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Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew

Shawn Johnson + Andrew East

Society & Culture

5 • 39.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Today we made a new friend we know you’re going to love. Jessica N. Turner is a mom, content creator, blogging veteran, Wall Street Journal Bestseller, award-winning marketing professional, public speaker…you get the idea- she’s amazing! Jessica’s story is anything but ordinary and so is her optimism and perspective on how to get back on your feet. Her new book “I thought it would be better than this” touches on her story of losing her 16-year marriage when her husband came out as gay and how this life-shattering moment gave her the grit and determination to pick up the pieces and choose hope to build a beautiful next chapter. Whether you’ve faced disappointment in dating, at work, in marriage or anywhere else in your life (as we all have) this episode is for you! Love you guys! Shawn and Andrew Pre-Order Jessica’s book ▶ https://www.amazon.com/Thought-Would-Better-Than-This/dp/1546006710?crid=1ABSEPXAQYGD4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ZsKJLIfZhaQNpPWaO0GVuw45wpa3JvGnqcXwGf3zEhv6uu1-TT3ciytiNWaJT9lKPd7l-E9E5sR4kHTO6MEqtnq93N_n0JhM5kJf9iAzvbL4ZpSwB2JYGezbvfgET36SThCs_JAJBbcvZlg2xmLphB37MW_2ugU8LSgFDHYwTSyTci8h0bDwev9MlB2BIlVLekLiBEUIblvsv1TlQs4CM2eOfG0xwYsw9L8E2HBS75M.MZnf6AKh9gGUEq0YOgiSEdsRkWzg2xbuLAbluuMyMUE&dib_tag=se&keywords=jessica+n+turner&qid=1726166893&sprefix=jessica+n+turne,aps,123&sr=8-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=jessicanturner-20&linkId=f953e9cb675184d11dbd249b56aadabc&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl Follow Jessica! ▶ https://www.instagram.com/jessicanturner/?hl=en Beam Kids is now available online at https://shopbeam.com/COUPLETHINGS Take advantage of our exclusive discount of up to 40% off using code COUPLETHINGS Follow our podcast Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/shawnandandrewpods/ Subscribe to our newsletter ▶ https://www.familymade.com/newsletter Follow My Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/ShawnJohnson Follow My Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnjohnson Shop My LTK Page ▶ https://www.shopltk.com/explore/shawnjohnson Like the Facebook page! ▶ https://www.facebook.com/ShawnJohnson Follow Andrew’s Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/AndrewDEast Andrew’s Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewdeast?lang=en #ShawnAndAndrewPods #BookRec #Disappointment #Expectations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody? Welcome back to a couple things interviews.
0:02.9	With Sean and Andrew. Today we sit down with Jessica Turner, who we've actually known for years.
0:08.3	Yes.
0:08.8	We did some events at the Vandy Children's Hospital, and Jessica used to work there.
0:12.8	She's also been a mommy blogger since 2006.
0:16.0	Like a real OG. She was on the beginning times, the threshold of the whole social movement.
0:21.5	I mean, the internet was just a baby when she started her blog.
0:25.0	Yes.
0:25.3	And now here we are.
0:26.5	A couple decades later, she still got the blog.
0:29.0	Now she has three books.
0:30.1	She wrote a book called The Fringe.
0:31.5	She wrote a book called Stretch Too Thin.
0:33.1	And her newest book is called I Thought It Would Be Better Than This, which is why we sit down with her.
0:38.1	Her story is wild.
0:39.2	Her story is wild.
0:40.1	So she talks about how she was in a 16-year marriage with her best friend who came out as gay 16 years into her marriage and kind of turned her life upside down.
0:50.1	She now co-parents with him, Matthew, and talks about just kind of the hardships of navigating
0:56.9	disappointment and grief, but how she came out better on this side of it and how to keep moving
1:03.5	forward.
1:04.0	That's right.
1:04.5	They're divorced now, but I think her case is kind of an extreme example of what disappointment
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