Beautiful, Chaotic, Transformative: Beth Potter Was Made For More
Jenna sits down with Beth Potter, who became a mom at 16, got emancipated, dropped out of high school, and bought her first house at 18. Beth opens up about running an in-home daycare for 12 years, not recognizing herself in family photos, and her pivot into the fitness industry. She talks honestly about climbing the corporate ladder while raising kids, hitting rock bottom with burnout in January, and what happened when her body finally said "enough." This conversation gets real about the pressure to prove everyone wrong, the guilt of missing your kids' events, and finding out what success actually means when you've spent your whole life chasing it.
Key moments from our conversation:
🏡 Getting emancipated at 16 and starting a daycare business by 18 that she ran for 12 years
📸 The Easter photo moment when she didn't recognize herself and everything changed
💪 Selling $100K in personal training in three months in a small town and discovering she had a gift for sales
⚖️ Missing dance practices and football games while building her career and the guilt that still sits with her
🔥 Proving wrong every single person who said a high school dropout wouldn't amount to anything
🪫 Burnout that lasted two and a half years before her body completely shut down in January
🎯 Chasing titles and salaries until she got to the top and realized it meant nothing
☕ Taking a full month off to romanticize her life, journal, nap, and figure out what she actually wanted
👩👧👦 Her daughter telling her "Mom, you're building your empire and I can't wait to be you someday"
🏌️ Finally picking up golf this year as her first real hobby outside of work
💭 The Rachel Hollis conversation about being "made for more" and learning that the chase never ends
