
Ambition, examined from the inside out.
The gist
The Kristen Boss Podcast sits where business coaching meets inner work. Kristen Boss talks through burnout, guilt-driven goals, resilience, coaching, parenting, faith, and the uncomfortable middle of building a life that can hold success.
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About The Kristen Boss Podcast
The Kristen Boss Podcast frames entrepreneurship as a place where identity, desire, faith, and emotional capacity all get tested. It is not mainly a tactics show. Kristen Boss is interested in what happens underneath the calendar, the content plan, the goal, and the next big pivot. The episodes keep returning to the same core question: what kind of person is being built in the process of building something else? That gives the show a coaching-room intimacy. It can be gentle. It can also be bracing. Boss talks about guilt-driven goals, burnout, hope as a form of avoidance, and the way high achievers can flee the ordinary work required for real change. The “messy middle” is treated as a serious phase, not a branding slogan. It is where excitement fades, disappointment arrives, and resilience has to become more than an idea. Guest conversations expand that frame. Dr. Chris Lee brings emotional health into everyday relationships, parenting, conflict, and the body’s felt experience. Pedro Adao brings a spiritual vocabulary for surrender, ambition, death of an old self, and the redemptive parts of business success. A coaching-focused episode looks at transformation as understanding the self rather than fixing the self. The show’s business advice is inseparable from marriage, kids, shame, prayer, somatic tools, and self-leadership. That range will appeal to listeners who want personal development with entrepreneurial stakes. It may feel too inward for listeners looking only for sales scripts or growth hacks. Its best moments come when Boss slows down the familiar language of goals and asks what is actually driving them. The show makes room for ambition, but it does not let ambition stay unexamined.
Made for: For entrepreneurs, social sellers, network marketers, and high achievers navigating growth, burnout, transition, or reinvention. It especially suits listeners who want business progress tied to emotional health and purpose.
What sets it apart: The show treats business building as emotional and relational formation, not just strategy execution. Its strongest distinction is the way it links goals, nervous-system capacity, faith, coaching, parenting, marriage, and self-trust into one practical conversation.
In their own words
The Kristen Boss Podcast is for entrepreneurs, leaders, and anyone navigating major life transitions who want to build something that truly sustains them. Host Kristen Boss, co-founder of Sondera and bestselling author of "Pivot to Purpose," brings you vulnerable, unfiltered conversations about what it really takes to create aligned, sustainable success.After building and walking away from a $20 million business, Kristen has learned that true success isn't just about building businesses—it's about building a life that can sustain you through everything. Each episode features solo deep dives where Kristen shares real-time insights on the questions she's sitting with and the challenges she's n…
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- your ambition examined without treating every rough edge as something broken
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Episodes
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209. Perfection Paralysis
·19m - 2
245. Emotional Health Is the Strategy: A Conversation with Dr. Chris Lee
·49m - 3
244. Success, Surrender, and the Spirit of Wisdom with Pedro Adao
·1h 6m - 4
243. Coaching Is Not What You Think: The Truth About Real Transformation
·1h 14m - 5
242. The Messy Middle
·22m - 6
241. Hope Hustler: Addicted to the Idea of Change
·35m - 7
240. Gratitude in the Hard
·16m - 8
239. Guilt Driven Goals: How They Set You Up to Fail
·39m - 9
238. The Moral Crisis of Marketing
·35m - 10
237. From Hustle to Healing: Parenting, Pressure, and the Cost of Always Being 'On'
·46m - 11
236. Embracing Non-Linear Growth
·35m - 12
235. The 6 Pillars of Emotional Resilience or Inner Grit
·42m - 13
234. Dumpster Decisions and Burnout Recovery
·43m - 14
233. The Missing Key to High Performance: Why Your Nervous System Runs the Show
·35m - 15
231. Part 2: The Fall
·52m - 16
230. Part 1: Grind and Glory - The Early Phases of an Empire
·40m - 17
229. I'm Back!
·29m - 18
228. A Good Funeral
·24m - 19
227. Secrets of Success: An Invitation
·4m - 20
226. The Pivot: Part 2
·39m - 21
225. The Pivot: Part 1
·34m - 22
224. Behind the Scenes: Coaching Conversation
·26m - 23
223. Consumer Behavior- Starbucks + Disney
·18m - 24
222. Mini Series: Paycheck Plateau #3
·19m - 25
221. State of the Union
·42m - 26
220. Mini Series: Paycheck Plateau #2
·26m - 27
219. Mini Series: Paycheck Plateau #1
·22m - 28
218. Storms, Seasons, and Commitment
·18m - 29
217. The Danger Zone
·12m - 30
216. Buying Back In
·24m - 31
215. The Content to Conversations Formula
·12m - 32
214. The Stickiness Problem
·24m - 33
213. 2AM Thoughts: The Truth About Business
·45m - 34
212. Avoiding the Summer Slump
·16m - 35
211. Training Throwback: "Revamp Your Business Webinar"
·47m - 36
210. New Things Coming
·5m - 37
184. 10x is Easier than 2x with Dr. Benjamin Hardy
·53m - 38
208. Mentally Optimizing Your Business
·27m - 39
207. The Audience Gap
·32m - 40
206. How to Prevent Burnout
·27m - 41
205. Phases of Content Creation
·28m - 42
204. Entrepreneurial Mom Guilt
·39m - 43
203. Plucking Up with Special Guest Liz Bohannon
·1h 4m - 44
202. The New CEO
·40m - 45
201. Growing Your Capacity for More
·28m - 46
200. Sisterhood Sabotage
·28m - 47
199. The Subtle Settle
·23m - 48
198. 2024 Time to Hustle?
·21m - 49
197. RE-AIR Time Inventory
·20m - 50
196. RE-AIR Goal Drama
·21m - 51
195. RE-AIR The Discipline of Habits
·27m - 52
194.5 BONUS EDITION Building Belief: 2023 Success Stories
·1h 1m - 53
194: Grow Your Business in 2024
·3m - 54
193. The Worst-Case Scenario
·32m - 55
192. Productive Reflection
·16m - 56
191. Money, Marriage, and Motherhood with Jennifer Allwood
·52m - 57
190. Victims and Visionaries
·30m - 58
Bonus Episode: Healthy During the Holidays
·49m - 59
188. The Tale of Two Trees
·35m - 60
187. The Push/Pull Relationship
·18m - 61
186. Body Positivity + Anti-Hustle
·27m - 62
185. Financial Literacy for Families with Scott Donnell
·41m - 63
183. The Dopamine Problem
·24m - 64
182. Content Entitlement
·24m - 65
181. The Bridge of Consumer Trust
·14m - 66
180. Unlikely Places
·10m - 67
179. Going Alone
·24m - 68
178. Desires and Priorities
·24m - 69
177. Achieving Success with ADHD
·24m - 70
176. Post Covid Effect
·30m - 71
175. Lessons from Sabbatical
·32m - 72
174. RE-AIR Time Scarcity
·21m - 73
173. RE-AIR Sneaky Types of Self Sabotage
·32m - 74
172. RE-AIR The Discipline of Habits
·26m - 75
171. RE-AIR Future Self Exercise
·27m - 76
170. RE-AIR Releasing Judgement
·30m - 77
169. RE-AIR The Feeling of Failure
·41m - 78
168. RE-AIR Passive vs. Active Selling
·29m - 79
167. The One Truth with Jon Gordon
·28m - 80
166. The Four Types of Coaching
·28m - 81
165. The $50K Lesson
·27m - 82
164. Frustration Tolerance
·20m - 83
163. YouTube Secrets with Sean Cannell
·58m - 84
162. Own Your Life with Justin Roethlingshoefer
·56m - 85
161. Who Not How
·13m - 86
160. Leading and Loving
·26m - 87
159. Birthing the New
·40m - 88
158. HIIT for Business
·34m - 89
157. Recruitment Block
·42m - 90
156. The Mindset of Consistency
·25m - 91
155. Prevent Social Media Burnout
·28m - 92
154. Building a Life You Love with Graham Cochrane
·46m - 93
153. Grace and Grit with Robin Long
·46m - 94
152. Do Less + Make More with Kate Northrup
·43m - 95
151. "That Sucked. Now What?" with Neeta Bhushan
·36m - 96
150. Two Weeks Notice with Amy Porterfield
·35m - 97
149. The Next Big Thing
·19m - 98
148. Leader Shame
·34m - 99
232. Part 3: Healing and Moving Forward
·41m - 100
189. Consistency vs. Perfection
Host Kristen Boss discusses the importance of gratitude and purpose in entrepreneurship, sharing personal Thanksgiving plans and reflecting on the journey of building a meaningful life and business.
·22m - 101
245. Emotional Health Is the Strategy: A Conversation with Dr. Chris Lee
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Jan 12, 2026·49m·2 clips - 102
244. Success, Surrender, and the Spirit of Wisdom with Pedro Adao
Kristen Boss interviews Pedro Adao about pursuing business success while seeking clarity, wisdom, and a faith-based foundation.
Dec 29, 2025·1h 6m·4 clips - 103
243. Coaching Is Not What You Think: The Truth About Real Transformation
Kristen Boss introduces Sondera coaches Karen, Chuck, Nina, and Dan after their video applications, interviews, and intensive training in Colorado Springs.
Dec 16, 2025·1h 14m·5 clips - 104
242. The Messy Middle
Kristen Boss argues that the “messy middle” between a fresh start and an end goal is where transformation actually builds character, skills, confidence, and resilience.
Dec 8, 2025·22m·1 clip - 105
241. Hope Hustler: Addicted to the Idea of Change
Kristen Boss defines a “hope hustler” as someone who loves the feeling of possibility and repeatedly buys plans, programs, journals, or tools without sustaining implementation.
Dec 1, 2025·35m·2 clips - 106
240. Gratitude in the Hard
Nov 24, 2025·16m - 107
239. Guilt Driven Goals: How They Set You Up to Fail
Kristen Boss explains why guilt-driven goals arise from shame, regret, comparison, or self-loathing rather than a deliberate future-oriented choice.
Nov 17, 2025·39m·2 clips - 108
238. The Moral Crisis of Marketing
Nov 10, 2025·35m - 109
237. From Hustle to Healing: Parenting, Pressure, and the Cost of Always Being 'On'
Nov 3, 2025·46m - 110
236. Embracing Non-Linear Growth
Oct 27, 2025·35m - 111
235. The 6 Pillars of Emotional Resilience or Inner Grit
Oct 20, 2025·42m - 112
234. Dumpster Decisions and Burnout Recovery
Oct 13, 2025·43m - 113
233. The Missing Key to High Performance: Why Your Nervous System Runs the Show
Oct 6, 2025·35m - 114
232. Part 3: Healing and Moving Forward
Sep 29, 2025·41m - 115
231. Part 2: The Fall
Sep 22, 2025·52m - 116
230. Part 1: Grind and Glory - The Early Phases of an Empire
Sep 15, 2025·40m - 117
229. I'm Back!
Sep 8, 2025·29m - 118
228. A Good Funeral
Dec 31, 2024·24m - 119
227. Secrets of Success: An Invitation
Dec 16, 2024·4m - 120
226. The Pivot: Part 2
Nov 18, 2024·39m - 121
225. The Pivot: Part 1
Nov 11, 2024·34m - 122
224. Behind the Scenes: Coaching Conversation
Aug 19, 2024·26m - 123
223. Consumer Behavior- Starbucks + Disney
Aug 5, 2024·18m - 124
222. Mini Series: Paycheck Plateau #3
Jul 29, 2024·19m - 125
221. State of the Union
Jul 24, 2024·42m - 126
220. Mini Series: Paycheck Plateau #2
Jul 22, 2024·26m - 127
219. Mini Series: Paycheck Plateau #1
Jul 15, 2024·22m - 128
218. Storms, Seasons, and Commitment
Jul 8, 2024·18m - 129
217. The Danger Zone
Jun 24, 2024·12m - 130
216. Buying Back In
Jun 17, 2024·24m - 131
215. The Content to Conversations Formula
Jun 10, 2024·12m - 132
214. The Stickiness Problem
Jun 3, 2024·24m - 133
213. 2AM Thoughts: The Truth About Business
May 27, 2024·45m - 134
212. Avoiding the Summer Slump
May 20, 2024·16m - 135
211. Training Throwback: "Revamp Your Business Webinar"
May 13, 2024·47m - 136
210. New Things Coming
Apr 15, 2024·5m - 137
209. Perfection Paralysis
Apr 8, 2024·19m - 138
208. Mentally Optimizing Your Business
Apr 1, 2024·27m - 139
207. The Audience Gap
Mar 25, 2024·32m - 140
206. How to Prevent Burnout
Kristen Boss discusses how to prevent and recover from burnout in entrepreneurship, emphasizing sustainable success and personal growth.
Mar 18, 2024·27m - 141
205. Phases of Content Creation
Mar 11, 2024·28m - 142
204. Entrepreneurial Mom Guilt
Mar 4, 2024·39m - 143
203. Plucking Up with Special Guest Liz Bohannon
Host Kristen Boss promotes her upcoming Rise Up Live Summit and re-airs an interview with keynote speaker Liz Bohannon, a Forbes top 20 speaker and founder of Seiko Designs.
Feb 26, 2024·1h 4m - 144
202. The New CEO
Feb 19, 2024·40m - 145
201. Growing Your Capacity for More
Feb 12, 2024·28m - 146
200. Sisterhood Sabotage
Feb 5, 2024·28m - 147
199. The Subtle Settle
Jan 29, 2024·23m - 148
198. 2024 Time to Hustle?
Jan 22, 2024·21m - 149
197. RE-AIR Time Inventory
Jan 15, 2024·20m - 150
196. RE-AIR Goal Drama
Jan 8, 2024·21m