Pull Up a Seat With Jess

Welcome to Pull Up a Seat with Jess, where we share real stories that bridge cultures, generations, and experiences. Because every story matters, and every seat has purpose. Subscribe for new episodes and follow along on Instagram: @pullupaseatwithjess

"The room doesn't need another spectator. It needs someone willing to steward the seat they've already been given." --Welcome to Pull Up a Seat with Jess, where we share real stories that bridge cultures, generations, and experiences. Because every story matters, and every seat has purpose. Subscribe for new episodes and follow along on Instagram: @pullupaseatwithjess

"Those quiet lessons don't stay in our childhood. They follow us."--Welcome to Pull Up a Seat with Jess, where we share real stories that bridge cultures, generations, and experiences. Because every story matters, and every seat has purpose. Subscribe for new episodes and follow along on Instagram: @pullupaseatwithjess

"Long before we decide how we love, we are taught what love feels like." -- Welcome to Pull Up a Seat with Jess, where we share real stories that bridge cultures, generations, and experiences. Because every story matters, and every seat has purpose. Subscribe for new episodes and follow along on Instagram: @pullupaseatwithjess

"Some of the most powerful lessons in our lives weren't taught through words at all. They were through tone, posture, what someone responded to...and what they don't."--Welcome to Pull Up a Seat with Jess, where we share real stories that bridge cultures, generations, and experiences. Because every story matters, and every seat has purpose. Subscribe for new episodes and follow a...

"A kiss is never just a kiss. It's affection. It's connection. But sometimes it teaches more than what we mean for."--Welcome to Pull Up a Seat with Jess, where we share real stories that bridge cultures, generations, and experiences. Because every story matters, and every seat has purpose. Subscribe for new episodes and follow along on Instagram: @pullupaseatwithjess

"There was a time that me and my sisters were held at gunpoint by men who were looking for my dad."--Welcome to Pull Up a Seat with Jess, where we share real stories that bridge cultures, generations, and experiences. Because every story matters, and every seat has purpose. Subscribe for new episodes and follow along on Instagram: @pullupaseatwithjess

"One night, my lungs actually collapsed, and I just stopped breathing. And I could think was...will my voice ever matter?"--Welcome to Pull Up a Seat with Jess, where we share real stories that bridge cultures, generations, and experiences. Because every story matters, and every seat has purpose. Subscribe for new episodes and follow along on Instagram: @pullupaseatwithjess

"When you make room for people, God makes room in you."--Welcome to Pull Up a Seat with Jess, where we share real stories that bridge cultures, generations, and experiences. Because every story matters, and every seat has purpose. Subscribe for new episodes and follow along on Instagram: @pullupaseatwithjess

The encouraging stories we heard from you after Episode 1.

"I wish someone had told me this sooner - that God makes black sheep, too. And He makes them on purpose. He makes the ones who feel deeply, the ones who see differently, the ones who don't blend in even when they try. Everyone else saw me as different. God saw me as distinct."This is the story behind the Black Sheep - before the label, before the language, before the healing.--Welcome to Pull Up a...

"While most leadership books talk about vision and strategy and influence, my earliest lessons came from a woman like Vicky."In our first episode, I talk about my roots, the stories I carry, and the people who shaped the ways I lead today - as a mom, as a leader, as a woman in ministry, and a woman in the workplace. -- Welcome to Pull Up a Seat with Jess, where we share real stories that bridge cu...

Catch episode 1 on January 15!