Author name: Dana Malstaff

We all have these amazing things we want to accomplish in our businesses, and I totally believe that we can have everything we want. But we are messy human beings with baggage and challenges that can make it hard for things to work out. Sometimes that big barrier, and the thing that stops us most […]

When our businesses aren’t growing, we’re struggling with exactly what we want to say and social media feels hard – the problem lies in our messaging.  Our messaging is what gets people to care about what we do, and makes us authentic, intriguing and magnetic. It’s the thing that makes someone think, “OMG, this is

Courses are everywhere – everyone’s talking about them, offering them and telling entrepreneurs to create them. I get it, the natural progression of knowledge and growth is making a course about it.  But before we even think of creating a course, certain things have to be in place because great content isn’t enough, even if

A lot of the messaging we hear in business today is all about fast growth, overnight success, and things falling into place quickly, and we feel bad because we aren’t “successful yet”.  Building a really great business takes time, and that’s a good thing. We have to go through multiple iterations to figure out what

Moms are notorious for letting clutter crowd our space. We rarely feel like we have our own dedicated space in our homes, and we’re always looking for a tiny nook and cranny to work and run our businesses.  Decluttering isn’t just about having a cleaner, more organized house, it’s about creating the space that supports

One of the biggest pieces of marketing advice we’re given is to put considerable effort towards writing really good content – that the more well-written an email, sales page or website is, the better it is at connecting with people.  The truth is, filling pages with content just to tick a box isn’t just exhausting,

Going viral is something many business owners desire and even chase on social media, but does it actually help you and your business? Of course, going viral can draw more attention to your business, but it doesn’t have to be the primary goal behind every piece of content we create.  In this episode, I talk

If you have daughters, you’ve had at least one person say that they are going to be difficult in their teenage years. There are so many cultural stereotypes around teenage girls, and I’m tired of people telling me what kind of person my daughter will be. Where does this negativity come from? How do we

I’ve never been a huge fan of doing our own summit because traditional virtual summits are typically a fire hose of content in your face – a massive amount of stuff that becomes overwhelming and ultimately unused. So, we’re reinventing what a virtual summit is known for. In this episode, I share a little about

When our partners drive us crazy, we naturally get frustrated, and wait for them to fix themselves – which usually doesn’t work. At the same time, we give our children the love and understanding to be different and to grow in their own way. What if we could apply this concept of conscious parenting to