Valerie Heckman

Questian and Nancy close out Season Two with Valerie Heckman, Accountant Community Manager at OnPay, and a deceptively simple idea: the “Ta-Da!” list. Instead of measuring your day by what’s left undone, what if you kept track of what you actually did? Valerie shares how this practice helped her interrupt burnout, why women in accounting are especially prone to dismissing their own wins, and how sharing those moments with others can change the culture of your firm. Although a Ta-Da list isn’t a cure-all, it is an effective tool that can shift how you end your day, how you see your work, and how you show up for each other. Because the little things? They're actually the big things. Resources Connect with Valerie on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerieheckman/ OnPay - https://onpay.com/about-us/author/valerie-heckman/ Gretchen Rubin “Happier” podcast - https://gretchenrubin.com/podcasts/ Lynnette Oss Connell on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnette-oss-connell-cpa/ Valerie Heckman at Scaling New Heights 2024 - https://report.woodard.com/articles/scaling-new-heights-2024-day-2-recap-snhwr Katie Helle on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkatiehelle/ Nancy Jacobson on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyjacobsoncpa/ DuoLingo accounting friends - https://www.duolingo.com/profile/KristenKea6 https://www.duolingo.com/profile/000752.beemH9GF https://www.duolingo.com/profile/NayoCarterGray Gold star chart for adults - https://www.etsy.com/listing/4310943720/adult-star-chart-printable-habit-tracker “The Art of Blessing the Day” © 1999 by Marge Piercy - https://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/authors/piercy/poem.html Some scientific studies on how the Ta-Da list can be helpful for mental health: “Gratitude Enhances Health, Brings Happiness — and May Even Lengthen Lives,” Harvard Health - https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/gratitude-enhances-health-brings-happiness-and-may-even-lengthen-lives-202409113071 Savoring in Positive Psychology: 21 Tools to Appreciate Life - https://positivepsychology.com/savoring/ Contemporary self-reflective practices: A large-scale survey - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691822002839 PERMA model of psychological well-being - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PERMA_model SPONSORS: [Forwardly, Relay, Client Hub]  Join Our LinkedIn Page! https://www.linkedin.com/company/she-counts-podcast Subscribe on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@SheCountsPodcast Follow She Counts on IG https://www.instagram.com/shecounts.show/ Connect with Nancy https://www.thedancingaccountant.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-mcclelland-cpa Connect with Questian https://www.reqoncilefinancials.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/questian-telka-ea-78383666 Earn CPE for Listening to This Podcast https://www.earmark.app/ This podcast is a production of Earmark Media