Bonus Episode!! For this listener-led series, Amy sat down with podcast listener, Aubrie Asprec, and answered a list of questions she came up with! Aubrie is a 27-year-old new mom that lives in Fresno, California and works in Human Resources in the Air Force (her husband is also in the Air Force!!) Aubrie’s questions for Amy: “What book are you reading right now? Or do you have a favorite book that you would recommend? Favorite Starbucks drink right now? What have you learned most about yourself lately? Will George Strait ever come on the podcast? What would you do to prepare for something like that?” Hope you enjoy this little Q&A whether you listen to it on a ‘Sunday Stroll’ {shout out ‘The Walk Thing’ — iykyk!!} or not! :)

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OUTWEIGH: Last week Amy shared that the average adult will try 126 diets in their lifetime. That’s crazy!! This week, Amy focuses on how the diet industry is targeting us (especially women!) and we must be aware of their messaging so we don’t fall for it. So what works better than dieting?? Developing a healthy relationship with food, appreciating what we GET to eat, and not being afraid to eat our favorite dessert or the french fries we love! Focus on adding to our lives instead of taking away from our lives! Easier said than done, but hopefully this episode will be an encouragement to you and will get you one step closer to ditching the diets. A big fear that comes along with that, though, is gaining weight. Amy shares an email from an Outweigh listener that is concerned about just that. Amy plans to have an expert on to dive into this more…but in the meantime you’ll hear Amy’s personal thoughts and this reminder: your natural body size is the weight you are without crazy diet rules & restriction. If you gain weight by enjoying food and eating adequately for your body…then that is the body you were meant to have. We have a choice to embrace that concept or spend our lives fighting it…it’s up to us!

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New York Times Best Selling author and founder of IF:Gathering, Jennie Allen {@jennieallen}, is back on the podcast to talk about her book Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World. Loneliness has become a major issue and it’s impacting our health and overall well-being. If you’re feeling lonely…you’re not alone and this book is a great tool to help create community in your life. Jennie shares vulnerable stories from her own life, how to overcome the barriers to making new friends, the type of friend you are + the types of friends you need, and so much more! Jennie also shared with us 4 things she is thankful for…she gave us a book recommendation, a tv show, an instagram follow, and a drink that we need to try! 

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4 Things Gratitude Journal:

https://www.theshopforward.com/products/4-things-gratitude-journal-2-0 

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Welcome to the ‘5th Thing’ with Amy & Kat. Today’s quote is: “Developing an 'attitude of gratitude' is one of the simplest ways to improve your satisfaction with life.“ — Amy Morin 

This episode is all about gratitude—Amy & Kat share some prompts to ask yourself on days that it’s difficult to get on the grateful train. You’ll also hear some throwbacks of former guests (Hilary Scott, Kelsea Ballerini, Kimberly Schlapman, & Karen Fairchild) sharing ‘4 things’ they are thankful for! Hopefully this will all be inspo to start thinking of 4 things you’re thankful for each day or week—or just start with 1 thing! 

4Things.com for the ‘4 Things Gratitude’ journal that supports education in Haiti!

Thank you licensed therapist, Kat Defatta, for joining us with her wisdom. You can find her on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta + @YouNeedTherapyPodcast.

Best places to find more about Amy: RadioAmy.com + @RadioAmy

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OUTWEIGH: It's 4th of July weekend…so Amy took a trip down memory lane sharing ways she used to treat this holiday while living with an active eating disorder. Her life looks very different now…so she wanted to dedicate this episode to YOU living your best life this weekend by giving some tools to take with you to the celebrations/parties/BBQs. She goes over 5 food tips for the holiday weekend (hint: starts with eating breakfast!!!) and went over a list of foods that are bad for you (spoiler alert: it’s foods that you’re allergic to, or have mold on them because foods are neither good nor bad).

Fav quote from this episode: “Don’t miss out on 95% of your life just to weigh 5% less.” - @DylanMurphy.rd

Best places to find more about Amy: RadioAmy.com + @RadioAmy

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Amy sat down with the girls from @NextDoorLife, Reagan & Polly (neighbors turned BFFs navigating life one outfit, meal, party & kid drama at a time!)

FIRST THING: How did @NextDoorLife come to be? The girls breakdown how being neighbors & friends turned into a business for them! We love their tips on mixing high/low items to make a great outfit and Polly's motto: "Don't waste your fancy" (i.e. dress up more or use the good dishes from time to time!!)

SECOND THING: What does "dating yourself" look like? Polly loves to buy herself flowers and Reagan treats herself to fun drinks & good chocolate. They also take care of themselves with good boundaries & the enneagram to better know/understand each other! 

THIRD THING: The girls share their go-to cocktail ideas and Amy shares her most recent obsession: a paloma (a tequila-based drink with grapefruit-flavored soda!) 

FOURTH THING:4 Things Gratitude!! Reagan & Polly each share 4 things they are thankful for!

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Welcome to the '5th Thing' with Amy & Kat!! Today’s quote is from a song called 'Winner' by Nicolle Galyon: “high five for the girl in the mirror” (go stream this song asap…it’s so good!) This leads to a chat about listening to albums all the way through & CDs from back in the day! Amy showed up to Kat’s office to record this episode with a lot of snacks…so they do a mini snack review session (where Kat shares that she gets obsessed with bars to the point where she can't ever eat them again!) SIDE NOTE: When saying almond do you pronounce it ALL-MOND or AL-MOND?? (there’s a debate if anyone out there in the world even says it the latter way!) After more snack talk (about how Kat used to pretend carrots were chips) they get into how Kat was able to apply the perspective Donald Miller shared with us a couple of weeks ago for when something doesn’t go as planned: WHAT DOES THIS MAKE POSSIBLE? Also, discussed in this episode (that is heavily about snacks, as you can tell) is the origin of Siete Foods (an amazing tortilla, chips & more company that Amy loves!!), Amy's new found "need for speed," a live podcast tour update, and a new hobby Amy wants to get into!

Thank you licensed therapist, Kat Defatta, for joining us with her wisdom. You can find her on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta + @YouNeedTherapyPodcast.

Best places to find more about Amy: RadioAmy.com + @RadioAmy

Please send emails for the '5th Thing' to [email protected]!

ShopEspwa.com for all items that support Haiti! 

TheShopForward.com/pimpinjoy to support building a home for a veteran hero. 

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OUTWEIGH: Advocating for yourself in a gracious way during recovery is totally okay. Amy & Dylan talk through some ways you can respond to diet talk. Also, why do people put up “what I eat in a day” posts?? Our advice: unfollow or mute those accounts…they are not helpful in recovery! They wrap by sharing how to recognize a binge and shut it down. Eating disorder thoughts still pop up in recovery…hopefully fewer and farther between. 

Dylan’s Instagram:
@DylanMurphy.rd (her tagline is ditch diets, gain freedom!) 

Dylan’s Podcast: Free Method Podcast

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Amy's friend, Sundi (not to be confused with Cundi) McLaughlin, is on to chat about all the things! It's so hard to sum up all that you'll hear in this episode because they go over so much good stuff...just two girlfriends chatting it up about life & friendship over coffee!! In a nutshell though: if you want to chase a dream (and don't know how), want to make friends (and don't know how), need to communicate better (and don't know how), need blush & lipstick...but all you have is Skittles to make it happen (and don't know how), need to make cookies in a pinch (and don't know how), need to kill a roach (and don't know how), have to deal with a military spouse being deployed (and don't know how), want to stop limited thinking (and don't know how) then THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU!!!! Sundi also shares 4 things she is currently thankful for! :)

"There is one grand lie - that we are limited. The only limits we have are the limits we believe.“ —  Wayne W. Dyer 

Check out Sundi's IG for her super cute shop in downtown Southern Pines, NC: @mockingbirdonbroad 

And Sundi's 'Mockingbird On Broad' website to order the most adorable things: https://mockingbirdonbroad.com 

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