, and keep moving toward the CPA Exam finish line. 🎯 What You’ll Learn in This Episode → Why more study time does not automatically mean better study time → How taking care of yourself supports your CPA Exam Success instead of taking away from it → How to identify the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs that matter to you during CPA Exam prep → How to plan your life first and build a study plan that realistically fits alongside your self-care, work, family, and other responsibilities Key Takeaway The CPA Exam gets added to your life. It does not become your whole life. Your needs matter! Your study plan should make room for your life, and your life can make room for your study plan. You can prepare for the CPA Exam and have a life at the same time 🤯. Your Next Step: 👉 Click HERE to take your next step toward the CPA Exam finish line with study, mindset, and time management strategies that help you reclaim your time and your life while preparing to pass. Take your life back now. You do not have to wait until you pass the CPA Exam. Yes, you can pass the CPA Exam! 👉 Get Coached: Transform your CPA Exam prep and your life so that this process becomes simple, doable, and enjoyable. 👩🏻‍💻 Want to CHAT first on Zoom before signing up? ©MIAMI COACH CONNECTION, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Miami Coach Connection, Inc. accepts no liability for the content of this podcast, nor for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided. Individual Results Vary.

  2. Aug 25

    46. Stop Focusing on Passing — Focus Instead on What Creates the Passing Score

    🎙Stop Focusing on Passing — Focus Instead on What Creates the Passing Score Episode Summary You want to pass the CPA Exam. You want to be done. You want to feel confident. But wanting to pass is not the same as studying to pass. The result matters, but focusing on the result is not what creates it. Your CPA Exam Success is built by what you do today: study, practice, review, assess, adjust, and keep showing up. This episode is about shifting your focus from the finish line to the actions that actually get you there. 🎯 What You’ll Learn in This Episode → Why giving the result more attention than the process can get in the way of your progress → How repeated study behavior is what creates the passing score → Why small, ordinary actions matter even when the progress is not visible yet → How showing up and following through build confidence and self-trust before the passing score arrives Key Takeaway The goal gives you direction. The behavior gets you there. Your CPA Exam Success is built one study session at a time, long before the passing score arrives. Your Next Step: 👉 Click HERE to take your next step toward the CPA Exam finish line with study, mindset, and time management strategies that support your CPA Exam Success. Focus on today’s study session. Show up. Follow through. Make progress. YES YOU CAN PASS THE CPA Exam! 👉 Get Coached: Transform your CPA Exam prep and your life so that this process becomes simple, doable, and enjoyable. 👩🏻‍💻 Want to CHAT first on Zoom before signing up? ©MIAMI COACH CONNECTION, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Miami Coach Connection, Inc. accepts no liability for the content of this podcast, nor for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided. Individual Results Vary.

  3. Aug 18

    45. Slow Down to Speed Up Your CPA Exam Success

    🎙Slow Down to Speed Up Your CPA Exam Success Episode Summary If you feel like you need to hurry up and pass the CPA Exam already, this episode is for you. Maybe you feel like you're behind. Maybe you feel like you have already lost too much time. Maybe you are looking at the calendar and thinking, I need this to happen faster. But the rushing may actually be making your study process less effective. It feels like moving faster should help. It feels like more pressure should help. It feels like pushing harder should help. But sometimes the thing that feels like it's helping you move faster is the exact thing making the process take longer. This episode is about slowing down to speed up so you can see where urgency may be costing you progress. 🎯 What You’ll Learn in This Episode → Why speed is not what makes studying productive—and why studying effectively and efficiently is what actually moves you forward → How urgency can lead you to rush through lectures, MCQs, explanations, and review, sacrificing real understanding → Why slowing down enough to understand what you're learning can save you time later → How to stop asking, “How fast can I finish?” and start asking, “How well am I learning?” Key Takeaway Trying to speed up can actually slow you down. Slowing down is not falling behind. Sometimes it is exactly what will move you forward. Your CPA Exam Success is in process. Not frantic. Not rushed. Not pressured into decisions that do not support you. Clear, steady, effective—that is how you start creating a different result. Your Next Step: 👉 Click HERE to sign up for my introductory strategy chat and we’ll look at what is currently happening in your CPA Exam prep, what is getting in your way from finally getting to the CPA Exam finish line, and identify how you can study better and enjoy the process so much more. Your job today is today's study session. Understand today's material. Review today's questions. Learn from today's mistakes. Yes, you can pass the CPA Exam! 👉 Get Coached: Transform your CPA Exam prep and your life so that this process becomes simple, doable, and enjoyable. 👩🏻‍💻 Want to CHAT first on Zoom before signing up? ©MIAMI COACH CONNECTION, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Miami Coach Connection, Inc. accepts no liability for the content of this podcast, nor for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided. Individual Results Vary.

  4. Jul 21

    44. How to Recover from a Failing CPA Exam Score

    🎙How to Recover from a Failing CPA Exam Score Episode Summary A failing CPA Exam score can bring deep sadness, disappointment, and discouragement. You studied, you hoped, and you wanted this score to be 75 or higher. Now you are left with the question of what to do next and all of the feelings that come along with not getting a passing score. The score is disappointing, but what it begins to mean can hurt even more. This episode is about separating you from your score, taking some of the weight off the score, and beginning to see your CPA Exam score differently. Your score matters, but it does not get to define you. 🎯 What You’ll Learn in This Episode → How to separate your identity, value, and worth from one CPA Exam attempt → How to review what led to the score without reliving the experience or judging yourself harshly → How to compare what you planned to do with what actually happened and understand the gap between the score you received and the score you need → How to evaluate what happened, extract the learning, and experiment with one or two intentional changes Key Takeaway Your score is not your identity. It is not proof that you cannot pass. It is just information from one exam attempt, and you can use that information to choose your next step toward your CPA Exam Success. Your Next Step: 👉 Click HERE to sign up for my introductory strategy chat and we’ll look at what is currently happening in your CPA Exam prep, identify how you can study better, and help you enjoy this process so much more. Your score is not the whole story. Your CPA Exam Success is in process. Yes, you can pass the CPA Exam! 👉 Get Coached: Transform your CPA Exam prep and your life so that this process becomes simple, doable, and enjoyable. 👩🏻‍💻 Want to CHAT first on Zoom before signing up? ©MIAMI COACH CONNECTION, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Miami Coach Connection, Inc. accepts no liability for the content of this podcast, nor for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided. Individual Results Vary.

  5. Jul 14

    43. Resetting for CPA Exam Success: Your Mid-Year Review

    🎙Resetting for CPA Exam Success: Your Mid-Year Review Episode Summary You now have actual CPA Exam prep experience from the first half of 2026 to learn from, and you still have time to make meaningful progress before year end. This episode is your invitation to pause, look honestly at what has happened so far in 2026, and decide how you want to re-engage with your CPA Exam Success for the rest of the year. Not with pressure or self-criticism, but with curiosity, honesty, and belief in what is still possible for you in 2026. Let this be your reset point, not a restart. Resetting is stopping long enough to honestly evaluate what has happened in the first part of 2026. 🎯 What You’ll Learn in This Episode → How to reevaluate what worked, what did not work, where your time went, and what you want to do differently → How to recommit to your goals, your dreams and desires, and this process without perfection or trying to catch up → How to re-engage and study differently, plan differently, think differently, and show up differently → How to use what has already happened as information that gives you a better next step Key Takeaway Reset means three things: reevaluate, recommit, and re-engage. Resetting does not mean starting over. If you reset, you are no longer behind. You are right on time because you are starting fresh today. Your Next Step: 👉 Click HERE to sign up for my introductory strategy chat and we'll look at what is currently happening in your CPA Exam prep and identify how you can study better and enjoy this process so much more. Your 2026 CPA Exam Success is still possible. Reset now to finish 2026 strong. Yes, you can pass the CPA Exam. 👉 Get Coached: Transform your CPA Exam prep and your life so that this process becomes simple, doable, and enjoyable. 👩🏻‍💻 Want to CHAT first on Zoom before signing up? ©MIAMI COACH CONNECTION, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Miami Coach Connection, Inc. accepts no liability for the content of this podcast, nor for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided. Individual Results Vary.

  6. Jul 7

    42. The Five Practices That Keep Your Study Time Protected Over Time: Boundaries Part 4

    🎙The Five Practices That Keep Your Study Time Protected Over Time: Boundaries Part 4 Episode Summary The best study plan still needs protected space in your life, and that is where boundaries come in. You planned to study, you missed the session, and now the thoughts begin. Maybe this is not working. Maybe I cannot keep this boundary. But one imperfect day does not erase the practice. This episode is all about how to keep your study time protected. 🎯 What You’ll Learn in This Episode → How to use the boundary more than once until it starts to feel natural and easy for you → How each honored boundary creates evidence that you can honor your study time → How to return after imperfect days because returning matters more than perfection → How to review and adjust what worked, what did not work, and what you will change next time Key Takeaway Boundaries become powerful through practice, not perfection. Review the boundary, return to the boundary, and repeat the boundary over and over and over again. A boundary begins with a decision, a decision becomes a practice, a practice builds self-trust, and self-trust is what supports your CPA Exam Success. Your Next Step: 👉 Click HERE to start preparing to pass the CPA Exam with a clear study system that helps you get your time, energy, and confidence back. Your CPA Exam study time matters. Protect it. Yes, you can pass the CPA Exam. 👉 Get Coached: Transform your CPA Exam prep and your life so that this process becomes simple, doable, and enjoyable. 👩🏻‍💻 Want to CHAT first on Zoom before signing up? ©MIAMI COACH CONNECTION, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Miami Coach Connection, Inc. accepts no liability for the content of this podcast, nor for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided. Individual Results Vary.

  7. Jun 30

    41. What to Expect When Boundaries Feel Uncomfortable: Boundaries Part 3

    🎙What to Expect When Boundaries Feel Uncomfortable: Boundaries Part 3 Episode Summary Boundaries can still feel hard, even if they're the best thing you can do to protect your study time. You protect your study time, you say no, you say not right now, and you choose the study session instead of the other person or the interruption. But then the guilt shows up. A boundary can be right for you, good for you, good to protect your study time, and still feel uncomfortable. This episode is all about what to expect when boundaries feel uncomfortable. 🎯 What You’ll Learn in This Episode → How a boundary can make sense and still feel uncomfortable → Why discomfort does not get to make the decision → How every choice has an opportunity cost and how to decide which discomfort supports CPA Exam Success → Why other people may have reactions and why their reaction does not determine your priority Key Takeaway Discomfort does not cancel the boundary. Discomfort does not mean you don't set the boundary. It doesn't mean you have to change the boundary. When you start to set boundaries, discomfort tends to show up. Your Next Step: 👉 Click HERE to start preparing to pass the CPA Exam with a clear study system that helps you get your time, energy, and confidence back. Your CPA Exam study time matters. Protect it. Yes, you can pass the CPA Exam. 👉 Get Coached: Transform your CPA Exam prep and your life so that this process becomes simple, doable, and enjoyable. 👩🏻‍💻 Want to CHAT first on Zoom before signing up? ©MIAMI COACH CONNECTION, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Miami Coach Connection, Inc. accepts no liability for the content of this podcast, nor for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided. Individual Results Vary.

  8. Jun 23

    40. Setting Boundaries in the Life You Actually Have: Boundaries Part 2

    🎙Setting Boundaries in the Life You Actually Have: Boundaries Part 2 Episode Summary CPA Exam prep does not happen in a vacuum. It happens right alongside everything else that's going on. It's time to study, but the kitchen is messy, your phone is lighting up with messages and calls, you feel tired, and there are emails to answer. Everything feels negotiable, everything feels urgent, and everything will compete with studying. The more decisions you make in the moment, the harder follow through becomes. This episode is about setting boundaries in the life you actually have. 🎯 What You’ll Learn in This Episode → How to create boundaries that work in real CPA Exam prep situations and protect your study time → How to identify recurring situations and stop being surprised when the same challenges keep showing up → How to decide your response ahead of time before the interruption, competing priority, emotion, or resistance → How to set boundaries with yourself and others using “when blank happens, I do blank” Key Takeaway Boundaries work best when the decision is made before the moment arrives. A boundary closes a decision that keeps getting reopened. That makes follow through easier and helps protect the time you've set aside to study. Your Next Step: 👉 Click HERE to start preparing to pass the CPA Exam with a clear study system that helps you get your time, energy, and confidence back. Your CPA Exam study time matters. Protect it. Yes, you can pass the CPA Exam. 👉 Get Coached: Transform your CPA Exam prep and your life so that this process becomes simple, doable, and enjoyable. 👩🏻‍💻 Want to CHAT first on Zoom before signing up? ©MIAMI COACH CONNECTION, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Miami Coach Connection, Inc. accepts no liability for the content of this podcast, nor for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided. Individual Results Vary.

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  • Creator
    Dawn Edelstein, CPA
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    47
  • Rating
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  • Copyright
    © 2026 Miami Coach Connection, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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    CPA Exam Success

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