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It’s easy to get caught up in feeling like we’re the only ones experiencing the pain of a divorce, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. We’re not the first people going through it, and we won’t be the last, so we have to start giving ourselves some grace.   Many women get so entangled with their roles as wives and mothers that the thought of being anything but those things feels wrong, and we punish ourselves as a result. However, when we realize we’re not alone, everything changes.    How can we stop being so hard on ourselves and start treating ourselves with more kindness? Will we ever be able to accept that everyone goes through difficult phases at some point?   In this episode, CEO and founder of Boss Mom, Dana Malstaff shares how we can stop judging ourselves.   3 Things You’ll Love About This Episode    Why amicable divorces aren’t always as easy as they seem: For women going through amicable splits, the reality of our pain can be surprising. However, we have to acknowledge that when it comes to divorce, everyone goes through the same grieving process and none of us are immune to emotion.    How speaking about our divorces helps the healing process: Many women avoid talking about their divorces because they’re afraid of judgment, but the truth is we’re not alone. In fact, speaking publicly about what we’re going through is the fastest way to surround ourselves with others who can relate.    The importance of self-compassion: There are so many things we say to ourselves that we would never say to a friend, and that’s because we’re harder on ourselves than we should be. Remember that everyone goes through tough times, which makes it not only okay, but normal.   Guest Bio:  Dana Malstaff is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom, and host of the Boss Mom Podcast. After launching the brand and her first book, Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro in 2015, she started an international movement. Since then, the Boss Moms Facebook community has organically grown to over 50,000 members and there are now Boss Mom local meetups in over 80 cities. Dana is passionate about giving women permission to follow their dreams, and strongly believes that we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable. To find out more about Dana and to connect with her, go to: www.boss-mom.com www.boss-mom.com/facebook https://www.facebook.com/BossMomDana/ https://www.instagram.com/DanaMalstaff https://www.instagram.com/DanaMalstaff To get a copy of Dana’s books, head to: Climb Your Own Ladder - https://www.amazon.com/Climb-Your-Own-Ladder-Business-ebook/dp/B07MGMPQ7T/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=dana+malstaff&qid=1599602975&sr=8-1 Boss Mom - https://www.amazon.com/Boss-Mom-Ultimate-Business-Nurturing-ebook/dp/B018K0VSP2/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=dana+malstaff&qid=1599603002&sr=8-3 Confessions of a Boss Mom - https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Boss-Mom-Power-Knowing-ebook/dp/B0714CMSJ7/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=dana+malstaff&qid=1599603002&sr=8-2 And to take advantage of the free gift mentioned in this episode, go to: https://boss-mom.com/challenge/

CEO and Founder of Boss Mom, Dana is a mother, author, speaker, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro in 2015 and has turned the brand into an international movement. Connect with Dana: www.boss-mom.com FB group: www.facebook.com/groups/BossMomGroup Membership: www.nurturetoconvert.com  --- Register for my MENTALLY & EMOTIONALLY EMPOWERED MASTERCLASS - Sept 28th-Oct2nd: www.martaspirk.com/masterclass   

When is the last time you thought about what it is you REALLY want from life?    Today we're learning from the original Boss Mom herself, Dana Malstaff.  She’s sharing with us her filter on how she makes decisions and the same technique she teaches to all of her coaching students. Plus, you are going to hear me give Dana my very own secret confession.    Dana Malstaff is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro in 2015 and that started an international movement. The Boss Mom’s Facebook community has organically grown to over 50,000 members and there are now Boss Mom local meetups in over 80 cities. Dana believes that we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable-- and you know I love this too! We’re diving into all kinds of things that can hold you back from getting what you really want from life, including saying yes to too much, comparing yourself to others, and the fear of failure.  I have experienced all of these myself and I want to help you avoid making the same mistakes I did!  Dana shares SO much great advice in this episode, this is going to be one you won’t want to miss!    Don’t forget to join The Free Mama Movement community on Facebook and follow me on Instagram!    Show notes available at www.thefreemama.com/17

Today, I talked with Dana Malstaff about the evolution of Boss Mom and the steps she took to grow her community and her business over the years. Dana discusses her journey to motherhood and business, how she approaches important decisions, and what she does when life causes her to pivot. In this episode, you learn: the areas of your life to consider when making a decision the difference between "deal breakers" and "dream makers" and how you should clearly define them in life and in business creative ways to make homeschooling and homework fun make memories and moments that matter with your children how to effectively handle pivots in life Books mentioned in this episode: Essentialism by Greg McKeown Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business and Nurturing a Family Like a Pro by Dana Malstaff Dana Malstaff, the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro in 2015 that started an international movement. The Boss Moms Facebook community has organically grown to over 40,000 members and there are now Boss Mom local meetups in over 80 cities. Dana believes that we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable. Connect with Dana: Boss-Moms Facebook group Facebook Page Instagram Twitter Website Build your authority with Dana Join Dana's Nurture to Convert Society Let Dana teach you how to start and grow your own Facebook group using strategies that she has used to organically grow her community to over 40,000 members Feeling overwhelmed by life, business and all the things, check out my new course, From Overwhelmed to Organized: Managing Family, Business and All Things in Between. Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREE Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (http://paypal.me/lawannmoses)

Dana is a mother, author, business & content strategist, coach, podcaster, and blind spot reducer. Dana is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro, and the founder of the Boss Mom Movement. She serves Boss Moms who yearn for more time and less guilt when it comes to building their business and starting or raising their family, by providing the tools they need to get more out of their content and business, without sacrificing their family goals.

Today is a huge treat on the podcast, we have the pleasure of talking to the Boss Mom herself, Dana Malstaff! If you’re not familiar with Dana, she is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She’s a mother, author, speaker, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. Dana launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro in 2015 and quickly grew to a six-figure business within a year.   She now has over 20,000 students in various courses, a Facebook group 40k strong with 75% monthly engagement and helps women all over the world raise their businesses and babies at the same time. She believes that we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable.   You can connect with Dana and learn more about what she does in her Facebook Group Boss Moms, on Facebook, see what she’s up to on Instagram, or at her website, www.boss-mom.com.

If you’ve ever felt guilty about being a mom and building a business, then this episode of the Lead with Love podcast is for you. We talk about getting clear on your priorities, the relationship between resilience and failure, and how to grow a sustainable community online.   In this episode, I get cozy with Dana Malstaff. Dana is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, speaker, business strategist, and podcaster. She launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro and has turned the brand into an international movement. Now she has over 20,000 students in various courses and an organically grown Facebook group of over 40,000 that helps women all over the world raise their businesses and babies at the same time. She believes that we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable. What you'll hear (and don't want to miss!): :: Why Dana started her second podcast, Boss Dad, and the amazing realizations she has made by interviewing men :: What her support teams look like both at home and in her business :: A big mistake that Dana sees many business owners making when starting to build out a team :: What’s she’s learned about building communities and fostering relationships from her Facebook Group of over 40,000 Boss Moms :: How Dana has experienced and navigated mom guilt in her own life, and the way she’s not only moved through it, but has thrived :: Her motivation for writing her latest book, Climb Your Own Ladder, and how she’s grown as a writer since her first two books You can find the full show notes from this episode over at https://jadahsellner.com/overcoming-mom-guilt-dana-malstaff-170 

From the perspective of the CEO, what is it like to be supported by a Director of Operations? Why do you need a DOO? What are the first action items a DOO will handle in your business?   In this episode, I visit with Dana Malstaff, CEO of Boss Mom, and Amy Lockrin, Dana’s DOO and CEO of The Operations House, about what the CEO-DOO relationship looks like. We pull back the curtain on how these two roles work together and why you need a DOO in your life.  If you’ve ever wondered what a DOO can do for you, listen to this transparent and honest conversation with Dana and Amy.    How the CEO & DOO Roles Work at Boss Mom How Dana + Amy Connected Dana started Boss Mom in 2015 after she’d had a baby and was starting her own business. She literally wrote the book on moms in entrepreneurship, “Boss Mom.” Then she started the Boss Mom community. Since then, she’s launched a podcast with a million downloads and has written two more books.  Amy joined the Boss Mom program and went to a Boss Mom retreat. She felt pulled to Dana’s leadership. While at the retreat, she talked to Dana about her future and joining her team. Amy has served as Dana’s DOO for the past two years.    How Dana Felt Once She Had a DOO Dana says that Amy brings two wins to the table: She takes all Dana’s ideas then organizes and delegates them. She tells Dana, “Here are all the things you’re not doing anymore.” Amy is Dana’s “Brain Activator.” Dana loves to hop on a call or Vox with Amy and share all her ideas. Then Amy asks strategic questions about those ideas. Dana is thankful she isn’t the only “thinker” in her business because Amy can see the big picture and handle the details. It helps Dana that her creative ideas go into a logical space.   What Amy Did First in Dana’s Business Amy started out as a trial employee before coming on regularly, which is a good way to know if that person is a fit. She mapped out all the offers of Dana’s business on one page. Amy also looked at Dana’s structure. Amy says her job is to see where Dana is coming from, what she wants the business to become, and to hold her accountable to that.   Summarizing What a DOO Does Amy provides structure to the team: what they’re doing and who should perform each task. Amy is there to be a strategic sounding board and ask, “Does this make sense?” A good DOO understands human nature to leverage everyone’s skills and talents. A DOO will meet the CEO where she is. You want to find someone you’re comfortable with, who gets your jokes and your energy.   How to Determine if You Need a DOO in Your Business It depends on what kind of business you want and what you're trying to build. As soon as you have more than one team member or if you’re launching a product or service, Dana believes you need someone to manage the team/launch. A DOO helps you understand your goals and stay on task. The DOO will help the CEO spend her time in the right place. As the CEO, you need to spend the time your DOO is saving you on what brings in revenue   Sharing Financial Information with the DOO Dana and Amy have budget calls every other week because both parties need to know where the money is going, where they want it to go, and to see what products are most successful. You must be completely honest in your business so your DOO can set up the right processes. If you’re ready to open up your financials to someone else, you’re ready to have a DOO.   Why You Need a DOO in Your Business Form relationships with those that complement you. Find someone who helps you finish. You need someone in your business who can make it happen and manage it when you need to step away.   Connect with Dana and Amy Dana Malstaff is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, speaker, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro in 2015 and has turned the brand into an international movement. Now she has over 20,000 students in various courses and an organically grown Facebook group of over 40k that helps women all over the world raise their businesses and babies at the same time. She believes that we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable.   Amy Lockrin is the CEO and Head Integrator of The Operations House, an Integration and Implementation Agency for small business owners that are ready to thrive in their business and leave behind the overwhelm of "to-do's." She and her team make things happen in your business so you can go back to being creative through project management, back end "clean-ups", launches, and strategic planning sessions. Other Ways to Connect with Me: Website Private Facebook Community Facebook Page Instagram   Key Quotes from the Episode: “A really good Director of Operations … is able to see the big picture of my business.” - Dana Malstaff “You need somebody outside of yourself that you trust to make really good decisions.” - Dana Malstaff “A good director of operations helps ensure that the CEO isn’t the bottleneck that keeps the business from moving forward.” - Dana Malstaff “You have to have somebody you trust.” - Dana Malstaff “You can’t do it alone.” - Dana Malstaff     This episode was originally published on theopsauthority.com/podcast/7

Ep #81: When you are a business person, it’s difficult to find a balance between these two things. You learn to prioritize and sometimes end up feeling guilty that you don’t have time to spend with your family or your business doesn’t bring many results and needs more attention. In this episode, Dana Malstaff shares how to manage a business and have a family without being overwhelmed. We’ll go together through the questions on how to manage a business when you are a parent, how to delegate your work and how to spend quality time with your family. Dana is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, speaker, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker.  She launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro and quickly grew to a six-figure business within a year. Now she has over 20k students in various courses helps women all over the world raise their businesses and babies at the same time.    Time Stamped Show Notes: [00:22] About the episode and Dana Malstaff [01:58] Dana shares how she quit her job, started her consulting business six years ago and, as many people that are new in business, did the right things in the wrong order [04:33] The moment when she started to realize what she wants her business to be [06:31] How being an entrepreneur helps Dana be a better mom [09:44] How to find a balance between managing a business and being with kids [12:54] How Dana schedules her week [15:53] How she started delegating her work and what team she has now [19:59] Why she has many people in the team that specialize in a specific area instead of having a few that can multitask [22:08] How Dana organizes her family schedule and quality time with the kids [24:25] Some ways how you can help kids to build the entrepreneurship skills from the early ages such for example curiosity and finding the solutions [26:23] Why Dana started a Boss Dad podcast [28:06] The difference in a business and family approach between women and men [30:02] How to deal with a guilt for what you do whether it’s growing a business or being with kids [32:08] How to be more productive when you manage a business and life [35:16] Where to find Dana online [35:43] For the show notes go to marinabarayeva.com/81 and subscribe to the Marketing for Creatives show Let’s get in touch: Check what influencer you are as an entrepreneur. Take a quiz on marinabarayeva.com/influencer Did you get new insights? Please leave a short review on iTunes Follow on Instagram @MarinaBarayeva Follow on Twitter @MarinaBarayeva

About The Guest: Dana is a mother, author, business & content strategist, coach, podcaster, and blind spot reducer. Dana is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro, and the founder of the Boss Mom Movement. She serves Boss Moms who yearn for more time and less guilt when it comes to building their business and raising their family, by providing the tools they need to get more out of their content and business, without sacrificing their family goals. When she is not creating new courses or building new strategy tools for creative entrepreneurs, she can be found, chasing her two kids on the beach, or thinking of the next fun new family adventure. Where to Find Dana Online: Facebook group Periscope Instagram Twitter Website Free Trello Training: www.boss-mom.com/trello Episode Summary Dana shares the story of how Boss Mom was created and how she felt guilty for not wanting to spend 24 hours with her child. Once she decided to move back to San Diego, California, the guilt was long gone after she met with other mothers that felt the exact same! "I wanted everybody to know that you're not alone! That's really why I started Boss Mom because I felt alone and isolated and little did I know that there were thousands of people feeling the exact same way!" - Dana Malstaff "As long as you love your children and do what you love so they can see what that looks like!" - Dana Malstaff Once Dana moved to San Diego, She shares how she was able to find other like-minded women through meet up groups and how she just surrounded herself with people that resonated with her. "Get out and physically meet people and let those people introduce you to other people!" - Dana Malstaff Dana talks on the importance of understanding how communities work. People want to feel included and valued so when Dana wanted to create Boss Mom, she asked everyone to help her do that! She says that when you create your own business, don't do it alone! You will always need people! "Understanding how people work is the best tool you can have!" - Dana Malstaff "Being valued and being included, that's the reason Boss Mom grew!" - Dana Malstaff Give yourself permission to not be perfect. Dana shares more on allowing people to help you because that's how things get better! What makes a good boss mom? Dana says it's someone that just has to give a crap! If you are someone that actually cares about what you're doing and how you impact the community, then you're a good boss mom! "It's no selfish to work on you!" - Dana Malstaff Let’s Connect! See all that Stacey has to offer at The Busy Mom Collective! Join The Busy Mom Collective Facebook Group and continue the conversation! Connect more with Stacey on Facebook and Instagram!    

Dana Malstaff is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, speaker, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro and quickly grew to a six-figure business within a year. Now she has over 10,000 students in various courses helps women all over the world raise their businesses and babies at the same time. She believes that pursuing our passions and building our dreams while including our children in the process, is the best way to build thriving businesses and families, and ultimately we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable. JJ Flizanes is an Empowerment Strategist and the host of several podcast shows including Fit 2 Love and Spirit, Purpose & Energy. She is the Director of Invisible Fitness, an Amazon best-selling author of Fit 2 Love: How to Get Physically, Emotionally, and Spiritually Fit to Attract the Love of Your Life, and author of Knack Absolute Abs: Routines for a Fit and Firm Core. She was named Best Personal Trainer in Los Angeles for 2007 by Elite Traveler Magazine. JJ has been featured in many national magazines, including Shape, Fitness, Elegant Bride, and Women’s Health as well as appeared on NBC, CBS, Fox 11, the CW and KTLA. Her newest book, The Invisible Fitness Formula: 5 Secrets to Release Weight and End Body Shame debuted at #2 on the Amazon Best Seller List for Women’s Health and #2 as a Hot New Release

Dana Malstaff is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, speaker, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro and quickly grew to a six-figure business within a year. Now she has over 10,000 students in various courses helps women all over the world raise their businesses and babies at the same time. She believes that pursuing our passions and building our dreams while including our children in the process, is the best way to build thriving businesses and families, and ultimately we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable. JJ Flizanes is an Empowerment Strategist and the host of several podcast shows including Fit 2 Love and Spirit, Purpose & Energy. She is the Director of Invisible Fitness, an Amazon best-selling author of Fit 2 Love: How to Get Physically, Emotionally, and Spiritually Fit to Attract the Love of Your Life, and author of Knack Absolute Abs: Routines for a Fit and Firm Core. She was named Best Personal Trainer in Los Angeles for 2007 by Elite Traveler Magazine. JJ has been featured in many national magazines, including Shape, Fitness, Elegant Bride, and Women’s Health as well as appeared on NBC, CBS, Fox 11, the CW and KTLA. Her newest book, The Invisible Fitness Formula: 5 Secrets to Release Weight and End Body Shame debuted at #2 on the Amazon Best Seller List for Women’s Health and #2 as a Hot New Release

I've mentioned before that more and more authors with big audiences are choosing to self publish. I'm really honored to feature an interview with one of those people in this episode of the Blogger to Author podcast. I had the amazing opportunity to interview Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom. Dana self published her book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro in 2015, and that book helped her launch her business into the stratosphere. In our interview, Dana and I chat about why she chose to self publish her book and the process she went through to write it. We also talk in depth about how she chose the topic for her book, why that topic wasn't what she had originally intended, and why that decision wound up changing the course of her business. And, Dana gives us a few suggestions for using mind mapping to plan out our books. Show notes: bloggertoauthor.com/74

Dana Malstaff is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, speaker, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro and quickly grew to a six-figure business within a year.   Now she has over 10,000 students in various courses helps women all over the world raise their businesses and babies at the same time. She believes that pursuing our passions and building our dreams while including our children in the process, is the best way to build thriving businesses and families, and ultimately we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable.   If you listen to the full episode you will learn:   1. How to Become the CEO Of Your Own Business 2. How to Create a Boss Mom Journey That Brings You Joy 3. Creating the Movement that Will Launch Your Business 4. How to Create and Nurture a Thriving Tribe 5. Creating Your Epic Free to Paid Journey for Your Community   Dana Malstaff is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, speaker, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro and quickly grew to a six-figure business within a year.   Now she has over 10,000 students in various courses helps women all over the world raise their businesses and babies at the same time. She believes that pursuing our passions and building our dreams while including our children in the process, is the best way to build thriving businesses and families, and ultimately we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable.   Learn more about Dana by going to:   boss-mom.com   FREE GIFT:   Dana loves to use a free tool called Trello to manage goals, plans, projects, investment projects.  For you she is offering a free training of how to Trello in your business and your home to have decision confidence.    Go to: boss-mom.com/trello   Follow Dana at: HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BOSSMOMDANA HTTPS://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/DANAMALSTAFF HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/DANAMALSTAFF

In episode #30 of the FamilyPreneur Podcast, I interview Dana Malstaff. Dana is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, speaker, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro and quickly grew to a six-figure business within a year.   Now she has over 10,000 students in various courses helps women all over the world raise their businesses and babies at the same time. She believes that pursuing our passions and building our dreams while including our children in the process, is the best way to build thriving businesses and families, and ultimately we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable.   In this episode we talk about the influence Dana's parents had on her entrepreneurship, mommy guilt, divorce, and (of course) raising her children with an entrepreneurial mindset. Learn more about the FamilyPreneur Business Accelerator and join today at »familypreneur.co« I'm committed to building an inclusive and anti-racist business. I support LGBTQIA+ rights and the rights of all intersectional identities. I believe that business should be a force for dismantling systems of oppression and actively invest in my own learning to fulfill this role. »Read My Full DEI Statement HERE« Would you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.

In episode #30 of the FamilyPreneur Podcast, I interview Dana Malstaff. Dana is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, speaker, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro and quickly grew to a six-figure business within a year.   Now she has over 10,000 students in various courses helps women all over the world raise their businesses and babies at the same time. She believes that pursuing our passions and building our dreams while including our children in the process, is the best way to build thriving businesses and families, and ultimately we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable.   In this episode we talk about the influence Dana's parents had on her entrepreneurship, mommy guilt, divorce, and (of course) raising her children with an entrepreneurial mindset.

Today our expert guest is Dana Malstaff, the Founder of Boss Mom and the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro. She is a mother, author, speaker, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker.   Dana published her book and started the Boss Mom brand in 2015, quickly growing into a six-figure business that includes an empowering community, transformative courses, and entertaining podcast.   Now Dana has over 10,000 students enrolled in her courses, helping women all over the world raise their businesses and babies at the same time. She believes that pursuing our passions and building our dreams – while including our children in the process – is the best way to build thriving businesses and families.   And ultimately we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable There are a few key steps in becoming a Boss Mom, and they can be applied to anyone who wants to simultaneously pursue running a business and living a life they're passionate about:   You need decision confidence. When you aren't confident, that's where guilt starts to creep into your life. But if you make a conscious assessment of what your priorities are, you can make any decision with confidence.   To maintain confidence in those decisions, you also need healthy boundaries, which Dana says can be particularly difficult for women. There are many people who would rather be helpful than profitable, and that can make it challenging to successfully run a business.   But you can't set effective boundaries and assess your priorities without first knowing your WHY. Dana breaks your why down to three categories: financial, environmental, and emotional. A lot of people talk about knowing the purpose behind your business and surrounding yourself with the right people and things to make it happen, but there aren't a lot of people who focus on the emotional part of your why. However, it's a critically important question: How do you want to FEEL, and what does that mean about the business and life that you're building?   The Biggest Helping: Today's Most Important Takeaway:   “You have permission – you have permission!”   You are the only person who can give yourself permission to do whatever it is you want and to be whoever you want, and we spend so much time asking other people for permission that we don't live the fullness that we could be living.” --   Thank you for joining us on The Daily Helping with Dr. Shuster. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play to download more food for the brain, knowledge from the experts, and tools to win at life.   Resources: Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro Learn more at boss-mom.com Listen: The Boss Mom Podcast Connect with Dana: Instagram | Facebook Listen to me on The Boss Dad Podcast: Episode 4: How to Build a Business That Makes the World Around You a Better Place with Dr. Richard Shuster The Daily Helping is produced by Podcast Masters

Dana Malstaff is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, speaker, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro and quickly grew to a six-figure business within a year. Now she has over 10,000 students in various courses helps women all over the world raise their businesses and babies at the same time. She believes that pursuing our passions and building our dreams while including our children in the process, is the best way to build thriving businesses and families, and ultimately we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable.

Dana Malstaff is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, speaker, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro and quickly grew to a six-figure business within a year. Now she has over 10,000 students in various courses helps women all over the world raise their businesses and babies at the same time. She believes that pursuing our passions and building our dreams while including our children in the process, is the best way to build thriving businesses and families, and ultimately we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable.

Dana Malstaff is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother of 2, an author, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro. With over 9,000 students in various courses and a 20k+ community.  With over 10 years of experience in content creation, marketing, sales, community building, and business strategy, Dana grew the Boss Mom brand into a six-figure business in less than a year. Her Boss Mom Movement is all about losing the guilt when it comes to raising babies and businesses at the same time, and believes that pursuing our passions and building our dreams while including our children in the process, is the best way to build thriving businesses and families.                                          I met Dana at an event a few months ago and I knew I had to have her on the show when she got super vulnerable and super Shameless about her recent divorce and the impact of major transitions on a mom’s and business woman’s life.  She shares a ton in this interview.  I know you will be so fired up and inspired by Dana’s story and wisdom. Listen to hear Dana share: What inspired the Boss Mom movement The power of proactive crying When you’re not a “kid person” but you are a parent The difference between feeling like a mom and feeling like a woman How getting to know herself better lead to her divorce Why you need to spend more time naked Her philosophy: “Hope is not in the situation, it’s in the solution” Links Mentioned: Connect with Dana and her community: Boss Mom Dana’s free Trello training Boss-Mom free Facebook group SMA Ep 88 Untame Yourself with Elizabeth DiAlto Thank you to our sponsors: Prep Dish: To get your first two weeks of paleo/gluten free meal plans, recipes, and grocery lists for free, go to Prep Dish. Canvas People: To get a FREE 11x14 canvas print (just pay shipping) of any of your photos, go to Canvas People and use the code SHAMELESS at checkout. Sudio: Save 15% off all Sudio headphones at Sudio and use the code SMA at checkout.

All the news to know for Thursday, May 10th, 2018!  Today, we're talking about the prisoners released from North Korea, the tech talk happening at the White House and the big win for solar power. Plus: more Boy Scouts news, Lyft's 'All Access' plan and pizza with beer delivery. All that and much more in less than 10 minutes! Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.   Then, hang out after the news for the bonus Three Question Thursday interview. This week we're talking about how 1 in 4 Americans reportedly make money on a digital platform, and we're putting a Mother's Day twist on it. We're hearing from Dana Malstaff. She's CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She's a mother, author, speaker, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She launched the Boss Mom brand with her first book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro and quickly grew to a six-figure business within a year. Now she's helping women all over the world raise their businesses and babies at the same time. For more info and links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes.

Our guest today is someone who's struggled between being a good mom and running a business. This is very much an all too familiar territory for a lot of moms, not just our guest today. In this episode, we will open doors for you and make you realize that having a family to attend to whilst wanting a successful business shouldn’t be a cause for guilt. I am sure that we will learn a lot from someone who's been through what most of us have. Let's go get our learn on from Dana's nuggets of wisdom. About GUEST Dana Malstaff is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro. Dana’s Top 5 StrengthsFinder Themes: Activator Woo Strategic Ideation Communication   Key Takeaways Get up in the morning and do what you’re happy doing. Understand that a course is not a business. It’s not enough to get one person’s feedback about a new course, product or service. “You need different settings, and different mediums, and different times with different people giving you the same answer.” Get in, get your hands dirty, do coaching, do talk with people, connect with people, help people. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been in business or how much money you’re making, you can still know your ideal client better. Understand what you’re delegating before you delegate it. You will find that it’s very hard to get negative feedback when you approach everybody with respect. Time-Stamped Show Highlights [02:43] Dana’s 30-second history of how she came to be the Boss Mom. [09:51] Dana shares with us her brilliance in designing her courses that actually meet the community’s needs. You have to know where your course content supports in the line of what your business does. [15:23] Alissa gives us a rundown on what Dana’s Strength Themes are and emphasizes what strength themes really are. Your strength themes are not your what, not your why, it’s how you go about doing whatever it is you do. [16:28] Alissa learns a concept from Dana herself. Don’t farm out all of your strategy of who you are and what you’re doing to some person who isn’t you. [23:46] Dana can do almost all things except this one non-strength she discovered through epic fails. [28:59] The point in hiring a life coach. [30:30] The things Dana tells everybody when it comes to videos. Come into it with respect, humility, and recognize that it’s not about you. [32:08] Alissa shares Brene Brown’s biggest teachings Respect is so important. remember that everyone is just human. [35:33] Dana’s take on Brene Brown’s vulnerability talk. The biggest driver to success in people is the feeling that they are deserving of love [38:15] Dana’s turning point that made her own amazingness. When you value yourself more, you’re gonna value everybody else and their time. [42:18] An exciting announcement for all dads. [44:41]Podcast recommendation of the week Selected Links for This Episode Dana’s Website Connect with Dana on Facebook Connect with Dana on LinkedIn Connect with Dana on Instagram Brene Brown: The power of Vulnerability TED Talk Podcast of the Week: Fatherhood for the Rest of Us with Brandon Handley Frickin’ Awesome Resources Frickin’ Awesome Entrepreneurs Facebook Community From Frustrated to Frickin’ Awesome by Alissa Daire Nelson Daire Success Coaching website StrengthsFinder 2.0 test StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath Will it Fly by Pat Flynn

Visit EOFire.com for complete show notes of every Podcast episode. Dana is a mother, author, coach, podcaster, and blind spot reducer. She is the founder of Boss Mom, and author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro. She provides tools and resources that help mom entrepreneurs lose the guilt and build thriving homes and businesses.

Today's episode we speak with Dana Malstaff is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro. Dana grew the Boss Mom brand into a six-figure business in less than a year.  

Dana is a mother, author, business & content strategist, coach, podcaster, and blind spot reducer. Dana is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro, and the founder of Boss Mom. She serves Boss Moms who yearn for more time and less guilt when it comes to building their business and raising their family, by providing the tools they need to get more out of their content and business, without sacrificing their family goals. https://boss-mom.com/

Today's guest is THE Boss Mom, Dana Malstaff. Dana is a mother, author, business & content strategist, coach, podcaster, and blind spot reducer. Dana is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro, and Confessions of a Boss Mom, and the founder of the Boss Mom Movement. She serves Boss Moms who yearn for more time and less guilt when it comes to building their business and raising their family, by providing the tools they need to get more out of their content and business, without sacrificing their family goals. When she is not creating new courses or building new strategy tools for creative entrepreneurs, she can be found, chasing her two kids on the beach, or thinking of the next fun new family adventure. Join us to learn about creating a movement with Dana. 2:54 Dana Malstaff is here unscripted and has no idea what I, Tonya, am going to ask her. 4:00 Everyone knows the Boss Mom movement, have read their books, and you’ve seen a tremendous amount of growth in the last two years since it was started. You’re a genius for strategy, which is why I, Tonya, worked with you. 5:12 I’ve always known that I wanted big things – I want to be on the cover of a magazine. I don’t think I knew Boss Mom would be so big. I was mapping out the book and that’s how I stumbled upon it. I don’t suggest writing a book first. Launching with that is how it worked for me, it was something that I wanted to get out and it was something I wanted to get out. I did this from a strategic point – I knew how it linked to my business. I did have a few mindset issues around it, I had two websites at the beginning. Having the strategy of how it aligned with what I wanted to do was huge. And visibility of getting on podcasts. That’s what gave me visibility and got things ramped up. 8:52 The brand has gotten so solidified with who I am through the visibility. I’m a girl who likes to go big and the movement has grown and I think that has helped that I am so excited and passionate about the movement. The passion has helped the movement grow and change things faster. 11:46 I have a decal on the back of my computer and it’s the best $40 I’ve ever spent. It has helped me share the word with others. There is always someone who sees the decal, and when I talk about the business, people go tell others about my business. It’s important to talk about what you do. 13:55 The word movement can seem scary for people. We think we need to do it all ourselves, a movement is many, many parts and it’s lots of moving parts. You are the person who made the first few pushes. The Boss Mom movement is necessary for many others and there are people who will continue that and it will take a lot to stop the movement. 15:54 In the Boss Moms Facebook group, I’ve made a space where women can promote and collaborate as a think tank. You’ve got to think about what you’re creating with a Facebook group. We have a certain aspect to it and there are lots of moms who won’t resonate with Boss Mom, but I’ve created a culture that has details that people can latch on and take part in. 17:40 I have gone through overwhelm and we as humans are cyclical and I as a woman, I’m cyclical. I have a doubt at least once a week where I question what I’m doing. I just don’t know how to not do what I’m doing and because we don’t know how to do it any other way, and if I never questioned what I was doing, I would not be growing. The Matrix movie shows us that perfect isn’t great. It means we have a chance to decide what we want to pursue as we doubt. 20:09 I do live by assume positive intent. We’re in an interesting space where we are real with others. It’s also why we want to work with like money mindset coaches, because something leads to other things and words don’t always mean what we make them mean, but sometimes people just need to cancel and run because their kid got sick or something. We like discovering things about ourselves, but that also can mean that we’re scared of what we find and we need someone to walk along side us. 22:03 I’ve learned I need people. I’ve become so much clearer on how I get my energy. I need people to tell me I am doing a good job. I told my husband that we need to hug every day. I like retreats and being on podcasts because I like that interaction with people. I like being on my own discovery calls because I like to talk with people. 24:40 I don’t ever in my business want someone else to do my coaching or something for me. I recently did a podcast and I think it’s my responsibility and our responsibility to make more influencers. We should raise up and create more who can influence others. The coaching clients that I’ve had who are now influencers are a ripple effect of me and an extension of the work that I’ve done. The more that I raise others up, it always ends up benefiting both of us. 27:22 I was reading some leadership quotes from others for something we were doing and one I like was that leaders take more than their fair share of the blame and less of the acclaim. I don’t remember who said it, but I thought it was great. Of course, I want to be a Disney character and on the cover of a magazine, but I will take the blame if my team is wrong, we assess and then we move on and learn from it. 30:40 I am doing the Whole 30 Diet right now and I’m doing it because I want to expand my food choices. If I haven’t slept at night, then I wake up, play with my kids and figure out what I need to do to wake myself up whether that’s figuring out what I can move around to take a nap. It’s just not an option to be unhappy, mad, festering about something I can’t change. Assuming positive intent is something you have to practice every single day otherwise other people’s unintentional actions will bother you all the time. 34:22 What is making me happy right now: My kids are making me happy because my kids are being easier right now. I am also drawing out a funnel and that makes me really happy. The driver for me is that I need to get certain things done in my business to make this work and it’s great. I got a consulting CFO and I can see now profitability that I’ll have visibility of where I have grown and how that means I should be moving and what I can be doing to make the most sense financially. [bctt tweet="The more that I raise others up, it always ends up benefiting both of us." username="tonyarineer"] KEY TAKEAWAYS Everyone knows the Boss Mom movement, have read their books, and you’ve seen a tremendous amount of growth in the last two years since it was started. Launching with that is how it worked for me, it was something that I wanted to get out and it was something I wanted to get out of writing it. In the Boss Moms Facebook group, I’ve made a space where women can promote and collaborate as a think tank. I do live by assume positive intent. The more that I raise others up, it always ends up benefiting both of us. Assuming positive intent is something you have to practice every single day otherwise other people’s unintentional actions will bother you all the time. EPISODE RESOURCES Samantha Johnston/Neapolitan Creative Autumn Boyd - lawyer Free Money Mindset Training- just in case you're ready to take your profit power to the next level! 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Today's guest is one of my favorite people. Brilliant, charming, crazy-hard working, and strategic beyond belief.  Dana Malstaff is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro.   Dana's Top 5 StrengthsFinder Themes are:   1) Activator   2) Woo   3) Strategic   4) Ideation   5) Communication   Find her at Boss-Mom.com

Dana Malstaff is a mother, author, business & content strategist, coach, podcaster, and blind spot reducer, and you’ll gonna find out why. Dana is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro, and the founder of Boss Mom. She serves Boss Moms who yearn for more time and less guilt when it comes to building their business and raising their family, by providing the tools they need to get more out of their content and business, without sacrificing their family goals. 02:18 – Her mom life and entrepreneurial journey 21:22 – Dana’s difficult times and what helped her dig herself out of a rut 09:37 – Don’t let your stress becomes somebody else’s norm 12:10 – Finding the balance between personal and professional life 18:00 – Benefits of finding and building communities for entrepreneurs 20:16 – Challenges and pressures you face as an Entrepreneur 22:09 – Be ready and prepare to keep up with technological changes 23:44 – Wrap Up 24:53 – BONUS: Breaking down an actionable to do list for increased productivity Tweetables: “Stress is the killer of creativity, development and creation.” – Dana Malstaff “Letting your kids in to your world changes everything.” – Dana Malstaff   Resources: http://www.bossacademy.com/ https://boss-mom.com/ Trello Training   Join Dana’s Community: Facebook

Alright, grab a coffee/drink of choice and a notepad because this podcast is full of “Good Juicy Stuff”. Dana Malstaff AKA Boss Mom joins Dr. Zyrowski in this week’s episode of Excel Radio.   As a parent and entrepreneur herself, Dana understands the stress, burdens, joy, and freedom that come with this lifestyle. She has leveraged her experiences and her strategist abilities and wrote her best selling book “Boss Mom - The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro”. Today, Dana helps her clients with focus, visibility, and positioning so they can prioritize, time manage, and achieve results in their business while caring for their families.  Dana and Dr. Nick have exciting banter about the joys and struggles of raising a family and a business simultaneously. If you are also a parent and entrepreneur, you know that there’s some guilt that can come creeping in…guilt that you aren’t spending enough quality time with your kids, or guilt that you aren’t putting in enough at the business. You are constantly battling between the two. But Dana explains how to prioritize and develop confidence so you can give guilt the backseat and let your passion and love drive you. Time management is probably the largest obstacle for parent entrepreneurs. Dana coaches her clients in a platform called Trello to help them manage their business effectively. But her real joy lies in helping her clients develop programs and create passive income in a way that fits into the lifestyle that they want to have. Whether you want to work 40 hours a week or only 20 hours, Dana helps develop your business structure so you can yield the best results for the energy you’re investing. In this episode, Learn Boss Mom’s #1 Time Management Resource How to give guilt the boot Do this crucial step first before you do ANYTHING else Why the “If you build it, they will come” philosophy isn’t working in the online space (and what to do about it) Best place to get quality market research – for free! Three pillars of building your business How to hire a coach that gets results and understands you Alright, grab a coffee/drink of choice and a notepad because this podcast is full of “Good Juicy Stuff”.   Dana Malstaff AKA Boss Mom joins Dr. Zyrowski in this week’s episode of Excel Radio.   As a parent and entrepreneur herself, Dana understands the stress, burdens, joy, and freedom that come with this lifestyle. She has leveraged her experiences and her strategist abilities and wrote her best selling book “Boss Mom - The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro”. Today, Dana helps her clients with focus, visibility, and positioning so they can prioritize, time manage, and achieve results in their business while caring for their families.   Dana and Dr. Nick have exciting banter about the joys and struggles of raising a family and a business simultaneously. If you are also a parent and entrepreneur, you know that there’s some guilt that can come creeping in…guilt that you aren’t spending enough quality time with your kids, or guilt that you aren’t putting in enough at the business. You are constantly battling between the two. But Dana explains how to prioritize and develop confidence so you can give guilt the backseat and let your passion and love drive you.   Time management is probably the largest obstacle for parent entrepreneurs. Dana coaches her clients in a platform called Trello to help them manage their business effectively. But her real joy lies in helping her clients develop programs and create passive income in a way that fits into the lifestyle that they want to have. Whether you want to work 40 hours a week or only 20 hours, Dana helps develop your business structure so you can yield the best results for the energy you’re investing.   In this episode, Learn Boss Mom’s #1 Time Management Resource How to give guilt the boot Do this crucial step first before you do ANYTHING else Why the “If you build it, they will come” philosophy isn’t working in the online space (and what to do about it) Best place to get quality market research – for free! Three pillars of building your business How to hire a coach that gets results and understands you Resources To follow Dana, visit www.boss-mom.com Dana's Trello Training Dana's Books Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro Confessions of a Boss Mom: The Power in Knowing We are Not Alone Book Referenced - Big Magic - Elizabeth Gilbert Example of someone Dana’s helped - http://www.allgirlshaveclub.com  And as always, to follow Dr. Zyrowski - www.nuvisionexcel.com

Being boss and an entrepreneur, when you are a lady is sometimes hard, especially when you have children and stuff. However my guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom, entrepreneur Dan Malstaff. She is a mother, author, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro, and with over 9,000 students in various courses and over 10 years of experience in content creation, community building, and business strategy, she grew the Boss Mom brand into a six figure business in less than a year. But was this always a success that was on the cards, or did she go through the same struggles, guilt and burnout that most new entrepreneurs find themselves in as there fledgling business grows and they become boss. Well certainly the life of a thriving entrepreneur certainly didn't seem on the cards as she pursued her education both in Dijon in France and the Indiana University where she studied Broadcast Journalism. Instead upon completing her studies, she entering employment with the Lowdendal Group, and Quantum Of Health, but it wasn't until she quit her job and got pregnant that the first dots of what has become today's mission really raised themselves. How do you build a business, whilst supporting a new baby? How do you build a business, whilst being a wife, lover, friend, best friend, and all the other hats that ladies wear nowadays? With the "Why cant we have our cake and eat it" ideology, Boss Mom was created to do two things. First, to help dramatically shift the mindset of ladies across the world in how they see themselves, and your role as a mother, entrepreneur, wife, daughter, friend and more. An epic shift that will allow them to see how they can be amazing in each of these roles without sacrificing the others. And second, to guide them through a new way of thinking about how they integrate their family life with their entrepreneurial life. Giving a plan that can be implemented that will make her clients world feel a little easier. So would she say that she was a reluctant entrepreneur or one that was always waiting to go out and blaze big across the world? And what would be the biggest learning she has gained from growing a business from scratch? Well lets find out as bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Dana Malstaff Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Dana Malstaff such as: How how she created a business that she loves and wakes up every morning, due to the people that she has hired or work with., Why Dana believes that accepting the rough times in one life on the way to becoming the boss, is a great way of finding the things that you truly love. You need the crap to really heighten your focus on the gold. Why you should never do things in your life that mean you are losing money. Delegate as much as you can, so you can earn the big stuff. and lastly…. Why its a great idea to get drunk in a pub, with a recorder and ask the big questions in life. You will be astonished to see how much truth comes out when you listen back to it all.  Check her out at Boss Mom. com where female entrepreneurs thrive    

After trying the stay-at-home mom thing for a while, Dana realized she literally NEEDED to be an entrepreneur and thus began the Boss Mom movement. Learn how Dana balances motherhood and her online business with confidence and efficiency. Dana Malstaff is a mother, author, business & content strategist, coach, podcaster, and blind spot reducer. Dana is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro, and the founder of Boss Mom. She serves Boss Moms who yearn for more time and less guilt when it comes to building their business and raising their family, by providing the tools they need to get more out of their content and business, without sacrificing their family goals. Nuggets of Wisdom from Dana: "If you want to be a true influencer, then you should speak to create other influencers. Our influence is based around creating other influencers." "Good mom for me means playfulness and attentiveness." "So attentiveness to me means that I'm outwardly always trying to make sure I see what my kids need and trying to fulfill that in a way that makes sense to us in our family. " "I think you should always try to be something more than a mom." "You are so much more than one role, and we should strive to figure out what fulfills us outside of being a parent and outside of being a wife and outside of just being a business owner." "It's a really important lesson for your kids to learn and it's a really important lesson for you to learn that your kids aren't the center of the world too, cause it's hard not to feel that way about them sometimes." "When you're confident about your decisions, then guilt has no place in your life." "The reason we feel guilty is because we're not sure we're doing the right thing." "There are a lot of ways, and a lot of those ways compiled together equal the right way for you. It has to be about collecting the puzzle pieces and fitting them together and being confident about how you're fitting them together." "If you don't wan't to feel guilty then continually assess every single day what your overall priorities are. What is it that you're trying to achieve, and what are the big things that have to be done? Don't do your business and family separately because those are two big whole buckets." "What's important to us right now, tomorrow, over this next 30 days, or next year? What do we care about? Which one is more important? Sometimes my business wins, and sometimes my family wins. I don't feel bad about it." Some of Dana's Favorite Things: Personal habit: "We eat, we hang out and play around. We engage with each other. We do some fun things with my kids in the morning." "The habit is the assessment of my priorities, looking at what has to get done, seeing if I can delegate that out and reminding myself that I'm losing money in my business by doing things myself all the time." Easy meal: "Brown rice packets, chicken apple sausage, Thai peanut sauce, veggies." Favorite kitchen gadget: "wine opener" Danielle's Favorite Books: "The Five Love Languages" and "The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran" and "Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert" Best advice received: "Business is people. Life is people. If you can't learn how to show people how they are loved and valued and connect with people with empathy and compassion, then you're going to be left feeling alone and sad." Dana's Happiness Formula: 1. "Learn to recognize your happy moments." 2. "Know that others see you differently and that you're often too hard on yourself. Listen to people that tell you nice things." 3. "Recognize when you're not happy and take an assessment on what's not working and tweak it. Don't sit in unhappiness and fester there for a long time. It doesn't help anybody." A Challenge from Dana: "I want you to take the next three days and time map what you do in your day, where you spend your time. At the end of those 3 days, look at that time mapping. Look at what you are doing, where you are spending your time, whether you are spending your time doing things that make you happy and fulfill you and that you think are actually helping you get to where you want to go in your life - and the amount of time you are spending doing things that do not fulfill you and actually empty your cup. Get really serious about finding the kind of support you need through this community, through other communities, you know, through your friends and your networks. To pull yourself more into the time you are spending, doing the things that fill you and that you love, and it all starts by assessing what you are doing right now." Resources Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro The Five Love Languages The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Vibrant Happy Women Facebook Group Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women:      

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In 2014, Mama and I so excitedly (you have no idea how excited I was) had the beyond beautifully blessed Blessing of attending Dear Oprah Winfrey's "Live Your Best Life Tour" in Newark N J at the Prudential Center. Among the MANY illuminaries there, Iyanla Vanzant. Dear One. Dear Illuminating Iyanla was there and she shared this beyond incredible insight that has stayed with me ever since (that really had not become an "aha" moment for me in my life until about 3 years after this unforgettable event).She said...you ready Beloveds? She said "You are all going through the Labor Pains of Life..." Yep. And it wasn't until a few years later that I have come to the Radiant Realization that I AM just becoming FULL TERM...let me share a little about what I mean by that...for those of you that don't know my full life story, I was born permaturely. I was born 3 1/2 months early, weighing only 1 pound 5 ounces. 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In this episode of the DREAM. THINK. DO. podcast, Mitch Matthews talks with Dana Malstaff, best-selling author, podcaster and onlinepreneur. She is the creator of the Boss Mom movement and author of the book Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro. When she's not spending time with her family, most of her focus is on providing women (and men too) with the knowledge they need to grow their businesses while at the same time thriving with their families. Listen To The Podcast: Do you feel like you constantly have to choose between your family and your business? Ever feel like you're not the best parent because you sometimes prioritize business over your kids? What if you could figure out a way to prioritize your business and your family so that both thrive? On today's episode of DREAM THINK DO, my guest Dana Malstaff tackles this very topic on how she focuses on creating a better business and family life. She talks about how her personal life inspired her to start the Boss Mom movement and the importance of how doing what she loves makes her a better mom and a better entrepreneur.   She understands the guilt that entrepreneurs can feel when they're pulled between work and family, and has created simple strategies that can help entrepreneurs lose the guilt and gain confidence in their life.    The need to shift from spending so much time doing urgent things to spending more time on what is most important is also something we talk about. Listen in to hear Dana's thoughts on why planning is such an a key part of the strategy, and what kind of planning you can do help you have the family and business you want.   In this episode, you will… Hear how you can create a better business and family Learn the secret to solving guilt Gain insight into why 10 minutes is so important Learn about three areas you need to plan to achieve your goals Episode Resources Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro   Boss Mom   Boss-Mom.com/Trello (Click here for a free course on how to use Trello)   MitchMatthews.com/128   DREAM. THINK. DO.

Dana is a mother, author, business & content strategist, coach, podcaster, and blind spot reducer. Dana is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro, and the founder of the Boss Mom Movement. She serves Boss Moms who yearn for more time and less guilt when it comes to building their business and raising their family, by providing the tools they need to get more out of their content and business, without sacrificing their family goals. When she is not creating new courses or building new strategy tools for creative entrepreneurs, she can be found, chasing her two kids on the beach, or thinking of the next fun new family adventure.

In this episode, I interview Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom. Dana shares her Boss Girl journey and provides incredible insight into running a successful business and how she got her start. Plus she's got a great sense of humor. BGC ANNOUNCEMENTS * Welcome to the 92nd episode of the Boss Girl Creative Podcast!! Today I'm interviewing Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom. * Have comments or questions? Tweet/IG using the hashtag #BOSSGIRLQA or call in: (707) BOSS-GIRL * Support Boss Girl Creative endeavors by joining the BGC Crew! * Join me in the Facebook Group on Wednesday nights at 9pm CST for a live Q&A answer session!! Send me your questions through email, phone or #BOSSGIRLQA on Twitter/Instagram * Want a direct link to the podcast feed? Click here. * Use these Hashtags on Social Media: #bossgirlcreative #bossgirlchat INSIDE THIS EPISODE * Who is Dana? * Realizing her start moment * Dana's obstacles * It's all about mindset * Getting what she wants * Movement Manifesto * Saying No * Breaking up goals into 3 categories * Setting priorties * Passing on good information * Getting over fear * Rolling with what is thrown at you * Helping other women doing what they love * Risk it to get the biscuit RESOURCES MENTIONED **Some links below contain affiliate links. Purchasing through them, at no further cost to you, help support Boss Girl Creative. Thank you for supporting the brands that support BGC!** *Dana's Book - Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro * Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert * Trello * Dana's free training on Trello * Voxer * Pat Flynn * Fired Up Movie FIND TAYLOR ONLINE Blog - pinkheelspinktruck.com Instagram - @pnkheelspnktrk Facebook - PinkHeelsPinkTruck Pinterest - pnkheelspnktrk Twitter - @pnkheelspnktrk FIND DANA ONLINE Website - boss-mom.com Instagram - @danamalstaff Facebook - BosssMomDana Pinterest - danamalstaff Twitter - @danamalstaff Book - Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro HELP SPREAD THE BOSS GIRL LOVE! It would be amazeballs if you shared Boss Girl Creative Podcast with your fellow Boss Girls on twitter. Click here to tweet some love! If you love this podcast, head on over to iTunes and kindly leave a rating, a review and subscribe! WAYS TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE BOSS GIRL CREATIVE PODCAST Click here to subscribe via iTunes Click here to subscribe via Boss Girl Creative Newsletter Click here to subscribe via Stitcher FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions and leave your comments by either calling (707) BOSS-GIRL, emailing hello@bossgirlcreative.com or go to the Boss Girl Creative Facebook group!

Dana Malstaff is the founder of BOSS Mom and author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro. Dana has channeled her success as a content & business strategist, into a fast growing community of business women she has helped begin and run their businesses and families like a Boss. Click to tweet: .@danamalstaff is sharing her story to inspire you on Women Taking the Lead https://womentakingthelead.com/201 #inspiration Playing Small Moment Dana believes in embracing the “hot mess-ness” and isn’t ashamed that sometimes she cries in the bathroom with the lights out or in the shower when no one is around. After surveying her expenses in the beginning, Dana realized she was spending as much as she was making and hired a coach. Dana’s coach told her that she can continue to change her business and reopen parts that she had previously closed. It was, in fact, her business. Dana realized that she quit her job to make her own decisions, but wasn’t utilizing it to her potential. Dana opened the academy back up and told the participants that the structure would continue to change until it worked better for everyone and they were delighted. The Wake Up Call When Dana was brainstorming ideas for her business, she decided to focus on what she was passionate about, mindful communication and how people connect in corporate America. In her past, the wellness company she was the director of built behavioral modification programs for large companies and she knew how important good communication was. Dana tried to build her business around communication, and realized that it became much harder than she had originally thought. Dana attended a conference with a friend, where the speaker made a comment that entrepreneurs should focus on that one thing they are amazing at, the skill that comes easy to them, and to start their business based off of that. Unsure of what her gift was, Dana helped her friend brainstorm during one of the conference exercises and a lightbulb went off. Her gift was brainstorming and strategizing, and she had been focusing on her passion this whole time. Feeling fired up with this new information, Dana jumped into a Facebook group and tested out a few things, with amazing return. Now Dana focuses on her gift, while also intertwining her passion, but the gift is what makes her money. Style of Leadership Dana leads by letting others lead. While assessing corporate businesses, she would focus on what made the employees happy, engaged and want to stay employed with that company. That process has translated into Dana’s leadership. She is constantly asking her team if they are doing what they love to do, because someone can always be brought on that loves to do what someone else hates doing. Dana believes that when you allow people to show you how amazing they are, they will come up with ideas you may never have thought of yourself. Dana knows that she may be the face of her brand, but she is only one key player. What Are You Excited About? Dana is excited to have her first Boss Mom retreat and all of the buzz surrounding it. “It’s like planning a wedding!” Dana is also launching The Raising Your Business program, which she spent an entire year building. Dana combed through all of her content and courses to come up with this new evergreen program. Her dad always said, “Information isn’t knowledge,” and she believes that translating all of the information into understanding what to do with it, and it what order, is the real resource that everyone needs. Leadership Practice Dana makes sure to assess her priorities every single day.  She has a vision board and looks at what she is trying to do as a whole, not just the single tasks on a list. Dana believes that it is really easy to fall off the priority path and chase the shiny thing. Reassessing every day gives her the confidence to know she is saying yes and no to the right things. Advice For Younger Self Dana would tell her younger self that she is totally not an island. “I don’t care if you can make images in Canva, hire someone to do it.” Dana points out that by reaching out for help, you are actually helping move the economy forward by giving people jobs and you will get there so much faster. Inspirational Quote “Ah, but a man’s [or woman’s] reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?” – Robert Browning Links Boss Mom Website: https://www.boss-mom.com/ LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danamalstaff   If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe in iTunes or Stitcher Radio and never miss out on #inspiration and community! Find more resources at https://womentakingthelead.com

Dana Malstaff credits three parents—a mom, a dad and a stepdad—for nurturing the skills she uses today to help other moms find a balance between parenting and their entrepreneurial careers. The author of "Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro", and “Confessions of a Boss Mom: A Guide to Knowing You Are Not Alone”, she serves women who yearn for more time and less guilt when in building their business and raising their family, by providing the tools they need to get more out of their content and business, without sacrificing their family goals.

Dana Malstaff is a mother, author, business & content strategist, coach, podcaster, and blind spot reducer. Dana is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro, and the founder of Boss Mom. She serves Boss Moms who yearn for more time and less guilt when it comes to building their business and raising their family, by providing the tools they need to get more out of their content and business, without sacrificing their family goals. What you'll learn about in this episode Dana's background How Dana came to start Boss Mom Crafting your movement manifesto Saying no to things that don't financially benefit your business Getting clear on your brand and message and repeating it the same way every time Why you have to become a working sales page Why it's not your job to work harder than your clients Why you need to hire a team sooner than later Why you need to assess your relationship with money Getting clear on your dream-makers and deal-breakers Why you need to write down what you're good at and what you're not How best to connect with Dana: Website: boss-mom.com Trello training: boss-mom.com/trello

Dana is a mother, author, business & content strategist, coach, podcaster, and blind spot reducer. Dana is the author of “Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro,” and the founder of the Boss Mom Movement. She serves Boss Moms who yearn for more time and less guilt when it comes to building their business and raising their family by providing the tools they need to get more out of their content and business without sacrificing their family goals. When she is not creating new courses or building new strategy tools for creative entrepreneurs, she can be found chasing her son on the beach, watching her daughter take her first steps, or thinking of the next fun new family adventure. In this episode, Dana and Stacy discuss how you can handle a growing business at the same time as building a family. Some highlights include: “I spent the first year not knowing what on earth I was doing.” At minute 1:00, Dana talks about immediately getting pregnant after starting Boss Mom, how she made it through that first year, and what her life has been like ever since. “I’m okay with shouldering the risk of my decisions.” At minute 11:00, Dana talks about being decisive and why people call her an “action coach.” Before you hire a coach, you need to be ready for them. At minute 18:00, Dana talks about hiring a coach at a time when she just wasn’t ready to fully utilize the coach’s wisdom. The idea of balance is exhausting. At minute 24:00, Dana talks about why she doesn’t even think about work-life balance. Instead, Dana thinks about conscious integration. “I get to do whatever I want.” At minute 29:00, Dana talks about what she loves about being an entrepreneur and the challenges that come with that career choice. Ways to contact Dana: Book: “Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro” Website: boss-mom.com Trello training: boss-mom.com/trello Facebook group: boss-mom.com/facebook Twitter: @DanaMalstaff Resources: Trello Voice Memos Voxer *Business Rescue Road Map may be an affiliate or receive compensation from some of the business listed for referrals, as their “thank you” for sending you their way. However, we would never recommend any product or service unless we personally love the product and have great things to say about it. Our reputation is at stake and we would not jeopardize that!

This is a Nurture Your Business segment with Dana. Dana shares an exciting information about selling through giving away aha moments.   Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes:  In this episode you’ll hear: Why are you doing what you are doing for your business? What you need to figure out and how it will affect your business. Chasing your passion in business. Action steps on forming a business or pivoting in a business. Referenced in the show: Boss Mom Episode 110: How to get Past Money Mind Blocks and Create Abundance with Tonya Rineer  Boss Mom: the Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro Reina Pomeroy Jessica Stansberry Katie Hunt Boss Mom Academy Boss Mom Academy Fitting Calls Boss Mom Facebook community Can I quote you on that? Most of what I do in my business is sharing my passion. - Dana Your why might have several layers. - Dana Your why has to mix with your passions. - Dana There is money everywhere and I want you to be making it. - Dana Connect with Dana: Instagram / Boss Mom Facebook Community (her total happy place) We love hearing from you guys! If you’ve got a question about today’s episode or want to leave us some inbox love, you can email us at hello@boss-mom.com Or, you can always find Dana hanging out in our Boss Mom Facebook Community.  We would LOVE it if you’d leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad Launch Apple’s Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Enter your iTunes password to login. Tap the Stars to leave a rating. Enter title text and content to leave a review. Tap Send.

Crushin' It vs Being Crushed   Dana is a mother, author, business & content strategist, coach, podcaster, and blind spot reducer. Dana is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro, and the founder of the Boss Mom Movement. She serves Boss Moms who yearn for more time and less guilt when it comes to building their business and raising their family, by providing the tools they need to get more out of their content and business, without sacrificing their family goals. When she is not creating new courses or building new strategy tools for creative entrepreneurs, she can be found, chasing her son on the beach, watching her daughter take her first steps, or thinking of the next fun new family adventure.     If Dana had not had kids...she would not have a brand. So, in a way being a parent made her business work.    Dana and I chat about why she doesn't choose a balanced life, why it's so important to get the right kind of support, and why raising businesses and babies is pretty much the hardest two things ever so what she does when she feels like she's being crushed!    You can find Dana: Facebook group Instagram Twitter Website Free Trello Training Boss Mom Retreat Boss Mom Academy   And don't miss out on all the happenings during the Crushin' it vs. Being Crushed Parenthood Series by signing up here! 

Dana is a mother, author, coach, podcaster, and blind spot reducer. She is the founder of Boss Mom, and author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro. She provides tools and resources that help mom entrepreneurs lose the guilt and build thriving homes and businesses. Sponsors: LegalZoom: Invest your time and money in your business, and use LegalZoom for the legal stuff. Save even more by entering EOF in the referral box at checkout! HostPapa: Looking for a powerful web hosting solution and cloud-based productivity tools for your business? Use promo code FIRE to save 15% off their shared web hosting packages!

We're always looking for ways to help our audience be more productive, get more results and enjoy your life.On this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci interview Dana Malstaff, author and founder of Boss Mom, The Ultimate Guide To Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro.Dana has an AMAZING free training that you will want to run, not walk and download.It's Happy Hour approved and it will change your business.http://HappyHourHangouts.com/Boss⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Have you joined our Facebook community yet? The Happy Hour Marketing #GameChangers are waiting for you! Click the link in our bio!

Dana is a mother, author, business & content strategist, coach, podcaster, and blind spot reducer. Dana is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro, and the founder of the Boss Mom Movement. Dana serves Boss Moms who yearn for more time and less guilt when it comes to building their business and starting or raising their family, by providing the tools they need to get more out of their content and business, without sacrificing their family goals. When she is not creating new courses or building new strategy tools for creative entrepreneurs, she can be found, chasing her son on the beach, rubbing cheeks with her new daughter, or thinking of the next fun new family adventure. Dana hosts weekly webinars on the 8 Crucial, yet simple secrets to creating a rockin' course that actually sells. Success for Dana is: Getting excited about waking up in the morning... when you want to jump out of bed because you've created a life where the day is full of things that make your heart sing. Things we talk about on this episode: the guilt of building a business and starting a family why running a business is good to show your children Dana reminds herself that no matter what happens she is enough building a business is full of failures embrace your gift that is your purpose. the thing people constantly come to you for, that is your gift growing a business is scarier than starting a business Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert  

I'm popping the champagne and blowing horns because my book baby, Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro, is finally here! Today is the official launch and I couldn't be more excited. In this episode of the Boss Mom podcast, NJ and I answer everything you want to know about my book- from who I wrote for to what it was really like writing with a newborn and everything else in between. Let's dive right in. *Affiliate links present in this post.* But before we do, I want you to know that for the next two days there is a Boss Mom book celebration Instagram giveaway going on. Head here to grab all of the details on how to enter.  Listen to the podcast: Subscribe to the Boss Mom podcast in iTunes. In this episode we talk about: Dana’s new book, the Boss Mom book and who she wrote for. One thing that really surprised NJ about motherhood. Why Dana wasn’t afraid to chase one of her big goals in business while she was also pursuing a big goal within her family too. The people Dana pulled in to help her write her book and how Dana accomplished writing her book with a newborn in her arms. Why Dana wrote bonus content for the Boss Mom book and her favorite chapter. Nj’s daughter Lola’s 10 minute 3 push birth story Recommended reading, links and resources: Boss Mom book on Amazon Dana’s book coach: Coach Azul Mindmapping Dana’s interview with Nicole Keating Dana’s interview with Emily Potts She Plans planner Episode 11 of the Boss Mom Podcast- want to laugh? This is a great one. Evernote for note keeping and Dragon for transcription Can I quote you on that? I truly believe you can have a thriving family and a thriving business.-Dana[Tweet "I truly believe you can have a thriving family and a thriving business. #bossmom"] We are constantly making sure that we’re the rock- that we moms are making sure everything is moving forward and working well. -Dana The Boss implies everything in our life and Mom is the foundation for us. -Dana We are more than just moms. -Dana Boss Moms… we’re dreamers and doers. -NJ Even women who choose to stay at home and take care of children exclusively are more than just a mom. They’ve got hobbies and passions, they’re creating too. -Dana Mom guilt 101: you let yourself be defined by someone else’s standards. - Dana Writing doesn’t scare me. - Dana It was more important for me to write the Boss Mom book than it would have ever been to write a book about content strategy. -Dana If you’re brainstorming and it seems easy, you’re not brainstorming enough. - Dana This book is life changing. It is going to blow your mind. -NJ[Tweet "This book is life changing. It is going to blow your mind. #bossmom #BossMomBook"] When I get my paper copy of the Boss Mom book, I’m going to take my highlighter and get messy with it. -NJ   Love is limitless. - Dana Now that I have a toddler, I realize how easy having a baby is. -Dana If you’re looking for support, advice, or encouragement, the Boss Mom book is going to call out the gold and reinforce pieces of yourself you might have forgotten about. -NJ Our job isn’t to stop our lives and raise our kids, our job as a mother is to raise our kids to see how amazing life can be. - Dana The hardest part of my book to write was the gratitude page. I had to narrow it down from 5 pages! - Dana  Things Making Us Happy: Dana: The completion and launch of the Boss Mom Book. She’s going to Disneyland on Friday. Dana has created margin in her business so she can make Christmas crafts in December. Bonus: Christmas To Me by Pentatonix NJ: LulaRoe Mommy & Me Leggings. Trello - “It’s like if your to do list and Pinterest had a baby.” Thanksgiving is next week! Bonus:  Roasted root vegetable soup with duck confit and artisan garlic bread by her friend Mike. Connect with Dana & NJ Dana: Instagram / Periscope NJ : Website / Instagram