Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.

This episode has been sponsored by Book Hampton.

As the premier independent bookstore in the Hamptons, Bookhampton has a highly curated selection of books for readers of all ages, unique, one-of-a-kind gifts, and exciting author events. Browse their fabulous staff suggestions online at bookhampton.com. I'm excited to be here today with Jessica Turner. Jessica N. Turner is the author of The Fringe Hours, Making Time for You, a best-selling book, and is the author of Lifestyle Blog, The Mom Creative.

Her latest book, Stretch Too Thin, How Working Moms Can Lose the Guilt, Work Smarter, and Thrive.

The website for that is Stretch2 Thinbook.com came out in September 2018.

A frequent speaker on work-life balance, productivity, and faith. Jessica lives in Nashville, Tennessee,

with her husband and three young children. You can follow her on Instagram at Jessica N. Turner

or at book snobbery. Hey, Jessica. Thanks so much for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books.

Hey there. I'm so glad to be here. So what prompted you to write the book, Stretch-Tooth,

were you feeling stretched-to- too thin yourself as a mom?

You know, I hear that question a lot. And the complicated answer is yes and no. I mean, I had signed a two-book deal. My first book, I knew what I was going to write. The first book is called The Fringe Hours, Making Time for You. And I didn't know what I was going to do next. And at first, I thought I would

write a book about slowing down. And after six months of trying to do that, I realized I wasn't the

person for that. And so I thought, well, what do I know? Well, I know what it is like to have a full-time

job, a career, and a couple kids, a marriage and that it can really feel overwhelming.

And so I did a survey of working moms just to kind of gut check if this might be something

worth pursuing and had over 2,000 women respond in just a couple days, had, gosh, I think probably

500 pages of open-ended responses. And over and over and over again,

the women said the phrase stretched too thin. And so I thought, you know what, I think I've got

something here. How did you find the women for your survey? So I'm a blogger. I've been blogging

since 2006. And so most of it was just through my online platform as well as

friends sharing about the survey as well. So we were able to get women from across the country,

those who work full time, part time, at home, in an office, in a retail setting, all types of

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