Fresh Take: Jessica N. Turner on Rising from Grief and Disappointment

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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Parenting, Kids & Family, Comedy

4.6 • 962 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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When we're faced with difficulties, how can we put them into perspective and move forward? Jessica N. Turner, author of the new book I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER THAN THIS, discusses the experiences that led her to look at life differently and how she has learned to make "imperfect choices." Jessica N. Turner has spent the last two decades as a content creator and tastemaker for busy moms looking for hacks to live life with more intention and less stress. Jessica, Amy, and Margaret discuss: What led Jessica to write this book What Jessica's large online audience of women taught her about grief Strategies for processing grief and disappointment Here's where you can find Jessica: www.jessicanturner.com @jessicanturner on IG @TheMomCreative on FB Buy I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER THAN THIS: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9781546006718 We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/ What Fresh Hell is co-hosted by Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson. mom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips, mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid’s behavior, teenager, toddler, baby, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent, #betterthanthis, grief, trauma, stages of grief, disappointment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Jessica Porter and I'm a hypnotherapist, as well as a total relaxation nerd.
0:05.7	If you're struggling to sleep at night, I'm here to help.
0:08.8	Sleep Magic is my new podcast of relaxing hypnosis, created to help you doze off tonight.
0:15.1	With my episodes every Wednesday, I'm going to make suggestions that help you relax really, really deeply.
0:20.9	And hypnosis is not what you've seen on TV.
0:23.2	There's no swinging pocket watch or clucking like a chicken.
0:26.2	I promise.
0:27.2	I'm just here to help you make friends with sleep again so you can get the rest you deserve.
0:32.3	So search Sleep Magic on your favorite podcast app, and I'll see you there.
0:39.2	Hello, everyone, and welcome to Fresh Take from What Fresh Hell laughing in the face of
0:43.9	motherhood. This is Margaret and this is Amy. Today we are very happy to welcome back Jessica
0:49.4	N. Turner. She is a content creator and tasteemaker for busy moms looking for hacks to live life
0:55.7	with more intention and less stress. That sounds like all of us. That's me. She's here today to
1:01.8	tell us about her new book. I thought it would be better than this. Rise from disappointment,
1:06.9	regain control, and rebuild a life you love. Welcome, Jessica. Thanks so much for having me back,
1:12.4	y'all. So you have an incredible story that brought you to this moment. And this book,
1:17.5	it's more about what happens next, right, than the moment. But will you just share with our listeners
1:21.7	a little bit about the life circumstances that brought you to write this book? Yeah. So in
1:26.7	2019, my husband came out to me.
1:31.0	He first told me he was by. Then after six months of going through marriage counseling and
1:36.1	individual therapy for both of us, he told me that he was gay. And that was in September of 2019.
1:43.1	We then really wrestled with could we do a mixed orientation marriage.
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