Podcasts about fringe hours

Today's spoiler-free minisode (the first one in years!) includes a conversation between Kaytee and author Jessica N Turner. Jessica is the author of multiple books. Her newest is I Thought it Would Be Better Than This, a memoir wrapped into self-help about dealing with disappointment in our lives. Tune in to hear about: The process of writing a book that intricately details someone else's story. What it was like to pivot from more traditional productivity and self-help into memoir. Finding love again. The “soft” places we land when we are hurting. Ways to be a witness and be with someone in their grief and disappointment. Jessica's own Current Reads. Minisode show notes are not timestamped, but linked titles are below for you to peruse. These are affiliate links, which kick back a small percentage of your purchase to the podcast, which helps support the show! Season 1, Episode 7: First time Jessica was on the show. I Thought it Would Be Better Than This by Jessica N. Turner Jessica's website The Fringe Hours by Jessica N. Turner Stretched Too Thin by Jessica N. Turner The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (Just want to point out here that just like our no-prep episodes, Jessica does this Current Reads section all off the cuff and I am suitably impressed!) Moloka'i by Alan Brennert Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brenert Connect With Us: Jessica can be found on Instagram at @jessicanturner or at her website The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop dot org unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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Andrea is a serial entrepreneur and hairstylist focusing on harmony, healthy hair, and real home girl energy! Andy is giving us her major keys to self-care and gratitude as she creates a prosperous life. She has online courses and merchandise available on her website hairandymakeup.com. You can find Andy on Instagram at @hairandymakeup; Her morning meditation includes The Manifestation album by Chris-n-Teeb available through Spotify and Apple Music. She also mentions The Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner.Since Y’all Don’t Read is on Instagram at @sinceyalldontreadpodcastCatch up on Mia Shantel’s blog at miashantel.comEditing Credit: David Whitty-EnglandMusic Credit: UrbanGodzilla

In this episode, I'm talking with Melissa Langford about how to achieve work life balance by finding your fringe hours.   Melissa is no stranger to a full schedule.  Between a busy family life with her six children and running a successful online business, Melissa is has to maximize her time.  She's sharing all of her strategies and tips with us today.You can also get Melissa's FREE Habit Tracker.READ MORE HERE.

Jessica Turner is author of the book “Stretched Too Thin” - and she wants all moms to drop the mom guilt. She shares her story and tips on how she overcame that mentality along the way. Jessica N. Turner is the author of Stretched Too Thin and The Fringe Hours. She is also an award-winning marketing executive and the founder of the popular lifestyle blog The Mom Creative. Additionally, she is a writer for the Today Parenting Team and DaySpring's (in)courage, an advocate for World Vision, a regular speaker at events nationwide. She and her husband, Matthew live with their three children in Nashville, Tennessee. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/selfishthepodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/selfishthepodcast/support

Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds and speakers. And we’re feeling a little feisty this week (we know.. that’s your favorite)! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: an explanation for the extreme busy-ness around here, and a Patron-related milestone! Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. Two titles from each host, middle grade, YA, contemporary romance, and classic #bookstagrammademedoit. We’ve got an update for you on our Slow But Steady reads and what’s been happening for our own SBS reads in the past week, as well as a few emails from listeners to share. For our deep dive this week, we are discussing our favorite self-help and productivity books. Two Penelopes talking about productivity? Don’t worry, the show notes have ALL the titles! Finally, this week, we are Bellying Up to the Book Bar. Jasmine Lake wants sweet and fun books, she doesn’t mind heavier topics, but as an HSP, they need to be dealt with gently. And we’ve got a bunch of goodies to share with her! As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  . . . . . 0:45 - Currently Reading throw in the Zazzle Store 4:31 - Currently Reading Patreon (so many fun ways to connect with us over there!) 6:21 - Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes 9:05 - House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig 11:45 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 13:31 - Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner 15:16 - East of Eden by Richard Poe 17:41 - Patrons get access to monthly Kaytee Reads Too Much episodes! 19:11 - Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi 19:19 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 23:26 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 24:44 - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 24:57 - On Writing by Stephen King 25:54 - Swan’s Way by Marcel Proust 26:49 - Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 by Michael Zuckoff 27:15 - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow 27:21 - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 27:30 - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 27:32 - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander 29:23 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown 29:37 - Daring Greatly by Brene Brown 29:52 - Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown 30:17 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin 30:22 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin 31:01 - The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg 31:24 - Atomic Habits by James Clear 32:02 - Time Management from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern 32:28 - 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam 32:54 - Off the Clock by Laura Vanderkam 33:08 - The Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner 33:12 - Episode 7 of Currently Reading with Jessica Turner 33:36 - Stretched Too Thin by Jessica Turner 34:13 - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson 34:44 - You Are A Badass by Jen Sincero 35:08 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 35:26 - Essentialism by Greg McKeown 35:31 - Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days by Chris Guilleabeau 36:00 - Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski 36:34 - The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz 36:52 - Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle 37:34 - Chasing Slow by Erin Loechner 37:36 - Notes From a Blue Bike by Tsh Oxenreider 38:01 - 10% Happier by Dan Harris 38:48 - Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist 40:44 - Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum 40:55 - Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen 41:06 - Blended by Sharon M Draper 41:09 - Heart Land by Kimberly Stuart 41:11 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 42:11 - Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch 42:23 - To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han 42:29 - When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandyha Menon 42:45 - What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum 42:56 - The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg 43:01 - Night of Miracles by Elizabeth Berg 43:23 - The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber 44:04 - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey 44:09 - Stardust by Neil Gaiman 44:51 - Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi 45:01 - Winterhouse and Secrets of Winterhouse by Ben Guterson 45:17 - The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson 45:19 - The Beasts of Clawstone Castle by Eva Ibbotson 45:52 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling 46:09 - The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry 46:38 - The Bookshop Girl by Sylvia Bishop 47:11 - Blue Birds by Caroline Starr Rose 48:06 - Patrons get access to monthly bonus Belly Up to the Book Bar episodes! *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

Have you ever found yourself holding onto memories or things that no longer serve you? Today I brought Jessica N. Turner onto the podcast. Jessica is an author, award-winning marketing executive, founder of the popular lifestyle blog The Mom Creative. We discussed how you can find freedom in letting go. We talked about the joy you can get from getting rid of things that no longer serve you. She also shares her non-negotiables, her advice about recognizing where guilt is coming from and why you should learn to say “no”.   What’s in this episode: Why Jessica started her blog How she got started with scrapbooking  Finding time for her passions and deciding to write a book about it How Jessica ended up with a two-book contract Jessica’s non-negotiables in her daily life Being selfless by taking care of yourself How Amy has dealt with mom guilt Jessica’s advice about recognizing where guilt is coming from How you can find freedom in letting go The joy that comes out of getting rid of things that no longer serve you How to have other’s help you with accountability Avoiding excuses for reasons to keep things you no longer need Surveying women for her book, Stretched Too Thin Jessica’s daily routines and her thoughts on balance Learning to say “no” more and staying away from social media How Jessica handles negative feedback  The books that Jessica has enjoyed reading recently Quotes that she lives by   About Jessica: Jessica N. Turner is the author of Stretched Too Thin and The Fringe Hours. She is also an award-winning marketing executive and the founder of the popular lifestyle blog The Mom Creative (www.themomcreative.com). Additionally, she is a writer for the Today Parenting Team and DaySpring's (in)courage, an advocate for World Vision, a regular speaker at events nationwide. She and her husband, Matthew live with their three children in Nashville, Tennessee.   Connect with Jessica: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Book Snobbery Instagram   Pre-order Stretched Too Thin and you’ll receive a free e-version of My Fringe Hours: Discovering a More Creative and Fulfilled Life and free access to the Stretched Too Thin online course.   Links: The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You by Jessica N. Turner Stretched Too Thin: How Working Moms Can Lose the Guilt, Work Smarter, and Thrive by Jessica N. Turner My Fringe Hours: Discovering a More Creative and Fulfilled Life by Jessica N. Turner City of Girls: A Novel by Elizabeth Gilbert Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert   I would love to hear from you! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube or on my website. If you enjoyed this podcast and you haven’t already, I’d like to encourage you to subscribe that way you won’t miss a single update. Craft a Life You Love by taking a small step toward turning happiness and fulfillment by savoring this season no matter where you are in your life and in the world.

How can working moms lose the guilt, work smarter, and thrive all at the same time when they are stretched too thin? Jessica Turner shares her story, advice, and encouragement to help women go from just surviving to thriving! Jessica Turner: A wife of to Matthew of 14 years, and mom to their 3 children. She is the founder of the popular lifestyle blog, The Mom Creative. When Jessica is not sharing her thoughts with the world, she is an award-winning marketing professional, sought after speaker, and freelance writer. Jessica has been featured in numerous media outlets like The Today Show, O Magazine, Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, and Inc.com. She is also an author of the Wall Street Journal best-selling book, The Fringe Hours, and her brand new book, Stretched Too Thin. "So I'm a grandma in the blogging world.” ~ Jessica Turner BOOK: Stretched Too Thin Connect with Jessica Turner Enjoy the multitude of topics discussed including self-care, honesty, Diastasis Recti, mom guilt, and marriage! Family Women's survey Honest conversation Self-care The Mom Creative A day in a life Mom guilt What is the root? Honesty Teachable moments Counseling Community Priority Diastasis Recti Recovery Thrive Busyness Seasons Choices Guilt pain point Social media The Box Declutter My Story Marriage Date nights Friendships   BOOK: Stretched Too Thin Connect with Jessica Turner "You are not alone!" ~ Jessica Turner   Quotes and statements within the interview: "Every day is an adventure; and there's silly songs and dances." "That is a lie!" "Because it is something that a lot of women deal with. They feel like the only way to make space in their lives is to leave themselves out, when that's really the absolute worse thing you can do." "Guilt can be a great teacher for us." "I think it is very important to be honest with your child." "It isn't generous to live that way to yourself. You deserve that love and generosity." "Make yourself number one and go ahead and get started." "And so I opted to have a breast reduction, which was covered by insurance, and a tummy tuck which included a diastasis recti repair at the same time." "It's not so much that there was a shift in my self-care, but certainly, I think it's made me an advocate for women to take good care of their bodies." "It's very clear that the only way you can love people well is if you are doing that yourself." "That maybe there is something that needs a change, because seasons are suppose to change." "But I think what I would want to erase are the periods where I really dwelled in guilt, where I sat in it." "Is there one area?" "The home management issue. I mean it's just a hot mess all the time it feels like." "If things are coming in, then other things need to be going out." "Start with just one small area and then move on to something else." "I can't say that I learned it, but I was reminded how much my story is like so many other women's." "Every chapter can stand on it's own two feet." "And honestly, the most important relationship in your life is the one with your spouse, if you're married." "Look up and talk to the people around you and cultivate some real community." "The life she is creating is hers to create." "The yearnings of her heart are enough to make a beautiful life."     What has your story gifted you? So many incredible relationships that I never would have expected as I set out into adulthood and though about what my life would look like. It's the people that has made it far more beautiful than I ever could have dreamt.  Favorite Bible Verse: "I can do all this through him who gives me strength." ~ Philippians 4:13   Resources mentioned in the episode: BOOK: Stretched Too Thin Connect with Jessica Turner Twitter: https://twitter.com/JessicaNTurner Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMomCreative/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicanturner/   "One step at a time leads to miles of greatness!"   Subscribe to Create Your Now TV on YouTube. Listen to Create Your Now on Spotify and Pandora. Listen to Create Your Now on iHeart Radio. Click here. 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For this episode, I was so lucky to sit down at my kitchen table with one of my favorite authors, Jessica Turner. The author of Stretched Too Thin and The Fringe Hours, Jessica writes books that encourage working moms to take care of themselves and use their time in a more fulfilling way. Listen in as she opens up about how to find a perfectly imperfect balance and what it truly means to thrive You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: http://bit.ly/2xUtHd6  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this episode, I was so lucky to sit down at my kitchen table with one of my favorite authors, Jessica Turner. The author of Stretched Too Thin and The Fringe Hours, Jessica writes books that encourage working moms to take care of themselves and use their time in a more fulfilling way. Listen in as she opens up about how to find a perfectly imperfect balance and what it truly means to thrive You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: http://bit.ly/2xUtHd6 

Are you trying to juggle work, family, home and all of your obligations? Too often we try to do everything and please everyone and end up feeling guilt or shame for not being able to do it all. My guest today has practical tips and advice for any of us who feel like we are stretched too thin. It’s such a pleasure to have Jessica Turner on the show today. Jessica is a wife, mom, sister, friend, marketing professional, blogger and best-selling author of the books The Fringe Hours and Stretched Too Thin. In this episode, we talk about her new book. We also talk about why some moms who work-at-home don’t really consider themselves working moms. We talk about automating, prioritizing, getting help, and giving yourself permission to say no. We talk about those important things that we all need to do to help keep ourselves sane and at our best. Show Notes: [05:25] It's still a tug-of-war with working moms and stay-at-home moms. Working is bringing in an income. [06:11] Women who work at home don't see themselves as working moms. [07:03] Women who work from home often don't want to call themselves working moms. Maybe it's because of some type of social stigma. [09:00] A lot of stay-at-home working moms think that if they don't technically get in their car and go somewhere that they aren't a working mom. [09:30] Jessica went to Melissa's book signing in Nashville. [10:00] Melissa thinks Jessica's book is for busy moms not just "working" moms. [10:16] Jessica surveyed 2000 women who work or bring in some type of income. Stay-at-home moms who feel stretched too thin will get a lot of value out of the book. [12:45] Jessica writes about boundaries with work, practicing meaningful relationships, self-care, managing the home, and more. [13:03] Her research shows that the greatest struggle for working moms is either self-care or managing the home. [13:26] Self-care is probably a little bit more of a struggle and that's what Jessica's first book was about. [13:43] Women are great at taking care of everyone else. [14:17] Self-care is necessary and important and it shows our kids that they need to take care of themselves too. [14:55] Self-care includes investing in your passion, investing in your body, and spiritually and emotionally. [15:16] Try time tracking and see where your time is going. [16:40] Track everything you do for a week and how much time you spend on it. [17:10] See where you spent your time and where you can spend your time better. Also notice if you said yes to too many things. [18:37] Jessica tries to live by the "if it isn't a heck yes then it's a no." [19:32] Sometimes even having to pause is a sign that it's not the right time for you. [19:50] It's easier to say no from the beginning then you say yes to something and have to backtrack. [21:23] Just because something's a great thing, it's not a great thing for you right now. [22:58] Working moms often get left out. It can be hurtful to not be invited. Sometimes working moms want to be included. Let your friends know you still want to be included. [27:57] Subscription services. Automating our lives is an easy way to streamline. This can free up your mind and lesson the mental load. [30:22] House cleaners and services like Grove Collaborative can be helpful. It's life giving and helps other businesses. [32:40] The world will fight for your time, and you have to fight back. [33:32] Mother's can have friends. It's important to model relationships for our kids. It's a life giving shift. [34:30] Glass balls vs rubber balls. Glass balls will shatter if dropped. Treat yourself like a glass ball not a rubber ball. Spend time where it is important. Relationships and self-care are glass balls. [37:29] Think about how you are feeling and use it as motivation to make changes in your life. [38:04] Often, we push our feelings aside instead of using them for change. [40:44] Jessica answers the three questions... [45:03] Women need to be empowered to not feel guilt and shame and take time for self-care.   Thanks for joining us on Ordinary People Ordinary Things. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave a nice review. Just like your mother taught you. Links and Resources: Podcast Web Page Facebook Page @MsMelissaRadke on Instagram @msmelissaradke on Twitter Eat Cake. Be Brave. Sign Up for Insider Access Fab Fit Fun Boxes For $10 Off Use the Code: Ordinary Bolster Sleep For 10% Off Use the Code: Ordinary Stretched Too Thin The Mom Creative @JessicaNTurner on Twitter The Mom Creative Facebook Page Jessica Turner on Instagram Jessica Turner BookSnobbery on Instagram The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You Grove Collaborative When I Pray for You

Do you feel stretched too thin? In this podcast episode, I'm talking to Jessica Turner, the author of Stretched Too Thin and The Fringe Hours. She juggles a full-time job while also being a blogger and author and she shares how she things about what she does and doesn't do to keep her household running. We also talked about how you can go from surviving to thriving as a working mom, the role of partners in making things work, and how you might make time for friends even during a busy season. Highlights: Jessica's background and what lead to writing the Fringe Hours and Stretched Too Thin The areas that Jessica has chosen to outsource during this season of her life The things that she also automates to save time How to think about it when considering outsourcing or automating What the fringe hours are and how you can use them to your advantage Jessica's thoughts on how working moms can go from surviving to thriving The role of partners in making things work How to make time for friends and the importance of community Today’s Guest: Jessica N. Turner is the author of Stretched Too Thin and The Fringe Hours. She is also an award-winning marketing executive and the founder of the popular lifestyle blog The Mom Creative (www.themomcreative.com). Additionally, she is a writer for the Today Parenting Team and DaySpring's (in)courage, an advocate for World Vision, a regular speaker at events nationwide. She and her husband, Matthew live with their three children in Nashville, Tennessee. Resources: Themomcreative.com instagram.com/jessicanturner instagram.com/booksnobbery Facebook.com/themomcreative The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You Stretched Too Thin: How Working Moms Can Lose the Guilt, Work Smarter, and Thrive

Join us as we talk with Jessica Turner, author of The Fringe Hours and Stretched Too Thin, about how to nurture our bodies and souls in light of living on mission! 

On this final Special Edition Flourish episode, I interview my friend Jessica Turner, a fellow multi-passionate and multi-faceted businesswoman. While working full time in healthcare doing corporate marketing, she has found the time to write multiple books and run a lifestyle blog, The Mom Creative, for busy moms. In this interview, she explains the joy and fulfillment that comes from keeping her full time job, despite success from her blog and books. She also discusses the unique challenges to self-publishing and marketing her husband's children's books, as well as her own books. Jessica also shares why relationships are currency in marketing and the importance of continual education in order to grow yourself and your business. This special edition episode offers a sneak peek at the content available in my signature Flourish 5-Day Marketing Plan Workshop. These short & sweet guest interviews feature industry friends and I wanted to pull them out of the vault for you. They reference 2018, but are filled with so many nuggets of wisdom and marketing inspiration, I knew you needed to hear them. To learn more about Flourish and be the first to know when we launch again, sign up for the Wait List today! Highlights: Why the message to entrepreneurs that ‘you are not successful until you quit your day job or corporate career' is false Jessica's journey from working in healthcare to writing a Wall Street Journal best seller What is the not-fancy and non-strategic formula that led to her and her husband's achievements How InstaStories created a problem in the book publishing industry and how to solve it What is the most important investment you can make in your business. (Hint: by listening in you are already doing it!) People, Links, and Resources Mentioned in this Episode: Jessica N. Turner is the author of the Wall Street Journal best-selling book, The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You and the recently published Stretched Too Thin: How Working Moms Can Lose the Guilt, Work Smarter, and Thrive. She is also an award-winning marketing executive and the founder of the popular lifestyle blog The Mom Creative. Additionally, she is a freelance writer and has been featured in numerous media outlets including The Today Show, O Magazine, Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine, Better Homes & Gardens and Inc.com. She and her husband, Matthew live with their three young children in Nashville, Tennessee. Website: http://www.themomcreative.com/ Jessica's Books: Stretched Too Thin, The Fringe Hours, and My Fringe Hours, Matthew Paul Turner: When God Made You and When God Made Light Facebook: The Mom Creative Instagram: @jessicanturner Pinterest: Jessica N Turner Twitter: @JessicaNTurner Flourish 5-Day Marketing Plan Workshop Like the show? Subscribe on iTunes and leave a 5-star, positive review RIGHT HERE. We'll choose one lucky reviewer each month to win a FREE GIFT! Amber Housley is a creative business and sweet life cultivator who founded her first business in 2007. Today, she's a Marketing Strategist for top creatives and influencers, producing hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue with her sales and launch strategies. Passionate about raising women to new heights, Amber shares her smart strategies with other women business owners through live and virtual trainings like the Flourish 5-day Marketing Plan Workshop and Inspired Retreat— an annual business gathering of women entrepreneurs. Her private Inspired Coterie Mastermind program is made for women want to run creative businesses efficiently, with joy, and without the expense of sacrificing family time.

In this episode of the Heart Lessons Podcast we continue our January heart focus of gracious new beginnings as we hear from Jessica Turner, author of The Fringe Hours and Stretched Too Thin. Today, Jessica is going to offer special encouragement to women on how to lose guilt, work smarter, and thrive in the place God created especially for you. My prayer as you listen to this episode is that you will identify the things in your life that are bringing unnecessary guilt, and also those things that are most worth your time and energy, so that you can live well and thrive in 2019. Connect with Jessica: The Mom Creative Find complete show notes here

When we think about starting something new, our first objection is usually, "But when?!" In a life filled with never ending to-do's and very little margin, Jessica Turner challenges women to push beyond the limitations of time and make bold decisions to pursue their dream.  This week, Jessica sits down with her friend Jessica Turner to discuss all things motherhood, entrepreneurship, and creating space for the things that matter.  Show Notes
 - Head to Jessica Honegger's website for info on her book, her Courage Quiz, and more! - Head here to keep up with the world of Jessica Turner.    Jessica's Social Instagram Facebook Twitter Linkedin

Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds to chat Non-Fiction and some other really wonderful titles! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a bookish candle and IRL friendships that are reading more. Next, we tackle what we are currently reading, just two titles from each of us so we have time to talk about 50 thousand additional books! Our deep-dive this week centers on some of our favorite non-fiction genres! We throw a whole metric crap-ton of titles at you to get you started in the non-fiction world, if that seems to be a place that you’re lacking. Every one of these titles have been vetted by one or both of us (along with many others that we’ve mentioned in past episodes), and we are all about you picking them up! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This week we have some beautiful fiction as well as a great and FUN contemporary mystery. Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  1:21 - Friday Reads candle from Main Line Candle Company 5:06 - Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White by Melissa Sweet 6:37 - Stuart Little by E.B. White 6:39 - Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 6:56 - The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White 7:35 - A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas 8:24 - Episode 10 of Currently Reading 9:23 - The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King 12:02 - Finding Holy in the Suburbs by Ashley Hales 12:55 - The Art of Neighboring by Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon 15:12 - The Turquoise Table by Kristin Schell 15:45 - Little Free Library! 17:16 - Hens Dancing by Raphaella Barker 17:47 - Bridget Jones Diary by Helen Felding 23:23 - Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner 23:35 - Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna Gaines 23:51 - Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan 24:28 - Yes, Please by Amy Poehler 24:31 - Monsoon Mansion by Cinelle Barnes 24:55 - Coming Clean by Seth Haines 25:18 - Educated by Tara Westover *Other memoirs mentioned in past episodes that I LOVE: As You Wish by Cary Elwes, Born A Crime by Trevor Noah, anything by David Sedaris 26:38 - Disney War by James B. Stewart 27:29 - Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean 27:34 - Conspiracy of Fools by Kurt Eichenwald 27:46 - The Pixar Touch by David Price 28:11 - Bad Blood by John Carreyrou 28:55 - So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo 28:57 - I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown 29:08 - The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton 29:13 - Evicted by Matthew Desmond 29:41 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 30:08 - Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle 30:10 - Barking to the Choir by Gregory Boyle 31:14 - Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore 32:11 - Start With Why by Simon Sinek 32:17 - Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek 32:24 - Pour Your Heart Into It by Howard Schultz 32:44 - Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh 32:58 - 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Jim Dethmer and Diana Chapman 33:30 - Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris 35:07 - Essentialism by Greg McKeown 35:38 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin 35:39 - The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin 34:50 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown 35:05 - Daring Greatly by Brene Brown 35:07 - Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown 35:10 - Dare to Lead by Brene Brown 36:33 - Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner 37:15 - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven R. Covey 37:28 - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Steven Covey 37:45 - Chasing Slow by Erin Loechner 38:20 - Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist 39:06 - Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff by Myquillin Smith *Other productivity books mentioned in past episodes: Stretched Too Thin by Jessica Turner 41:00 - This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel 44:28 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 45:59 - The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty 46:02 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moraiarty 46:54 - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

Meredith is on vacation, so Kaytee has a special guest co-host join her for this week’s episode. She is so excited to share her conversation with Jessica Turner! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: one that only a family of two authors will ever experience and a new discovery at the library that made for a quiet weekend at home. We dive in to discussing 2 books each. One of which we both cannot stop talking about. Next, we get to discuss Jessica’s new book, Stretched Too Thin, as well as her previous work, The Fringe Hours. Both are books you need on your shelves! Who wants to win a copy of STT? I’ll be giving away a copy on Instagram this week, so pop on over there to enter! We finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to put into every reader’s hands. Jessica does a great job pushing BOTH of our books into your hands this week, as I promise you’ll want to pick up each of them for totally different reasons. They also kind of follow a theme (unintentionally, as usual!). Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  0:42 - Stretched Too Thin by Jessica Turner 1:51 - When God Made You by Matthew Paul Turner 1:52 - When God Made Light by Matthew Paul Turner 1:55 - When I Pray For You by Matthew Paul Turner 3:28 - Playaways at the library 4:09 - How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell 4:11 - The Problim Children by Natalie Lloyd 6:22 - Modern Girls by Jennifer S. Brown 8:44 - The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne 8:46 - Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly 8:53 - Maybe In Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid 9:00 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 9:18 - Sliding Doors (movie) 10:04 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 10:48 - How to Walk Away by Katherine Center 11:12 - Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 11:38 - Lies by TM Logan 13:49 - I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown 15:15 - March: Book One by John Lewis 15:27 - Ghost by Jason Reynolds 15:51 - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee 18:18 - The Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner 19:57 - Stretched Too Thin by Jessica Turner 31:51 - I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown (yep, again) 35:18 - American Marriage by Tayari Jones 35:32 - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle 36:11 - Documentary 13th by Ana DuVernay on Netflix 38:14 - Jessica’s bookstagram account: booksnobbery 38:20 - TheMomCreative.com *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

My guest for The Happy Hour #213 is Jessica Turner. Jessica is the author of the newly released Stretched Too Thin: How Working Moms Can Lose the Guilt, Work Smarter, and Thrive and The Wall Street Journal bestselling book The Fringe Hours. She is also an award-winning marketing professional and speaker, and the founder of the lifestyle blog The Mom Creative. She and her husband, Matthew, live with their three children in Nashville, Tennessee. I am so happy to welcome my friend Jessica back to the show! Jessica and I start out talking about books, which if you love books you need to follow her Instagram profile where she shares about what she's reading! We then dive in and talk about the concept of mental load.  Friends, I know we all suffer from the stress of mental load - coordinating, managing, analyzing, and juggling in our minds ALL THE THINGS, am I right? Jessica shares practical tips for managing mental load and reminds us that self-care is not selfish, it's necessary. We also discuss how we need to stop separating ourselves based on where/what/when we work. I love how Jessica says whether you're a stay at home mom or a working mom, "we are all moms who love our kids"! In the second half of the show, Jessica shares the story of when her husband Matthew (a  published author) wrote his first children's book, he was turned down a dozen times. Instead of letting that stop them, Jessica and Matthew self-published the book, it sold out, and now it's sold 100,000 copies! You guys, I loved talking with Jessica today and I know that through our conversation I was reminded of the grace God gives us every single day, and how we can extend grace and care to each other and to ourselves. {You can listen to the show HERE, and make sure you never miss a Happy Hour - subscribe using your favorite podcast app (ie. iTunes, Google Play).  And of course, I would love if you would share with your friends!} Links from the Show Jessica's website: The Mom Creative Jessica's Books: The Fringe Hours, Stretched Too Thin Questions for Stretched Too Thin Jessica's Other Happy Hour Episodes: The Happy Hour #30, The Happy Half Hour #5 When God Made You, When God Made Light The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom HARO (Help A Reporter Out) A Quiet Place (movie) Jessica's Instagram focused on books What Jessica is loving: Pumpkin chocolate chip banana bread, Draper James, Fall TV (especially The Walking Dead, Outlander, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) What Jessica is reading: A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza, Cozy Minimalist Home by Myquillyn Smith, The Wildling Sisters by Eve Chase Connect with Jessica Facebook // Twitter // Instagram Connect with Jamie + The Happy Hour Facebook // Twitter // Instagram // YouTube Want to stay connected to The Happy Hour? Subscribe to The Happy Hour Newsletter! Looking for Happy Hour Events? Find out what's happening HERE Do you love The Happy Hour? If so, we'd love if you'd leave a review! Sponsors Build A Bear Workshop ThirdLove - 15% off

Jessica Turner is a working mother who wants you to know that even when you’re overwhelmed by your to-do’s and caring for your family, you can find pockets of time throughout your day, evaluate what is satisfying for you, and make more space for self-care. Listen in to find out how to find time for what satisfies you and why it’s so important to take care of yourself. Full blog post, show notes, and resource for this episode available at: realfoodwholelife.com/fge Instagram: @realfoodwholelife Join our Facebook Group   Guest Bio Jessica N. Turner is the author of Stretched Too Thin and The Fringe Hours. She is also an award-winning marketing executive and the founder of the popular lifestyle blog The Mom Creative (www.themomcreative.com). Additionally, she is a writer for the Today Parenting Team and DaySpring's (in)courage, an advocate for World Vision, a regular speaker at events nationwide. She and her husband, Matthew live with their three children in Nashville, Tennessee. Jessica’s website, www.themomcreative.com Instagram: @jessicanturner Facebook: The Mom Creative Twitter: @JessicaNTurner   Show the Feel Good Effect Love If you loved today’s episode be sure to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts so we can keep bringing you more content like this! Share the show on Instagram, tagging @realfoodwholelife so that we can connect and I can highlight listeners on my feed.

Every mother knows that raising kids is a full time job. Not "full time" in the business sense of 9-5, Monday to Friday, but full time in the literal sense. You never clock out, you never get a vacation, and you never retire. Which is a big part of the reason those of us who choose to pursue a career on top of being moms can often find ourselves feeling overwhelmed by feeling of guilt and inadequacy. My guest on today's show, Jessica Turner, author of the bestselling book, The Fringe Hours and founder of the popular lifestyle blog, The Mom Creative, has a new book on the way. Stretched Too Thin is a compassionate, encouraging guide to help moms lose the guilt, ease their stress, and embrace their roles as working mothers. You can find Jessica's blog on Facebook, follow her on Twitter, and per-order her new book here.

My guest today is a second time visitor to the podcast. Jessica Turner was on 2 years ago talking about her first book "The Fringe Hours". Definitely check out her episode on that here. And now she's back to talk about her second book, "Stretched Too Thin." This book will really offer support and insight to working moms who feel like they have a lot of balls in the air and they are trying to do it all. So Jessica talks about why she wrote the book and she shares basic tips for all moms to prioritize their values. Definitely pick up her book if this topic resonates with you. Show Notes:  Follow Jessica on Instagram here Listen to her past episode about the "Fringe Hours" here Pick up a copy of "Stretched to Thin"

I wanted to pop in quick and share with you what's on my heart for you. These are things that I do when I need some encouragement for my day. - The first one is one that I use when I feel like my kids are crazy, when I need to pray and be encouraged, so basically every day. It's worship music! I pull up my nifty YouTube app and listen. The one that I love right now is So Will I (100 Billion X) from Hillsong United and Rooftops from Jesus Culture. Worship music is great for when I need inspiration, so I can get in the mood and in the zone. When I start writing something, I pray and ask Jesus for his words to flow through me. It's someone else singing and praising God so I can write and still be praising God. - Secondly prayer. Whether that's with you alone, with your kids or your partner. If you have a friend to type "hey, can you pray for me today" is so good! That's why I talk so much about having an inner circle who is willing to pray for you, for your business. If you have times when it's a rough day when you've been up all night, it's necessary. My girlfriend and her husband are in town sharing about their missionary journey and what's next so I was up late last night coming up with a few different ideas as to how to do something with what they were sharing. She was talking about wanting to use their experiences to teach kids about mission work so in my head, like every good creative entrepreneur, I was up thinking through writing something up. It's so powerful to have those people who can pray and lift you up, pray for zest and zeal for their day. - The last thing that gets me excited and going for the day is to make a to-do list so I'm not having to remember everything in my head, but rather, having it on paper so that I can scratch things off as they get completed. If it's on paper and I've got a pocket of time, I'm able to work on something small. My husband and I were talking about to-do lists. Someone was talking (possibly JP Morgan) and saying something about "show me how to make a million dollars and I'll give you x amount of money." Someone sitting with him wrote on the top of a piece of paper "to-do list" and gave it to him. While making a to-do list might not make you a million dollars, but it makes a difference in how much you get done. I read The Fringe Hours a few years ago and it made a huge difference in how I view time and productivity. We've got 24-hours in our day and if we use eight of those hours, or if you're like me and you want 10 hours of sleep, that leaves time to cook, eat, go to the bathroom and shower, kids and family and girlfriends who want to go do things. That takes away those hours. So if you write down what you want to do for the day or the week, then set priorities for the day, you get things done. Jessica's point was that in tiny pockets of time you've got, you can work towards getting things done. It makes me super excited to get my list done. I can do things when my husband gets home, or I got a text for a free Redbox which I'm totally going to go get. I deserve a break and I want to make time for it. I will always be one for to-do lists, unless you get super overwhelmed by them, then we'll figure something else out for you.  That's my encouragement for today - go make it a great day!

#279: Jessica Turner, author of The Fringe Hours, joins me to talk about finding more hours in the day to achieve the work-life satisfaction you crave. We talking about scheduling, managing expectations of others, networking as a new blogger, and using sponsored content and influencer marketing as a revenue stream. Podcast show notes available here: https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/session279

http://mothersonthefrontline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/episode-3.mp3 In this episode, Emily talks about her journey raising a young son with Tourette's Syndrome. She talks about the importance of community building on many levels, including strengthening relationships within the family and marriage, her church, her son's school, and the larger community. By educating those in their lives about Tourette's Syndrome, her son can be himself and feel part of a supportive and understanding community. She also discusses the importance of intentional planning of self-care and ways to make it happen. Topics include: Tourette's Syndrome, Self-Care, Family, Community, Advocating for your child at school. Resources mentioned in this podcast: Tourette Association of America  - (Formerly known as the Tourette Syndrome Association) focuses on awareness, research, and support. https://tourette.org/ The book: The Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner Transcription Speaker: Welcome to the Just Ask Mom Podcast, where mothers share their experiences of raising children with mental illness. Just Ask Mom is a Mothers on the Frontline Production. Today we will speak to Emily, a mother of a son with Tourette's Syndrome, living in Iowa. Tammy: Well, I was wondering if you could just start by telling us a little about yourself? Emily: Sure, my name is Emily and I'm a wife and a mom of two kids. I have a daughter who's seven and I have a son who's nine, and my nine-year-old son has Tourette's syndrome. Tourette's syndrome is a neurological condition that causes a variety of motor and vocal tics. So, in my son's case he has a coughing tic, blinks his eyes, will have shoulder raises and that kind of thing. So, we have just had the diagnosis for a couple of years, so we're sort of new to all of this but he is a joy in our family and we're just really learning how to best care and best parent him. Tammy: Awesome. So, before we get started I'm just going to ask you to step back for a moment and tell us a little bit about you either before mothering or outside of mothering, a little bit about you. Emily: Yeah, I have a lot of different interests. My faith is a really important interest of mine, I just really enjoy being a part of a church and that's just a really important piece of who I am. I also really just love creating things so I love to sew, I love to bake, I love to make cards. They do have to have a finite ending to them. Tammy: (laughs) Emily: I'm not the scrap booker that can keep on going forever but I do love those short creative projects. I also love the Olympics and I'm a big Disney fan, it truly is my happy place. So, those are some of my passions and interests. Tammy: Wonderful, thank you for that. I want you to pretend that you're talking to other moms, what do you want them to know? Emily: I would say that the thing that I would want them to know is how community is so important when you're the parent of a child with Tourette's syndrome or any special need. That community is a place where you can get support and encouragement but it really just helps you be a super confident mom and to be the best mom that you can be to your child. So, I thought I'd share a few places that have helped me in building community. One of them is just within the family itself. I asked my son before I came here, “What's the one thing that I do as your mom that helps you as a person living with Tourette's Syndrome?” He said, “You just make it okay to have it.” A huge compliment from him, but just making sure that our family is a place that he feels safe and comfortable, that it's a place he knows he can let all of his tics out when he gets home from school, or he can talk to us about how his tics are making him feel. Building community within our family means spending a lot of time together and it's figuring out what that is. So, for us we love to play games together. We enjoy Disney together. (laughs). Traveling is a big bonding experience too.

https://mothersonthefrontline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/episode-3.mp3 In this episode, Emily talks about her journey raising a young son with Tourette's Syndrome. She talks about the importance of community building on many levels, including strengthening relationships within the family and marriage, her church, her son's school, and the larger community. By educating those in their lives about Tourette's Syndrome, her son can be himself and feel part of a supportive and understanding community. She also discusses the importance of intentional planning of self-care and ways to make it happen. Topics include: Tourette's Syndrome, Self-Care, Family, Community, Advocating for your child at school. Resources mentioned in this podcast: Tourette Association of America  - (Formerly known as the Tourette Syndrome Association) focuses on awareness, research, and support. https://tourette.org/ The book: The Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner Transcription Speaker: Welcome to the Just Ask Mom Podcast, where mothers share their experiences of raising children with mental illness. Just Ask Mom is a Mothers on the Frontline Production. Today we will speak to Emily, a mother of a son with Tourette's Syndrome, living in Iowa. Tammy: Well, I was wondering if you could just start by telling us a little about yourself? Emily: Sure, my name is Emily and I'm a wife and a mom of two kids. I have a daughter who's seven and I have a son who's nine, and my nine-year-old son has Tourette's syndrome. Tourette's syndrome is a neurological condition that causes a variety of motor and vocal tics. So, in my son's case he has a coughing tic, blinks his eyes, will have shoulder raises and that kind of thing. So, we have just had the diagnosis for a couple of years, so we're sort of new to all of this but he is a joy in our family and we're just really learning how to best care and best parent him. Tammy: Awesome. So, before we get started I'm just going to ask you to step back for a moment and tell us a little bit about you either before mothering or outside of mothering, a little bit about you. Emily: Yeah, I have a lot of different interests. My faith is a really important interest of mine, I just really enjoy being a part of a church and that's just a really important piece of who I am. I also really just love creating things so I love to sew, I love to bake, I love to make cards. They do have to have a finite ending to them. Tammy: (laughs) Emily: I'm not the scrap booker that can keep on going forever but I do love those short creative projects. I also love the Olympics and I'm a big Disney fan, it truly is my happy place. So, those are some of my passions and interests. Tammy: Wonderful, thank you for that. I want you to pretend that you're talking to other moms, what do you want them to know? Emily: I would say that the thing that I would want them to know is how community is so important when you're the parent of a child with Tourette's syndrome or any special need. That community is a place where you can get support and encouragement but it really just helps you be a super confident mom and to be the best mom that you can be to your child. So, I thought I'd share a few places that have helped me in building community. One of them is just within the family itself. I asked my son before I came here, “What's the one thing that I do as your mom that helps you as a person living with Tourette's Syndrome?” He said, “You just make it okay to have it.” A huge compliment from him, but just making sure that our family is a place that he feels safe and comfortable, that it's a place he knows he can let all of his tics out when he gets home from school, or he can talk to us about how his tics are making him feel. Building community within our family means spending a lot of time together and it's figuring out what that is. So, for us we love to play games together. We enjoy Disney together. (laughs). Traveling is a big bonding experience too.

https://mothersonthefrontline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/episode-3.mp3 In this episode, Emily talks about her journey raising a young son with Tourette's Syndrome. She talks about the importance of community building on many levels, including strengthening relationships within the family and marriage, her church, her son's school, and the larger community. By educating those in their lives about Tourette's Syndrome, her son can be himself and feel part of a supportive and understanding community. She also discusses the importance of intentional planning of self-care and ways to make it happen. Topics include: Tourette's Syndrome, Self-Care, Family, Community, Advocating for your child at school. Resources mentioned in this podcast: Tourette Association of America  - (Formerly known as the Tourette Syndrome Association) focuses on awareness, research, and support. https://tourette.org/ The book: The Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner Transcription Speaker: Welcome to the Just Ask Mom Podcast, where mothers share their experiences of raising children with mental illness. Just Ask Mom is a Mothers on the Frontline Production. Today we will speak to Emily, a mother of a son with Tourette’s Syndrome, living in Iowa. Tammy: Well, I was wondering if you could just start by telling us a little about yourself? Emily: Sure, my name is Emily and I'm a wife and a mom of two kids. I have a daughter who's seven and I have a son who's nine, and my nine-year-old son has Tourette's syndrome. Tourette's syndrome is a neurological condition that causes a variety of motor and vocal tics. So, in my son's case he has a coughing tic, blinks his eyes, will have shoulder raises and that kind of thing. So, we have just had the diagnosis for a couple of years, so we're sort of new to all of this but he is a joy in our family and we're just really learning how to best care and best parent him. Tammy: Awesome. So, before we get started I'm just going to ask you to step back for a moment and tell us a little bit about you either before mothering or outside of mothering, a little bit about you. Emily: Yeah, I have a lot of different interests. My faith is a really important interest of mine, I just really enjoy being a part of a church and that's just a really important piece of who I am. I also really just love creating things so I love to sew, I love to bake, I love to make cards. They do have to have a finite ending to them. Tammy: (laughs) Emily: I’m not the scrap booker that can keep on going forever but I do love those short creative projects. I also love the Olympics and I'm a big Disney fan, it truly is my happy place. So, those are some of my passions and interests. Tammy: Wonderful, thank you for that. I want you to pretend that you’re talking to other moms, what do you want them to know? Emily: I would say that the thing that I would want them to know is how community is so important when you're the parent of a child with Tourette’s syndrome or any special need. That community is a place where you can get support and encouragement but it really just helps you be a super confident mom and to be the best mom that you can be to your child. So, I thought I'd share a few places that have helped me in building community. One of them is just within the family itself. I asked my son before I came here, “What's the one thing that I do as your mom that helps you as a person living with Tourette's Syndrome?” He said, “You just make it okay to have it.” A huge compliment from him, but just making sure that our family is a place that he feels safe and comfortable, that it's a place he knows he can let all of his tics out when he gets home from school, or he can talk to us about how his tics are making him feel. Building community within our family means spending a lot of time together and it's figuring out what that is. So, for us we love to play games together. We enjoy Disney together. (laughs). Traveling is a big bonding experience too.

This week we have Jessica turner on the show and she is the blogger of The Mom Creative and also the author of the The Fringe Hours. We talk about working full time, writing her blog , and being a mom to three kids. We also chat about throwing kids parties, what it's like to ask for help when you need it, and her sharing with us her journey of having abdominal surgery and a breast reduction and what that recovery was like. I hope that you guys walk away from this  show realizing that it is OK to ask for help and don't let your pride get in the way because if you gain anything from this episode you will realize that sometimes you need extra help especially during different seasons of your life and that is OK. Let's go to the show!   Guest Contact Info: www.themomcreative.com Instagram -@jessicanturner Jessica's book: The Fringe Hours: Making Time For You Her husband's book:  When God Made You (children's book)  

Today I had a great time talking with Jessica Turner of The Mom Creative, author of The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You and creator of the Stretched Too Thin E-Course for Working Moms.  Additionally, she is an an award-winning marketing professional and freelance writer. She has been featured in numerous media outlets including The Today Show, O Magazine, Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine, Better Homes & Gardens and Inc.com. She and her husband, Matthew live with their three young children in Nashville, Tennessee. In her episode we talk about: How she juggles 3 kids, working full time and her side creative projects Her experience with bed rest and tiny 6 week maternity leave with her first Her Book, The Fringe Hours and how she released it 6 weeks after her third child was born The importance of self care! All of the good and hard things are both just a season. Changes are fast and real in the first year. Don't forget about your spouse/partner! How meal trains can support more than just your physical nourishment Tips for going back to work for working moms, specifically And of course, the importance of making time for yourself in the long run. Check out one of Jessica's great blog posts on how busy moms find time to read.  Sign up for the wait list for her e-course for working moms, Stretched Too Thin! This episode of the postpartum Podcast is sponsored by ICON UNDIES. Did you know that 1 in 3 women experience little bladder leaks when they run, jump, sneeze, or laugh? This is especially true for new moms. But because of Icon, You don't have to worry!  Their undies feel like a regular, beautiful pair of underwear, but can hold up to 6 teaspoons of liquid without the bulky, bunchy plasticy feel of a pantyliner.  Icon is also offering listeners of the podcast $5 off your order with code postpartum at checkout.  *** As always, please consider subscribing and leaving a review on iTunes here. Your reviews really help the show out because they allow it to be more visible so that we can reach more moms.  Do you shop on Amazon?  Use this link and do your shopping as you always would and the show will get a teeny tiny kickback.  The podcast is also sponsored by Audible.com.  To get your FREE audiobook and 30-day trial, please go tohttp://www.audibletrial.com/postpartum    You can also support the show by becoming a patron on Patreon.  No donation is too small, for as little as $1 per episode, you can make a huge difference for the show.  Click here to learn more.  Thank you SO much for your support!

'Tis the season for year-end lists of favorites! We've invited blogger and author Jessica Turner back to Sorta Awesome to join Laura in talking all things book and reading for 2016. They dish on buzzed books that fell flat for them, what books they are giving as gifts, and what their very favorite reads from the past year were. All of that, plus Awesome of the Week! SHOW NOTES: Bandolier iPhone Case/crossbody Gilligan & O'Malley at Target Plant Therapy, Serious Cough by Wishgarden, Potion ingredients: equal parts apple cider vinegar, honey, and lemon juice; dilute with warm water, tea, or whiskey Book of the Month Club! BOOKS: The Woman in Cabin 10, Ruth Ware Lilac Girls, Martha Hall Kelly When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi Dark Matter, Blake Crouch The City of Mirrors, Justin Cronin Before the Fall, Noah Hawley The Nest, Cynthia Sweeney The Girls, Emma Cline Truly, Madly, Guilty, Lianne Moriarty Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi Love Warrior, Glennon Doyle Melton The Sound of Gravel, Ruth Wariner Hillbilly Elegy, J. D. Vance The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead Ruby, Cynthia Bond My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante A Little Life, Hanya Yanigahara The Trespasser, Tana French Dead Wake, Erik Larson Outlander, Diane Gabaldon Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, Lawrence Schiller The Stranger Beside Me, Ann Rule The Wonder, Emma Donoghue Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates Present Over Perfect, Shauna Niequist SortaLiterary Facebook Group Find Laura on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Find Jessica on her blog, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and pick up her book Fringe Hours! You can find Megan on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don’t forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram!

Today Anne chats with Jessica Turner, author of The Fringe Hours and My Fringe Hours. Jessica lives in Nashville with her family, where she works full time outside the home and blogs regularly at The Mom Creative.Of all the guests I’ve talked to, Jessica’s the most consistent with her picks. We have a lot of fun talking about compelling stories and character-driven plots in her favorite genre. She also hates a book that many listeners adore, and she’s not afraid to say why.Click over to the podcast website for the full list of titles discussed in this episode, and leave us a comment to let us know what YOU think Jessica should read next!Connect with Jessica: Website | Facebook | Twitter | InstagramConnect with Anne: Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | WSIRN Instagram

The task of finding time for yourself can seem daunting, particularly when it can be challenging to -- well -- pee without the company of your children. One of the keys to shifting your perspective and daily experience is to find your fringe hours. In Episode 8 of Edit Your Life, Christine interviews Jessica Turner about how to edit guilt and comparison out of your life, the elusive struggle for balance, why it’s hard to ask for help (and how to get over that!), and mindreading (or lack thereof) -- all to the effect of making room for the things in life that bring you joy. Do you have a question, comment, or show topic idea for us? Would you like to sponsor an upcoming episode? We’d love to hear from you via facebook.com/edityourlifeshow, by tagging your Instagram or Twitter posts with #edityourlifeshow, or via edityourlifeshow@gmail.com. You’ll find show notes for this episode, including links to resources we’ve mentioned, at bostonmamas.com + parenthacks.com.

Jessica Turner is the blogger behind TheMomCreative.com and is the author of The Fringe Hours. Today, she joins the show as guest co-host! As a working mom of three children, she knows the importance of creating efficient systems so you can free up time to have fun and pursue your passions. In this episode, she takes listener questions and shares her tips and examples of what this looks like in her life.   SHOW NOTES 1) Honest Company epantry 2) AMC’s Turn 3) BONUS! The Fall; Bletchley Circle 4) Jessica’s husband, Matthew Paul Turner World Vision 5) Fringe Hours website, Fringe Hours on Amazon Find Jessica on her blog, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram!

Today on the Lively Show, I’m speaking with Jessica Turner of the blog, The Mom Creative, and author of The Fringe Hours. As a busy wife, mom (of three little ones), and blogger with a full-time job, Jessica is often asked how she makes time for self care and several passions amidst her busy schedule. The Fringe Hours […] The post TLS #74: How to Get the Most Out of Your “Fringe” Hours with Jessica Turner (The Mom Creative) appeared first on Jess Lively.

Are you feeling busy, overwhelmed, and exhausted? Unsure of how to find time for yourself? In this podcast, Jessica Turner shares how to learn to say no, find time for rest and sleep, and how to find our fringe hours to carve out time for self-care. The Mom Creative Jessica's Book-The Fringe Hours Book Website

MeaningfulHQ.com/jessica-turner-the-fringe-hours.html // 052: Jessica Turner - The Fringe Hours // Jessica Turner is the author of a new book titled The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You, which is about empowering women to take control of the quality of their lives by managing their time more effectively. This episode of the podcast is brought to you by FlashNotes Book Summaries: http://www.getflashnotes.com About Dean Bokhari's Meaningful Show: Official homepage: http://www.MeaningfulHQ.com  Dean Bokhari's Meaningful Show is what we think Self-Improvement needs to be: Real, raw, and 100% free of the typical self-help sleaziness. Every week, we bring you inspiring interviews with authors, entrepreneurs, change-makers, and thought-leaders making an impact and income doing meaningful work that matters and makes a difference. aside from interviews, we also cover: personal development tips, career & business advice and the occasional book summa   Brought to you by GetFlashNotes.com : Self-Improvement and Business Book Summaries for Busy Professionals that Need Knowledge NOW. Visit www.getflashnotes.com to Subscribe For Just a Dollar. For More Meaningful Show Episodes, Visit www.MeaningfulHQ.com and Remember to SUBSCRIBE. Visit Dean's blog for more science-backed articles, videos, and book summaries on: Personal Growth, Business, Scientific Self-Help, Lifehacks, Productivity, Philosophy, and Meaningful Work. CONNECT WITH DEAN: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/deanbokhari Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/deanbtv LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deanbokhari Google+ https://plus.google.com/+DeanBokhariTV  LINKS: Meaningful Show Homepage: www.meaningfulhq.com Book Summaries by FlashNotes: www.getflashnotes.com Dean Bokhari's Official Homepage + Personal Development Blog: www.deanbokhari.com

Annie chats with her friend author and blogger Jessica Turner about how to find fringe hours in any kind of busy life. Also? American Girl dolls.   http://fringehours.com http://anniefdowns.com #thatsoundsfunpodcast

Do you ever feel like every second of your life is filled with… business? This week, we talked to Jessica Turner, the author of The Fringe Hours, on how we can declutter our schedules to find fringe hours—time to refresh ourselves and find elusive balance.  Find out how you can: •    Track your time so you can see where your time is going and adjust in order to find fringe time. •    How to model balance for our kids so that we can best utilize the time God gave us. •    How to schedule "me time" on your calendar so you can rejuvenate and refresh.

Listen Here: Jessica Turner is a married mother-of-three who works full time, runs a popular lifestyle blog and still finds time to take care of herself and do the things she loves. Her first book, The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You releases Feb 17th and empowers woman to find and claim their Fringe Hours. […] The post Podcast: Using Your Fringe Hours to Do What You Love appeared first on JenningsWire.