227: Dawn Goldberg – CPA Moms Coach

Dawn Goldberg, CPA and Certified Life Coach (and mother of course), joined us for this episode of Where Accountants Go, the Accounting Careers Podcast.  In addition to being a coach for CPAs that are mothers, Dawn is also a Community Manager for CPA MOMS and hosts their podcast as well!

Dawn was introduced to accounting as many of us are, through her high school bookkeeping class.  She had a great teacher that informed her it was a wonderful career path ‘for a woman’, and therefore she decided to pursue it as her chosen career field.  Ironically, after working for several years in the Big 4, she decided to go ahead and leave to be a full-time, stay-at-home mother for a while in order to not miss out on some of the small moments that she treasured.  (Although many of the partners she worked under had been understanding, there were a few that were not so understanding, so it made it a good choice to take some time off at that particular point.)

Upon re-entering the workforce part-time and later going through a divorce, she was researching different self-help resources when she decided that maybe that could be a new career path for her… helping others through what she had been through in both her career and her own personal life.  It was at that point that she decided to study to be a Certified Life Coach.

Fast forward several years and Dawn has joined both her podcast and overall professional endeavors with the CPA MOMS organization, and she coaches ladies through the challenges that come with being both a CPA and a mother in today’s workplace.

Make sure you listen all the way to the end on this one as Dawn shares some very valuable and interesting career tips for us in our post-Covid world.  I found a lot of truth in her perspective of what the workplace is like now and how it may become in the near future.

If you enjoy this episode, please make sure to also check out:  Amanda Aguillard and Elena Levario

For Dawn’s own podcast, visit Podcast — CPA MOMS® (cpa-moms.com)

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