Join Ellie for This Week’s Episode of A Day In Her Life with Dr Jessica Zucker – Fulfilling, Meaningful, and Family-Centered Days
This week, Ellie chats with Dr Jessica Zucker, a Los Angeles–based therapist, author, and mom of two. Jessica shares how she’s crafted a career and daily life that support both deep professional fulfillment and meaningful family connection—especially in this parenting phase with tweens and teens.
What We Cover in This Episode:
- Parenting Big Kids: How Jessica is prioritizing time with her 11- and 16-year-old as their needs shift with age
- Therapy Practice with Boundaries: The daily structure she created when her son was a baby—and how she’s stuck with it ever since
- Writing & Creativity: What it looked like to write two books (while parenting), and how she’s approaching the possibility of a third
- Career Fit: How Jessica found her calling in therapy and why it remains a perfect match
- Supporting Kids’ Passions: The way her children have found their own interests—and how she’s supported those discoveries
- Smart Summer Planning: How Jessica is using AI tools to plan meaningful summers with her son, with an eye toward the college application journey
This episode is full of wisdom on balancing professional purpose with parenting older kids—and embracing the evolving seasons of motherhood.
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References
Jessica’s Books - I Had a Miscarriage, A Memoir, a Moment and Normalize It, The Silence, Stigma, and Shame That Shapes Women’s Lives
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