Did You Think Life Would Be Better Than This?

Under the Influence with Jo Piazza

Jo Piazza, Influence Inc.

Society & Culture, Parenting, Kids & Family, Personal Journals, Technology

4.3 • 787 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

What happens when your life falls apart—and the Internet is watching? Jessica Turner had the husband, the kids, the career, and the perfectly curated feed. But when her husband came out as gay, everything she thought she knew about her life, her marriage, and herself shattered. In this raw and deeply honest conversation, Jessica opens up about what it really looks like to rebuild from the ground up—navigating grief, rewriting your worth, dating again, and raising kids with integrity in the spotlight. Her new book, I Thought It Would Be Better Than This, is a love letter to anyone living through disappointment and learning to write a new ending. Whether you’ve faced heartbreak, grief, or just feel like life didn’t go according to plan, this episode will remind you: it’s not over. You still get to choose what happens next. Grab Jessica's book I Thought it Would be Better Than This here. Join our newsletter community here. Pre-order EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU here. Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Goals!
0:02.0	It's bed... bedtime!
0:05.0	One more, Ray!
0:06.0	I'm almost done!
0:08.0	Okay kiddos.
0:09.0	That's enough. Time's up.
0:10.0	On to the app.
0:11.0	Your Wi-Fi is going off.
0:13.0	Going off.
0:14.0	Off.
0:15.0	Oh!
0:16.0	E.E.WFi controls lets you pause the Wi-Fi on your kids' devices, helping them to switch off and drift off.
0:25.4	Search EEE Broadband.
0:27.2	Eligibility criteria apply. New EEE broadband customers.
0:36.2	What happens when the life that you built, lovingly, carefully, intentionally, suddenly stops making sense?
0:46.0	Jessica Turner had what looked like the picture-perfect life, a long marriage, three beautiful children, and a thriving career as a family influencer.
0:56.4	But behind all the Instagram smiles was a truth that she couldn't see coming,
1:02.3	until her husband came out as gay and everything unraveled.
1:07.2	Today on the show, we're talking about what it really takes to rewrite your life from scratch.
1:12.8	What is disappointment and an expectation gap due to our brains, our bodies, and our sense of
1:18.3	identity? Why do we constantly tell ourselves stories that aren't true? And how do we stop?
1:25.3	It's taken five years, but Jessica's been able to rewrite her story.
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