Stronger Than Yesterday

What happens when you spend your whole life not knowing your siblings exist... only to discover they were wondering about you too? In this episode, my sister, Erica, joins me for one of the most personal conversations I've ever shared. We talk about finding each other, losing each other, and somehow finding our way back again. Our story isn't perfect. It's filled with unanswered questions, family...

About four years ago, someone asked me a question that should have been easy to answer: "What do you like to do?" The problem was...I couldn't answer it. Not because I don't love my life. I do. I love being a wife. I love being a mom. I love leading a team. I love making a difference in people's lives. But somewhere along the way, every answer I had involved someone else. In this episode, I'm havi...

People pleasing. Emotional shutdown. Hyper-independence. Being the strong one. For most of my life, I thought these were personality traits. I thought they were the reason I survived everything life threw at me. The truth? They were survival skills. In this deeply personal episode, I share the lessons I learned as a child, the loss of my dad Steve, the relationships that shaped me, the years I spe...

🎙️ Episode: I Really Should've Been Supervised We've all looked back at younger versions of ourselves and wondered, "What in the world was I thinking?" In this deeply personal episode, Jessica takes listeners on a journey through some of the most defining—and chaotic—years of her life. From teenage rebellion and questionable decision-making to devastating loss, young motherhood, unhealthy relation...

Strong Opinions & Poor Decisions is an honest, raw, and emotionally real conversation between sisters Jessica and Jeannie about the choices that shaped them, the lessons that broke them, and the healing that came afterward. In this episode of Stronger Than Yesterday, the sisters dive deep into survival mode, toxic relationships, emotional exhaustion, people-pleasing, grief, boundaries, self-wo...

From the outside looking in… my life looked great. It looked like I had everything together. It looked like I was happy. It looked like I was strong. But internally? I was exhausted, emotionally numb, and quietly falling apart. In this episode, I open up about what functional depression really looked like for me—performing happiness while privately struggling, laying in a dark room wondering what...

🎙️ Your Heart Remembers. Your Mind Knows. Stronger Than Yesterday with Jessica Bott Sometimes the hardest things to walk away from… aren’t the things that were always bad. Sometimes they were meaningful. Sometimes they mattered deeply. Sometimes they were places, people, friendships, relationships, or environments you genuinely believed in. In this episode, Jessica opens up about the emotional bat...

I knew. I felt it early… I just didn’t listen. In this episode of Stronger Than Yesterday , Jessica gets real about what happens after you ignore the signs, stay too long, and finally walk away. Because the hardest part isn’t always the relationship ending… it’s sitting with yourself after and wondering: “Why didn’t I trust myself?” This episode dives into: what it actually feels like to lose trus...

No filter. No holding back. 😅 In this episode, my daughter Lily takes over and gives her honest, unfiltered take on life—friendships, stress, parents, emotions… and yes, even me. And let’s just say… she doesn’t miss. From what loyalty really means… to why adults stress way too much… to the one thing kids wish we actually understood… this episode is equal parts hilarious, eye-opening, and unexpect...

The red flags were never hidden… I just wasn’t ready to see them. In this episode of Stronger Than Yesterday , Jessica opens up about the truth behind why we ignore red flags—even when we feel them from the very beginning. This isn’t about being blindsided… it’s about the moments we knew something wasn’t right, but talked ourselves out of it anyway. From seeing potential instead of reality… to mak...

We don’t stay because it’s good… We stay because we remember what it was. In this episode of Stronger Than Yesterday, Jessica gets real about why so many of us stay longer than we should—in relationships, friendships, and situations we’ve outgrown. It’s not always about not seeing the truth… sometimes it’s about holding onto the version of someone we once knew. The memories. The connection. The ho...

Why is it so hard to ask for help… even when we need it the most? In this episode of Stronger Than Yesterday , Jessica gets real about what it actually feels like to be “the strong one.” The one who handles everything. The one everyone relies on. The one who never asks for help… even when life feels heavy. This episode dives into where that mindset comes from—past experiences, feeling unheard, and...

I’ve always been the strong one. The one who figures it out. The one who carries it. The one people lean on. And for a long time… I thought that’s just who I was. But what happens when the strong one gets tired? In this episode, I open up about what it really feels like to reach your limit when you’re emotionally drained, disconnected, and don’t even recognize yourself anymore. I talk about the la...

We think kids don't understand.... but what if we are the ones that are not listening. A real; and raw, honest conversation about what it actually feels like to be 13 today. I brought a 13-year-old on the podcast… and let’s just say… adults didn’t stand a chance 😂 In this episode, we talk about everything from annoying adult habits to real struggles kids face today. Friendships, social media, fit...

“Grief isn’t just sadness… and it definitely doesn’t follow a timeline. In this episode, I’m talking about what grief actually looks like—the parts people don’t prepare you for. The anger, the numbness, the random moments that hit you out of nowhere, and the way it quietly changes who you are. Losing my parents didn’t just hurt… it reshaped my entire world. This isn’t a polished version of grief....

🎙 Episode 2: Hard Lessons & The Illusion of Control Stronger Than Yesterday Sometimes the hardest lessons in life are the ones we didn’t ask for — and the ones we had to learn the hard way. In this episode, Jessica shares personal stories about trying to help the people she loved, only to realize that some choices were never hers to control. From tricking her parents into doctor appointments t...

In the first episode of Stronger Than Yesterday , Jessica Bott shares the personal story behind the podcast. From losing her mother at a young age to becoming a young mother herself and navigating life’s challenges alone, Jessica reflects on the experiences that shaped her resilience and passion for helping others. This episode is about survival, growth, and the strength we find through life’s har...