January 2025
ACCAâs hit podcast is back with a second series to help you in your ACCA journey. Podcast host and Education Delivery Lead at ACCA, Krutika Adatia, tells us more.
The exams are over for another session, so why not take a bit of time for yourself to reflect on your progress and refresh your goals? ACCAâs podcast series âOn Your Marksâ is designed to help you wherever you are in your ACCA journey to explore techniques and tackle the process head on.
Series one has had over 79,000 downloads, with comments from listeners including âthis is extremely insightfulâ and âbring more podcastsâ, so weâve listened and are bringing you series two.
In this series, Krutika sits down with experts ranging from leading academics to ACCAâs own chief executive, Helen Brand OBE, to delve into a range of topics beyond studying that could influence your success and inspire your journey after qualification. These include unpacking anxiety, the impact of sleep and nutrition on learning and cognition, balancing books and babies, uncovering your career values, to embracing leadership.
Hereâs a quick guide to each episode:
Episode one â Unpacking anxiety: Whether itâs last-minute jitters before an exam or a sense of panic when thinking about revision, we all know what itâs like to feel anxious. We talk to therapist and author Joshua Fletcher, also known online as Anxiety Josh. We dig into whatâs happening in the brain when weâre feeling worried, and strategies we can all use to help us feel more grounded when itâs all getting too much.
Episode two â Brain-nurturing nutrition: Whether itâs feeling sluggish after a heavy meal or dealing with a sudden dip in energy during a busy workday, food really can influence how we feel. But it turns out that what we eat can have a significant impact on our mental wellbeing, and the latest research shows that our gut has an important role to play. Nutritionist Dr Emily Prpa joins us to explore the science of the gut- brain axis and the microbiome and discuss strategies for adding gut-friendly ingredients to our meals to support our mental and physical wellbeing.
Episode three â Solving sleep: Struggling with sleep when preparing for a big challenge is common experience and so in this episode, we sit down with Professor Russell Foster from the University of Oxford. Heâs been studying sleep for decades, and together we look into whatâs happening in our brains when we sleep, why itâs so important for our health and wellbeing, and how we can prioritise our sleep to help us cope with stress.
Episode four â Parenthood: We know that studying for ACCA exams can feel overwhelming, but when you add care-giving responsibilities like parenting into the mix it can feel like a never-ending juggling act.
Finance business manager Debbie Oluyemi has first-hand experience of studying for her ACCA qualification and becoming a new parent for the first time. We explore some of the key challenges she dealt with and what strategies helped her along the way.
Episode five â Careers: Choosing your career path can feel like a huge decision, there can be so many choices and expectations that it can be easy to feel pressured. Career coach Helen Tupper is the author of âSquiggly Careersâ and founder and CEO of Amazing If, an organisation that helps everyone feel more satisfied with their working lives. In this episode we find out how to build a career journey thatâs right for you.
Episode six â Leaning into leadership: What does it truly mean to be a good leader? Maybe youâre actively seeking leadership roles, or perhaps itâs something youâve never considered before. Leadership, after all, isnât just about holding a title â itâs about how we influence and inspire others in our day-to- day actions. In this episode we sit down with ACCA Chief Executive Helen Brand. We dig into her career journey, the benefits of finding a good mentor, and how we can all look for opportunities to lead in our working lives.
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