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Burdensome Abundance Is Real: What I Tell My Nervous System When It Hi

Author
Dana Malstaff
Published
Fri 05 Sep 2025
Episode Link
https://bossmom.libsyn.com/the-mom-entrepreneur-mindset-shift-from-overwhelmed-to-empowered

At BossMom, we’re not here to teach you how to “balance it all.” We’re here to name what’s real—so you can build a life and business that actually fits who you’re becoming.

In this episode, Dana shares a deeply honest reflection about what she calls burdensome abundance—those seasons where everything you asked for is showing up at once… and it’s just too much. It’s not because you’re failing. It’s because you’re expanding.

You’ll hear how Dana talks to her nervous system in those stretched-too-thin moments, why emotional whiplash is often part of growth, and what it really means to expand your capacity—not just to stay calm, but to stay connected to what matters most.

This isn’t an empowerment pep talk.

It’s a mirror.

And if you’ve been feeling both grateful and exhausted, this is your permission to feel it all—and keep going anyway.

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 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
  • The truth about burdensome abundance (and why it’s not a bad thing)

  • What Dana tells her nervous system when everything feels like too much

  • How to expand your capacity to love, lead, and hold more—without curating every moment

  • Why overwhelm doesn’t mean you’re broken—it often means you’re growing

  • How to know whether you’re carrying too much or just carrying what matters

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