1
00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,680
Speaker 1: Hey, I'm maybe Brown filling in for Kelly while she's

2
00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:07,920
Speaker 1: away now. On Wednesday's Velvet's Edge episode, I shared some

3
00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:11,480
Speaker 1: things from my velvet side, and since I host a

4
00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,520
Speaker 1: podcast called four Things with Amy Brown, I had that

5
00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,840
Speaker 1: theme going on earlier in the week, and I'm sticking

6
00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:20,279
Speaker 1: with that theme again, but this time I'm sharing four

7
00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:25,160
Speaker 1: things from my edge side. They helped keep me cool

8
00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,680
Speaker 1: and feeling good and full of joy. And the first

9
00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:33,720
Speaker 1: thing I want to share is dancing for exercise. So

10
00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:35,639
Speaker 1: I used to think that I had to be at

11
00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,120
Speaker 1: the gym for these super intense workouts and lifting weights

12
00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,600
Speaker 1: and taking super long, very hot, and sweaty ninety minute

13
00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:48,240
Speaker 1: yoga classes for my workout to be actually considered a workout.

14
00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,280
Speaker 1: But now I'm in the mindset that a ten minute

15
00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,440
Speaker 1: dance party in my kitchen with my kids might be enough.

16
00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,040
Speaker 1: And on other days, if I want more of a

17
00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,440
Speaker 1: guided dance workout, I'll pull up YouTube and opt for

18
00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:07,760
Speaker 1: a Tracy Anderson Metamorphous dance video. Now this is just

19
00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,480
Speaker 1: an example. I'm sure there's a lot of dance videos

20
00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:12,959
Speaker 1: on YouTube, but the one that I do from Tracy

21
00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,959
Speaker 1: is about thirty minutes long and pro tip is don't

22
00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,160
Speaker 1: use the song that she plays or the songs that

23
00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,640
Speaker 1: she plays in the video. They are no good at all.

24
00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,760
Speaker 1: You just mute your computer and then put on whatever

25
00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,120
Speaker 1: playlist that you want and the thirty minutes will go

26
00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:28,800
Speaker 1: by so fast. Or maybe you don't have time for

27
00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,360
Speaker 1: thirty minutes, No big deal, you just dance for fifteen.

28
00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:36,840
Speaker 1: Like I just feel so much better after a little

29
00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,360
Speaker 1: dance party. I don't know what it is, but the

30
00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,080
Speaker 1: dancing it just, I guess puts me in a good

31
00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,000
Speaker 1: mood and leaves me feeling awesome. And if you have

32
00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,160
Speaker 1: the I Heart Radio app, I encourage that you check

33
00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,080
Speaker 1: out the twenty four hour Cardio playlist or the spin

34
00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:54,080
Speaker 1: Cycle playlist. Both are full of fun songs that keep you, uh,

35
00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,560
Speaker 1: you know, dancing, having fun, but also up to speed

36
00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,920
Speaker 1: with what all the cool kids are listening to these days.

37
00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,320
Speaker 1: That's when I feel like I get I'm thrown in

38
00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,080
Speaker 1: the mix of what's going on in the pop world.

39
00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:05,480
Speaker 1: I'm very up to speed in the country world, being

40
00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,520
Speaker 1: that I'm co host on the Bobby Bones Show and

41
00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,120
Speaker 1: we play all the country things. I also host a

42
00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,799
Speaker 1: female show for women in country called Women of My

43
00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,600
Speaker 1: Heart Country and I love hearing all of the hits

44
00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,520
Speaker 1: coming from the women in the country world, but I

45
00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,480
Speaker 1: feel like when it comes to pop sometimes I'm out

46
00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,960
Speaker 1: of the loop. But twenty four hour Carudio playlist or

47
00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,720
Speaker 1: spin Cycle playlist keep me in the know. Now, since

48
00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,200
Speaker 1: we're talking about working out, I'm also going to add

49
00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,440
Speaker 1: in this thing the cool walking weights that I just

50
00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:39,359
Speaker 1: got by BALLA B A l A. Now, they're way

51
00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,720
Speaker 1: cooler than the little hand held weights that I used

52
00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,639
Speaker 1: to walk with that definitely made me look like a grandma.

53
00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,639
Speaker 1: But these ballow ones they can either go on your

54
00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,320
Speaker 1: wrist or your ankles if you're looking to add a

55
00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,960
Speaker 1: little something to your walks. Ballah, I guess they were

56
00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,280
Speaker 1: on Shark Tank a while back. I don't I don't

57
00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,079
Speaker 1: know exactly their story, but somebody told me that after

58
00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,160
Speaker 1: I posted about them. I've wanted a pair for a

59
00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,600
Speaker 1: really long time, but I finally got them about a

60
00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,800
Speaker 1: month ago, and I am a happy customer. They're definitely

61
00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,160
Speaker 1: a good gift idea too, for a friend or family

62
00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,000
Speaker 1: member that you think might be into something like this.

63
00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,440
Speaker 1: And again, be a l A is how you spell

64
00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,280
Speaker 1: the brand. I personally got light pink, but they have

65
00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,799
Speaker 1: all kinds of fun colors that will bring you joy

66
00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,000
Speaker 1: while you're walking, and for me, I don't. I don't

67
00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:27,720
Speaker 1: put them by my ankles. I have friends that do

68
00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,160
Speaker 1: the ankle, but I put it on my wrists when

69
00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,000
Speaker 1: I'm walking. And I have to really work on keeping

70
00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,400
Speaker 1: my posture right and building up my core to keep

71
00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,839
Speaker 1: my back okay, because I've really chronic back problems. I've

72
00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,280
Speaker 1: gotten it. Actually it's not as bad as it used

73
00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,440
Speaker 1: to be because, honestly, because of COVID, I'm not wearing

74
00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,040
Speaker 1: high heels as much as I used to, and I

75
00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,440
Speaker 1: really feel like the high heels contributed to the chronic

76
00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,040
Speaker 1: back pain and I'm seeing a direct correlation with that.

77
00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,080
Speaker 1: So I'm like, oh wow, Okay, well, thank you for

78
00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,680
Speaker 1: being able to wear a lot more tennis shoes for now.

79
00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,440
Speaker 1: Although I would rather not have to have on through

80
00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,200
Speaker 1: COVID and still go through COVID to figure this out

81
00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,600
Speaker 1: about my back, but I do have to work on

82
00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,200
Speaker 1: keeping my core strong. So what the putting the weights

83
00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,800
Speaker 1: on my wrists allows me to do is it allows

84
00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,200
Speaker 1: me to have better posture and when I kind of

85
00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,599
Speaker 1: pump my arms, y'all, this is forty This is forty

86
00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,279
Speaker 1: where you get excited about pumping your arms to walk.

87
00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,280
Speaker 1: It kind of just helps me engage my core more.

88
00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,560
Speaker 1: I'm sure that someone that knows a lot about the

89
00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,479
Speaker 1: body could explain why it's doing that. But that's just

90
00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,560
Speaker 1: my personal opinion, not an expert here, not saying you

91
00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,680
Speaker 1: have to go do any of this. I'm just sharing

92
00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,720
Speaker 1: with you something that's been cool for me. Now. The

93
00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,919
Speaker 1: second thing that I love that keeps me cool and

94
00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:48,680
Speaker 1: edgy are my jeans from Abercambie. So I was in

95
00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,000
Speaker 1: their shopping the other day and I even told the

96
00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,640
Speaker 1: sales girl like, I am an older mom of two,

97
00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,400
Speaker 1: I don't even know why I'm in here, and she

98
00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,440
Speaker 1: said that a lot of people shot there, it's not

99
00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,640
Speaker 1: just for teenagers. So I ended up getting two pairs

100
00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,960
Speaker 1: of jeans, and I get the most compliments ever on

101
00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,359
Speaker 1: those exact two pairs of jeans, and I feel like

102
00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:10,440
Speaker 1: some people when they ask me where did you get those?

103
00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:12,240
Speaker 1: And I tell them Abercrombie, they look at me and

104
00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,520
Speaker 1: they're like really, And I don't know if part of

105
00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,240
Speaker 1: them is like judging me for being like, you're you

106
00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:22,160
Speaker 1: go to Abercrombie because you're not a teenager, but then

107
00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,440
Speaker 1: they're like, Okay, I'm gonna go order them. Those are

108
00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,520
Speaker 1: so cute. So one pair is the nineties Ultra high

109
00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:31,040
Speaker 1: Rise Relaxed Fit and the other is just the nineties

110
00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,360
Speaker 1: high Rise relaxed Fit. Um. One pair has a hole

111
00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,159
Speaker 1: and a little bit more ripped up and the other

112
00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,880
Speaker 1: one's no holes. So that way I can you know,

113
00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,040
Speaker 1: sometimes you it's appropriate to wear a holes, sometimes it's not.

114
00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,120
Speaker 1: But I love both of them. So if you have

115
00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,039
Speaker 1: an Abercrombie near you, you might need to pop in

116
00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,919
Speaker 1: for a gene try on session, or if you can't

117
00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:54,039
Speaker 1: really stomach the loud music and the strong cologne smell,

118
00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,520
Speaker 1: then you can just order them online. And you know,

119
00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,799
Speaker 1: sizing is always weird when it comes to ordering jeans

120
00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,200
Speaker 1: from anywhere, So what I do is I always order

121
00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,919
Speaker 1: a lot of different size options and color options because

122
00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,359
Speaker 1: the denim wash might even be different. You never know

123
00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,880
Speaker 1: which one you're gonna like better. And I just know

124
00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,400
Speaker 1: I'm spending more on the front end, but I'm going

125
00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:15,920
Speaker 1: to be returning them so I will get a full refund,

126
00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:17,960
Speaker 1: so I don't really stress out about it, but it

127
00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,919
Speaker 1: just makes it easier when you're ordering. If you just

128
00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,920
Speaker 1: go ahead and order, order, order, order whatever you would

129
00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,240
Speaker 1: want to try on, and hopefully then you'll end up

130
00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,039
Speaker 1: finding something that works instead of being like, oh, well,

131
00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,640
Speaker 1: I guess on this size and we'll see if if

132
00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,120
Speaker 1: that works, and then you have an unpleasant experience because

133
00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,520
Speaker 1: you're like, these genes didn't work. So that's just something

134
00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,719
Speaker 1: I try to do to make my online shopping a

135
00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,279
Speaker 1: little bit more productive. But then I have to always

136
00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:48,840
Speaker 1: remember to return everything and then keep up with like

137
00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,719
Speaker 1: the packaging and whatnot to get it returned. So the

138
00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:55,000
Speaker 1: third thing I want to share with you is pumpkin

139
00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,640
Speaker 1: cream cold foam. Now I don't know why. This is

140
00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,800
Speaker 1: the first year that I was introduced so this who knows,

141
00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,520
Speaker 1: maybe it's the first year they've ever had it. I

142
00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,920
Speaker 1: have no idea, but I had never heard of this

143
00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,560
Speaker 1: until this year, and it brings me so much joy

144
00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,240
Speaker 1: that I want to tell everyone. I mean, people are

145
00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:14,840
Speaker 1: probably tired of hearing me talk about pumpkin cream cold foam. Like,

146
00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:19,200
Speaker 1: if you listen to my Velvet episode from earlier in

147
00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,520
Speaker 1: the week, you'll understand me saying that this is the

148
00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,040
Speaker 1: type of thing that would have been a huge no

149
00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,720
Speaker 1: no for me back in my disordered eating days, I

150
00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:32,160
Speaker 1: would not have allowed myself this type of thing in

151
00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,080
Speaker 1: my coffee. But now that I'm in recovery, I can

152
00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:39,280
Speaker 1: totally enjoy this. And the pumpkin cream cold foam is amazing.

153
00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,120
Speaker 1: You can add it to any drink at Starbucks. Now.

154
00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,960
Speaker 1: I don't like my coffee to be too too sweet,

155
00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,120
Speaker 1: that's just personal preference. So when I do happen to

156
00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,920
Speaker 1: be adding it, I just do an iced Americano or

157
00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,120
Speaker 1: an iced cold brew and I have them throw it

158
00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:57,200
Speaker 1: on top, so it's just like straight coffee with the

159
00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,760
Speaker 1: pumpkin cold foamb right there on top, and every sip

160
00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,440
Speaker 1: is so amazing and so good. Again, it's like sipping

161
00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:04,440
Speaker 1: joy for me. And maybe you don't want to go

162
00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,400
Speaker 1: to Starbucks for it. I have seen people on TikTok

163
00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,080
Speaker 1: sharing their own homemade recipes for it, so you can

164
00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:14,680
Speaker 1: just google that, or maybe you don't have you don't

165
00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,480
Speaker 1: consume dairy, if that's something you try to stay away

166
00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:21,000
Speaker 1: from for whatever reason. You can search up recipes for

167
00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:25,160
Speaker 1: alternative milks, which and I TikTok has a ton of them. Which.

168
00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,040
Speaker 1: Speaking of TikTok, I've been on that more and more

169
00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,040
Speaker 1: and It's definitely something that helps keep me in the loop,

170
00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,240
Speaker 1: keeps me cool, keeps me edgy on things, and it's

171
00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,000
Speaker 1: something I can bond with my daughter over. She doesn't

172
00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:39,200
Speaker 1: have a TikTok account, but we'll get on mine together

173
00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,319
Speaker 1: and like learn little dances or you can even keep

174
00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:44,960
Speaker 1: up with what's going on the news on TikTok. You

175
00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:48,400
Speaker 1: can see what songs are trending over there on TikTok.

176
00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:49,880
Speaker 1: You know it's crazy. I just want to take a

177
00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:51,880
Speaker 1: second here too to give a shout out to Walker

178
00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:55,640
Speaker 1: Hayes and Fancy Like, because TikTok has changed the game

179
00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,760
Speaker 1: for him. He's actually the person that sings the theme

180
00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,360
Speaker 1: song for my Four Things with Amy Brown podcast, and

181
00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,120
Speaker 1: he's I had him record that I don't know three

182
00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,880
Speaker 1: or four years ago, three and a half maybe, and

183
00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:14,559
Speaker 1: he's been grinding it out in Nashville forever. He's an

184
00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:20,160
Speaker 1: amazing singer, songwriter, super talented, and he had Fancy Like

185
00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,680
Speaker 1: and his daughter came up with this dance. They took

186
00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,480
Speaker 1: it to TikTok and it completely went viral and it

187
00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:28,760
Speaker 1: has now changed his life. I'm sure you've seen the

188
00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,560
Speaker 1: Applebee's commercial with Fancy Like I'm sure you hear it everywhere.

189
00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,920
Speaker 1: Kesha even got on with him and did a version

190
00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,600
Speaker 1: for the Pop World, and I'm just so proud of

191
00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,480
Speaker 1: Walker Hayes. And it's crazy how TikTok is so insane

192
00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:51,040
Speaker 1: and literally changing some artists lives. Okay, the fourth and

193
00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:55,000
Speaker 1: final thing I want to get into is um therapeutic

194
00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:59,480
Speaker 1: things that keep me cool and more joyful. Like when

195
00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,600
Speaker 1: I'm doing all my things like meeting regularly with my

196
00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:06,280
Speaker 1: therapist and reading my books and prioritizing sleep and doing

197
00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:11,200
Speaker 1: my breathing exercises, practicing my boundaries, spending time with my birds,

198
00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:16,400
Speaker 1: and working on puzzles, I show up better for people

199
00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,720
Speaker 1: around me, Like I never would have thought that birds

200
00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,120
Speaker 1: and puzzles honestly would be on that list of things,

201
00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,760
Speaker 1: but I went through a really, really difficult season and

202
00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,120
Speaker 1: I got into both of those things. Like at first

203
00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:32,760
Speaker 1: it was a distraction from life, but it was relaxing

204
00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:35,480
Speaker 1: and what my brain needed. And I would tell my

205
00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,920
Speaker 1: therapist like, I don't know what it is, Like I

206
00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,320
Speaker 1: walk away from my puzzle time and I just feel

207
00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:44,920
Speaker 1: better and she's like, oh, yeah, that makes sense. The

208
00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,160
Speaker 1: puzzle is working a part of your brain that is

209
00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,959
Speaker 1: very therapeutic, and it really some of the benefits of

210
00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:55,880
Speaker 1: puzzle time are um improved mood, relaxed mind, strengthened brain,

211
00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:00,240
Speaker 1: increased productivity. So I feel like, if you want to

212
00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:04,000
Speaker 1: add those things you know to your list, maybe give

213
00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,960
Speaker 1: puzzles a try again. I was someone or I don't

214
00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:08,400
Speaker 1: know if I mentioned this a minute ago, but I

215
00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:10,560
Speaker 1: used to hate puzzles. I think I said. I didn't

216
00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:13,520
Speaker 1: ever see birds and puzzles being on my list of

217
00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,800
Speaker 1: things that I enjoyed to do for myself. But again,

218
00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:18,920
Speaker 1: it was a difficult season. My sister came to town.

219
00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,080
Speaker 1: She brought us a puzzle. I kind of rolled my

220
00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:22,960
Speaker 1: eyes at it, but then next thing you know, I'm

221
00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,680
Speaker 1: at my table. I started enjoying it. I got hooked.

222
00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:29,120
Speaker 1: I started enjoying it more, and I love puzzles like

223
00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,160
Speaker 1: so much, so much so that I just created my

224
00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,040
Speaker 1: own four Things puzzle with my friend Mary. We have

225
00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:39,280
Speaker 1: a company called Espoa, which Espoa means hope in Haitian creel,

226
00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,120
Speaker 1: and we make all kinds of sweatshirts and hats, and

227
00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,160
Speaker 1: we even have a necklace. Everything supports Haiti And now

228
00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,240
Speaker 1: we've added a puzzle to the line, and I am

229
00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,760
Speaker 1: personally obsessed with it. So since I got really into

230
00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,080
Speaker 1: puzzles late last year, I've done a lot of them.

231
00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:57,280
Speaker 1: As some of them I loved, some of them I

232
00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,800
Speaker 1: didn't really like as much, And I kind of thought,

233
00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,840
Speaker 1: why don't I take all the positives from puzzles, like

234
00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,640
Speaker 1: the actual enjoyment part. I know puzzles have benefits, but

235
00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:10,560
Speaker 1: there's some that you put together that are more fun

236
00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,920
Speaker 1: than others. And I went to Mary and I was like, hey,

237
00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,079
Speaker 1: let's combine all the things that we like about certain

238
00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,840
Speaker 1: puzzles and make our own. Put them all into one.

239
00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,360
Speaker 1: So our puzzle is colorful, it's cute, It's full of

240
00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,800
Speaker 1: sweets like cookies, doughnuts. There's a cupcake. Vibrant fruits are

241
00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,440
Speaker 1: on there, like cherries, lemons, oranges. There's a really pretty bird.

242
00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:35,640
Speaker 1: A dog and a cat are on there. My actual pets,

243
00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,760
Speaker 1: my dog Cara and my cat Maggie, they're floating heads

244
00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,199
Speaker 1: are on the puzzle. And so it's just like some

245
00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:46,000
Speaker 1: of our favorite things. But then the reason why it's

246
00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,920
Speaker 1: called the Four Things puzzle is it has our favorite

247
00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:49,960
Speaker 1: four things. Saying that has it's like one of our

248
00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,640
Speaker 1: most popular sweatshirts ever, and it says it's fine. I'm fine,

249
00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:58,160
Speaker 1: everything is fine. So those are the four things and

250
00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:00,520
Speaker 1: the reason why we thought that was fiting for our

251
00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,040
Speaker 1: puzzles because things were not fine in my life when

252
00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:06,400
Speaker 1: I started getting into puzzles, but slowly but surely, piece

253
00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:10,880
Speaker 1: after piece, things started to get more fine. And so

254
00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,880
Speaker 1: it even represents like the puzzle and as you complete

255
00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:15,760
Speaker 1: it and start putting it together, and you look at

256
00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,560
Speaker 1: our lives and different things that we go through. Each

257
00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,800
Speaker 1: event in our life is it's like a puzzle piece

258
00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,920
Speaker 1: and we can't see the big picture yet, but just

259
00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:30,280
Speaker 1: know that every part is important for some reason. And

260
00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:34,920
Speaker 1: so if it's not fine right now, hopefully you'll understand

261
00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,520
Speaker 1: down the line what you learned from whatever wasn't fine,

262
00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,480
Speaker 1: how you're able to grow from whatever wasn't fine, and

263
00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:46,160
Speaker 1: that hopefully things are a little more fine now. So

264
00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:48,640
Speaker 1: we also decided to put a bow on it, and

265
00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,760
Speaker 1: our friend Laura, who's an amazing artist, she added in

266
00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:55,160
Speaker 1: little doodles for us that are so cute. So as

267
00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:58,040
Speaker 1: you piece it together, in the background of the ombre,

268
00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,400
Speaker 1: the colorful ombre that we have going on, she put

269
00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:05,280
Speaker 1: little messages that as you put the puzzle together, you'll

270
00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:09,920
Speaker 1: see like, uh, I need a nap. That's something that

271
00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,640
Speaker 1: you may need as encouragement, or that you are loved,

272
00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:17,120
Speaker 1: You are kind, you are smart, You be kind, choose joy,

273
00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:21,160
Speaker 1: laugh a lot, eat cake, pimp and joy, do good,

274
00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,640
Speaker 1: be the change. All these little sayings, a lot of

275
00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,040
Speaker 1: which are on some of our items at a splaw

276
00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,720
Speaker 1: that we have out there again that support Haiti Um

277
00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:36,120
Speaker 1: and we diversify our excuse me, we diversify our giving

278
00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:40,800
Speaker 1: to multiple organizations there. But we're just pumped to be

279
00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:44,040
Speaker 1: able to offer some cute things which hopefully will be

280
00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,840
Speaker 1: encouragement to people but also be a win win purchase,

281
00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,280
Speaker 1: whether it's for yourself or a gift for someone else.

282
00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:53,440
Speaker 1: Because of the give back component and the groups there

283
00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,280
Speaker 1: that we work with. I personally adopted to kids from Haiti,

284
00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:00,720
Speaker 1: so we support us some towards the orphanage where they

285
00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:02,840
Speaker 1: grew up. We also work with a group called My

286
00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,880
Speaker 1: Life Speaks and Neplei Haiti and uh an organization in

287
00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:11,640
Speaker 1: Central Plateau called Project Meta Share and they have education,

288
00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:16,040
Speaker 1: they have a medical program, they help mothers to be

289
00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,640
Speaker 1: like women that are giving birth and then a pre

290
00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:22,240
Speaker 1: and post natal care and then they're also directly involved

291
00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:26,760
Speaker 1: in earthquake relief efforts in Haiti right now. So they're

292
00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,640
Speaker 1: just an amazing organization. And um our puzzle or a

293
00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:34,080
Speaker 1: pool overs or whatever, our star necklace just a few

294
00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:36,960
Speaker 1: of the ways that we can get back and support them.

295
00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,360
Speaker 1: So if you're doing any Christmas shopping, just encourage you

296
00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:43,280
Speaker 1: to check out shop Spla dot com and that's where

297
00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,600
Speaker 1: you can find it, or even four Things dot com

298
00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:50,320
Speaker 1: if that's easier for you to remember. And yeah, they'd

299
00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,640
Speaker 1: be gift a puzzle to a friend or a loved one,

300
00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:56,080
Speaker 1: or get one for yourself. You never know if it

301
00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:59,000
Speaker 1: might be therapeutic for you or them or just a

302
00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,520
Speaker 1: fun activity for the whole family to do. All right, Well,

303
00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:06,760
Speaker 1: there's a little bit of what UM keeps me feeling good,

304
00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:10,280
Speaker 1: It keeps me cool, keeps me full of joy. UM

305
00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:15,040
Speaker 1: the edgier side of me. So Kelly will be returning

306
00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,680
Speaker 1: one day soon. I'm thankful that she asked me to

307
00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:19,400
Speaker 1: be a part of helping her out, because I know

308
00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:21,880
Speaker 1: what it's like to need a mental health break for sure.

309
00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,240
Speaker 1: Um y'all can find me on Instagram. I am at

310
00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,400
Speaker 1: Radio Amy and again my podcast is Four Things with

311
00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,280
Speaker 1: Amy Brown if you want to check that out as well.

312
00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:33,400
Speaker 1: All right, I hope you have a great day by