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Episode 144: Nurture Your Business: Why You Need to Be Contagious And How to Do It with Dana Nov 25, 2016

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This is a Nurture Your Business segment with Dana. Dana shares how being contagious is an integral part of building a business. This show is sponsored by Daryl Bart Fitness.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Why being contagious is important to your business.
Are you really super excited about what you're doing and what you're talking about to people?
Know what you get excited about.
You have to actually go out and talk about it.
Spreading the infectiousness of your excitement.
How Dana's grown Boss Mom so quickly.

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Can I quote you on that?

Being contagious is an integral part of your brand and your business. - Dana
If you aren't massively excited about what you are talking about, you need to tweek what you're talking about. - Dana
If you're not growing your brand, you might not be contagious enough. - Dana
If you're an introvert, you are nervous, scared or afraid of getting out there. - Dana
The goal today is to infect one person a day with what you're excited about. - Dana

Connect with Dana: Instagram / Boss Mom Facebook Community (her total happy place)

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Episode 143: Giving Thanks: Tracing the Steps of Each Person that Helped Build Boss Mom with Dana Nov 24, 2016

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Giving Thanks: Tracing the Steps of Each Person that Helped Build Boss Mom with Dana. Dana shares how she's grown the Boss Mom brand through building relationships.

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In this episode you'll hear:

The year before the starting of Expand Your Reach.
The people who influenced Boss Mom.
How meeting one person can make a huge difference in your business.

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Can I quote you on that?

I love to keep Boss Moms around me, but I also believe in loyalty to others. - Dana
Pick what's easy to you, and do that. - Dana
Yes, it's about tribe, but I can name those who have helped me become who I am. - Dana
Do something to recognize those who are important in your life. - Dana
Thanksgiving isn't just a list, but a mindset. - Dana

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Episode 142: Be grateful, or Not with Dana & NJ Nov 23, 2016

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Be grateful, or Not with Dana & NJ. In this episode, Dana and NJ talk about trendy gratefulness, gratitude journals and being authentic with your season of life. This episode is sponsored by Gifts Happen Here.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Gratefulness can be trendy.
NJ's gratitude journal.
Dana's gratitude practices.
When to not be grateful.
It's okay to not be in a season of gratitude.

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Can I quote you on that?

Figure out the things that you are grateful for to get through this time of the year if it's difficult for you. - Dana
I want to cultivate a legacy through gratitude for my kids through my penmanship. - NJ
Go beyond the surface in your relationships and it will mean so much more. - NJ
Honoring the season you're in and being authentic to that. If you're not thankful, it's okay. - NJ
In this holiday season, if that's not where you're at, don't feel guilty about it but give yourself margin and grace. - Dana

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Episode 141: Nurture Your Business: Why You Need More Word Unicorns In Your Business and How to Get Them with Dana Nov 18, 2016

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This is a Nurture Your Business segment with Dana. Dana talks about the words you use in your business content and creating magical words that represent you as a business owner. This show is sponsored by Busy Moms Building.

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In this episode you'll hear:

What is a word unicorn.
Creating a sales page and think about what really helps.
Finding a person that turns your words into word unicorns.
How the words you use represent who you are.
Reflecting and budgeting for the words you use in your business.

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Can I quote you on that?

A word unicorn is what we want in every piece of content that we have. - Dana
There are very few people who wake up in the morning and want to write with passion and love. If that's not you, find one. - Dana
Creating a word unicorn is an absolute must. - Dana
The words you use represent you. - Dana
Please take time to give a little extra love to what words you're using a lot in your business. - Dana
As entrepreneurs, we're solving a problem. How are you using word unicorns to describe how you solve that? - Dana

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Episode 140 - How to Shift Our Mindset to Get What We Want with Jessica Eley Nov 17, 2016

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How to Shift Our Mindset to Get What We Want with Jessica Eley. In this episode of the Boss Mom Podcast, Jessica talks about mindset and how the right questions about relationships and learning where you're starting from changes everything in business and life. This podcast is sponsored by Home Made Luxe.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Jessica's journey from corporate to motherhood and how that led to entrepreneurship.
Her organic shift from copywriting to mindset coaching.
How she coaches through tough parts of relationships.
Where almost everyone is at when they start in coaching with Jessica.
Building new positive patterns and habits.
How Jessica uses meditation, being present, leaning on her husband and getting out of the house to get through overwhelm.
Using Facebook groups to make life easier through communication and honesty.

Show Sponsor: Home Made Luxe

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Can I quote you on that?

Relationships in our lives are everything. - Dana
For most people, there's almost always a gap in current values and values we want. - Jessica
You have to know where you're starting before you can get to where you're going. - Jessica
Beliefs are just habits of thought and behavior is a habit of doing or action. - Jessica
We don't often give ourselves enough grace to change that pattern. - Jessica
Do you have a support system to nurture your "ah-ha" moments? - Jessica

More about our guest, Jessica Eley.

Jessica is a mindset coach for entrepreneurs who want a thriving life as much as they want a thriving business. Whether they have personal issues holding them back from business success or their business is interfering with the rest of their lives, she helps entrepreneurs be happy at home, in their relationships, and in their own heads.

Jessica is happy to offer a 90-minute coaching session to you for half-off my usual rate at Jessica's website.

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram

Connect with Dana: Instagram / The Boss Mom Facebook community (her total happy place)

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Bonus Episode: Mondragon, saving our humanity, and how I became me Nov 16, 2016

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This is a fun Bonus episode that I just had to record that talks about my step-father and the things our family did when I was growing up that made me the Boss Mom I am today. I also talk about my dad's new sci-fi book, and how it's topic is so relevant for our current times, and as parents of the next generation.

I personally think this little bonus episode is a fun, and also relevant episode for just about anyone.

In this episode you'll hear:

How Dana's stepdad and mom have influenced her thinking and her creativity.
Dana's stepdad's new book.
A view into Dana's childhood, growing up with her mom and stepdad.
How exercises from around the dinner table have led to her correlations.
How to cultivate creativity in your own kids.
The book reading experience.
An overview of the book.
Being artful and mindful in creativity.

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And you can go download my dad's new book on Amazon at www.boss-mom.com/dad.

With total gratitude,

Dana

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Episode 139: How to Minimize Holiday Stress as a Mom & Entrepreneur - with Dana & NJ Nov 15, 2016

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How to Minimize Holiday Stress as a Mom & Entrepreneur. In this episode, Dana and NJ talk about the holidays, giving yourself realistic expectations for the busy time of the year and giving back to yourself and others. This episode is sponsored by Quiet Mind Collective.

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In this episode you'll hear:

The stressful parts of the holidays.
Family at the holidays.
Prepping for the holidays.
Setting realistic expectations as a small business owner.
Working during the holidays.
Giving yourself the gift of reflection.
Planning financially for taking time off for the holidays.
Dana's favorite craft for the holidays.
Give yourself grace to not have the Instagram-worthy holidays.
Giving gifts to clients.

Show Sponsor: Quiet Mind Collective

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Can I quote you on that?

I realized that those things that we pull out year after year are those things that will make my kids feel at home when they grow up. - NJ
What is your end goal for the holidays? What is it that matters to you and do what will matter after the holidays. - NJ
Simplify your holidays. - Dana
Look ahead and make time in your calendar to set apart for holiday preparations. - Dana
When your expectations for the holiday do not meet your reality, you will be stressed and disappointed. Don't set unrealistic expectations. - NJ
The holidays are also about rejuvenation and reflection. We can prep for the new year. - Dana
Give yourself permission to say no. - NJ
Give gifts that the person actually wants, not what you want them to like. - NJ

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NJ : Website / Instagram (her total happy place)

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Episode 138: Nurture Your Business: 5 Ways to Reflect that will Help You Move Forward with Dana Nov 11, 2016

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This is a Nurture Your Business segment with Dana. Dana gives five questions to help you reflect on your business before the rush of the holidays. This show is sponsored by Quiet Mind Collective.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Five questions to ask while reflecting on the past to move forward in the future.

What made you super happy this past year? Plot out some of the big events in your life this past year.
What has frustrated or made you not feel so good in the last year? What made me exhausted is another way to think of it.
Is my business helping or hurting my relationships? Is my desire to do something actually working for me? Am I misaligned with something somewhere? We have to answer the question and dig deeply into the relationships that are meaningful for you.
Am I still moving in a direction that makes me happy? Am I still moving in a direction where I want to go? Am I still moving in a direction that fulfills me?
What am I doing all this for? What did I accomplish this year and what was it that I wanted to do it for? Was it worth it?

Show Sponsor: Quiet Mind Collective

Try the Quiet Mind Collective for $1 for your first month using code onedollarbossmom.

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Can I quote you on that?

A good conscious reflection can help us move forward. - Dana
You have to recognize who you really are in reflecting. - Dana
Reflecting cannot be a surface thing. - Dana
What makes us happy is the break down to little tiny things. - Dana
How can you help relationships to thrive in the future with how you include the important people into your business. - Dana
Let's do more of what makes us happy and less of what exhausts us. - Dana

Connect with Dana: Instagram / Boss Mom Facebook Community (her total happy place)

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Episode 137 - Taking Control of Your Spending Habits with Lauren Greutman Nov 10, 2016

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Taking Control of Your Spending Habits with Lauren Greutman. In this episode of the Boss Mom Podcast, Lauren talks about being a forever recovering spender and building money boundaries.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Lauren's Boss Mom journey.
Value spending and budgeting.
Using credit cards for spending.
How to know your spending boundaries.
Being an entrepreneur and spender.
The recovering spender story.

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Can I quote you on that?

We try to teach our kids they can reach better than working for someone else. - Lauren
What you value is how you spend your money. - Lauren
People need to understand that it's okay to splurge on themselves as long as they aren't going into debt over it. - Lauren
I've had to flip the way I think about boundaries so I can pay myself. - Dana
I will forever be a recovering spender, I'll just never be in debt again. - Lauren

More about our guest, Lauren Greutman.

Lauren is a wife, mom of four and a recovering spender who - with her husband - figured out how to get out of $40,000 of debt. Now Lauren strives to bring others into her circle... to mentor you and teach that, when it comes to managing your finances, "YOU CAN DO THIS!" She is the author of the book 'The Recovering Spender' due to release September 2016 and of the popular money saving website LaurenGreutman.com (formerly iamthatlady.com).

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Episode 136: How to Add More Diversity Into Your Life with Dana & NJ Nov 08, 2016

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How to Add More Diversity Into Your Life. In this episode, Dana and NJ talk through the topic of diversity in adding more diversity to your business and personal life. This episode is sponsored by Gracious Gift Wine.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Diversity in who you talk to and how you connect.
How going outside of your comfort zone can lead to what you will enjoy.
What ways are you being intentional about exploring diversity?
Diversity in income streams.
Creating more diversity in your business.

Our Podcast Sponsor: Gracious Gift Wine

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Can I quote you on that?

I have a choice to go outside of my comfort zone to try new things. - Dana
The second you're really good at something, seek something new so you don't get in a rut. - Dana
We're being purposeful about seeking diversity, and bringing our kids with us. - NJ
If you're only hanging out where your ideal client lives, you're missing out. - NJ
Being a place that isn't your ideal client, you learn what your ideal client is. - Dana
Diversify your income. - NJ
Feel free and give yourself permission to change your mind about what direction you are going. - Dana

Connect with Dana & NJ

Dana: Instagram / Boss Mom Facebook Community (her total happy place)

NJ : Website / Instagram (her total happy place)

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