March 31, 2020 • 19 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 addresses all your questions about: how to balance news consumption of COVID-19 if your job relies on it, journaling during these times, giving credit to ALL the healthcare workers and if more gratitude journals will be released soon.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Happy Tuesday, everybody, It's Q and A day. It's gonna
be a little bit different, though I do have four
emails from people. Normally I pull questions that y'all emailed
to four things with Amy Brown at gmail dot com.
But I have four emails that touch on things that
I think we all need to hear at least I
want to elaborate on, so not necessarily questions, but just
things I want to share. And then I'm also going
(00:26):
to share a quote, because I'm I'm starting Tuesday's Q
and A episodes off with a quote these days, but
I want to talk about how there's highs and lows
in everybody's day and we will get through this. And
you're not alone because today, in the same hour I cried,
I was really frustrated and screamed and through a pin
(00:50):
at the wall. It happens. But I also laughed in
that hour too, So there's good and bad moments in
this crazy time that we're in. But whichever one of
those you're landing on, whether it's the crying or the
screaming or the laughing, be in those moments, don't push
them down. Like I recognized when I got really frustrated
(01:11):
and through a pinn of the wall and then screamed.
I knew that I needed to step back and maybe
do a breathing exercise, which this is one that Mary
has put up on Instagram that her chiropractor gave her.
And you breathe in for four seconds, then you hold
it for six, then you breathe out for eight. Okay,
so let's do it together right here, we're just gonna
(01:33):
as you're listening to this podcast, I know this is
gonna be silly, but please do it with me. Let's
breathe them for four, hold for six? Was that six?
I don't know, but let's go out great, m okay.
(01:59):
I mean, I guess I'm not very good at counting,
because I was like, wait, shoot, how long? But repeat
that three to five times whenever you find yourself in
a situation. When I did that, it really helped me.
But I didn't ignore that I was frustrated. I just
tried to work through it, and I gave myself grace because,
especially if you're a parent, you're trying to still work
(02:19):
full time and do a lot of the things with
their schooling or just even entertaining them or having them
around when you're trying to get work done, or if
they have a bad attitude, like for example, I was
trying to work with Stevenson on something my son and
he had a bad attitude, and it just sent me
over the edge. But probably because earlier in that hour,
(02:40):
I also broke down crying because I don't know, I
was feeling scared for my dad. He's in an assisted
living home. I can't see him right now. He has
a lot of anxiety, he is scared. I want to
somehow figure out a way to take the news off
of his TV because I feel like if you would
watch less news, he would be less anxious about the
(03:01):
whole thing, because I think when he turns on the news,
just like what sent me into a little emotional meltdown
was I turned on the news and there was a
nursing home where they were evacuating people because sixty of
the residents tested positive for COVID nineteen and I thought, Okay,
well that's not good. And I just think with my
dad's health condition, I don't know how he can handle
(03:23):
it if he got it. But I do see amazing
stories of like a hundred and one year old that
survived COVID, and whenever I see that, I try to
focus on that and say, oh, okay, so there is hope.
This is amazing. But then you have someone sixty one
years old, Joe Diffy, right here in Nashville, who passed
away on Sunday from COVID nineteen. I still am having
(03:46):
a hard time processing that one. It just doesn't seem real.
So I had my emotional moment because I'm scared for
my dad, but I don't need to stay in that fear,
but I think it's okay that I recognize it. Then
I had my fresh traded moment with Stevenson, and then
I also had laughter with Stashira because you know, well,
(04:08):
actually as a family, we had the funniest videos on,
like on True TV, they have these funny videos and
it's like America's home videos but just different and so funny.
Like we were all laughing. But then later I had
tracked practice with Stashira and we laughed and had a
great time. So I think let's all recognize that there's
gonna be so many highs and lows in a day,
(04:30):
given these circumstances, and you're just gonna have to roll
with them and it's okay, but in any of them,
if you ever just need to stop and do some breathing,
I recommend that. Also, what time is it, Well, when
I'm I'm recording this, it's like three thirty. I'm like, Also,
when can I have a cocktail? I was texting very
earlier today and I was like, Oh, I don't know
(04:52):
how some parents are doing it if they have more
than two kids, or you know, because Stevenson's teacher, she
has three children of her own, and then she's also
trying to teach distance learning to her class students, but
then her children are home from school and she's having
to help teach them too, And I was like, oh
my gosh, Like I didn't even so teachers, hats off
to you. I didn't even think about that part. How
(05:13):
y'all are trying to still do your teaching job for
your students in your classroom, but then you know, all
at their houses, but then you have your kids at
home too. So big hugs, big hugs to everybody. We're
all going to get through this and we're gonna come
out on the other side stronger than ever. So the
quote I'm gonna share with you today before I get
into the emails is something It's not really something super
(05:37):
inspirational that you would probably expect in a quote right
about now. But I saw Charlemagne the God put it up,
which he works for my company lives in New York.
Is on like the hip hop station, and I saw
this the thing that you put on Instagram and is said,
having trouble forcing yourself to stay home, shave your eyebrows off.
(05:57):
Safety first people. I just and my mind is blown
away at some of the people that I'm still seeing
out and about gathered in groups and going to places. Obviously,
you're going to need to leave your home for essential
things or if you have a job at an essential
workplace and you need to go. But I know that
those type of people are taking proper precaution. But I'm
(06:19):
still seeing some people on the news and online that
are just not taking this whole social distancing things, stay
at home things seriously. And so I thought that was
a funny way to maybe get yourself to stay home,
like shave your eyebrows off, and then you're not gonna
want to go anywhere. Okay, let's get into the emails.
This first one is from Cindy Hey, Amy, I work
(06:39):
in a busy emergency room in Fayetteville, North Carolina. As
you can imagine, this time is particularly trying, scary, stressful
when THANKS get crazy over anything. From a news standpoint,
I tend to sort of just stick my head in
the sand when I get oversaturated, sometimes in an unhealthy way. Clearly,
I can't do this with COVID nineteen because I literally
have to know all that I can about it. That
(07:01):
being said, I'm starting to try to limit my different
sources of hearing about it. When I saw the title
of your podcast, I paused, do I want to listen
to it? Is it going to be different in a
useful way. I don't know what finally made me press play,
but I'm so happy and grateful that I did. It
was exactly what I needed at that exact moment. I
not only listened to it, but I listened to it
(07:22):
twice and actually took notes the second time. I've been
feeling increasingly anxious and that my feelings and thoughts are
crazy or unrealistic or too realistic, and then I'm not
taking it seriously enough or too seriously, and on and on.
I shared this podcast on my Facebook page, and I
have plans to post some of the points on it
for discussion. Thank you so much, keep doing what you do.
(07:43):
Love you so Cindy. Yeah, I totally understand wanting to
limit consumption of COVID, and I think that that's what
we all should do. You have to do what is
best for you. Sometimes you you need to be informed,
but you also need to shut off the news, similar
to what I need to do with my dad. I
know that he wants information, but he's getting too much information.
(08:03):
So Cindy, you're in the field, so I understand you
need to be as informed as possible that for anyone
else listening, make sure you have a healthy balance of
what you're taking in so that way you don't make
yourself crazy with it. And also, Cindy, thank you so
much for what you do. We appreciate you so much.
(08:23):
Anybody in healthcare that's working at a doctor's office or
a hospital, anybody, I have another email that addresses something
like that, so I'll save my thoughts on that for
that email. But I just appreciated this, Cindy, and if
anybody else avoided last week's episode that was on COVID nineteen,
where I had a therapist on at Three Chords Therapy
(08:46):
on Instagram. Katherine de Foda she was on and she
really helped walk through this quarantine situation that we're in,
like things that we can do to help us get
through this crazy time time. So if you avoided it
not knowing what it was going to be like, maybe
go back and give it a go and see if
you like it. But if you need to still avoid it,
(09:08):
that's totally fine too. I get it. But there was
a lot of helpful information. Like Cindy said, she listened
to it twice since she took notes, so thank you
for sharing that email. Next one is from Heather hey Amy,
a friend of mine suggested that we should start journaling
what is happening during the coronavirus is a way to
remember history. I normally don't like to journal, but thought
this was a great idea and wanted to share this
(09:29):
with you and your listeners. It'll be pretty amazing to
look back at our journal twenty plus years from now
and share the firsthand experience with our family, especially kids,
as it will be a part of their history books.
I'm also taking photos and saving all of the funny memes.
So she's taking notes on the serious side of things.
But yeah, collecting some of these memes is pretty cool too,
(09:52):
because they're pretty awesome right now. I gotta, you know,
high five the creativity that is coming out this lockdown situation,
because people are bringing the content and bringing us a
laugh and a smile when we need it. And that's
kind of why I shared Charlemagne's post as my quote earlier,
because when I saw that this morning, it just made
(10:14):
me laugh out loud. Also, Bobby's girlfriend Caitlin put a
picture of the Tiger King guy, which if y'all have
not watched Tiger King yet, you totally should. But she
put a picture of him and he's got like these
blonde bangs and this bullet in the back, and she's like,
girls after quarantine life for however long? What are what
are we in? After we've been staying home for three
(10:36):
or four or five or six weeks now without getting
our hair done and our nails done, We're all going
to come out looking like Tiger King. Heather, thank you
for that tip. I think that that's great, And I
know I don't like to journal that much. I've been
doing my four Things gratitude journal, and I do think
it will be interesting to look back on that. So
maybe that's a way that you can do it and
(10:57):
also get in your gratitude at the same time, you
can be journaling things that are happening and express things
that you're thankful for. The challenge is still going on.
Actually today's March, so it's the last day the Gratitude Challenge.
But guess what, given these crazy times, we're keeping it
going and we're going to try to journal gratitude as
many days in a row as as we can. I mean,
(11:19):
don't put pressure on yourself to do it every day
once the challenge is up, but I think as much
as possible, and hopefully you formed some sort of a
habit the last month and you want to keep going,
and maybe you realize you finally want a journal that
we have, then you can grab one of those two.
(11:48):
So next email is from Martha. Hey, love y'all. I'm
from round Rock, Texas, mother of two incredible kids that
we adopted from Russia. I love and was so impressed
and supportive of your adoption journey. Thank you, Martha. I
know you'll always have the best intentions, but every time
you'll talk about the medical crisis, we're suffering. Currently, all
you'all talk about is the doctors and nurses. I'm sure
(12:09):
you know from your father's recent health crisis. There are
many healthcare workers that work one on one with patients,
physical therapists, occupational therapist, respiratory therapists, lab text who take blood,
X ray, CT text, etcetera. The number one test to
help diagnose corona ninetinas blood work, chest X ray and
c T chest. Please give credit to all the amazing
(12:30):
health care workers. We are just here to help y'all. So, Martha,
thank you so much for this email and the reminder.
And yes, we need to be aware and grateful and
thankful for anyone and everyone that is in healthcare right now.
And I mean that's helped me rephrase how I'm talking
about things. And I even put up a post after
I did Alive with the doctor the other night, and
(12:51):
I think I said something about donating things to local hospitals,
and some people left comments in They're saying, well, not
only just the hospital, but local doctor's offices need stuff
and nursing homes and so really, if you have things
that you can help distribute or hand out, then see
in your area where it needs to be. It doesn't
(13:14):
just have to be a hospital. And also are four
Things totes and t shirts that we made. Those are
up and they are for healthcare heroes and they say
scrubs on, caffeinate, washhands, repeat, And we went back and
forth and back and forth on what those four things
should be. And I know it doesn't fit every health
(13:35):
care worker because not every health care worker wears scrubs
and not every health care worker caffeinates, but it just
overall was the best four things. But what's amazing about
our totes is if you wanted to say something different,
we have a customizable option and you can put whatever
four things you want on there. But our healthcare hero
shirt and totes are going to support medical need needs
(14:00):
here in the US and in Haiti now a SPOA.
Our Four Things line is under our spaw line, which
typically supports Haiti always has That's just what that's what
we set it up for. But we are definitely changing
course and putting the help where it needs to be
right now, which is right here in America. So just
know that we're involved in trying to find different ways
(14:22):
that we can help out with what's going on. And
it's for all healthcare workers. So if you happen to
be one and you're buying it for yourself, you can
use the code hero to get ten percent off. And
you know, that's just something we wanted to do for
the health care workers. Or if you know a healthcare
worker and you want to buy one and gift it
(14:43):
to them, then that would be super amazing too. So
all that's up at four Things dot com or Radio
Amy dot com. You can find it there. And then
last email is from Hannah. Good Morning Amy about the
four Things Gratitude journal in December, and I've been using
it daily since the beginning of the year. It's my
new Year's resolution to practice gratitude. I've always had a
(15:04):
difficult time journaling in the past, and the journal makes
it so easy. I enjoy finding small things throughout the
day to be grateful for. This has been essential and
helpful practice to do during this current pandemic. I remember
a few months ago on your podcast you had mentioned
there would be another journal released in the future. The
new Gratitude Journal would be a similar format with a
(15:24):
new cover, new quotes, and new stickers. Since I've been
using this daily, I only have about thirty pages left
is there a chance you would release the new journal soon? Okay,
good question. I know this is more this This is
actually a question that was sent in, not just something
I want to talk about, But Mary and I were
just talking about this, Hannah, and we don't have one
(15:46):
ready to release, so we just weren't anticipating people using
it so quickly because we're not everyday journal urs except
for the month month of March. We have been during
the challenge, and we never wanted people to feel pressured
a journal every day. So either we're going to encourage
people to maybe buy another tide I one and just
(16:06):
keep it as two point oh, or we're going to
get to work on that. We're not saying that it's
not happening. It is, but there's a production issue right now.
We don't know the people that could print it and
get it done. They're all over the world. The company
we're working with out of Chicago is based in different
parts of the world too, and there's people in England
(16:27):
that work on it, and then in Turkey, and and
then like I said, in Chicago, and so it's kind
of a crazy time to try to get a journal
made and then produced and shipped and then we get
it into your hands. So we'll start working on that,
but I don't know how long it's going to take.
So I applaud you and think it's amazing that you
(16:47):
have been journaling diligently. That's so so cool. But we
won't have one soon, and that's just it. It hurts
me to say that to you because I know it
may not be fun to buy another tide I one
in but it could be fine. I mean, that's that's fine.
You could have two tight eyed ones and then your
third one could be the new one if we can
(17:08):
get that one done in time. But but you're journaling
like like a mad woman, which is amazing. So that's
an update on that. And again, if you want to
keep journaling with us, you don't have to have our
journal to do it. Four things dot com if you
do want the journal, but if not, you just jot
down four things in your phone or in any old
journal that you have around the house. It'll work. It's
(17:30):
and then that way, hopefully it can help get you
through this and then like the other email from earlier,
it'll be something where you can look back and remember
these crazy times, which even like even without the pandemic.
That's something Mary and I thought the journal would be
cool for is to keep it. We wanted to make
it cute, something you would want to keep and you
(17:50):
could reflect. Like the other day, I sat on the
floor and reflected back on all the things I've been
thankful for this year. So it was cool to do that.
And it's only been a few months. So imagine in
five ten years to look back and reflect on things
you were grateful for. I hope everyone has a great day.
We will have a new episode up on Thursday, and
(18:11):
then don't forget that on Saturday, Outweigh episode one goes
up if you haven't heard the trailer that is also
up in the four Things feed that loaded last Saturday,
and then this coming Saturday will be episode one, And
I'm doing Outweigh with Lisa from at the Well Necessities,
(18:33):
and we are breaking the stigma and exposing the gray
area of eating disorders and disordered eating stuff that typically
isn't getting talked about or that people feel embarrassed or
ashamed about, but you shouldn't at all, and you're not alone,
and we're talking about it, and we have stories from
real people and experts that are coming on to help
(18:55):
guide us through it, so that will be on Saturday. Okay,
thank you for very be with me. I hope you
have a great day. By h
Happy Tuesday, everybody, It's Q and A day. It's gonna
be a little bit different, though I do have four
emails from people. Normally I pull questions that y'all emailed
to four things with Amy Brown at gmail dot com.
But I have four emails that touch on things that
I think we all need to hear at least I
want to elaborate on, so not necessarily questions, but just
things I want to share. And then I'm also going
(00:26):
to share a quote, because I'm I'm starting Tuesday's Q
and A episodes off with a quote these days, but
I want to talk about how there's highs and lows
in everybody's day and we will get through this. And
you're not alone because today, in the same hour I cried,
I was really frustrated and screamed and through a pin
(00:50):
at the wall. It happens. But I also laughed in
that hour too, So there's good and bad moments in
this crazy time that we're in. But whichever one of
those you're landing on, whether it's the crying or the
screaming or the laughing, be in those moments, don't push
them down. Like I recognized when I got really frustrated
(01:11):
and through a pinn of the wall and then screamed.
I knew that I needed to step back and maybe
do a breathing exercise, which this is one that Mary
has put up on Instagram that her chiropractor gave her.
And you breathe in for four seconds, then you hold
it for six, then you breathe out for eight. Okay,
so let's do it together right here, we're just gonna
(01:33):
as you're listening to this podcast, I know this is
gonna be silly, but please do it with me. Let's
breathe them for four, hold for six? Was that six?
I don't know, but let's go out great, m okay.
(01:59):
I mean, I guess I'm not very good at counting,
because I was like, wait, shoot, how long? But repeat
that three to five times whenever you find yourself in
a situation. When I did that, it really helped me.
But I didn't ignore that I was frustrated. I just
tried to work through it, and I gave myself grace because,
especially if you're a parent, you're trying to still work
(02:19):
full time and do a lot of the things with
their schooling or just even entertaining them or having them
around when you're trying to get work done, or if
they have a bad attitude, like for example, I was
trying to work with Stevenson on something my son and
he had a bad attitude, and it just sent me
over the edge. But probably because earlier in that hour,
(02:40):
I also broke down crying because I don't know, I
was feeling scared for my dad. He's in an assisted
living home. I can't see him right now. He has
a lot of anxiety, he is scared. I want to
somehow figure out a way to take the news off
of his TV because I feel like if you would
watch less news, he would be less anxious about the
(03:01):
whole thing, because I think when he turns on the news,
just like what sent me into a little emotional meltdown
was I turned on the news and there was a
nursing home where they were evacuating people because sixty of
the residents tested positive for COVID nineteen and I thought, Okay,
well that's not good. And I just think with my
dad's health condition, I don't know how he can handle
(03:23):
it if he got it. But I do see amazing
stories of like a hundred and one year old that
survived COVID, and whenever I see that, I try to
focus on that and say, oh, okay, so there is hope.
This is amazing. But then you have someone sixty one
years old, Joe Diffy, right here in Nashville, who passed
away on Sunday from COVID nineteen. I still am having
(03:46):
a hard time processing that one. It just doesn't seem real.
So I had my emotional moment because I'm scared for
my dad, but I don't need to stay in that fear,
but I think it's okay that I recognize it. Then
I had my fresh traded moment with Stevenson, and then
I also had laughter with Stashira because you know, well,
(04:08):
actually as a family, we had the funniest videos on,
like on True TV, they have these funny videos and
it's like America's home videos but just different and so funny.
Like we were all laughing. But then later I had
tracked practice with Stashira and we laughed and had a
great time. So I think let's all recognize that there's
gonna be so many highs and lows in a day,
(04:30):
given these circumstances, and you're just gonna have to roll
with them and it's okay, but in any of them,
if you ever just need to stop and do some breathing,
I recommend that. Also, what time is it, Well, when
I'm I'm recording this, it's like three thirty. I'm like, Also,
when can I have a cocktail? I was texting very
earlier today and I was like, Oh, I don't know
(04:52):
how some parents are doing it if they have more
than two kids, or you know, because Stevenson's teacher, she
has three children of her own, and then she's also
trying to teach distance learning to her class students, but
then her children are home from school and she's having
to help teach them too, And I was like, oh
my gosh, Like I didn't even so teachers, hats off
to you. I didn't even think about that part. How
(05:13):
y'all are trying to still do your teaching job for
your students in your classroom, but then you know, all
at their houses, but then you have your kids at
home too. So big hugs, big hugs to everybody. We're
all going to get through this and we're gonna come
out on the other side stronger than ever. So the
quote I'm gonna share with you today before I get
into the emails is something It's not really something super
(05:37):
inspirational that you would probably expect in a quote right
about now. But I saw Charlemagne the God put it up,
which he works for my company lives in New York.
Is on like the hip hop station, and I saw
this the thing that you put on Instagram and is said,
having trouble forcing yourself to stay home, shave your eyebrows off.
(05:57):
Safety first people. I just and my mind is blown
away at some of the people that I'm still seeing
out and about gathered in groups and going to places. Obviously,
you're going to need to leave your home for essential
things or if you have a job at an essential
workplace and you need to go. But I know that
those type of people are taking proper precaution. But I'm
(06:19):
still seeing some people on the news and online that
are just not taking this whole social distancing things, stay
at home things seriously. And so I thought that was
a funny way to maybe get yourself to stay home,
like shave your eyebrows off, and then you're not gonna
want to go anywhere. Okay, let's get into the emails.
This first one is from Cindy Hey, Amy, I work
(06:39):
in a busy emergency room in Fayetteville, North Carolina. As
you can imagine, this time is particularly trying, scary, stressful
when THANKS get crazy over anything. From a news standpoint,
I tend to sort of just stick my head in
the sand when I get oversaturated, sometimes in an unhealthy way. Clearly,
I can't do this with COVID nineteen because I literally
have to know all that I can about it. That
(07:01):
being said, I'm starting to try to limit my different
sources of hearing about it. When I saw the title
of your podcast, I paused, do I want to listen
to it? Is it going to be different in a
useful way. I don't know what finally made me press play,
but I'm so happy and grateful that I did. It
was exactly what I needed at that exact moment. I
not only listened to it, but I listened to it
(07:22):
twice and actually took notes the second time. I've been
feeling increasingly anxious and that my feelings and thoughts are
crazy or unrealistic or too realistic, and then I'm not
taking it seriously enough or too seriously, and on and on.
I shared this podcast on my Facebook page, and I
have plans to post some of the points on it
for discussion. Thank you so much, keep doing what you do.
(07:43):
Love you so Cindy. Yeah, I totally understand wanting to
limit consumption of COVID, and I think that that's what
we all should do. You have to do what is
best for you. Sometimes you you need to be informed,
but you also need to shut off the news, similar
to what I need to do with my dad. I
know that he wants information, but he's getting too much information.
(08:03):
So Cindy, you're in the field, so I understand you
need to be as informed as possible that for anyone
else listening, make sure you have a healthy balance of
what you're taking in so that way you don't make
yourself crazy with it. And also, Cindy, thank you so
much for what you do. We appreciate you so much.
(08:23):
Anybody in healthcare that's working at a doctor's office or
a hospital, anybody, I have another email that addresses something
like that, so I'll save my thoughts on that for
that email. But I just appreciated this, Cindy, and if
anybody else avoided last week's episode that was on COVID nineteen,
where I had a therapist on at Three Chords Therapy
(08:46):
on Instagram. Katherine de Foda she was on and she
really helped walk through this quarantine situation that we're in,
like things that we can do to help us get
through this crazy time time. So if you avoided it
not knowing what it was going to be like, maybe
go back and give it a go and see if
you like it. But if you need to still avoid it,
(09:08):
that's totally fine too. I get it. But there was
a lot of helpful information. Like Cindy said, she listened
to it twice since she took notes, so thank you
for sharing that email. Next one is from Heather hey Amy,
a friend of mine suggested that we should start journaling
what is happening during the coronavirus is a way to
remember history. I normally don't like to journal, but thought
this was a great idea and wanted to share this
(09:29):
with you and your listeners. It'll be pretty amazing to
look back at our journal twenty plus years from now
and share the firsthand experience with our family, especially kids,
as it will be a part of their history books.
I'm also taking photos and saving all of the funny memes.
So she's taking notes on the serious side of things.
But yeah, collecting some of these memes is pretty cool too,
(09:52):
because they're pretty awesome right now. I gotta, you know,
high five the creativity that is coming out this lockdown situation,
because people are bringing the content and bringing us a
laugh and a smile when we need it. And that's
kind of why I shared Charlemagne's post as my quote earlier,
because when I saw that this morning, it just made
(10:14):
me laugh out loud. Also, Bobby's girlfriend Caitlin put a
picture of the Tiger King guy, which if y'all have
not watched Tiger King yet, you totally should. But she
put a picture of him and he's got like these
blonde bangs and this bullet in the back, and she's like,
girls after quarantine life for however long? What are what
are we in? After we've been staying home for three
(10:36):
or four or five or six weeks now without getting
our hair done and our nails done, We're all going
to come out looking like Tiger King. Heather, thank you
for that tip. I think that that's great, And I
know I don't like to journal that much. I've been
doing my four Things gratitude journal, and I do think
it will be interesting to look back on that. So
maybe that's a way that you can do it and
(10:57):
also get in your gratitude at the same time, you
can be journaling things that are happening and express things
that you're thankful for. The challenge is still going on.
Actually today's March, so it's the last day the Gratitude Challenge.
But guess what, given these crazy times, we're keeping it
going and we're going to try to journal gratitude as
many days in a row as as we can. I mean,
(11:19):
don't put pressure on yourself to do it every day
once the challenge is up, but I think as much
as possible, and hopefully you formed some sort of a
habit the last month and you want to keep going,
and maybe you realize you finally want a journal that
we have, then you can grab one of those two.
(11:48):
So next email is from Martha. Hey, love y'all. I'm
from round Rock, Texas, mother of two incredible kids that
we adopted from Russia. I love and was so impressed
and supportive of your adoption journey. Thank you, Martha. I
know you'll always have the best intentions, but every time
you'll talk about the medical crisis, we're suffering. Currently, all
you'all talk about is the doctors and nurses. I'm sure
(12:09):
you know from your father's recent health crisis. There are
many healthcare workers that work one on one with patients,
physical therapists, occupational therapist, respiratory therapists, lab text who take blood,
X ray, CT text, etcetera. The number one test to
help diagnose corona ninetinas blood work, chest X ray and
c T chest. Please give credit to all the amazing
(12:30):
health care workers. We are just here to help y'all. So, Martha,
thank you so much for this email and the reminder.
And yes, we need to be aware and grateful and
thankful for anyone and everyone that is in healthcare right now.
And I mean that's helped me rephrase how I'm talking
about things. And I even put up a post after
I did Alive with the doctor the other night, and
(12:51):
I think I said something about donating things to local hospitals,
and some people left comments in They're saying, well, not
only just the hospital, but local doctor's offices need stuff
and nursing homes and so really, if you have things
that you can help distribute or hand out, then see
in your area where it needs to be. It doesn't
(13:14):
just have to be a hospital. And also are four
Things totes and t shirts that we made. Those are
up and they are for healthcare heroes and they say
scrubs on, caffeinate, washhands, repeat, And we went back and
forth and back and forth on what those four things
should be. And I know it doesn't fit every health
(13:35):
care worker because not every health care worker wears scrubs
and not every health care worker caffeinates, but it just
overall was the best four things. But what's amazing about
our totes is if you wanted to say something different,
we have a customizable option and you can put whatever
four things you want on there. But our healthcare hero
shirt and totes are going to support medical need needs
(14:00):
here in the US and in Haiti now a SPOA.
Our Four Things line is under our spaw line, which
typically supports Haiti always has That's just what that's what
we set it up for. But we are definitely changing
course and putting the help where it needs to be
right now, which is right here in America. So just
know that we're involved in trying to find different ways
(14:22):
that we can help out with what's going on. And
it's for all healthcare workers. So if you happen to
be one and you're buying it for yourself, you can
use the code hero to get ten percent off. And
you know, that's just something we wanted to do for
the health care workers. Or if you know a healthcare
worker and you want to buy one and gift it
(14:43):
to them, then that would be super amazing too. So
all that's up at four Things dot com or Radio
Amy dot com. You can find it there. And then
last email is from Hannah. Good Morning Amy about the
four Things Gratitude journal in December, and I've been using
it daily since the beginning of the year. It's my
new Year's resolution to practice gratitude. I've always had a
(15:04):
difficult time journaling in the past, and the journal makes
it so easy. I enjoy finding small things throughout the
day to be grateful for. This has been essential and
helpful practice to do during this current pandemic. I remember
a few months ago on your podcast you had mentioned
there would be another journal released in the future. The
new Gratitude Journal would be a similar format with a
(15:24):
new cover, new quotes, and new stickers. Since I've been
using this daily, I only have about thirty pages left
is there a chance you would release the new journal soon? Okay,
good question. I know this is more this This is
actually a question that was sent in, not just something
I want to talk about, But Mary and I were
just talking about this, Hannah, and we don't have one
(15:46):
ready to release, so we just weren't anticipating people using
it so quickly because we're not everyday journal urs except
for the month month of March. We have been during
the challenge, and we never wanted people to feel pressured
a journal every day. So either we're going to encourage
people to maybe buy another tide I one and just
(16:06):
keep it as two point oh, or we're going to
get to work on that. We're not saying that it's
not happening. It is, but there's a production issue right now.
We don't know the people that could print it and
get it done. They're all over the world. The company
we're working with out of Chicago is based in different
parts of the world too, and there's people in England
(16:27):
that work on it, and then in Turkey, and and
then like I said, in Chicago, and so it's kind
of a crazy time to try to get a journal
made and then produced and shipped and then we get
it into your hands. So we'll start working on that,
but I don't know how long it's going to take.
So I applaud you and think it's amazing that you
(16:47):
have been journaling diligently. That's so so cool. But we
won't have one soon, and that's just it. It hurts
me to say that to you because I know it
may not be fun to buy another tide I one
in but it could be fine. I mean, that's that's fine.
You could have two tight eyed ones and then your
third one could be the new one if we can
(17:08):
get that one done in time. But but you're journaling
like like a mad woman, which is amazing. So that's
an update on that. And again, if you want to
keep journaling with us, you don't have to have our
journal to do it. Four things dot com if you
do want the journal, but if not, you just jot
down four things in your phone or in any old
journal that you have around the house. It'll work. It's
(17:30):
and then that way, hopefully it can help get you
through this and then like the other email from earlier,
it'll be something where you can look back and remember
these crazy times, which even like even without the pandemic.
That's something Mary and I thought the journal would be
cool for is to keep it. We wanted to make
it cute, something you would want to keep and you
(17:50):
could reflect. Like the other day, I sat on the
floor and reflected back on all the things I've been
thankful for this year. So it was cool to do that.
And it's only been a few months. So imagine in
five ten years to look back and reflect on things
you were grateful for. I hope everyone has a great day.
We will have a new episode up on Thursday, and
(18:11):
then don't forget that on Saturday, Outweigh episode one goes
up if you haven't heard the trailer that is also
up in the four Things feed that loaded last Saturday,
and then this coming Saturday will be episode one, And
I'm doing Outweigh with Lisa from at the Well Necessities,
(18:33):
and we are breaking the stigma and exposing the gray
area of eating disorders and disordered eating stuff that typically
isn't getting talked about or that people feel embarrassed or
ashamed about, but you shouldn't at all, and you're not alone,
and we're talking about it, and we have stories from
real people and experts that are coming on to help
(18:55):
guide us through it, so that will be on Saturday. Okay,
thank you for very be with me. I hope you
have a great day. By h
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