June 9, 2020 • 22 mins
This is Amy’s ‘5th Thing’ (a bonus episode) where she answers your questions every Tuesday! ‘4 Things With Amy Brown’ comes out every Thursday, but on Tuesdays Amy answers questions you’ve emailed in. On today’s episode Amy answers all your questions about: book recommendations for learning about anti-racism and adoption, tasty meal replacement bars, her skincare products and routine and a sleep shot to help you have a great nights sleep.
To check out items mentioned in this episode
To check out the "Be The Change" apparel line CLICK HERE!
(Episode 153)
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
You know, Happy Thursday. Hey, Chase, I got Chase here
with me. He is, uh calling in from where he's
been the last few months and his family's land in Kansas,
so he went out there in March for a quick
little visit and got stuck because of coronavirus. So he's there.
(00:24):
I'm in Nashville. Um. Thankful to have him on for
the Q and A today, and Chase's he helps me
book a lot of people for the podcast. He was
a big part of organizing how we were going to
do last Thursday, what we're gonna do this Thursday, regarding
our topics and being sensitive to what's happening in the
world right now and racial injustice. And I am about
(00:50):
to get into the quote for today, which I thought
was very fitting, and I chose Martin Luther King Jr.
To quote for today. And before I say this, I
want you to know that I obviously know Martin Luther
King Jr. Saying like the time is always right to
do what is right. Well, now I've said the quote.
That's the quote. He's saying that, and I wholeheartedly agree
(01:14):
with that. But I want to say the right next
move where everyone might look a little bit different, But
as long as you're taking a step in the right direction,
I mean, now is the time to start taking steps.
This racial injustice conversation and and and and movement, the
(01:36):
action that is actually taking place right now is amazing
and there, but there's so much work to do, and
that work is going to look different for everybody. So yes,
like mL K Jr. Said, the time is always right
to do what is right, and I want to make
sure you'll hear that. But I also want you to
(01:58):
know that here we have a lot of grace. You're
at the podcast or in in my world on the
Bobby Bones Show, Radio, Amy, you know Instagram, I know
Chase here, anybody that comes on my podcast, if like
my husband, Mary, my sister, the people that I surround
(02:22):
myself with, we're all on this journey right now. All
of those people and each of us are at a
little bit of a different place, don't you think, Chase,
It's not like right now we're all like my husband
and I we just started this journey, and everybody's reading
all these books and watching all these things, and the church,
(02:42):
our church conversations are centered around this, and we're trying
to take you follow new Instagram accounts and learn things
and unlearned things and get in all this information and
everybody's absorbing it and processing it at a different pace.
But that's okay. You've bet we're we're open to it.
(03:03):
We're making steps in the right direction, and that's what
I'm I'm thankful for. And I hope that a lot
of you listening are here for it. If you're not,
I would encourage you to keep listening, like I hope
it doesn't turn you away. If anything, I want you
to stick with it because hopefully one day someone, a
guest that I have on that is far wiser than me,
(03:27):
may say something that will finally resonate with you. But
I get it. If you don't want to follow, you're
not gonna follow. I mean, Chase, I've lost thousands of
followers on Instagram in the last week or so and
definitely lost some listeners of the podcast. But that's okay.
This is my time to do what is right and
(03:47):
I'm going to continue on this path and i might
lose some people and I'm just gonna have to be
okay with that. Well, I think, just real quickly to
wrap that up before we get into the question you know,
you said you really want listeners to hear that quote
that the time has always right to do what is right.
And like you just said, you know, we try to
(04:09):
be very careful and considerate um of what we do
and what you lead us through with who we bring
on the show and the dialogue we start and right
now we just are doing what we feel is right
and talking to people and hopefully just opening a conversation
that can sometimes be uncomfortable, UM, but a conversation that's
(04:31):
hopefully filled with grace and learning and how we do better.
And so you know, like the quote, we're just trying
to do what we believe is right, um, with the
tools we have in front of us. And and we
hope to learn from you as you maybe learned things
from what you hear on the show. And if you
all enjoyed last Thursday's episode, or I would encourage you
(04:54):
if you missed it, to go back and listen to it, uh,
and that if if some of if you did listen
and you you really started, you listened, you really listen
to what you know, Brittany as a black woman had
to say, and you really listened to what my pastor
had to say about white privilege and you really listened
(05:15):
to what Dr Tatum had to say about race in
our country. Ah, then yeah, that's a step in the
right direction simply listening. I mean, I think that a
lot of us need to do a lot more listening
right now and not get defensive in our heads, even
like saying it out loud right away, to like come
up with your defense plan of what how you're going
(05:36):
to argue this, Like, No, we can just listen. And
I I'm putting together Thursday's episode, Chase, and I've been
working on it, and I think it's gonna be really good,
and I encourage you to listen to that one. And
if there's any of these episodes you maybe want to
send two friends and family for them to listen to,
I would encourage you to do that. And I hope
(05:57):
that we create a safe space for yeah, conversations and
and not that not everybody's perfect and that there's probably
gonna be some hiccups and mess ups along the way.
But what we're what we're trying, we're trying to do
what is right. So sorry, I just cut you off.
But I think the other thing I'd add is i'd
(06:19):
encourage listeners that if there's something you're curious about or
something that you want to hear more of in this dialogue,
email us, send a message to Amy. You can track
me down like anything, if you have ideas, thoughts, questions,
you know, don't feel uncomfortable and raising a question if
(06:42):
you really don't know the answer to it, like don't
we we really Again just re emphasizing want to create
a safe space where people feel like they can they
can ask things with the intention of doing better and
learning more. And if that is your intention, like you're
you're safe here, You're safe with us, and and so
(07:04):
I just encourage you. If you have questions or thoughts
on all of this um you know, send them in
we want to hear. Yeah. Four Things with Amy Brown
at gmail dot com is the email I can send
thoughts on that. You can send questions for the Q
and a segment. You can send empowered Women's thoughts and
ideas if you miss that. Mary and I are doing
(07:27):
a special series coming up in the next couple of
months for empowered women, and we would love to hear
your thoughts on that. Were very excited. It's gonna be
great and it'll be similar to my outweigh the disordered
eating series that I did will just be a four
part series and we'll hopefully encourage and empower and lift
(07:48):
up a lot of women, and um, it's gonna be great.
So okay, let me get into the questions. Before I do,
I want to give a shout out to my son
Stevenson for doing the artwork on our new Be the
Change shirts, which some of you have sent notes that
you ordered the shirts without knowing that they were in
his handwriting, like you thought it was just a really
cool font. Uh. So it's even more special now that
(08:13):
you know that he did the handwriting. And I couldn't
agree more. They're super special and really, you know, we
hope that you put them on and you remember it's
a reminder to be the Change. Uh. And of the
proceeds are going to organizations fighting racial injustice. So we
have that shirt along with two other designs. We've got
(08:34):
some kids sizes. Those can be found at Radio amy
dot com. You'll see a little picture of Stevenson wearing
a shirt this is Be the Change. You can click
on that and then heads up. Everything I mentioned while
answering today's questions can be found on my Amazon favorites page,
which is also easily found at radio amy dot com.
You just click on Amazon Favorites and you should be
good to go. So instead of repeating myself, open over.
(08:56):
I'm pretty sure every question that I addressed can be
found on my Amazon page. Okay, that's convenient, Okay, Chase.
First question, Okay, this one's from a net. You may
have posted or mentioned this and I missed it, But
do you have any books you are recommending or that
were recommended to you on anti racism? Amazon has a
(09:17):
lot being sold and I was hoping for some guidance
from you. Okay, so yes, and I put some on
my Amazon page. But some are sold out right now,
but you could just at least look at them and
know exactly what they are, and then you could download
the audio version if you wanted to. But the ones
(09:38):
I'm reading and listening to right now, or how to
be an anti racist? Why are all the black kids
sitting together in the cafeteria? And other conversations about race
and white fragility, and those are the three that I'm
going through right now. But there's other great ones. Those
are the ones I have listed on my Amazon because
that's what I'm reading, but you can also check out
(09:59):
social Justice Books dot Org for resources, even resources for
how to talk to your kids about race, which is
super important. And then, also speaking of books, I got
an email from someone named Cat I think it is
her name, asking what book that been my husband read
that sold him on adoption, and that one is called
(10:20):
Adopted for Life. So what we're talking about books. I
wanted to throw that in there, so hope that helps.
And social Justice Books dot Org or radiome dot com
for Amazon books. But um, and then there's just so many.
I will be the bridge. I haven't started reading that
yet because I'm waiting to get through these other ones,
(10:41):
but I started following them. That's who some of our
our shirts are supporting the nonprofit. And then there's a
book written by the founder, which I've heard is another
fantastic one. Okay, next question, Okay, this one's from Robin.
(11:07):
I wrote you back in November of two thousands nineteen
telling you about my husband who was very sick and
hoping to get a kidney transplant. Well, his time has
finally come and he was listed last Tuesday, where, of course,
on a waiting list here in Arkansas. But hopeful for
a living donor as well. I was going to pick
up some meal replacement bars and was wondering what your
favorite bars are. Okay, Well, first of all, I want
(11:29):
to say, that's amazing that your husband got on the list,
so I know that it can still be a weight
after that. But making the list is a huge deal,
So a little tell me something good there and then
I I always like to encourage everyone to eat full
meals when they can um, but obviously there's times where
you gotta have food handy or yeah, if you're trying
(11:51):
to cut back and you just want to like make
sure you're putting some calories in your body. I've personally
emailed Robin Back saying that I'm gonna mail her some
of my favorite bars so that she can try them,
especially since she's trying to save money. Uh and I
don't want her to waste her money on my recommendation,
so I thought I would just send her some. And
here's what I'm sending her in case any of you
(12:13):
need ideas to our X bars. The Maple Sea Salt
is my favorite. It's kind of the only flavor that
I really like from that brand. They're in yellow, orange,
packaging the go Macro protein bars Peanut butter chocolate chip
is my jam. They also have a maple sea salt
flavor that is amazing. And then kind bars are always
(12:33):
easy to find, maybe if you're in a gas station
or you like a vending machine. The maple glaze forecon
and sea salt is my favorite. If you're seeing a
theme here, I kind of like maple, but there's other
kind bars that are really good too. Um. And then
she told me when I emailed her back, that she
liked sweet and so while this next one is a
meat bar, has cranberries in it for a touch of sweetness,
(12:56):
and it's the epic Bison bacon cranberry bars. Husband and
I love those. And again bars are great to have
in your bag, but I've in order to let get some.
You can also save money and then get like a
real meal. You could make bigger meals for dinner and
then save the leftovers and take them with you on
(13:17):
the go to the hospital or doctor's appointments or work,
or you know, using leftovers and taking your lunch or
having it with you. Or I like to cut up
fruit and keep it in a baggy. Maybe apples with
some nut butter or Bell Pepper's baby carrots. And then
I don't know why I'm picturing around the hospital, even
though she may not be yet because her husband's on
(13:39):
the list, but I figure she's also trying to I
don't know if the money is because of the transplant
and just just there's a lot going on here. But
I also just want to remind people to stay hydrated,
because I think it's easy when we're stressed out and
we're busy, and then we have a lot going on
in your life, we forget about water, but it's super important.
(14:00):
Like you can go three to five days without water,
and that's basically it. But you can go you know, what,
is it a couple of weeks without food. I mean,
nobody wants to, but I mean I'm just talking about
in survival terms, you can. If I'm not suggesting that
at all, stay fed, stay hydrated, do all the things.
(14:23):
But I just I don't know. I was picturing my
life when I was at the hospital a lot with
my mom and then again with my dad, and it
was hard to take care of myself and I always
seem to try to have snacks with me and and water.
So I hope that that helps some of you. Um,
but a big thing for us is if we're cooking,
(14:46):
cook a lot and then throw some stuff in the
crock pot or whatever, a big dish in the oven,
and then you have a couple of meals throughout the week.
So hopefully that helps. Okay, I'm rambling now that questioned.
This one's from Natalie. I was wondering if you can
go over what spatial cleansers or specific skincare you use.
(15:08):
I know you really love the Peter Thomas Ross eye patches.
I really like those two, but I've been struggling with
finding a good cleanser. Thank you so much. Okay, Well,
I use zo gentle cleanser that I get from Carrie.
She's at the Nashville Beauty Girl on Instagram. Zoe can
be pricey. So a drug store target alternative that I
(15:30):
really like and we keep in our house as well
is Suravey Foaming facial cleanser for normal to oily skin
fragrance free. It's like a long title. Uh, all my
products that I use are actually Zoe. But everyone's face
and budgets are so different that it's not really fair
for me to sit here and say what you should buy,
but I do feel confident in either one of those cleansers,
(15:54):
you know, the Zoe one not so affordable, or the
Survey one, which is definitely affordable. Well, and then as
for the eye patches, yes, Natalie, I do love Peter
Thomas Roth, but again those are pricey, and I actually
found an alternative that I love, and the brand is
Myson and their eye masks that have like golden snail chase.
(16:16):
Don't even ask me where the snail comes from, but
it's just in the title, and it helps like puffy
eyes and dark circles, and they look just like the
Peter Thomas Thomas Roth ones. They feel just like all
my keep them in the fridge, and they're so refreshing,
and they're way cheaper. And again they're all on my
Amazon page. It's so yeah. And then you ask for
(16:36):
other specific skincare things that I use, so I have
to mention my acne spot treatment that I'm obsessed with,
which is Mario buddooscou drying lotion, also on my Amazon page. Obviously, um,
and I feel like I keep repeating that, even though
at the beginning of this I said before we get
in the questions I'm going to go ahead and say
(16:59):
up front every things on my Amazon page. Do you
remember me saying that? Chase? Yeah, And then now I
still keep reminding people. But I think I just have
that habit because I will still get emails and I'll
still get d ms asking me where to find it.
And they were like, I listen to your podcast and
I can't remember where you said. And so I get
(17:20):
about that stuff you do. Oh yeah, like people are
always looking for it. So it again Radio Amy dot
com and you can hit the Amazon favorites and check
it all out. Um. Okay, last question, Okay, this last
one is from Jennifer. Hey. Amy, you mentioned a sleep
juice that sold out and you bought up some of
(17:41):
the grocery store. I would love to try it. Looking
for looking for more natural ways to sleep better. Would
you share the name of it? In brand Vital Protein
sleep shots and they're they're great. I haven't had them
in a while, full disclosure, but I've actually been sleeping
a lot better, but when I wasn't, they were helpful. Um.
(18:01):
So another thing, I'm wearing my blue whatever light blocker glasses.
My husband I both started doing that consistently about two
hours before bedtime and I've never been that consistent, and
I feel like that's kind of helping me to I
don't have my glass my glasses that I wear a
Warby Parker, but my husband ordered some one Instagram, but
(18:25):
his freaked me out there like aviators with an orange
lens and I can't take him seriously when we're going
to bed. They're they're they're pretty, they're hardcore. Maybe I
need to find a brand to throw on my Amazon
page that uh that people can you know, use and like,
(18:45):
but on it. I don't want to recommend any that
I haven't tried, so uh that that's a tip though,
if you're looking to have better sleep, like don't drink
water too close to bed. I'm feel like I'm talking
to my child that this is a reminder for myself
because then I have to get up in pea and
it's just not good for my sleep. Uh, put on
(19:06):
your blue light glasses. Um, and then what else? What
I mean do you do? Do you have any tricks chase?
I'm I actually sometimes use those vital protein sleep shots myself,
but I'm a pretty good sleeper. But it is a
good assist if I'm struggling, you know, every now and
(19:28):
then we're trying to get quality sleep, or maybe takes yeah,
or maybe take some melotonein or magnesium for that helps
to try to read before bed like it's I know
it's kind of impossible these days, but the less screen
time you have altogether before going to sleep, I think
the better. Or at least that's been a healthy habit
(19:50):
for me. Um. Yeah, pick up a good book. Unwind
with one of the racial and US or anti racism books.
Actually that might be too heavy to unwind with while
you should be yeah, while you should be consuming that.
Maybe before bedtime, you let your mind calm down, do
(20:12):
some breathing exercises, read something that you know you can
just not that isn't so much now. All that stuff
is important. I struggle with even saying that out loud,
because I'm like, why would you say that. I mean,
it's important, we need to be reading that right now,
but it's also important to take care of ourselves. And
it doesn't mean you don't care about the issues. If
you're looking for any form of entertainment right now, okay,
(20:35):
well not misstay. I hope you'll have a great rest
of your day. And I will see y'all on Thursday.
It's going to be a good episode. I've got some
stuff from our youth pastor, So my pastor of our church,
he's a white Australian, but our youth pastor is black,
and he shared some interesting things on Sunday. So I'm
(20:57):
going to actually play that what he's shared back because
I was like, what, I've never heard that in my life. Um,
but it actually has backed up in some of the
books that I'm reading, like the way white people use
science to justify their actions. And also I interviewed um
a girl. You may have seen her on Instagram. She
(21:21):
as a country music fan and she's black, and she
shared her experience of what it's like to go to
a concert, a country music concert as a black person,
and I got her on the phone to read did
I say I interviewed her? Not really because she was
a little bit nervous and I want to be interviewed,
But she came on and just chatted me for a
tiny second and read her Instagram post herself, so it's
(21:41):
her reading it and not me. So and then um,
I have a few other things obviously for total so,
but those are two there's a teaser two of the
things that are coming up for you. All Right, thank
you Chase so much. Yeah, you're bad. I'll talk to
you soon. Okay, bye. Did you be
You know, Happy Thursday. Hey, Chase, I got Chase here
with me. He is, uh calling in from where he's
been the last few months and his family's land in Kansas,
so he went out there in March for a quick
little visit and got stuck because of coronavirus. So he's there.
(00:24):
I'm in Nashville. Um. Thankful to have him on for
the Q and A today, and Chase's he helps me
book a lot of people for the podcast. He was
a big part of organizing how we were going to
do last Thursday, what we're gonna do this Thursday, regarding
our topics and being sensitive to what's happening in the
world right now and racial injustice. And I am about
(00:50):
to get into the quote for today, which I thought
was very fitting, and I chose Martin Luther King Jr.
To quote for today. And before I say this, I
want you to know that I obviously know Martin Luther
King Jr. Saying like the time is always right to
do what is right. Well, now I've said the quote.
That's the quote. He's saying that, and I wholeheartedly agree
(01:14):
with that. But I want to say the right next
move where everyone might look a little bit different, But
as long as you're taking a step in the right direction,
I mean, now is the time to start taking steps.
This racial injustice conversation and and and and movement, the
(01:36):
action that is actually taking place right now is amazing
and there, but there's so much work to do, and
that work is going to look different for everybody. So yes,
like mL K Jr. Said, the time is always right
to do what is right, and I want to make
sure you'll hear that. But I also want you to
(01:58):
know that here we have a lot of grace. You're
at the podcast or in in my world on the
Bobby Bones Show, Radio, Amy, you know Instagram, I know
Chase here, anybody that comes on my podcast, if like
my husband, Mary, my sister, the people that I surround
(02:22):
myself with, we're all on this journey right now. All
of those people and each of us are at a
little bit of a different place, don't you think, Chase,
It's not like right now we're all like my husband
and I we just started this journey, and everybody's reading
all these books and watching all these things, and the church,
(02:42):
our church conversations are centered around this, and we're trying
to take you follow new Instagram accounts and learn things
and unlearned things and get in all this information and
everybody's absorbing it and processing it at a different pace.
But that's okay. You've bet we're we're open to it.
(03:03):
We're making steps in the right direction, and that's what
I'm I'm thankful for. And I hope that a lot
of you listening are here for it. If you're not,
I would encourage you to keep listening, like I hope
it doesn't turn you away. If anything, I want you
to stick with it because hopefully one day someone, a
guest that I have on that is far wiser than me,
(03:27):
may say something that will finally resonate with you. But
I get it. If you don't want to follow, you're
not gonna follow. I mean, Chase, I've lost thousands of
followers on Instagram in the last week or so and
definitely lost some listeners of the podcast. But that's okay.
This is my time to do what is right and
(03:47):
I'm going to continue on this path and i might
lose some people and I'm just gonna have to be
okay with that. Well, I think, just real quickly to
wrap that up before we get into the question you know,
you said you really want listeners to hear that quote
that the time has always right to do what is right.
And like you just said, you know, we try to
(04:09):
be very careful and considerate um of what we do
and what you lead us through with who we bring
on the show and the dialogue we start and right
now we just are doing what we feel is right
and talking to people and hopefully just opening a conversation
that can sometimes be uncomfortable, UM, but a conversation that's
(04:31):
hopefully filled with grace and learning and how we do better.
And so you know, like the quote, we're just trying
to do what we believe is right, um, with the
tools we have in front of us. And and we
hope to learn from you as you maybe learned things
from what you hear on the show. And if you
all enjoyed last Thursday's episode, or I would encourage you
(04:54):
if you missed it, to go back and listen to it, uh,
and that if if some of if you did listen
and you you really started, you listened, you really listen
to what you know, Brittany as a black woman had
to say, and you really listened to what my pastor
had to say about white privilege and you really listened
(05:15):
to what Dr Tatum had to say about race in
our country. Ah, then yeah, that's a step in the
right direction simply listening. I mean, I think that a
lot of us need to do a lot more listening
right now and not get defensive in our heads, even
like saying it out loud right away, to like come
up with your defense plan of what how you're going
(05:36):
to argue this, Like, No, we can just listen. And
I I'm putting together Thursday's episode, Chase, and I've been
working on it, and I think it's gonna be really good,
and I encourage you to listen to that one. And
if there's any of these episodes you maybe want to
send two friends and family for them to listen to,
I would encourage you to do that. And I hope
(05:57):
that we create a safe space for yeah, conversations and
and not that not everybody's perfect and that there's probably
gonna be some hiccups and mess ups along the way.
But what we're what we're trying, we're trying to do
what is right. So sorry, I just cut you off.
But I think the other thing I'd add is i'd
(06:19):
encourage listeners that if there's something you're curious about or
something that you want to hear more of in this dialogue,
email us, send a message to Amy. You can track
me down like anything, if you have ideas, thoughts, questions,
you know, don't feel uncomfortable and raising a question if
(06:42):
you really don't know the answer to it, like don't
we we really Again just re emphasizing want to create
a safe space where people feel like they can they
can ask things with the intention of doing better and
learning more. And if that is your intention, like you're
you're safe here, You're safe with us, and and so
(07:04):
I just encourage you. If you have questions or thoughts
on all of this um you know, send them in
we want to hear. Yeah. Four Things with Amy Brown
at gmail dot com is the email I can send
thoughts on that. You can send questions for the Q
and a segment. You can send empowered Women's thoughts and
ideas if you miss that. Mary and I are doing
(07:27):
a special series coming up in the next couple of
months for empowered women, and we would love to hear
your thoughts on that. Were very excited. It's gonna be
great and it'll be similar to my outweigh the disordered
eating series that I did will just be a four
part series and we'll hopefully encourage and empower and lift
(07:48):
up a lot of women, and um, it's gonna be great.
So okay, let me get into the questions. Before I do,
I want to give a shout out to my son
Stevenson for doing the artwork on our new Be the
Change shirts, which some of you have sent notes that
you ordered the shirts without knowing that they were in
his handwriting, like you thought it was just a really
cool font. Uh. So it's even more special now that
(08:13):
you know that he did the handwriting. And I couldn't
agree more. They're super special and really, you know, we
hope that you put them on and you remember it's
a reminder to be the Change. Uh. And of the
proceeds are going to organizations fighting racial injustice. So we
have that shirt along with two other designs. We've got
(08:34):
some kids sizes. Those can be found at Radio amy
dot com. You'll see a little picture of Stevenson wearing
a shirt this is Be the Change. You can click
on that and then heads up. Everything I mentioned while
answering today's questions can be found on my Amazon favorites page,
which is also easily found at radio amy dot com.
You just click on Amazon Favorites and you should be
good to go. So instead of repeating myself, open over.
(08:56):
I'm pretty sure every question that I addressed can be
found on my Amazon page. Okay, that's convenient, Okay, Chase.
First question, Okay, this one's from a net. You may
have posted or mentioned this and I missed it, But
do you have any books you are recommending or that
were recommended to you on anti racism? Amazon has a
(09:17):
lot being sold and I was hoping for some guidance
from you. Okay, so yes, and I put some on
my Amazon page. But some are sold out right now,
but you could just at least look at them and
know exactly what they are, and then you could download
the audio version if you wanted to. But the ones
(09:38):
I'm reading and listening to right now, or how to
be an anti racist? Why are all the black kids
sitting together in the cafeteria? And other conversations about race
and white fragility, and those are the three that I'm
going through right now. But there's other great ones. Those
are the ones I have listed on my Amazon because
that's what I'm reading, but you can also check out
(09:59):
social Justice Books dot Org for resources, even resources for
how to talk to your kids about race, which is
super important. And then, also speaking of books, I got
an email from someone named Cat I think it is
her name, asking what book that been my husband read
that sold him on adoption, and that one is called
(10:20):
Adopted for Life. So what we're talking about books. I
wanted to throw that in there, so hope that helps.
And social Justice Books dot Org or radiome dot com
for Amazon books. But um, and then there's just so many.
I will be the bridge. I haven't started reading that
yet because I'm waiting to get through these other ones,
(10:41):
but I started following them. That's who some of our
our shirts are supporting the nonprofit. And then there's a
book written by the founder, which I've heard is another
fantastic one. Okay, next question, Okay, this one's from Robin.
(11:07):
I wrote you back in November of two thousands nineteen
telling you about my husband who was very sick and
hoping to get a kidney transplant. Well, his time has
finally come and he was listed last Tuesday, where, of course,
on a waiting list here in Arkansas. But hopeful for
a living donor as well. I was going to pick
up some meal replacement bars and was wondering what your
favorite bars are. Okay, Well, first of all, I want
(11:29):
to say, that's amazing that your husband got on the list,
so I know that it can still be a weight
after that. But making the list is a huge deal,
So a little tell me something good there and then
I I always like to encourage everyone to eat full
meals when they can um, but obviously there's times where
you gotta have food handy or yeah, if you're trying
(11:51):
to cut back and you just want to like make
sure you're putting some calories in your body. I've personally
emailed Robin Back saying that I'm gonna mail her some
of my favorite bars so that she can try them,
especially since she's trying to save money. Uh and I
don't want her to waste her money on my recommendation,
so I thought I would just send her some. And
here's what I'm sending her in case any of you
(12:13):
need ideas to our X bars. The Maple Sea Salt
is my favorite. It's kind of the only flavor that
I really like from that brand. They're in yellow, orange,
packaging the go Macro protein bars Peanut butter chocolate chip
is my jam. They also have a maple sea salt
flavor that is amazing. And then kind bars are always
(12:33):
easy to find, maybe if you're in a gas station
or you like a vending machine. The maple glaze forecon
and sea salt is my favorite. If you're seeing a
theme here, I kind of like maple, but there's other
kind bars that are really good too. Um. And then
she told me when I emailed her back, that she
liked sweet and so while this next one is a
meat bar, has cranberries in it for a touch of sweetness,
(12:56):
and it's the epic Bison bacon cranberry bars. Husband and
I love those. And again bars are great to have
in your bag, but I've in order to let get some.
You can also save money and then get like a
real meal. You could make bigger meals for dinner and
then save the leftovers and take them with you on
(13:17):
the go to the hospital or doctor's appointments or work,
or you know, using leftovers and taking your lunch or
having it with you. Or I like to cut up
fruit and keep it in a baggy. Maybe apples with
some nut butter or Bell Pepper's baby carrots. And then
I don't know why I'm picturing around the hospital, even
though she may not be yet because her husband's on
(13:39):
the list, but I figure she's also trying to I
don't know if the money is because of the transplant
and just just there's a lot going on here. But
I also just want to remind people to stay hydrated,
because I think it's easy when we're stressed out and
we're busy, and then we have a lot going on
in your life, we forget about water, but it's super important.
(14:00):
Like you can go three to five days without water,
and that's basically it. But you can go you know, what,
is it a couple of weeks without food. I mean,
nobody wants to, but I mean I'm just talking about
in survival terms, you can. If I'm not suggesting that
at all, stay fed, stay hydrated, do all the things.
(14:23):
But I just I don't know. I was picturing my
life when I was at the hospital a lot with
my mom and then again with my dad, and it
was hard to take care of myself and I always
seem to try to have snacks with me and and water.
So I hope that that helps some of you. Um,
but a big thing for us is if we're cooking,
(14:46):
cook a lot and then throw some stuff in the
crock pot or whatever, a big dish in the oven,
and then you have a couple of meals throughout the week.
So hopefully that helps. Okay, I'm rambling now that questioned.
This one's from Natalie. I was wondering if you can
go over what spatial cleansers or specific skincare you use.
(15:08):
I know you really love the Peter Thomas Ross eye patches.
I really like those two, but I've been struggling with
finding a good cleanser. Thank you so much. Okay, Well,
I use zo gentle cleanser that I get from Carrie.
She's at the Nashville Beauty Girl on Instagram. Zoe can
be pricey. So a drug store target alternative that I
(15:30):
really like and we keep in our house as well
is Suravey Foaming facial cleanser for normal to oily skin
fragrance free. It's like a long title. Uh, all my
products that I use are actually Zoe. But everyone's face
and budgets are so different that it's not really fair
for me to sit here and say what you should buy,
but I do feel confident in either one of those cleansers,
(15:54):
you know, the Zoe one not so affordable, or the
Survey one, which is definitely affordable. Well, and then as
for the eye patches, yes, Natalie, I do love Peter
Thomas Roth, but again those are pricey, and I actually
found an alternative that I love, and the brand is
Myson and their eye masks that have like golden snail chase.
(16:16):
Don't even ask me where the snail comes from, but
it's just in the title, and it helps like puffy
eyes and dark circles, and they look just like the
Peter Thomas Thomas Roth ones. They feel just like all
my keep them in the fridge, and they're so refreshing,
and they're way cheaper. And again they're all on my
Amazon page. It's so yeah. And then you ask for
(16:36):
other specific skincare things that I use, so I have
to mention my acne spot treatment that I'm obsessed with,
which is Mario buddooscou drying lotion, also on my Amazon page. Obviously, um,
and I feel like I keep repeating that, even though
at the beginning of this I said before we get
in the questions I'm going to go ahead and say
(16:59):
up front every things on my Amazon page. Do you
remember me saying that? Chase? Yeah, And then now I
still keep reminding people. But I think I just have
that habit because I will still get emails and I'll
still get d ms asking me where to find it.
And they were like, I listen to your podcast and
I can't remember where you said. And so I get
(17:20):
about that stuff you do. Oh yeah, like people are
always looking for it. So it again Radio Amy dot
com and you can hit the Amazon favorites and check
it all out. Um. Okay, last question, Okay, this last
one is from Jennifer. Hey. Amy, you mentioned a sleep
juice that sold out and you bought up some of
(17:41):
the grocery store. I would love to try it. Looking
for looking for more natural ways to sleep better. Would
you share the name of it? In brand Vital Protein
sleep shots and they're they're great. I haven't had them
in a while, full disclosure, but I've actually been sleeping
a lot better, but when I wasn't, they were helpful. Um.
(18:01):
So another thing, I'm wearing my blue whatever light blocker glasses.
My husband I both started doing that consistently about two
hours before bedtime and I've never been that consistent, and
I feel like that's kind of helping me to I
don't have my glass my glasses that I wear a
Warby Parker, but my husband ordered some one Instagram, but
(18:25):
his freaked me out there like aviators with an orange
lens and I can't take him seriously when we're going
to bed. They're they're they're pretty, they're hardcore. Maybe I
need to find a brand to throw on my Amazon
page that uh that people can you know, use and like,
(18:45):
but on it. I don't want to recommend any that
I haven't tried, so uh that that's a tip though,
if you're looking to have better sleep, like don't drink
water too close to bed. I'm feel like I'm talking
to my child that this is a reminder for myself
because then I have to get up in pea and
it's just not good for my sleep. Uh, put on
(19:06):
your blue light glasses. Um, and then what else? What
I mean do you do? Do you have any tricks chase?
I'm I actually sometimes use those vital protein sleep shots myself,
but I'm a pretty good sleeper. But it is a
good assist if I'm struggling, you know, every now and
(19:28):
then we're trying to get quality sleep, or maybe takes yeah,
or maybe take some melotonein or magnesium for that helps
to try to read before bed like it's I know
it's kind of impossible these days, but the less screen
time you have altogether before going to sleep, I think
the better. Or at least that's been a healthy habit
(19:50):
for me. Um. Yeah, pick up a good book. Unwind
with one of the racial and US or anti racism books.
Actually that might be too heavy to unwind with while
you should be yeah, while you should be consuming that.
Maybe before bedtime, you let your mind calm down, do
(20:12):
some breathing exercises, read something that you know you can
just not that isn't so much now. All that stuff
is important. I struggle with even saying that out loud,
because I'm like, why would you say that. I mean,
it's important, we need to be reading that right now,
but it's also important to take care of ourselves. And
it doesn't mean you don't care about the issues. If
you're looking for any form of entertainment right now, okay,
(20:35):
well not misstay. I hope you'll have a great rest
of your day. And I will see y'all on Thursday.
It's going to be a good episode. I've got some
stuff from our youth pastor, So my pastor of our church,
he's a white Australian, but our youth pastor is black,
and he shared some interesting things on Sunday. So I'm
(20:57):
going to actually play that what he's shared back because
I was like, what, I've never heard that in my life. Um,
but it actually has backed up in some of the
books that I'm reading, like the way white people use
science to justify their actions. And also I interviewed um
a girl. You may have seen her on Instagram. She
(21:21):
as a country music fan and she's black, and she
shared her experience of what it's like to go to
a concert, a country music concert as a black person,
and I got her on the phone to read did
I say I interviewed her? Not really because she was
a little bit nervous and I want to be interviewed,
But she came on and just chatted me for a
tiny second and read her Instagram post herself, so it's
(21:41):
her reading it and not me. So and then um,
I have a few other things obviously for total so,
but those are two there's a teaser two of the
things that are coming up for you. All Right, thank
you Chase so much. Yeah, you're bad. I'll talk to
you soon. Okay, bye. Did you be
Feeling Things with Amy & Kat News
Host
Amy Brown
Popular Podcasts
Crime Junkie
Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by audiochuck Media Company.
24/7 News: The Latest
The latest news in 4 minutes updated every hour, every day.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.