Jessica N. Turner, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER THAN THIS: Rise from Disappointment, Regain Control, and Rebuild a Life You Love
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Zibby interviews content creator, speaker, and bestselling author Jessica N. Turner about I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER THAN THIS, a manifesto of hope that will empower you to transform your circumstances and move forward with intention and purpose. Jessica shares the inspiration behind this book—navigating the unexpected end of her 16-year marriage after her husband came out as gay and learning to grieve, heal, and rediscover herself. She and Zibby reflect on friendship, resilience, body image, and the power of self-love, and Jessica offers practical, compassionate advice for anyone navigating an unexpected turn.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive |
| 0:24.0 | look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't |
| 0:29.3 | have to. |
| 0:30.3 | Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day. |
| 0:36.2 | For more information, go to zibbmedia.com and follow me on Instagram |
| 0:40.2 | at Zibby Owens. Jessica N. Turner is the author of I thought it would be better than this, |
| 0:49.2 | rise from disappointment, regain control, and rebuild a life you love. Jessica and Turner has spent the last |
| 0:55.0 | two decades as a content creator and tastemaker for busy moms looking for hacks to live |
| 0:59.9 | life with more intention and less stress. Additionally, Jessica is an award-winning content |
| 1:04.3 | strategist in marketing professional. She speaks at events nationwide on a variety of topics, |
| 1:09.4 | including work-life balance, grief and |
| 1:11.5 | disappointment, and social media best practices. She is also the author of the Wall Street Journal |
| 1:16.4 | bestselling book, The Fringe Hours, Making Time for You, and Stretch Too Thin, How Working |
| 1:21.2 | Moms Can Lose the Guilt, Work Smarter, and Thrive. She has been featured in numerous media |
| 1:25.7 | outlets, including The Today Show, The Tamron |
| 1:27.8 | Hall Show, Oh, the Oprah Magazine, People Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, Time.com, Inc.com, |
| 1:32.9 | and more. Jessica lives with her three children in Nashville, Tennessee. Welcome, Jess. I'm so |
| 1:38.1 | excited to have you on Totally Booked with Zibby to talk about. I thought it would be better than this. |
| 1:43.8 | Rise from disappointment, |
| 1:45.0 | regain control, and rebuild a life you love. Congratulations. Oh, thank you. I'm so glad to be here. |
| 1:50.6 | I was thinking back, and I was on your podcast for The Fringe Hours, which was my first book, |
| 1:56.0 | which came out six weeks after I had my son who's now 10. So we have known each other for a very long time. So it is |
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