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The Boss Mom Podcast

The Boss Mom Podcast

Dana Malstaff 760 Episodes Aug 19, 2026

The Boss Mom Podcast is a show for mothers who are also entrepreneurs, hosted by Dana Malstaff, founder of Boss Mom LLC. It offers mom-centric business advice, raw truths about balancing motherhood and big dreams, and a supportive community. Each episode provides decision support, permission to pursue goals, and a mix of laughter, tears, and connection. The podcast aims to help moms build the business and life they love, one episode at a time.

Episodes

Why Moms Like Us Feel at War with Ourselves (with Amanda Goetz)
Why Moms Like Us Feel at War with Ourselves (with Amanda Goetz) Aug 19, 2026 38:21 This one's real, raw, and honest — the kind of conversation you'll want to relisten to with a notebook. Dana sits down with Amanda Goetz — two-time founder, four-time CMO, divorced mom of three, and author of the debut book Toxic Grit: How to Have It All and Actually Love What You Have — to talk about the mindset work, the boundaries, and the money story she had to consciously rewrite to stop feel
"Thank God I Started When I Did" (with Brenna McGowan)
"Thank God I Started When I Did" (with Brenna McGowan) Aug 13, 2026 31:50 Brenna McGowan is back, and this one is not a launch strategy episode. It's the conversation she said she's never had publicly. Brenna started her business at 40, after more than a decade as a stay-at-home mom, because she needed an extra $500 a month. Eight years later, with her kids grown and gone or nearly gone, she had a realization that stopped her cold: thank God she started when she did. No
The Three Stages Every Mom Goes Through (Nobody Names Ours)
The Three Stages Every Mom Goes Through (Nobody Names Ours) Aug 6, 2026 17:40 The internet has started calling it the messy middle: that stretch where you don't want a 9-to-5 away from your kids, but you also want something of your own that makes you feel like a whole person. In this solo episode, Dana argues that the name is doing real damage, and then goes somewhere unexpected with it. At her son's middle school orientation, Dana heard that kids move through three stage
Motherhood Isn't a Role. It's a Creative Force. (with Dr. Gertrude Lyons)
Motherhood Isn't a Role. It's a Creative Force. (with Dr. Gertrude Lyons) Jul 31, 2026 41:38 I read Dr. Gertrude Lyons' book Rewrite the Mother Code and immediately wanted to get everyone in a room and talk about it. She's a maternal identity expert with a doctorate, nearly three decades of coaching, and a worldview that breaks motherhood wide open: motherhood isn't a role, it's a creative force. It shows up in your business, your relationships, your dreams, and most importantly in how yo
The Story You Tell vs. The Story You Live (with Chandler Bolt)
The Story You Tell vs. The Story You Live (with Chandler Bolt) Jul 23, 2026 42:58 Chandler Bolt has been a friend of the show for years, and this conversation felt like it. He also doesn't have kids yet, which makes it kind of funny that this turned into one of the more honest conversations we've had about the gap between the story we tell (on stage, in a book, online) and the story we actually live behind closed doors. Dana and Chandler get into walking the walk, why authent
How to Trust Your Own Pace and Stop Comparing Your Business to Someone Else's Win (with Em Connors)
How to Trust Your Own Pace and Stop Comparing Your Business to Someone Else's Win (with Em Connors) Jul 16, 2026 40:54 This week Dana sits down with Em Connors of The Creative Bodega for an honest, no-filter conversation about comparison, confidence, and money mindset, sparked by watching a creator go from unknown to multimillionaire almost overnight. Dana and Em both had a rough week of unfollowing, re-following, and wondering what was wrong with their own pace. This episode is the debrief. They get into why "new
Why Working Harder Is Quietly Wrecking You (And What Daniella Devine Does Instead)
Why Working Harder Is Quietly Wrecking You (And What Daniella Devine Does Instead) Jul 9, 2026 37:36 Daniella Devine did all the things. The degree, the second degree, the big deputy director job. Then she had a baby and hit the quiet, spiraling question so many of us know: this is not it. In this episode we go deep on what actually comes next. Daniella is a third-generation business owner, a business buyer, and a commercial real estate agent who now acquires and grows Main Street businesses, all
Know Your Zero: The Tom Hanks Trick for Raising Confident Kids (with Presilah Nunez Davis)
Know Your Zero: The Tom Hanks Trick for Raising Confident Kids (with Presilah Nunez Davis) Jul 2, 2026 50:30 What does getting a fast pass at Universal Studios have to do with building a business? More than you'd think. This week Dana sits down with Presilah Nunez Davis, founder of The Finer Points, a coaching practice built at the intersection of performance psychology, neuroscience, and modern etiquette. Presilah spent over a decade as a working actor before motherhood shifted her focus, and she now te
Don't Do His Laundry: The Rule That Went Viral and What It Really Means for Moms (with Paige Connell)
Don't Do His Laundry: The Rule That Went Viral and What It Really Means for Moms (with Paige Connell) Jun 25, 2026 42:09 Paige Connell went from zero kids to four kids in under three years — foster care, adoption, two biological pregnancies, and a baby born during COVID while her husband, a blue-collar first responder, never worked a single day from home. What happened next is a story about the mental load of motherhood that every mom in a partnership needs to hear. This isn't a conversation about chores. It's about
She Replaced Her Teaching Salary in Five Months as a New Mom (with Laura Jennings)
She Replaced Her Teaching Salary in Five Months as a New Mom (with Laura Jennings) Jun 18, 2026 43:45 Laura Jennings was a college professor with a master's degree, doing everything she'd been taught to do — until her daughter was born and she realized the life she'd built didn't fit the mom she was becoming. Five months after discovering virtual assistance, she'd replaced her teaching salary. Two years later, she'd tripled it. Her daughter never spent a day in daycare. In this episode, Dana and L
Trusting Your Intuition: Why Inspired Action Wins (with Keira Brinton)
Trusting Your Intuition: Why Inspired Action Wins (with Keira Brinton) Jun 11, 2026 47:47 This week is an interview, and it's one of my favorites in a long time. I sit down with Keira Brinton, founder of JOA Publishing and known as The People's Publisher, a single mom of five who built a multi-million-dollar company in three years by merging deep faith with serious strategy. Keira is high energy in the exact way I am, so the two of us together will get you fired up. But she also gets v
The Midlife Awakening Nobody Warned You About (With Katy Rexing)
The Midlife Awakening Nobody Warned You About (With Katy Rexing) Jun 4, 2026 36:50 This week isn't a how-to, it's a heart-to-heart. Dana sits down with meditation teacher Katy Rexing to talk about the midlife awakening for moms: that wobbly, something's-off, where-did-I-go season so many of us hit in our late 30s and 40s. If you've been quietly wondering whether something is wrong with you lately, this is the episode that tells you the truth. Nothing is wrong with you. You're r

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