The Boss Mom Podcast

As we step into the new year, many of us are filled with anticipation and a sense of renewal, eager to start the year on a positive note. Amidst the hustle and bustle of daily life, it's easy to lose sight of our goals and become overwhelmed by the decisions we face. Lack of clarity and focus can leave us feeling stuck, hindering our ability to own our accomplishments and make meaningful strides. How do we make decisions that matter? How do we understand the choices we make? How do we focus on growing as thought leaders? In this episode to kickstart the new year, I talk about reaching goals and some of the changes in 2024. I also talk about having a business and putting my family first as well as how to move forward this new year. Decide how you want to be aligned. -Dana Malstaff 3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode -Be humble and a great leader Are being humble and being a great leader mutually exclusive? -Owning our successes How do we celebrate what we've accomplished and not feel guilty about it. -Identifying misalignment How do we move forward when we feel misaligned?

The constant internal conflict between conforming to societal expectations and pursuing our authentic desires can lead to feelings of guilt and frustration. It's a struggle that many face – the yearning to break free and live a life that brings genuine happiness and fulfillment. In a world where societal expectations and norms often dictate our paths, it's easy to feel shackled by circumstances that don't resonate with our innermost wishes. How do we recognize what we truly want? Why is it so important that we have people around us that fuel our need to pursue what we want rather than take away from it? Is it crucial to stay true to the things you want? In this episode, CEO of Pursuing Results Matt Johnson joins me to talk about building the life that we want. We also talk about our relationship and why it's important to grow in the same direction as your partner. You have to give yourself permission to be brutally honest about what you want. -Matt Johnson 3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode -Do opposites attract? We've read the books and we've watched the movies but do opposites attract in reality? What does that look like? -Being brutally honest about what you want Why is it important to be brutally honest about what we truly want? -Why don't we have to fit into the norm? There's no rule that says that we have to do things that are normalized. How do we find our own version of normal?

We're living in an era filled with both excitement and fear, where we have new opportunities. Yet the pressure to conform to traditional norms can be overwhelming. The idea that the world is our oyster can be empowering, but the reality is often a struggle against the pressure to fit into a mold. Living up to others' expectations may result in a sense of disconnection from our true selves, creating a distorted sense of reality. How do we break free from doing what's traditional and can it help our children to do the same? How do we challenge the conventional norms and encourage our kids to embrace both new opportunities and what they want? In this episode life strategist, author, therapist and co-host of Be.Play.Love Sophie Chiche joins me to talk about living life the way we want to, why it's so important to do things the way we want to and not the way the world expects us to. A lot of pain is from living a life that is not really your own. -Sophie Chiche 3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode -Being busy vs. being burnt out How do we know if our level of activity is masking something else? -Start to say no How do we use the word "no" with confidence? -Masterful self-management How do we mentor ourselves so that we can mentor our kids? Guest Bio Sophie is a French import on an emotional asylum visa. An entrepreneur by breed, she started a pencil trading business by the age of six. Later, with $11 in her pocket, she grew an innovative spa concept to 12 locations in LA and NY and $9M in revenue. Her new venture helps people with lots of ideas execute meaningful ones. Plus she rides a Harley. Visit https://being-current.com/ Follow Sophie on Instagram: @sophiechiche Find Sophie on LinkedIn: @Sophie Chiche Sophie's Pinterest: @sophie_chiche Listen to Sophie's podcast: https://beplaylove.com Listen to Sophie's podcast appearances here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YzfrYqa4zvqqlxTg53xfa

The desire to understand ourselves and others is universal. When it comes to the compatibility of religious faith and astrological beliefs, confusion and skepticism often arise. It's a dilemma many grapple with: can we simultaneously have faith in the religious sense and believe in astrological guidance? How do we reconcile the teachings of our faith with the insights offered by astrological charts? Why does astrology sometimes become a source of controversy? In this episode, CEO & Founder of Astrology Hub, Amanda Walsh joins me to talk about the split between astrology and religion, how our personalities align with certain things in astrology as well as the concept of karma. Astrologers can see the tide. They are so intimate with the cosmic and energetic tides that they can see that something big is coming. -Amanda Walsh 3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode -Inappropriate placement of trust and authority Sometimes we put our trust in the wrong places. How do we get it back? -Myers Briggs personality test What does it actually mean? Is it based on astrology? -What exactly do we put our trust in? How do waves of fear unveil things we put our trust in? Guest Bio Amanda Walsh, M.S., is the CEO & Founder of Astrology Hub, an online platform for astrological guidance, education and astrological readings reaching hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. She's the creator of the top-rated Astrology Hub Podcast with over 7 million downloads to date. She lives on Maui with her two daughters. Get the free calendar here http://astrologyhub.com/2024success Visit http://astrologyhub.com/astrologerconnect and use discount code BOSS20 to get 20% off your first reading Listen to the astrology hub podcast here http://astrologyhub.com/podcast Listen to Amanda's previous appearance on the Boss Moms Podcast here https://boss-mom.com/amanda-pua-walsh/ Follow @astrology.hub on Instagram

A great personality quiz makes your audience feel seen and understood, and that doesn't happen by chance. Quizzes are more than a set of random questions, they are an artform with many moving parts. Get it right and you'll easily attract the right people, serve your clients, deepen your relationships and sell more. Get it wrong and it can set your marketing back. Why do quizzes work so well? What's the first step to crafting a great quiz? In this episode, list-building expert, Linda Sidhu shares how quizzes became her business, and how to create quizzes that work. Quizzes can help you attract the right leads, serve your clients and sell your offers. -Linda Sidhu 3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode -Why quizzes? What makes quizzes such an excellent marketing tool? -Get people to say "how did you know"? How do we craft quizzes that immediately resonate with our audience? -3 types of questions your quizzes should have Why are personality questions, engaging questions and research questions all so important? Guest Bio Linda Sidhu is a list-building expert who helps entrepreneurs create irresistible personality quizzes that attract hundreds of new subscribers on autopilot. As a former top ten pharmaceutical sales representative, she had extensive training in personality types. She took the same methods that worked for selling products face-to-face and turned them into a personality quiz framework that converts views to leads at 70% and helps craft personalized marketing for her customers. She's been featured in the media in Forbes as well as on Cubicle to CEO, The Go-To Gal Podcast, and The Art of Online Business with Rick Mulready. To take Linda's 2-minute Quiz to Cash assessment and discover how to rock your next launch based on your strengths go to https://www.lindasidhu.com/quiztocash. Find Linda on Facebook and follow her on Instagram.

We want to raise emotionally intelligent, connected and kind children who will become awesome adults. We want them to build good relationships, ask good questions and understand the purpose behind everything they do. Instead of resigning ourselves to kids just being kids, we can intentionally and proactively teach them what matters and stop reinforcing the wrong ideas. How do we help our kids communicate, develop and grow? How do we teach them lessons that allow them to thrive well into adulthood? In this episode, I'm joined by writer, speaker, online community leader, and author of "52 Modern Manners for Kids", Brooke Romney. She shares why she's passionate about helping children build better relationships, learn good manners and feel more connected. Self-confidence doesn't come from a parent saying you're awesome 200 times a day. It comes from tackling hard tasks and feeling capable, and that's really important. -Brooke Romney 3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode -Reinforcing the right ideas How do we teach our kids to see the purpose behind activities when they aren't based on having fun? -Forget "kids will be kids" How do we raise our children to become awesome, aware and kind adults? -Persistence and irrational value There's no such thing as an overnight success. How did Brooke build her online community? Guest Bio Brooke Romney is a writer, speaker and leader of an online community who helps moms of teens and tweens create meaningful, healthy and enjoyable relationships with their children through practical application, education and community. Her goal is for every family to feel confident and connected. The mother of four boys ages tween to adult, Brooke knows parenting perfection isn't real and takes an honest and hopeful approach with her audience. Her best-selling book 52 Modern Manners for Today's Teens (Volumes 1 & 2) provides weekly tips to help parents and teens navigate the complexities of today's world. The follow-up, 52 Modern Manners for Kids, features tips for kids and tweens aged four to 12. Brooke's work has been featured in The Washington Post, Scary Mommy and Forbes. Brooke and her family live in Utah. For more information, follow @brookeromneywrites and buy "52 Modern Manners For Kids" here.

Every time we tell someone to be grateful for something they find burdensome, frustrating and hard, all we do is create a bunch of guilt and resentment. There's something a lot better than gratitude - perspective. What if instead of forcing gratitude, we admit that yes, this thing sucks, but we're doing it in service of a greater good or bigger goal? By allowing ourselves to shift perspective and not express gratitude for things we're not happy about, we're being honest with ourselves, and we move through it a lot easier. In this episode, I talk about the danger of gratitude, and why perspective is way more effective. You've got to decide the stuff you care about. That way, you can shift your perspective to why the hard things you're doing matter, then you can be grateful for the journey, even though the moments piss you off. -Dana Malstaff 3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode -Your brain hates it when you're sneaky Forcing yourself to be grateful for things you're not happy about backfires. What happens to our brains when we're not honest about something that sucks? -Balancing things out No one is grateful for allergies and other challenges. How can we use humor and perspective to deal with it? -Don't deny what pisses you off How do we find out what we care about so we know the hard things we have to do to get them?

As business owners, our brains are our most valuable asset. When we're experiencing low energy, brain fog, feeling run-down and decisions feel hard, that's a sign that something's off. Very often, that thing is sleep. In the realm of health, we tend to put our focus on food and exercise, but sleep is the foundation of it all. Sleep is free and we're already doing it, so why not make it better? Moms and entrepreneurs often feel like we don't have enough time in our day for all the things. By getting good sleep, we can actually hack time. When we get our sleep dialed in, our brains move a lot faster, and we get more done in less time. How do we improve our sleep quality? What are the benefits of good sleep? In this episode, health coach and consultant, Tanessa Shears shares why sleep is the key to feeling good in our bodies and our businesses. Start with sleep - it's free and you're doing it already, so why not start by making the sleep you are getting better? -Tanessa Shears Things You'll Learn in This Episode -Denormalize your painMost of us wait for a catalyst to change our health. What are the signs we need to do things differently? -REM sleep is entrepreneur's goldWhy is REM sleep so important to our creativity and problem-solving ability? -Get more from your down-time, me-time, zone-out timeInstead of aimless (and often draining) scrolling, how do we recharge during our down-time? -Small changes pay offTracking our health and taking steps to change is a lot to ask for busy moms and business owners. What are some simple set-it-and-forget-it actions we can take? Guest Bio Tanessa Shears helps entrepreneurs double their energy and focus so they can make more money in their business. She works closely with business owners to eliminate brain fog and wake up well rested so they can get more done in less time, maintain consistent, stable energy throughout the day and feel better than they have in years. For more information, head to https://tanessashears.com/, listen to the podcast over at https://tanessashears.com/podcast and follow @tanessashears on Instagram. Get Tanessa's FREE entrepreneur's playbook, 12 Ways to Biohack Your Energy here.

When people talk about menopause, it's all about hot flashes, night sweats, discomfort and misery. It is what it is, those are the cards we're dealt. Well, I refuse to live in an "it is what it is" world. As women, we suffer unnecessarily because we try to power through menopause. When we get the help and solutions we need, menopause can be a powerful time of rebirth. Instead of normalizing discomfort, we can take action and experience that. What are the key steps we can take to own menopause? In this episode, menopause wellness coach, former body builder, fitness instructor, and software developer, Diesta Goldsmith shares how to navigate menopause without diminishing your quality of life. You don't have to be a hot mess going through menopause. If you get the help you need, you can own it. -Diesta Goldsmith 3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode -The lies we're told about aging A lot of what we hear about menopause is nothing but gloom and doom. Why do we have to stop believing it has to be that way, and that there's nothing we can do about it? -The building blocks of health and wellness in menopause How do we get our sleep, nutrition, exercise and stress dialed in so we maintain our quality of life through this change? -Don't go through it alone Our lives are complex and sometimes overwhelming. How do we find the connection, community and accountability to support us through all the changes we're going through? Guest Bio Diesta is a certified menopause wellness coach, former body builder, fitness instructor, and software developer. She helps women master their menopause so they will not suffer (like she did) going through this beautiful transition in life. It's go-time. Vision Up Queen. Learn about Diesta's 5 secrets to mastering your menopause symptoms and losing your unwanted weight gain here. For more information, head to www.visionupwellness.com, follow Diesta on Instagram or find her on Facebook.

Even though we've made massive progress, women still struggle with self-advocacy skills, especially true in the workplace. Communicating the right way, setting boundaries, and speaking up for ourselves benefits us but doing so with confidence and finesse often requires a little outside help. How do we get the support we need so that we can have families, and still grow in our careers? How do we speak up when we find out we're not earning what we're worth? In this episode, certified Career and Mindset coach, Natalie Serebrennik shares how we can advocate for ourselves at work, and we discuss why what she does is so important. The moment you announce to your boss and team that you're pregnant, an invisible label gets put on you. -Natalie Serebrennik 3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode -Balancing motherhood and climbing the ladder When you're kicking butt at work, you worry about growth taking a pause when you start a family. Can you get your manager and team to help protect your job and avoid stalling? -Save yourself years of slugging it out Can we make navigating our careers easier by talking to someone who has been there, done that and learned the lessons already? -How to tailor your dialogue to your goal When we want to rectify not being paid our worth, storming in and pounding the table won't help. How can we advocate for ourselves in the right way? Guest Bio Natalie Serebrennik is a certified Career & Mindset coach. She helps success-driven women advance in their high-pressured careers with confidence and clarity. She draws on her 16+ years of Capital Markets experience to guide her clients to achieve career success and fulfillment. For more information, head to LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.