293 - What Keeps Me Up at Night

The Jen Fulwiler Show

Jen Fulwiler

Kids & Family, Comedy, Parenting

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

A lot of fears have been keeping me up at night. Here's what I'm trying to do to stay sane. I also discuss:

-- the surprising move that derailed my kettlebell workouts

-- how my crazy wild toddler turned out

-- my other daughter tracking down our oncologist

-- stupid influencer advice

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BIO:

Jen Fulwiler is a standup comic, bestselling author, and former SiriusXM radio host who has released three comedy specials: The Naughty Corner (2020), Maternal Instinct (2024), and Shabby Chic (2025).

She has been featured on Nate Bargatze's Nateland Presents, Where My Moms At with Christina P, Dr. Drew After Dark, the Today Show, CNN, and Fox News. She was featured in the viral articles, "5 Comedians Like Nate Bargatze Who Make Everyone Laugh," and "6 Comics To Check Out If You Love Leanne Morgan."

Jen is a mom with zero domestic skills, and a Catholic who hopes that heaven has an AP exam so she can test out of being a good person. Her stories of failing her way through life will resonate with anyone who doesn't have it all together.

Normally she lives with her husband and six kids in Austin, Texas, but right now she divides her time between Austin and Memphis as one of her children is being treated at St. Jude's.

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0:00.0	Let's talk about our worst fears. The thing that you fear might happen or when your worst fears actually come true or like the thing that you lie awake at night worrying about.
0:22.2	Let's talk about that, but in a fun way.
0:23.9	We, you know, we like to talk about things on a fun way on this podcast.
0:27.6	But I think a lot of people who listen to this podcast have just a lot of responsibilities,
0:36.4	a lot of things that they have struggled with in the past,
0:40.0	continue to struggle with. I mean, I read all of your comments on the different platforms. I read
0:45.3	your emails. And you guys have a lot going on, as do I. And I've been thinking about that now that we've had a worst case scenario to play out
1:00.4	in our lives. And now that it has come to my attention that I stress some people out. I stress some
1:10.3	people out with the Norse saga that is my life, that it did
1:16.4	people look at me, especially people who have followed me for a while, and they're like,
1:20.9	that's crazy. Like, I feel like I know Jen and gosh, wow, like sometimes it is cancer. And gosh, if that can happen to her,
1:34.4	like just living normal lives, minding their own business. And like, if that can happen to her,
1:41.1	maybe it can happen to me. And, you know, other, other situations where I'm
1:45.1	like minding my own business, things happening out of the blue, like getting banned from a major
1:50.8	institution and just doing nothing, just having a little bit of humor, just, you know, making some jokes, having some
2:02.6	fun, and it being persecuted because of cancel culture, and then just doing nothing, and half
2:10.9	your face gets paralyzed, just, you know, I mean, not, well, you know, just a minor cosmetic
2:16.4	procedure, and then, like, you can't move half your face, and you have to dress like a pirate all the time. I mean, not, well, you know, just a minor cosmetic procedure and then, like, you can't move half your face and you have to dress like a pirate all the time.
2:19.9	I mean, these things happen to me, like getting dropped by my agent and my manager on the same day.
2:26.6	And I don't think it has anything to do with some of the phone calls that I initiated that let up.
2:32.7	I mean, crazy things happen to me. And so it has come to
2:37.9	my attention that that can stress out people who know me. And in fact, it came up recently a few
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