Today I’m talking with a brand-new PA who calls our tutoring “the Willy Wonka golden ticket.” After transforming her own study journey, she’s now mentoring students at her alma mater, advocating for earlier academic intervention, and helping normalize the very real struggles so many at-risk students face.

Here’s Grace’s story of resilience—and how she’s using her experience to create meaningful change for the students coming behind her.

This quick update dives into the real secret behind test-day confidence: consistency. Learn how small routines protect your focus and how AI tools can help you snap out of anxiety spirals in seconds.

Meet Mimi. She excelled in the last portion of her EORs thanks to Pathway to Pass but then fell back into old habits like over thinking, lack of confidence and imposter syndrome. Hear how she took her first PANCE failure and turned it into an opportunity to reset, refocus and return to "ATTACK" mode in order to pass her PANCE the second time around and jumpstart her career as a PA-C!

In this episode, I sit down with a family friend I tutored through her PANCE journey—supporting her academically while she shared stories and memories of my nephew, whom she knew well. Together, we talk about anxiety, growth, friendship, and the unexpected ways our lives stay connected to those we’ve lost. This conversation blends the triumph of passing the PANCE with the healing power of remembering someone who mattered deeply to both of us.

Meet Ariane. A mother, a wife and an at risk PA student in her 40s. Hear how she came back from the brink of remediation and found success and rediscovered her self confidence while working with us at Pathway to Pass. She talks about school/life balance, how Erich and I approach coaching in similar and different ways and what it means to her to have found solace in our services. You don't want to miss this one!

What does golf have to do with passing your PANCE? A lot more than you might think. In this episode, Katy sits down with former golf pro Jody Rokisky, who knows firsthand what it’s like to crumble under pressure — and how to build the mindset to rise above it.

They dive into the parallels between sports performance and test performance: anxiety, self-doubt, perfectionism, and the fear of failure. Jody shares how studying mindset, motivation, and flow transformed not only his game but his entire approach to performing under pressure — lessons every PA student can apply before, during, and after exam day.

A former golf pro shares how mastering the mental game under pressure can help you conquer anxiety on test day.

When panic, doubt and anxiety overtake you - learn how to reset your mind using these strategies. Success is as much a matter of mindset as it is knowledge recall.