Welcome back to The Fun CPA Podcast! This week, host Yuri Kapilovich is joined by Amber Setter!

Amber is a CPA (inactive), Professional Certified Coach and is the Chief Enlightenment Officer and Executive Leadership Coach at Conscious Public Accountants. Amber's clients are often high-achieving professionals seeking deeper education and transformation. From ways to cope with burnout, career transition and much more – Amber is crucial to the development and emotion and mental well-being of numerous high-performers.

Amber sits down with Yuri to discuss the industry at large – and the issues she has experienced first-hand and seen in her client sessions. They also examine what it would take to retain more people in accounting, what could garner more interest and what can be improved – from company cultures and “old mentalities” to compensation and time-requirements.

Episode Highlights:
0:00 - Introduction
1:08 - Intro to guest Amber Setter
4:42 - How Amber helps her clients
8:18 - “Being a human”
10:58 - Dissecting Yuri’s partner problem
19:15 - The role of a coach
24:12 - “People have a hard time removing their anxieties”
25:57 - Replaying old habits
27:57 - Some of the main issues plaguing the profession
37:25 - The “old school” mentalities
39:04 - Getting more interest in the profession
45:41 - Episode wrap-up

ABOUT HOST YURI KAPILOVICH

Yuri, aka #thefuncpa, has been in the accounting profession for over 15 years and has seen, first hand, the challenges the profession brings. After seeing that no firm was fitting the bill, Yuri set out to do things his own way with his firm K&A and the journey began with LinkedIn posting at the front end.

Yuri is proud to bring you #thefuncpa podcast highlighting the fun and all the amazing opportunities our profession can bring us all.

CONNECT WITH YURI KAPILOVICH
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ykapilovich/
Website: https://www.thefuncpa.co/

CONNECT WITH AMBER SETTER
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ambersetter/
Website: https://conscious.cpa/