October 27, 2020 • 16 mins
This is Amy’s ‘5th Thing’ (a bonus episode). ‘4 Things With Amy Brown’ comes out every Thursday, but on Tuesdays Amy shares emails from you guys and answers questions y’all have sent in. On today’s episode Amy addresses: two books that relate to eating disorders and Outweigh, what eye cream Amy uses, ways to battle ADD symptoms, a few tips to get your day or week back on track if it didn’t start out so great, and Amy’s new hairstyle experiment!
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Happy Tuesday. Welcome to the Fifth Thing, the episode where
I share your emails and answer questions that you've sent in.
I'm Amy In case you're new, I got a four
Things podcast that comes out every Thursday, and then this
is the bonus episode that we put up on Tuesdays.
And we always start Tuesday episodes off with a quote,
and I actually have two for you today. The first
one I saw a self magazine post on Instagram and
(00:28):
it said, yesterday, my therapist said, when you're having negative
thought patterns, try to think of them like Instagram ads.
You can either read the caption, click on the page,
go to the website and look at the products, or
you can just acknowledge them and keep scrolling. So I
thought that that was a good little analogy for you
to get out of your your negative thinking, acknowledge them,
(00:51):
and keep moving. The next quote is from singer songwriter
Jerry Jeff Walker, who passed away the other day and
I happen to be super close to his son Django.
He was actually in my wedding as a bridesman and
has been a dear friend since I was thirteen years old.
Kind of crazy when I think back of all the
memories that I have with Django and at his house
(01:12):
and with his parents. But the Jerry Jeff Walker quote
is you have to figure out ways to do things
on your own. I do my own thing and I
don't pay much attention to what anyone else is doing.
And he was definitely a lot like that, and I
loved his music. I've been super sad for his family lately.
I actually cried again today over it when we were
talking about it on the Bobby Bones Show. But then
(01:34):
I remember, I feel like I've been crying a lot lately.
But crying is good. So if you have to cry,
this is my encouragement to you to find a way
to let it out because tears contain stress hormones, which
leave your body through the crying and then stimulates production
of certain endorphins and oxytocin and good things for you.
So you'll usually feel better after a good cry. I
(01:55):
know I do. But back to Jerry Jeff, I just
want to say a big thank you to him for
all of the amazing music that he shared with people
for so many years. He will be missed, and I
just want to thank him for introducing me to my
love of Texas country music and to Django and Susan
and Jesse, they're probably all listening to this, but I'm
sending prayers and hugs down to Austin for them. And
(02:18):
you know, Jerry Jeff was most famous for Mr. Bo Jangles.
But I want to share with you all a little
clip of my favorite Jerry Jeff song, or one of
my favorites. I mean, Sangrio Wine is a close second
to this one. But here's l a Freeway, just a
clip because I love it so much. Okay, and now
(03:00):
we're going to get into the emails for today's episode.
The first one is from Daisy. Hey, Amy, I have
suffered from an eating disorder and it's taken a few years,
but I'm mostly recovered and my mindset has completely changed.
I love how open you are about how things you've
said and believed in the past we're wrong, and always
correcting them with how you feel now. I was wondering
if you have read the book Anti Diet by Christie Harrison.
(03:23):
It was so helpful to me because it explained logically
why everything our culture believes about dieting and what a
healthy weight is is wrong. I absolutely love this book
and think that you would like reading it too. There's
also an audio version. I would recommend it to anyone,
even if they haven't had an eating disorder, and I
think that all the podcast listeners would like it too well. Daisy,
(03:44):
thank you for that recommendation. I shared your email because
I also would like to share that book with listeners.
We put it as a resource as part of our
Outweigh series back in April. I haven't read it myself,
but Lisa is a big fan of it. It is
on my list of things to read or listen to,
but I haven't yet. I've been knee deep in parenting books.
(04:04):
But the book that I read that changed my thinking
on my eating disorder was Brain over Binge, So I'll
throw that one out there as well. And again, we
covered those books in our Outweigh series back in April.
But if y'all haven't heard the news, Outweigh is now
its own weekly podcast, So we put up the first
episode for that, which is technically episode five because we're
(04:25):
counting the first four episodes from back in April is
one to three, four, then last Saturday's is five, and
we'll have episode six loading up this Saturday, And if
you want to listen, to Outweigh. You can just listen
on I Heart Radio or wherever you listen to podcasts.
You should be able to find it. And that was
another question that I got from Linda congratulating me on
the network, and she just didn't know where she could
(04:46):
hear all the podcasts for them. But just heads up, Linda,
if you're listening to this, just how you find my
four Things podcast? You can find Outweigh if you just
search it out. You can find the Truth FIUs Life,
which is Lisa's podcast um show Going Up with Your
Authentic Self, and then Katherine de Fodda's podcast You Need Therapy.
Those are under my network umbrella, and yeah, you should
(05:09):
be able to find them pretty easily if you want to.
Next question is from Liz. My first question is which
under I cream do you use or would you recommend.
My second question is more about managing a d D.
I've had trouble staying focused on one task and tend
to be very forgetful, usually having to write everything down.
I was curious if there was anything that you've done
(05:31):
specifically to help, or if there was a supplement you
might recommend. Okay, let's address the I cream since that
was your first question. There's a few. I know that
everybody's on a different budget, so I will say that
I love Bird's Be's Sensitive I cream, which you can
find that Walgreens or Target or wherever. Oh A also
(05:51):
has a deep hydrating cream that I really like. And
then some of you may know that I use a
lot of Zoe products. They are ma jam them. I
love them and they have a new growth factor. I
see um that my face girl carry who's at the
Nashville Beauty Girl on Instagram. You'all can always DM her
with questions. She just sent me some of this and
it's awesome. Again, I use all Zoo products, so I'm
(06:13):
probably biased here, but this new ice um has a
cooling applicator which is really awesome for the skin and
helps with tired eyes, which one thing I do every
morning is I put eye patches on. I keep them
in the fridge and they're my morning treat. I look
forward to the coolness under my eyes. And I have
them on my Amazon Favorites page, which you can find
(06:33):
at Radio Amy dot com or if you can find
them at Target, they may have some there. I just
Amazon so easy for people. North from Rack has some
really good ones. If you're in the checkout line or
over in their beauty section, you can find some really
good ones that are cheaper there, or at least I'm
I'm assuming they're cheaper there because it's a norch from rack.
I just found a box of some the other day.
But again, I also just use the ones from Amazon
(06:56):
as for a d D. I have taken prescription med
for a d D before, and that's not the route
I recommend. But everyone is on their own journey. So
if you have been diagnosed, meet with a doctor and
see if meds are right for you. But in the meantime,
if you're just trying to help out with some of
the A d D symptoms and you don't want to
take meds, okay, writing things down is a must. You
(07:19):
gotta just keep that up. That's just part of our life.
You have to do that. Also, you've got to try
to stay focused and on task. If you start something,
make a deal with yourself that you need to complete
it before moving on to something else. And if you
do move on and you recognize what you just did
that you didn't complete the other task, and you've moved
on to like three or four different things, go back
to the first thing you started with and finish it,
(07:42):
and then reward yourself with something. It's gonna look different
for everybody with that reward might be, but that's been
a helpful way for me to just train myself to
finish tasks, which is not easy for me. I have
a hard time doing that, but that's a little small
thing I do. I also take Omega three, which in
the pill form you can take about two thousand to
(08:03):
six thousand of high quality fish oil a day. I
recommend that for sure. And also those fatty acids can
be found in salmon, so maybe you just start working
salmon into your diet or even sardines for that matter.
I've heard are really amazing, but I just think personally
those are disgusting. But they have been known to help
with things like behavior, cognitive skills, focus. And I know
(08:26):
this sounds weird, but limiting your coffee or maybe even
eliminating it all together, every person is definitely different. I
just know the more coffee I drank, the worse I was.
So for me, I have allowed coffee back in, but
just one one coffee a day, that's it. And again,
everybody's brains are different, but if you have a d D,
(08:47):
coffee can be not great for you, whereas other people
it might be. If you're having trouble focusing, maybe move
your body. For me, if I go for a walk
or I do a quick workout or move my body,
I'm normally able to focus better after that. And then
you can also check with your doctor on other supplements.
But because again I'm not a medical professional and I
don't know what's going on with your body, but I
(09:08):
have heard that zinc, iron, magnesium all may help with
a d D. But it's sort of trial and error
with your own body. There was a time where I
was taking all of that stuff, and I do think
I was functioning maybe at a higher level, but then
I was so stressed out about getting my pills and
my times just right, and I just don't have the
space for that at the moment. But I may go
back to taking those at another time. Another tip is
(09:31):
just getting good sleep. I had multiple doctors tell me
how important sleep is, so whatever that looks like for you,
limiting your TV or screen time before bed, wearing blue
light blocking glasses, maybe taking some melatonin, or not staying
up late doing other things, or getting distracted by going
to bed. Sometimes people with a d D can be
so distracted with all the other things that they don't
(09:54):
get enough sleep. So make sure you're doing that and
that will help set you up for success the next day. Certainly,
over time, it'll add up if you can get some
good sleep, for sure. Next email is from Megan. Hey, Amy,
(10:16):
there are days when I feel down and not really
complete in life. And what do you do to get
through the days when it feels like a mess or
nothing is right? And how do you turn your day
around to a positive outlook? What are some tactics to
try well, Megan. I don't know if you've heard last
Thursday's episode where Catherine Defata, she's a licensed therapist and
host of You Need Therapy podcast, took over my podcast
(10:36):
and the first thing that she talked about was p
m A, which stands for positive mental attitude, and I
would recommend you go back and listen to that one. Also,
I take part in our four Things gratitude practice, which
is writing down four things that you're thankful for. I
do not do it every day, but on the days
that it's rough, I definitely make it a point to
(10:57):
do that. And we have a four Things Gratitude journal.
A lot of you may know about it, some of
you may not. That's the only reason why I bring
it up is for new people, because it is a
really cute journal. We're actually releasing our new one this Friday.
We're gonna do a reveal of what it looks like
on shop splaw on Wednesday night on a Wednesday Night Live,
so if you want to follow at shop splaw so
(11:18):
you can see what the new cover is gonna look like.
Mary and I are super excited. But you don't need
the journal to practice gratitude. You don't even have to
do four things. But for me, when I pause and
I reflect and I take note of things that I
am thankful for, that can help shift my perspective for sure.
And now I'm going to run through a list of
things that might be helpful for you to do. If
(11:39):
you're really struggling one day, take a shower or a bath,
hot or cold, it really doesn't matter, but something about
the sensation of the water on your skin can help
change your mood and maybe snap away any negative thinking.
Are you tired, Should you maybe take a nap, because
a power nap can come and clutch to freshen up
your attitude, maybe talk with a friend you have one
(12:01):
you can go to that will help cheer you up.
My friend Andrea has been sending me these awesome memes
almost every day and they make me laugh out loud.
So find a friend that will send you funny memes.
Eliminate something from your schedule. Catherine also talks about that
a little bit in last Thursday's podcast. Where where do
you need to ask for help? What do you need
to say no to? What do you need to clear
(12:22):
off your schedule? Maybe at some point so that you
can give yourself some hope of tackling other things in
your day. If you have a dog, spending time with
a pet could really helpful. I mean, there are animals
that are therapy animals for a reason. They can be very,
very very therapeutic for humans. Another thing might be listening
(12:43):
to some music that makes you feel better, or getting
outside with nature, going for a walk, going for a run.
I don't know. Do you have some happy pictures in
your phone where you can stroll through and remember the
good times and have hope for those days? Are you hungry?
This also makes me think of halt, which I've talked
about a lot on the podcast, which is are you hungry, angry, lonely,
or tired? Because that can dictate your mood and have
(13:06):
a really negative impact if you're one of those four things.
So maybe make yourself a snack, drink some water. The
other day, I was in the worst mood ever, and
I realized that I had not had water in seven hours.
So I drank a glass of water and I did
feel better. So at times, it could be something simple
like that. So I hope that some of those things
(13:26):
may be helpful for you, just little tools you can
keep with you that you may bust out or maybe
there's a day where you might need to do every
single one of those things if you just really can't
get out of the rent. And then I would encourage
anyone that is down for a long period of time
and not feeling that great to try to speak to
a professional, because again, I'm just giving you surfacing type
things that can help get you through the day, but
(13:49):
some people might need more than that. So I just
want to encourage you to take the steps to get
help if that is what you really need. Which Jenny
Allen's book just popped in my Head, And she came
on the podcast a while ago for All four Things
to talk about her latest book, which is called Get
Out of Your Head, And maybe that's a book you
might need to check out. She's a Christian author, so
just throwing that out there, depending on your beliefs. But
(14:11):
she did go through a really dark season and that
book has been helpful to a lot of people. And
last email is from Sarah. Hey, Amy, I've noticed that
your hair is curled a little bit differently. How are
you styling it now? And Sarah jury is still out
on what I'm using. I love a good wand wand
is my go to. But I did get one of
(14:31):
those three barrel curling irons, which is like it's massive.
I got the Bondy Boost ones, but I know they
have several different brands on Amazon and they create like
this really quick beach wave situation. Some days I love
it and then some days I don't know. I guess
I should actually say I have two of them. I
did order one from Amazon that's pink, and then I
(14:52):
have the Bondie one, which is more of a brand
name one. When I do make my final decision on
how I feel about it, I'll add it to my
Amazon page. But it does make things a lot faster,
but then also sometimes look like I just crimped my hair.
Maybe crimping is in I'm not sure, but they call
it like a Mermaid wave and I know there is
like a Mermaid wave maker, so maybe that's a better brand.
(15:13):
But for me, I just don't want to burn my hair,
so I'm really nervous about how long I keep it on.
Sometimes I barely even crimp it down. I don't know
the quality of the ceramic barrels, and I know that
plays role. And I went through a season where my
hair was breaking like crazy, and I'm just now getting
a healthy again, so I'm super nervous when I put
on it. But yes, several people have noticed that my
(15:34):
hair looks a little bit different, and they've sent notes,
and I've been hesitant. But I'll just go ahead and
tell y'all it's the three barrel curling iron thing, and try,
at your own risk, see what you think. I think
if I had longer hair it would be better. Maybe
it's something about my short hair. That's My review. Definitely
not super helpful, but answers your question at least, and
I appreciate y'all emailing in y'all are awesome. Four Things
(15:57):
with Amy Brown at gmail dot com is where you
can email in and I love the advice like I
love that we got a book recommendation to share with people.
If you'll have quotes, you want to share, stories you
want to put out there, or just questions, you never
know what email is going to end up in this episode.
I hope you all are having a great week so far,
and we'll see you back here on Thursday for the
Four Things episode by
Happy Tuesday. Welcome to the Fifth Thing, the episode where
I share your emails and answer questions that you've sent in.
I'm Amy In case you're new, I got a four
Things podcast that comes out every Thursday, and then this
is the bonus episode that we put up on Tuesdays.
And we always start Tuesday episodes off with a quote,
and I actually have two for you today. The first
one I saw a self magazine post on Instagram and
(00:28):
it said, yesterday, my therapist said, when you're having negative
thought patterns, try to think of them like Instagram ads.
You can either read the caption, click on the page,
go to the website and look at the products, or
you can just acknowledge them and keep scrolling. So I
thought that that was a good little analogy for you
to get out of your your negative thinking, acknowledge them,
(00:51):
and keep moving. The next quote is from singer songwriter
Jerry Jeff Walker, who passed away the other day and
I happen to be super close to his son Django.
He was actually in my wedding as a bridesman and
has been a dear friend since I was thirteen years old.
Kind of crazy when I think back of all the
memories that I have with Django and at his house
(01:12):
and with his parents. But the Jerry Jeff Walker quote
is you have to figure out ways to do things
on your own. I do my own thing and I
don't pay much attention to what anyone else is doing.
And he was definitely a lot like that, and I
loved his music. I've been super sad for his family lately.
I actually cried again today over it when we were
talking about it on the Bobby Bones Show. But then
(01:34):
I remember, I feel like I've been crying a lot lately.
But crying is good. So if you have to cry,
this is my encouragement to you to find a way
to let it out because tears contain stress hormones, which
leave your body through the crying and then stimulates production
of certain endorphins and oxytocin and good things for you.
So you'll usually feel better after a good cry. I
(01:55):
know I do. But back to Jerry Jeff, I just
want to say a big thank you to him for
all of the amazing music that he shared with people
for so many years. He will be missed, and I
just want to thank him for introducing me to my
love of Texas country music and to Django and Susan
and Jesse, they're probably all listening to this, but I'm
sending prayers and hugs down to Austin for them. And
(02:18):
you know, Jerry Jeff was most famous for Mr. Bo Jangles.
But I want to share with you all a little
clip of my favorite Jerry Jeff song, or one of
my favorites. I mean, Sangrio Wine is a close second
to this one. But here's l a Freeway, just a
clip because I love it so much. Okay, and now
(03:00):
we're going to get into the emails for today's episode.
The first one is from Daisy. Hey, Amy, I have
suffered from an eating disorder and it's taken a few years,
but I'm mostly recovered and my mindset has completely changed.
I love how open you are about how things you've
said and believed in the past we're wrong, and always
correcting them with how you feel now. I was wondering
if you have read the book Anti Diet by Christie Harrison.
(03:23):
It was so helpful to me because it explained logically
why everything our culture believes about dieting and what a
healthy weight is is wrong. I absolutely love this book
and think that you would like reading it too. There's
also an audio version. I would recommend it to anyone,
even if they haven't had an eating disorder, and I
think that all the podcast listeners would like it too well. Daisy,
(03:44):
thank you for that recommendation. I shared your email because
I also would like to share that book with listeners.
We put it as a resource as part of our
Outweigh series back in April. I haven't read it myself,
but Lisa is a big fan of it. It is
on my list of things to read or listen to,
but I haven't yet. I've been knee deep in parenting books.
(04:04):
But the book that I read that changed my thinking
on my eating disorder was Brain over Binge, So I'll
throw that one out there as well. And again, we
covered those books in our Outweigh series back in April.
But if y'all haven't heard the news, Outweigh is now
its own weekly podcast, So we put up the first
episode for that, which is technically episode five because we're
(04:25):
counting the first four episodes from back in April is
one to three, four, then last Saturday's is five, and
we'll have episode six loading up this Saturday, And if
you want to listen, to Outweigh. You can just listen
on I Heart Radio or wherever you listen to podcasts.
You should be able to find it. And that was
another question that I got from Linda congratulating me on
the network, and she just didn't know where she could
(04:46):
hear all the podcasts for them. But just heads up, Linda,
if you're listening to this, just how you find my
four Things podcast? You can find Outweigh if you just
search it out. You can find the Truth FIUs Life,
which is Lisa's podcast um show Going Up with Your
Authentic Self, and then Katherine de Fodda's podcast You Need Therapy.
Those are under my network umbrella, and yeah, you should
(05:09):
be able to find them pretty easily if you want to.
Next question is from Liz. My first question is which
under I cream do you use or would you recommend.
My second question is more about managing a d D.
I've had trouble staying focused on one task and tend
to be very forgetful, usually having to write everything down.
I was curious if there was anything that you've done
(05:31):
specifically to help, or if there was a supplement you
might recommend. Okay, let's address the I cream since that
was your first question. There's a few. I know that
everybody's on a different budget, so I will say that
I love Bird's Be's Sensitive I cream, which you can
find that Walgreens or Target or wherever. Oh A also
(05:51):
has a deep hydrating cream that I really like. And
then some of you may know that I use a
lot of Zoe products. They are ma jam them. I
love them and they have a new growth factor. I
see um that my face girl carry who's at the
Nashville Beauty Girl on Instagram. You'all can always DM her
with questions. She just sent me some of this and
it's awesome. Again, I use all Zoo products, so I'm
(06:13):
probably biased here, but this new ice um has a
cooling applicator which is really awesome for the skin and
helps with tired eyes, which one thing I do every
morning is I put eye patches on. I keep them
in the fridge and they're my morning treat. I look
forward to the coolness under my eyes. And I have
them on my Amazon Favorites page, which you can find
(06:33):
at Radio Amy dot com or if you can find
them at Target, they may have some there. I just
Amazon so easy for people. North from Rack has some
really good ones. If you're in the checkout line or
over in their beauty section, you can find some really
good ones that are cheaper there, or at least I'm
I'm assuming they're cheaper there because it's a norch from rack.
I just found a box of some the other day.
But again, I also just use the ones from Amazon
(06:56):
as for a d D. I have taken prescription med
for a d D before, and that's not the route
I recommend. But everyone is on their own journey. So
if you have been diagnosed, meet with a doctor and
see if meds are right for you. But in the meantime,
if you're just trying to help out with some of
the A d D symptoms and you don't want to
take meds, okay, writing things down is a must. You
(07:19):
gotta just keep that up. That's just part of our life.
You have to do that. Also, you've got to try
to stay focused and on task. If you start something,
make a deal with yourself that you need to complete
it before moving on to something else. And if you
do move on and you recognize what you just did
that you didn't complete the other task, and you've moved
on to like three or four different things, go back
to the first thing you started with and finish it,
(07:42):
and then reward yourself with something. It's gonna look different
for everybody with that reward might be, but that's been
a helpful way for me to just train myself to
finish tasks, which is not easy for me. I have
a hard time doing that, but that's a little small
thing I do. I also take Omega three, which in
the pill form you can take about two thousand to
(08:03):
six thousand of high quality fish oil a day. I
recommend that for sure. And also those fatty acids can
be found in salmon, so maybe you just start working
salmon into your diet or even sardines for that matter.
I've heard are really amazing, but I just think personally
those are disgusting. But they have been known to help
with things like behavior, cognitive skills, focus. And I know
(08:26):
this sounds weird, but limiting your coffee or maybe even
eliminating it all together, every person is definitely different. I
just know the more coffee I drank, the worse I was.
So for me, I have allowed coffee back in, but
just one one coffee a day, that's it. And again,
everybody's brains are different, but if you have a d D,
(08:47):
coffee can be not great for you, whereas other people
it might be. If you're having trouble focusing, maybe move
your body. For me, if I go for a walk
or I do a quick workout or move my body,
I'm normally able to focus better after that. And then
you can also check with your doctor on other supplements.
But because again I'm not a medical professional and I
don't know what's going on with your body, but I
(09:08):
have heard that zinc, iron, magnesium all may help with
a d D. But it's sort of trial and error
with your own body. There was a time where I
was taking all of that stuff, and I do think
I was functioning maybe at a higher level, but then
I was so stressed out about getting my pills and
my times just right, and I just don't have the
space for that at the moment. But I may go
back to taking those at another time. Another tip is
(09:31):
just getting good sleep. I had multiple doctors tell me
how important sleep is, so whatever that looks like for you,
limiting your TV or screen time before bed, wearing blue
light blocking glasses, maybe taking some melatonin, or not staying
up late doing other things, or getting distracted by going
to bed. Sometimes people with a d D can be
so distracted with all the other things that they don't
(09:54):
get enough sleep. So make sure you're doing that and
that will help set you up for success the next day. Certainly,
over time, it'll add up if you can get some
good sleep, for sure. Next email is from Megan. Hey, Amy,
(10:16):
there are days when I feel down and not really
complete in life. And what do you do to get
through the days when it feels like a mess or
nothing is right? And how do you turn your day
around to a positive outlook? What are some tactics to
try well, Megan. I don't know if you've heard last
Thursday's episode where Catherine Defata, she's a licensed therapist and
host of You Need Therapy podcast, took over my podcast
(10:36):
and the first thing that she talked about was p
m A, which stands for positive mental attitude, and I
would recommend you go back and listen to that one. Also,
I take part in our four Things gratitude practice, which
is writing down four things that you're thankful for. I
do not do it every day, but on the days
that it's rough, I definitely make it a point to
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do that. And we have a four Things Gratitude journal.
A lot of you may know about it, some of
you may not. That's the only reason why I bring
it up is for new people, because it is a
really cute journal. We're actually releasing our new one this Friday.
We're gonna do a reveal of what it looks like
on shop splaw on Wednesday night on a Wednesday Night Live,
so if you want to follow at shop splaw so
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you can see what the new cover is gonna look like.
Mary and I are super excited. But you don't need
the journal to practice gratitude. You don't even have to
do four things. But for me, when I pause and
I reflect and I take note of things that I
am thankful for, that can help shift my perspective for sure.
And now I'm going to run through a list of
things that might be helpful for you to do. If
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you're really struggling one day, take a shower or a bath,
hot or cold, it really doesn't matter, but something about
the sensation of the water on your skin can help
change your mood and maybe snap away any negative thinking.
Are you tired, Should you maybe take a nap, because
a power nap can come and clutch to freshen up
your attitude, maybe talk with a friend you have one
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you can go to that will help cheer you up.
My friend Andrea has been sending me these awesome memes
almost every day and they make me laugh out loud.
So find a friend that will send you funny memes.
Eliminate something from your schedule. Catherine also talks about that
a little bit in last Thursday's podcast. Where where do
you need to ask for help? What do you need
to say no to? What do you need to clear
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off your schedule? Maybe at some point so that you
can give yourself some hope of tackling other things in
your day. If you have a dog, spending time with
a pet could really helpful. I mean, there are animals
that are therapy animals for a reason. They can be very,
very very therapeutic for humans. Another thing might be listening
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to some music that makes you feel better, or getting
outside with nature, going for a walk, going for a run.
I don't know. Do you have some happy pictures in
your phone where you can stroll through and remember the
good times and have hope for those days? Are you hungry?
This also makes me think of halt, which I've talked
about a lot on the podcast, which is are you hungry, angry, lonely,
or tired? Because that can dictate your mood and have
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a really negative impact if you're one of those four things.
So maybe make yourself a snack, drink some water. The
other day, I was in the worst mood ever, and
I realized that I had not had water in seven hours.
So I drank a glass of water and I did
feel better. So at times, it could be something simple
like that. So I hope that some of those things
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may be helpful for you, just little tools you can
keep with you that you may bust out or maybe
there's a day where you might need to do every
single one of those things if you just really can't
get out of the rent. And then I would encourage
anyone that is down for a long period of time
and not feeling that great to try to speak to
a professional, because again, I'm just giving you surfacing type
things that can help get you through the day, but
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some people might need more than that. So I just
want to encourage you to take the steps to get
help if that is what you really need. Which Jenny
Allen's book just popped in my Head, And she came
on the podcast a while ago for All four Things
to talk about her latest book, which is called Get
Out of Your Head, And maybe that's a book you
might need to check out. She's a Christian author, so
just throwing that out there, depending on your beliefs. But
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she did go through a really dark season and that
book has been helpful to a lot of people. And
last email is from Sarah. Hey, Amy, I've noticed that
your hair is curled a little bit differently. How are
you styling it now? And Sarah jury is still out
on what I'm using. I love a good wand wand
is my go to. But I did get one of
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those three barrel curling irons, which is like it's massive.
I got the Bondy Boost ones, but I know they
have several different brands on Amazon and they create like
this really quick beach wave situation. Some days I love
it and then some days I don't know. I guess
I should actually say I have two of them. I
did order one from Amazon that's pink, and then I
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have the Bondie one, which is more of a brand
name one. When I do make my final decision on
how I feel about it, I'll add it to my
Amazon page. But it does make things a lot faster,
but then also sometimes look like I just crimped my hair.
Maybe crimping is in I'm not sure, but they call
it like a Mermaid wave and I know there is
like a Mermaid wave maker, so maybe that's a better brand.
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But for me, I just don't want to burn my hair,
so I'm really nervous about how long I keep it on.
Sometimes I barely even crimp it down. I don't know
the quality of the ceramic barrels, and I know that
plays role. And I went through a season where my
hair was breaking like crazy, and I'm just now getting
a healthy again, so I'm super nervous when I put
on it. But yes, several people have noticed that my
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hair looks a little bit different, and they've sent notes,
and I've been hesitant. But I'll just go ahead and
tell y'all it's the three barrel curling iron thing, and try,
at your own risk, see what you think. I think
if I had longer hair it would be better. Maybe
it's something about my short hair. That's My review. Definitely
not super helpful, but answers your question at least, and
I appreciate y'all emailing in y'all are awesome. Four Things
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with Amy Brown at gmail dot com is where you
can email in and I love the advice like I
love that we got a book recommendation to share with people.
If you'll have quotes, you want to share, stories you
want to put out there, or just questions, you never
know what email is going to end up in this episode.
I hope you all are having a great week so far,
and we'll see you back here on Thursday for the
Four Things episode by
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