Amy’s Blended Family Vacation & Our Current Food Obsessions

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show

Episode: Amy’s Blended Family Vacation & Our Current Food Obsessions
Release Date: August 9, 2025
Host: Bobby Bones
Produced by: Premiere Networks

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1. Introduction to Listener Q&A

Timestamp: [03:05 - 03:36]

Bobby Bones welcomes Amy Brown to the show for a special weekend Q&A session. This segment aims to engage listeners by addressing their questions, which range from personal anecdotes to deeper life discussions.

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2. Current Food Obsessions

Timestamp: [03:36 - 05:00]

Megan from Kentucky asks about the hosts' current food obsessions.

• Amy Brown shares her love for kiwis, especially enjoying them with toast and cream cheese.

  "Kiwis with the skin and toast with cream cheese. I sprinkle a little sea salt on top." ([03:44])

• Bobby Bones discusses his continued obsession with toast, experimenting with various toppings like cottage cheese, honey, fig butter, pistachios, and tomatoes with balsamic vinaigrette.

  "Scrambled eggs with cottage cheese and a little bit of honey is my every morning right now." ([04:31])

• They exchange ideas on creative toast toppings and emphasize the versatility of such a simple food item.

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3. Life-Changing Decisions

Timestamp: [05:00 - 07:36]

Jalen's Girlfriend from Fort Worth inquires about pivotal decisions that have significantly impacted the hosts' lives.

• Amy Brown reflects on choosing to date her current boyfriend, a widower with three children, which transformed her perspective on blended families.

  "Choosing to go out on a date with him completely changed my life." ([05:15])

• Bobby Bones shares his experience of graduating college early, a decision that diverged from the traditional path and led him to his current career.

  "I don't think I would be in this job or where I'm at in my life had I not just taken that correct road." ([06:15])

Both hosts discuss the ripple effects of these choices and how they shaped their personal and professional lives.

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4. Discussing "Amy Bradley is Missing"

Timestamp: [07:36 - 09:46]

Laura from Wisconsin asks for thoughts on the Netflix documentary "Amy Bradley is Missing."

• Amy Brown shares her interpretations and concerns about Amy Bradley's disappearance, contemplating scenarios like trafficking or other dire outcomes but remains cautious to avoid spoilers.

  "I thought she was trafficked and she's in the Caribbean somewhere, which would be terrible." ([08:10])

• Bobby Bones admits his disinterest in true crime genres, expressing a desire to understand but finding it hard to engage.

  "I can't get into the murder mystery stuff. Not just murder, but, like, just any of the true crime." ([09:02])

The discussion highlights differing interests and the emotional impact such true crime stories can have.

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5. Animal Reincarnation Wishes

Timestamp: [09:46 - 11:33]

Bird-Related Questions:

• Amy Brown expresses a desire to reincarnate as a barred owl, finding them cute and approachable.

  "Barred owls are cute to me because... they're more of like the round face with the big round eyes." ([10:11])

• Bobby Bones opts for a sloth, appreciating their laid-back nature and affectionate demeanor.

  "I'd want to come back as a sloth. They just hang on you and smile so slow." ([10:33])

They discuss the characteristics that draw them to these animals, emphasizing personal connections and preferences.

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6. Navigating a Blended Family Relationship

Timestamp: [12:15 - 24:35]

Diana from Texas inquires about how Amy and Bobby manage their blended family dynamics.

• Amy Brown details her relationship with her boyfriend, Ben, and how they navigate the complexities of blending their families, including coordinating schedules and creating space for their children.

  "We took our first blended family vacation, and it exceeded all my expectations." ([18:03])

• Bobby Bones shares anecdotes from their vacation, highlighting positive interactions and the bonding moments facilitated by the children.

  "We were exchanging cute pictures and our kids seemed to get along well." ([20:19])

• They discuss the intentional steps they've taken to ensure harmony, such as separate accommodations during vacations and allowing the kids to form their own connections.

  "We've taken trips, and we have to be intentional about our time." ([23:44])

• Amy also touches upon the challenges of integrating ex-partners and the unique relationships each set of children has with their new parents.

  "His son has bonded with me in a special way, craving a mom figure." ([20:52])

The conversation underscores the importance of patience, communication, and intentionality in building a cohesive blended family.

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7. Building and Exhibiting Confidence

Timestamp: [24:35 - 27:03]

Chef Al from Tampa asks the hosts how they maintain and exude confidence.

• Amy Brown discusses techniques like dopamine dressing, positive self-talk, and surrounding herself with supportive people to bolster her confidence.

  "I use clothes to feel more confident and then show confidence." ([25:38])

• Bobby Bones shares his "fake it till you make it" approach, emphasizing the role of positivity and community support in developing genuine self-assurance.

  "If I fake it enough, I start to believe it, and then I just kind of stay there." ([26:09])

• Both hosts highlight the significance of having a supportive community and encouraging relationships that uplift them during challenging times.

  "We've cultivated really great communities around us to help us believe in ourselves." ([26:30])

• Bobby also mentions the daily affirmations he receives from his boyfriend, reinforcing his confidence.

  "Every single day, he's like, you're capable of amazing things." ([26:44])

This segment emphasizes the interplay between internal mindset and external support systems in fostering confidence.

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8. Closing Remarks

Timestamp: [27:03 - 27:37]

Bobby Bones wraps up the Q&A session by thanking Amy Brown for her participation. He directs listeners to find Amy on social media and her podcast, Feeling Things. Additionally, he encourages the audience to subscribe to the show on YouTube and follow him on Instagram.

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Notable Quotes:

• Amy Brown on Toast Obsession:

  "I've been obsessed with toast for years. It's just the toast toppings that change." ([04:07])

• Bobby Bones on Life-Changing Decisions:

  "I think a lot about when I make decisions is, like, is this a decision that's gonna be one of those that I really need to make correctly, or is it just gonna be one that doesn't matter?" ([07:21])

• Amy Brown on Blended Family Vacation:

  "We got over all those humps and we took our first blended family vacation." ([18:08])

• Bobby Bones on Confidence:

  "If I fake it enough, I start to believe it, and then I just kind of stay there." ([26:09])

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Conclusion

In this episode of The Bobby Bones Show, Bobby Bones and Amy Brown delve into personal topics ranging from food preferences and pivotal life decisions to the intricacies of blending families and building confidence. Their candid and relatable discussions offer listeners insight into managing complex relationships, embracing personal growth, and maintaining self-assurance. Through engaging anecdotes and thoughtful reflections, the hosts create a warm and inviting atmosphere that resonates with a diverse audience.

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Connect with Amy Brown:

• Podcast: Feeling Things
• Social Media: Follow Amy on Socials

Subscribe to The Bobby Bones Show:

• YouTube: Bobby Bones Show
• Instagram: @webgirlmorgan

Transcript

[Bobby Bones]

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[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Amy Brown]

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[Amy Brown]

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[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Amy Brown]

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[Amy Brown]

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[Ryan Seacrest]

Best bits of the week with Morgan.

[Morgan]

It's listener Q and A time where.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Morgan and a show member answer almost all your questions.

[Bobby Bones]

Time to answer some listener questions and Amy is joining me this weekend. Thanks, Amy, for being here.

[Amy Brown]

Happy to be here.

[Bobby Bones]

We're doing it kind of just on Rogue. I'm literally just going through these questions because I thought it'd be more fun. Most of the time I put them all out and do the whole thing, but I feel like I miss some that come in super late right at the tail end of it. So we're just running with this. Megan from Kentucky wants to know our food obsessions right now.

[Amy Brown]

Oh, gosh. I'm thinking I have a few, but kiwis.

[Bobby Bones]

You have been posting a lot about kiwis.

[Amy Brown]

Kiwis with the skin and toast with cream cheese.

[Bobby Bones]

Toast with cream. I had to think about that one for a second. Yeah, that's good.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah. And normally my daughter's just gotten into cream cheese on her bagels and so now we have cream cheese in the house and I'm like, oh, I want toast with cream cheese and I sprinkle a little sea salt on top. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So the toast thing, obsession still stays.

[Amy Brown]

Oh, yeah. I've all. Yes. I've been obsessed with toast for years. It's just the toast toppings that change.

[Bobby Bones]

Fair.

[Amy Brown]

But I will always be a toast girl.

[Bobby Bones]

You should try cottage cheese on toast. Okay, I'll try that with some honey and you can do some little. I do sometimes honey and fig butter and pistachios. Really yummy. I've also done like tomatoes with balsamic vinaigrette.

[Amy Brown]

Oh, I bet I would like that.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. All the good things.

[Amy Brown]

I'll try it.

[Bobby Bones]

I am. Cottage cheese is kind of my obsession. It's like the hot thing on social media right now. But I've just been trying to get a lot of protein in. So scrambled eggs with cottage cheese and a little bit of honey is my like every morning right now.

[Amy Brown]

I love honey. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you like. But do you like cottage cheese? It grosses some people out. No, I like it. Okay.

[Amy Brown]

I love cottage cheese and grapes.

[Bobby Bones]

Ah, Okay. I need to try that because I.

[Amy Brown]

Love grapes and I like cheese. Yes. Just put Some cottage cheese in a bowl, cut up grapes and toss it in and eat it like. Just like that. It's so good.

[Bobby Bones]

Look at it. We have more cottage cheese recipes for you guys. That's where we go. All right. A decision that you made that changed a lot in your life. Jalen's girlfriend from Fort Worth. I think she's coming in through his account to write that question.

[Amy Brown]

Well, there's a lot of decisions that I've made that changed my entire life. I guess one that I'm thinking about this morning, driving in. I was thinking about my boyfriend's kids and just my relationship with them. And I think choosing to go out on a date with him completely changed my life because I. I went out with him not to really date him, but to practice dating.

[Bobby Bones]

You were in that phase when you guys met. Even when you heard about him, you were in the practice.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah, because I was like, I can't take this on. Like, he's a widower and he has three kids. This is a lot. He seems nice, though, so why not let me. I need to practice dating, so I'm going to go. And I went. And now here we are, all these months later, and, I mean, I can't. I don't know what's gonna happen with us, but it's weird. I can't imagine not knowing what's going on with his kids, you know, or being a part of their life. And that was a part I was so scared of.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Isn't that crazy how it always, like, is the thing that you're afraid of most? I feel like mine. Mine really happened when I decided to graduate college early. That was, like, not something I took lightly and something I didn't really. I had all my credits and stuff done, and I just was gonna, you know, stay and hang out another year and just finish and have four years like everybody does. And I decided not to. And then my life is drastically changed because of it. I don't think I would be in this job or where I'm at in my life had I not just taken the. The correct road that everybody else did. I took the road that was so much different. And I had friends who were seniors in college who were still partying and having fun, and I was at home trying to get a job, you know, it was not the thing that I. And for the first few months of it, I very much was like, what have I done? Did I make the right decision? And then, you know, getting the job at iheart back in Wichita to then just the trickle of events that followed. It's crazy. Like, drastically. Think my life would have turned out so different.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Had I not made that call. It's crazy. You know, you just. I think. I think a lot about when I make decisions is, like, is this a decision that's gonna be one of those that I really need to make correctly, or is it just gonna be one that doesn't matter?

[Amy Brown]

Yeah. Like, what do I put on my toast this morning? Versus.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Or like, is it, like, is putting something different on toast gonna change my entire life in five seconds? What's gonna happen?

[Amy Brown]

Probably not. Unless it's some epic concoction that just blows up on social media and then you get hired by a toast creator company.

[Bobby Bones]

And that can happen. Maybe it's because I'm getting older. I don't know. But I feel like I think about that a lot more now. Just how my decisions are going to affect later me, and that feels weird. Okay. What do you think happened to Amy Bradley? Laura from Wisconsin?

[Amy Brown]

I don't know. I go back and forth. I'm starting to lean towards. Well, we're not ruining anything if people haven't watched it. Right. Because I don't want to get accused of spoiling anything. But she is missing. I mean, the show is called. Or the Netflix doc, which this is the latest one. There are other ones I want to watch that I've heard about, and they're past interviews that I would like to watch. And I've read some different thoughts on it. And I thought she was trafficked and she's in the Caribbean somewhere, which would be terrible. And now I'm wondering if she went overboard. I'm starting to think the family might.

[Bobby Bones]

Be enjoying this funny thing, but I'm more laughing at you because I wish I could get into stuff like this. Like, even the Body in the Snow. Have you.

[Amy Brown]

You haven't watched Amy Bradley is missing?

[Bobby Bones]

No, and I couldn't. I watched one episode of Body in the Snow and I was like, I don't care. I just stopped. I. I can't get into the murder mystery stuff. Not just murder, but, like, just any of the true crime. Yeah, I wish I could because everybody gets so invested in it, and I want to be a part of it.

[Amy Brown]

Well, I don't think you need to be. It's. Honestly, sometimes I'm like, why am I so invested in this? And I'm not even as bad as some people, but.

[Bobby Bones]

I know, but, like, I don't know, I just feel like I have fomo because all of you guys Talk about true crime stuff. And then I just, like, it goes over my head.

[Amy Brown]

It's okay. Like, the amount of times in the day that I wonder about Amy Bradley and is too much.

[Bobby Bones]

So all I can think of when you guys keep saying Amy Bradley is Bradley from the morning show. The character.

[Amy Brown]

Oh, yeah. Reese's character.

[Bobby Bones]

Because that's the only other Bradley that I have heard. Or like Bradley Cooper. I don't know. I just have weird associations when people say different names. But those are what I keep thinking of, and it's not the same at all. What bird will you visit as your kids? As after you pass Jessica and Oregon?

[Amy Brown]

Oh, can I be an owl?

[Bobby Bones]

I think you could be whatever you want to be. I think that's your choice.

[Amy Brown]

I think I'd like to be a. A barred owl.

[Bobby Bones]

A barred owl?

[Amy Brown]

Yeah. It's a specific kind. They're really cute to me because isn't.

[Bobby Bones]

There also a barn owl? So is that different than a barred owl?

[Amy Brown]

I don't know. I mean, I don't know if that's just an owl that lives in a barn. I'm not supposed to Google that. But a barred owl, they're more of like the round face with the big round eyes. And they're cute.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Amy Brown]

Some owls are more intimidating and scary looking. I feel like barred owls are cute.

[Bobby Bones]

I feel like you should be a white owl. Like a snow owl. That would be a pretty one.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Like the one in Harry Potter. Hedwig. No. Yeah, Hedwig.

[Amy Brown]

Hedwig. Maybe I'll take. I don't know. But you know, would be. Or a cute little chickadee.

[Bobby Bones]

Jiggity. Or an owl are very drastically different experiences. But that's okay.

[Amy Brown]

Oh, I guess I was really like, what about you, Morgan? You're like Amy. Ow. I'm not obsessed with birds.

[Bobby Bones]

No. But if I came back as a animal, I think I'd want to come back as a sloth. We seem to have really good lives.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah. Or penguin.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. But, you know, honestly, animals all have issues. And that Wild ones show that I told you guys all to watch has now, like, I don't want to be an animal. People are so mean to animals for no reason. So now I don't want to come back.

[Amy Brown]

People are also mean to humans for no reason. So true.

[Bobby Bones]

All of it.

[Amy Brown]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

We got a comment of you both are beautiful and amazing women who bring a good vibe to the show and deserve nothing but happiness. That's very sweet. Okay. We talked about colleges. James from Virginia. Not the same one.

[Amy Brown]

Same.

[Bobby Bones]

We have two James in Virginia's which feels crazy different one and we talked about that in part one. If you want to go listen to. We had Jordan from Kyle, Texas who just wanted to say we are awesome. And have the new boyfriends met the show yet? Neither one of ours have. You know, I'm gonna keep him away as long as possible. Honestly, not necessarily from like Amy or Abby, but the guys. Yeah. He has met Lunchbox and Scuba at passing events, but I haven't like specifically. Oh, okay.

[Amy Brown]

So Lunchbox got to meet him.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. The celebrity softball game.

[Amy Brown]

Oh nice.

[Bobby Bones]

And it was actually a fine interaction. I was a little concerned, but I looked at my boyfriend, said, you're gonna see Lunchbox tonight. Say nothing, just talk nothing about us because I have no idea what you.

[Amy Brown]

Want to use against as show prep.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Amy Brown]

Uh huh. You never know.

[Bobby Bones]

So I think that's why we never heard about it because my boyfriend was well trained.

[Amy Brown]

In that moment I thought about having my boyfriend. I was like, you should just maybe one day. Just popping in our studio now is really difficult because of our new building. It's just not easy to get up here. So it has crossed my mind if it were easier or one day we just figure it out and he just comes up and can meet everybody and.

[Bobby Bones]

Get it over with.

[Amy Brown]

We just haven't had any outings or events or anything that make sense. Yeah. I mean, I don't know. Between my kids and him always having his kids, even finding Caitlin and I have talked about doing like a double date night or maybe we all could like just doing a date night or something. It's hard to coordinate.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't feel like the guys, we.

[Amy Brown]

Barely go on dates, everybody group date night.

[Bobby Bones]

They'd be like, absolutely not. You guys are on your own. And then it ended up being you and me. And then that's fine. At least they get a meet. But that would probably happen. Okay, we're gonna take a quick break. We'll be right back.

[Morgan]

You can make a difference in someone's life, including your own, with a job in home care. These jobs offer flexible schedules, health care, retirement options, and free training. They also provide paid time off and opportunities for overtime. Visit oregonhomecarejobs.com to learn more and apply. That's oregonhomecarejobs.com.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Bobby Bones]

Got another shout out from Rachel in Illinois. She just loves how much we are both radiating happiness. So happy for you both.

[Amy Brown]

Oh thank you Rachel.

[Bobby Bones]

Exciting. Diana wants to know she's from Texas. Are you adjusting well in your new relationship? Yes, I think for some people it's they still think of them as new within this year, especially if they're catching up on the podcast.

[Amy Brown]

Definitely new. It's weird to think that at this point in my relationship with my with Ben, my husband, first husband, but I don't have a second yet. My ex husband. How do you say it? My ex husband.

[Bobby Bones]

I've noticed for you is that it's very difficult to see how identify him. It's changed very much over the past.

[Amy Brown]

Year because I don't know what the deal is with ex husband and maybe that's just something I need to work through. But it is what it is. He's my ex husband and at this point in our relationship we were already married and I'm still dating. Like we're not even. And I think that it's okay that we're not. It's just Ben and I moved very quickly and I think yes, we're adjusting there. Have we finally got over a lot of the growing pains of figuring out how to navigate his kids, my kids, his, you know, wife passing away. Like there was a lot of that in the beginning. And I say the beginning, like the first five months, like just different things would pop up like meeting her family or different events or what do I do here or your daughter is this. And now we got over all those humps and we took our first blended family vacation.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I question how that vacation went from a listener. I am trying to figure out their name. They didn't arrive at Mary. She would like to know how that vacation went.

[Amy Brown]

It was. I exceeded all my expectations. I do think that I tried not to have any, though, because you just. You don't know.

[E]

So.

[Amy Brown]

I did hope for the best, though, and I wanted certain memories, and we got those. And I'm very, very grateful that everybody got along and it was fine. I mean, I knew it wasn't. It wasn't going to be terrible, but I guess you just don't know if there's going to be awkward. And it really wasn't. So that I was thankful for. I mean, anytime I think you travel with anybody new, you're like, okay, let's see how this is going to go.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, very much so. I loved your carousel posts of that experience that you guys had and what it was like and your thoughts going in and then being done after. I thought it was very real and just life.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah, we. We both had a great time. I think we were able to relax. I was more nervous than he was, but I think going into it, we were like, how's this going to be? And then probably the second day we took this boat out and we both were able to fall asleep and our kids were just playing. And I was like, okay. I think that. I think. Yeah. I posted that picture of us napping on the boat where we legit both fell asleep. And his son, I thought it was so cute. His son took that picture.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Amy Brown]

And he was like, hey, like later, after we got up and. And we were at the boat, he's like, hey, I took some pictures on your phone. I think you're gonna like them. Wink, wink. And I was like, oh, and he's 13.

[Bobby Bones]

So you're like, what kind of pictures?

[Amy Brown]

And, well, I just thought, oh, that's so cute. And he's the one that's bonded to me. I think we all get along, obviously, but I think he. Him being the youngest and not having a mom, you know, the last almost six years, like, he's craving that mom, like, so he'll do kind of.

[Bobby Bones]

You have a special connection. Yes.

[Amy Brown]

That's a little bit different, but I think that makes sense.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Amy Brown]

It's not that, you know, I don't know. I guess I feel bad saying that about the other kids, but I think you get the idea. It just is different. He's craving a mom figure, and I thought that was really precious. So when I opened up the phone.

[Bobby Bones]

I was like, oh, this actually is.

[Amy Brown]

A really precious picture. Thank you.

[Bobby Bones]

That's so cute. I love when the kids take cute pictures. Pictures. And I'm like, I think you'll like this.

[Amy Brown]

Especially because he did that all on his own. Like, we were asleep and he grabbed my phone and just took the pictures.

[Bobby Bones]

That's so cute. Sammy from Virginia said Spicy Amy has been employee of the quarter level. Funny. 5 out of 5 roll tides.

[Amy Brown]

Spicy Amy or what do they call me? Pervy Amy?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I think both. I think it's a combination of the two. What is the weirdest animal you would want as a pet? Jessica from San Diego.

[Amy Brown]

Like an otter.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, otters are cute, but I need two.

[Amy Brown]

So they can hold hands.

[Bobby Bones]

Not hold your hand.

[Amy Brown]

Well, I like when they lay together in the water and hold hands.

[Bobby Bones]

So you just want to watch them lay in the water?

[Amy Brown]

Yeah. And then send out otters. Like, take pebbles and keep them.

[Bobby Bones]

They do.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah. I know.

[Bobby Bones]

That's also a penguin thing.

[Amy Brown]

Okay, well, that's cute to me, so. And I'll probably never have an otter. And there's lots of animals I'd like to have.

[Bobby Bones]

But that, I mean, that came to your mind first. For whatever reason, I'm sticking with my sloth. I think I'd want a sloth mostly because they just hang on you and you just have this cute little fuzzy thing that's climbing on you all the time. And they just smile so slow. And it brings me joy. So I think I'm going with this loss.

[Amy Brown]

But you want to be a sloth and you want a sloth.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. All the things just, you know, insert me in sloth family. I will never have one, though. I don't wow the animals. I like to see them in the wild. That's my preference. Okay. Does the boyfriend stay over and vice versa? How are you navigating that? And you can also plead the fifth if that's too.

[Amy Brown]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Chantel in Oklahoma.

[Amy Brown]

No, we don't have. I mean, no. He has his kids 24 7. I have mine every other week. But, yeah, that doesn't work for us.

[Bobby Bones]

Hasn't happened yet.

[Amy Brown]

And even on our vacation, they stayed in a hotel down the way, and I got a condo for my kids. His son ended up coming down and staying in our condo with us because Stevenson's room had, like, twin beds. And so that was fun. But, I mean, it's not like we were all. I mean, we. We'd created space intentionally because we didn't want. We didn't know, like, how all the kids, everything was going to be so we're like, well, at least this. There's gap. But then his daughter ended up coming down to Arkando and wanted to get ready with Sashira and her friend that were on the trip, and the girls ended up hanging out. So we. Yeah. So even in that situation. No.

[Bobby Bones]

Does that feel weird? Are you like, dang, I really want to sometime?

[Amy Brown]

No, I mean, I think we understand our situation, so it just is what it is. And we've taken trips, and we have to be intentional about our time, but I think it's just. That's just is what it is.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And obviously, over the course of time, that changes. And if things get, you know, if you guys ever choose to remarry or life changes in that drastic, different direction, I think that also changes a lot of things.

[Amy Brown]

The younger son is always like, can you spend the night? You can sleep in my room, and I'll go sleep with my dad. Are you gonna stay the night? Like, stay the night. You can have my room. And I'm like, well, I gotta go get the dog. And he's like, the dog. And Cara can sleep in my bed. Go get your dog.

[Bobby Bones]

He's so sweet.

[Amy Brown]

That's cute. Yeah, some of his friends, parents that are divorced and dating, like, they have live in girlfriends or, you know, so he's seen that. So he's sort of like, well, you know, his friends have that, but we're just not. We're doing it differently.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Amy Brown]

It's.

[Bobby Bones]

It's also a slower burn. Right. Like, you're just figuring out what that potentially could look like later.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So as of right now, it hasn't just gotten to that point yet. Okay, good question. How do you. We'll end on this one. How do you show so much confidence? Chef Al in Tampa.

[Amy Brown]

Whoa. Are we. Are we exuding confidence? Because I don't know that I have it totally. Sometimes I have to just have talks with myself. I think, you know, this air is different than the other part, but we talked about dopamine dressing, so I think sometimes I use clothes to feel more confident and then show confidence. And sometimes I, you know, have talks with myself of, like, you can do this. Like, you. Like, you are capable. Believe in yourself. Just like I would try to pump up my daughter, I pump up myself. And I think sometimes it may come off that we're exuding more than we actually have. I mean, we just. Any human thing. Sometimes you think, like, how is that person so confident? But there may be some insecurities screaming in there that you have no idea about.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. I feel like that's also my life. I'm very much a fake it till you make it person when it comes to my confidence. I just like, if I fake it enough, I start to believe it, and then I just kind of stay there instead of. Because if I, like, do let all my insecurities out and stuff, that. That's just a scared little girl who's working through a lot of stuff. So I really have to, like, put my brave face on and say, hey, we're gonna fake this, and you're gonna start to feel good as soon as you, you know, faked it enough that you'll start to finally believe this is real and you can do this.

[Amy Brown]

I think it's also too surrounding yourself with people that are encouraging and lift.

[Bobby Bones]

You up instead of taking you down, right? Yeah, very much so. I think Amy and I have both cultivated really great communities around us to really help us believe in ourselves and support us. We've done really good about that. So I think a lot of that comes from there, too.

[Amy Brown]

I think so, too. In fact, I would probably. I know I mentioned dopamine dressing is first, but I think it's your community.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Amy Brown]

First two are your people. It doesn't even have to be multiple people. It could be one person that. That's who you rely on for. Like, hey.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, hey, check. You're good.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Literally, my boyfriend, every time before, like, he'll. Whenever he's in at my house in the morning before work, he'll be like, you're capable of amazing things. And I can't wait to see what you do today. Every single day. Every single day.

[Amy Brown]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

And I'm like, I needed that. Some days I'm like, yeah, I am. And other days I'm like, yeah, I don't feel that, but thank you. I needed that.

[Amy Brown]

He's a really good cheerleader.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah, that's good.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a good, like, we're good at giving each other the. What are they? Comfort word.

[Amy Brown]

Affirmation.

[Bobby Bones]

Thank you. Yeah, I was almost there. All right, we're jumping out of here. Amy, thanks for being here.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah, you're welcome.

[Bobby Bones]

Tell them where they can find you.

[Amy Brown]

I'll see you in the Bobby Bone show in a minute at Radio Amy on Socials and also at Feeling Things podcast.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. Check that out and subscribe to us on YouTube at Bobby Bone show. And you can follow me on Instagram at Web Girl Morgan. Bye, everybody.

[Amy Brown]

Bye.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Bobby Bones]

Thanks for listening.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Morgan]

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[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

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