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The Boss Mom Podcast

The Boss Mom Podcast

Dana Malstaff 760 Episodes Oct 8, 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

I'm Building My Personal Brand in 90 Days. Join Me.
I'm Building My Personal Brand in 90 Days. Join Me. Oct 8, 2026 28:16 For almost 12 years, BossMom decided what Dana said out loud. Now she's separating her own identity from the brand she built, and for the next 90 days she's going all in on building something new. Not a personal brand. A belonging brand. In this solo episode, Dana walks through exactly where she's starting from (a community that went from nearly 80,000 to about 2,000 after a year of stepping back
From Pelvic Floor PT to Sexual Wellness Founder (with Kristen Damery)
From Pelvic Floor PT to Sexual Wellness Founder (with Kristen Damery) Oct 5, 2026 48:26 Kristen Damery is a conservative Oklahoma mom of teenagers, a pelvic floor physical therapist who once swore she'd never work "down there," and the founder of Lava, a sexual wellness brand. On paper, that sounds like a list of contradictions. In this episode, Dana and Kristen unpack why it's actually the opposite: every piece of her story is the reason she built this business. It started with one
Why Moms Like Us Don't Recognize Ourselves in Our Own Closets (with Amy Salinger)
Why Moms Like Us Don't Recognize Ourselves in Our Own Closets (with Amy Salinger) Sep 25, 2026 41:35 Why do so many moms open their closets and not recognize the woman who bought any of it? In this episode, Amy (founder of StyleMethod® and host of The StyleMethod® Podcast) opens up about losing her own "style soul" for two years after becoming a mom, and the two of them dig into why finding your style after kids is really about finding yourself again. You'll hear: How a celebrity stylist lost he
Entrepreneur Like a Mother (with Victoria Sivrais and Beth Mazza)
Entrepreneur Like a Mother (with Victoria Sivrais and Beth Mazza) Sep 19, 2026 32:18 Victoria Sivrais and Beth Mazza have known each other for 20 years. Beth was Victoria's boss, then her mentor, then her business partner, and together they've built and sold two companies that advised S&P 500 leaders. Now they're building a third, and releasing a book, Entrepreneur Like a Mother, that turns every mistake they made into a framework so you don't have to make the same ones. Dana sits
The first time in 54 years she told her kids no, just because she wanted to (Dr. Lisa Woodruff)
The first time in 54 years she told her kids no, just because she wanted to (Dr. Lisa Woodruff) Sep 11, 2026 40:57 If moms stopped spending money tomorrow, the entire economy would collapse. We make up 68% of it. That's real power. So why does that power just feel like weight, the self-doubt, the impostor syndrome, the sense that you're the only one who can hold this household together? Dana sat with that question after recording this episode, and it's exactly why she brought back Dr. Lisa Woodruff, one of her
I'm Doing More Than Ever and I Feel Less Overwhelmed
I'm Doing More Than Ever and I Feel Less Overwhelmed Sep 3, 2026 25:49 Dana is doing more right now than she has in a long time. More in her business, more with her kids, more in her relationship. And somehow, she feels more expansive, not less. In this solo episode, she breaks down exactly what shifted over the last six months that let her hold more without falling apart doing it, and why capacity was never actually about time. This one gets personal. Dana talks abo
We Might Be the Last Generation of Moms Who Don't Know Who We Are Without Doing
We Might Be the Last Generation of Moms Who Don't Know Who We Are Without Doing Aug 28, 2026 42:20 Katie Read is back, and this time the two of them fell straight into a conversation about something bigger than marketing: are we the last generation of moms who doesn't know who we are without doing? It started with a newsletter Katie sent about the future of work, and by the time they hit record they were deep into what happens to a mom's identity once AI starts doing the "doing" for her — plus
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

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