Tim Tebow & Demi Tebow On Finding Your True Purpose, Faith, & Everlasting Resilience

Summary

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The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Show

Episode: Tim Tebow & Demi Tebow On Finding Your True Purpose, Faith, & Everlasting Resilience

Release Date: January 1, 2026
Hosts: Lauryn Bosstick & Michael Bosstick
Guests: Tim Tebow & Demi Tebow

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Episode Overview

This episode launches the new year with an inspiring and intimate conversation featuring power couple Tim and Demi Tebow—both celebrated for their achievements (Tim as an NFL quarterback and philanthropist, Demi as Miss Universe 2017 and activist). Lauryn and Michael Bosstick explore the Tebows’ journeys in redefining success through purpose, faith, and resilience, the realities behind international acclaim, their fight against human trafficking, and practical ways to live a more meaningful life. Expect raw stories of trauma, love, service, and wisdom on legacy, marriage, setbacks, and health.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Demi’s South African Roots & Rise to Miss Universe

[01:32–04:54]

• Demi reflects fondly on her rural South African upbringing, contrasting it with the fast-paced U.S. (“Everything was like farm-to-table and laid back… Here, it’s extremely fast-paced.”).
• Moving from a tight-knit community to international fame in NYC at 22 felt less like “fame” and more like a “responsibility” (“It felt more like a job, like an ambassadorship.”).
• Miss Universe preparation included self-imposed English immersion for three months and emotional readiness.

  “I gave up speaking my first language for three months to speak better English." — Demi Tebow [04:28]

2. Trauma, Healing, and Purpose

[06:43–10:28]

• During her tenure as Miss South Africa, Demi survived a violent carjacking. Her safety training kicked in—she fought back and escaped.
• The aftermath was emotionally scarring, leading to EMDR therapy for recovery.
• Most traumatic for Demi wasn’t the assault itself, but public apathy:

  “The most traumatic part... wasn’t being surrounded by armed men. It was running for my life and nobody stopped to help.” — Demi Tebow [10:10]

• A young woman’s small act of kindness that night (“She let me into her beat-up old car”) deeply shaped Demi’s resolve to help others.

3. Tim’s Journey: Platform vs. Purpose

[11:14–16:31]

• Tim’s competitive drive was matched by a strong family faith, which shaped his value system early on.
• Pivotal moment: Meeting a disabled boy in the Philippines (on a mission trip at 15) shifted Tim toward purpose-driven living.

  “I made the mistake of confusing my platform with my purpose.” — Tim Tebow [13:37]

• After a successful college and pro career, Tim launched his foundation to serve the vulnerable, especially in the fight against human trafficking.

4. Managing Fame, Attention, and Staying Grounded

[16:31–19:01]

• Tim describes the pressures of instant fame in the NFL—and the struggle to handle widespread attention as a young adult.
• Wise counsel from trusted elders and community remain vital guardrails for the Tebows.

  “It’s so important to surround ourselves with wise counsel.” — Tim Tebow [18:23]

5. A Purpose-Driven Love Story

[19:01–24:40]

• The couple met through Tim’s “Night to Shine” initiative for individuals with special needs—Demi’s sister was invited but unable to attend.
• Their connection blossomed through deep conversations on service and faith, not shared hobbies (“We had so little in common…but so much on purpose”).
• They knew they’d marry before ever meeting in person.

  “We actually knew we were gonna get married before we ever met in person.” — Tim Tebow [22:19]

6. The Fight Against Human Trafficking

[24:57–29:46]

• The Tebows candidly address the scope and horror of trafficking, including chilling statistics:

  “Right now in the ICSA database…there are around 57,000 boys and girls that law enforcement can see their rape and abuse images…but have yet to identify them.” — Tim Tebow [35:31]

• Both stress the urgent need for awareness—pushing listeners (and leaders) not to look away.

  "If those girls could hear you right now, what hope do you think they would have?" — Tim Tebow recalling an emotional conversation with a powerful donor [27:11]

7. Faith, Worth, and True Success

[39:36–44:48]

• The Tebows assert that their faith is the bedrock of their worldview and philanthropic efforts:

  "If we valued people as made in God’s image, their worth wouldn't go up and down based on opinion..." — Tim Tebow [43:50]

• They challenge the audience to shift from success (about self) to significance (about others).
• Story behind their daughter's name — Rain — honors a girl rescued from trafficking.

8. Marriage & Core Values

[45:17–48:52]

• Marriage, family, and organizational life revolve around 5 core values:
  1. Protection (of each other and the vulnerable)
  2. Valuing wise counsel
  3. Compassion (“We hurt when they hurt”)
  4. “Getting in the foxhole” with those in need
  5. Embracing both the joy and burden of calling

  “Compassion comes from the Greek word splaknizomai. It means to be moved from your most inward parts. It is very uncomfortable.” — Tim Tebow [47:24]

9. Handling Setbacks and Failing Fast

[51:24–54:31]

• Tim shares a powerful metaphor:

  “If you get buried or you get planted, it looks and feels the same…Except one, life is over, and the other is just about to sprout.” — Tim Tebow [52:19]

• The importance of perspective and learning from life’s disappointments is emphasized.

10. At Home with Tim & Demi (And the Realities of Daily Life)

[54:33–61:19]

• Stories from the Tebows’ marriage humanize their relationship—from Tim’s instinct to help in emergencies (even on their honeymoon) to their playful quirks (dogs snacking in bed).
• Demi’s behind-the-scenes look: Tim’s public persona is “exactly who he is at home—always seeking to notice and help.”

11. Wellness, Health Habits & Family Life

[64:44–74:18]

• Both are passionate about nutrition (minimizing sugar, processed foods) and holistic wellness—citing favorite practitioners, supplements, and routines.
• Morning routine involves family time, devotionals, and coffee (“If we miss it, it feels like the day is less”).
• Demi discusses the challenge of new parenthood and fueling her body for breastfeeding.
• They prioritize brain health as much as physical well-being; Tim recently got brain scans and supplements for neurological health (Neuron by Optimum EFX).

12. Discovering and Living Your Purpose

[74:12–77:22]

• Tim’s “superset” framework for finding purpose:
  Mindset + Heartset + Skillset + Whereset = Purpose
• Demi shares that purpose is not about grand gestures, but “often hidden in plain sight” and anchored in serving others:

  "Our purpose may be hidden in the things that we love and we’re naturally good at, that we can utilize for something bigger than ourselves.” — Demi Tebow [77:04]

13. The Tebows’ New Books

[77:22–81:35]

• Demi’s: Knowing Who You Are: 100 Days to Unbreakable Faith — a devotional for those struggling with faith or questions of identity.
• Tim’s: Look Again — a call to recognize self-worth, reignite hope, and see others with compassion.

  “I hope it’s more than a book. I hope it’s a wake up call… Please don’t look away. Look again.” — Tim Tebow [81:16]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On trauma and public apathy:
  “The most traumatic part wasn’t being surrounded by armed men. It was running for my life and nobody stopped to help.” — Demi Tebow [10:10]
• On purpose:
  “I made the mistake of confusing my platform with my purpose.” — Tim Tebow [13:37]
• On the challenge of human trafficking:
  “If those girls could hear you right now, what hope do you think they would have?” — Tim Tebow [27:11]
• On compassion:
  “Compassion comes from the Greek word splaknizomai. It means to be moved from your most inward parts. It is very uncomfortable.” — Tim Tebow [47:24]
• On setbacks:
  “If you get buried or you get planted, it looks and feels the same…Except one, life is over, and the other is just about to sprout.” — Tim Tebow [52:19]
• On worth:
  “Our value is fixed. You can do things I like or dislike, but that’s not your worth.” — Tim Tebow [44:48]
• On marriage:
  "We had so little in common, but so much on purpose.” — Demi Tebow [24:02]
• Advice for finding purpose:
  “Our purpose may be hidden in the things we love and are naturally good at, that we can use for something bigger than ourselves.” — Demi Tebow [77:04]
• On faith as foundation:
  “When you really believe every person is created in the image of God…your eyes start to change, the lenses in which you see people start to change.” — Tim Tebow [41:08]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Demi’s South Africa Story & Miss Universe Prep: [01:28–06:43]
• Carjacking and Trauma Recovery: [06:43–10:28]
• Tim on Platform vs. Purpose: [13:37–16:31]
• Managing NFL Attention & Wise Counsel: [16:31–19:01]
• How Tim & Demi Met; Night to Shine: [19:01–24:40]
• Purpose As Marriage Foundation: [24:36–24:57]
• Human Trafficking: Stats, Action, and Apathy: [24:57–37:32]
• Parenthood and Perspective: [39:56–41:02]
• Faith, Value, and Society: [41:08–44:48]
• Core Values in Marriage & Life: [45:24–48:52]
• Handling Setbacks & Failing Fast: [51:24–54:31]
• Home Life Details: [54:33–61:19]
• Health, Wellness, and Routine: [64:44–74:18]
• Advice for Finding Purpose: [74:12–77:22]
• Books & Legacy: [77:22–81:35]

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Tone & Atmosphere

The conversation is open, deeply honest, and faith-centered, filled with warmth, practical wisdom, and a call to look beyond yourself toward a more purpose-driven life. Both Tebows blend humor, vulnerability, and actionable advice, modeling authenticity in marriage, leadership, and healing.

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For More

• Instagram: @demitebow, @timtebow
• Books:
  • Demi’s: “Knowing Who You Are: 100 Days to Unbreakable Faith”
  • Tim’s: “Look Again: Recognize Your Worth, Renew Your Hope, Run with Confidence”

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This episode is essential for anyone seeking clarity in their purpose, inspiration in adversity, or guidance on building a faith-driven legacy.

Transcript

[Lauren Everts]

The following podcast is a Dear Media Production. She's a lifestyle blogger extraordinaire.

[Tim Tebow]

Fantastic.

[Lauren Everts]

And he's a serial entrepreneur, a very smart cookie. And now Lauren Everts and Michael Bostick are bringing you along for the ride.

[Lauren]

Get ready for some major realness.

[Lauren Everts]

Welcome to the Skinny Confidential. Him and her. Happy new year everybody. Welcome back to another episode of the Skinny Confidential him and her show. Today we have a power duo on the podcast, Tim. Tim and Demi Tebow. Both are speakers, authors and entrepreneurs committed to global impact. Tim, a former NFL quarterback, two time NCAA champion, Heisman Trophy winner and college football hall of famer, is also now a college football analyst and the author of five New York Times bestsellers. Demi is a former Miss Universe of 2017. She's a best selling author and founder of the Unbreakable campaign empowering women worldwide. Together they co founded the Tebow Group, investing in mission driven companies and live in Jacksonville, Florida with their daughter and three dogs. Today on this episode we're talking all about redefining success and purpose, building a legacy rooted in faith and purpose driven missions. This is a great episode to kick off the new year. We really enjoyed sitting down with these two. With that Tim and Demi, welcome to the Skinny Confidential. Him and her show. This is the Skinny Confidential him and her.

[Lauren]

Tim and Demi, welcome to the show. I would first, the audience already knows you guys, but I would love to get context. And Demi, I'll start with you.

[Demi Tebow]

Yeah.

[Lauren]

You grew up in South Africa.

[Demi Tebow]

I did.

[Lauren]

What was that like?

[Demi Tebow]

So fun. Honestly, I'm so grateful and so blessed for the upbringing that I had. I grew up in a very, very small, teeny, tiny like farm town where we literally bought like our weekly groceries at the like weekly farmer's market. You know, like we, I went to school with like the farmer's kids and everything was like farm to table and just very laid back. I think one of the greatest adjustments living in the US is just how extremely fast paced everything is all the time. For instance, like in South Africa, the whole month of December, the whole country pretty much shuts down and you're just.

[Tim Tebow]

Like on, they'll go on holiday.

[Demi Tebow]

Yeah, go on holiday. And you're like spending Christmas and New Year's and like don't try and get anything done from like the 15th of December to the 15th of January. So maybe something I miss a lot and I miss our humor a lot culturally. Like I think South Africans are the funniest people on the planet and we find a way to make fun of everything. So yeah, so Great. And I'm. I've been here, what, eight years now. My memory is eight years.

[Lauren]

So what is it like when you're coming from a small town and then you shoot to fame at 22 years old?

[Demi Tebow]

Well, I actually. I moved to New York City, and.

[Tim Tebow]

The first two places she goes in America is Vegas and New York.

[Demi Tebow]

Yes.

[Lauren]

That's an extreme cortisol.

[Demi Tebow]

So I moved to New York City at that age, and I don't necessarily think I felt like it was fame. It was in South Africa. Winning Miss South Africa prior to Miss Universe was really like an ambassadorship role. I got to work so much with, like, you know, speak at, like, government meetings on behalf of women. I got to do so many things that were. It wasn't like a pageant. It didn't feel like a pageant. It felt more like a job. And that's kind of how I viewed it. I viewed it as a response, responsibility. It felt like a role that I was in. It wasn't. And just didn't feel like fame. Although you. I remember the night I won Miss Universe, I couldn't get my phone on because I've. Nobody told me, like, hey, in case you win, turn your notifications off. So I gained like a million followers in, like, a couple of hours. And just my phone was, like, plugged to the. You know, plugged in. And, like, I just couldn't get it on because all the notifications just kept, like, popping up. So.

[Lauren]

How did you know how to prep for Miss Universe? I mean, what does it look like? Like, way before then, the preparation for that.

[Demi Tebow]

It was a lot. It was something I took very seriously. For instance, I stopped speaking my first language, which is Afrikaans. Sounds like Dutch and German. Tim sometimes make fun of me for.

[Tim Tebow]

It, but, like, when we just started dating, I was around our family. Like, I'm like, demi, is everything okay? Because. And then she's like, no, we're just talking about we want for breakfast. But it sounds like there are. It' so intense.

[Demi Tebow]

Like, the heart. It's like a harsh language.

[Tim Tebow]

Like, I'm like, is everything okay? Like, this is a lot.

[Demi Tebow]

I gave up speaking my first language for three months in order to speak better English and to be able to communicate.

[Tim Tebow]

Not just speak it, but write it, text it, email it, everything. Like, she's a boss and so determined that, like, I'm not. Like, for me could. I couldn't even imagine not speaking, texting, writing English. Like, that would be so much. He underplays it, but it's. It's a baller.

[Demi Tebow]

Some of my family was like, okay, well, we'll see you in three months. Goodbye.

[Michael Bostick]

One of our limitations as Americans is our language perspective. Like, we. We do not adapt other languages very easily in this country.

[Tim Tebow]

Most other places around the world, they learn English as their second language. We sometimes people do Spanish or French or something, but it's like kind of an afterthought. In so many places around the world, they can speak two, three languages, and they can do it really well.

[Demi Tebow]

South Africa actually have 11 official langu and sign language would be, like, considered maybe the 12, but 11 official languages. So you're just exposed to so many, like, varieties, accents.

[Michael Bostick]

Well, imagine in a way that's helpful because, you know, like, if we go to France or Italy, you know, you start to, like, listen to the dialect and you pick it up a little more. But mostly, you know, in this country, you only hear English, so I think it's harder for us. But if you're growing up in a country with that many languages and you're exposed, I imagine in some ways it's easier than to. To pick up something else.

[Demi Tebow]

Yeah, I think I've heard that. I think if you. If you pick up a, you know, language before the age of six, there's a lot of statistics on that. I think it also lessens your. Like, if you pick up your second language, it lessens the ability to have, like, an accent or, you know, some. Something to that extent, but I can imagine it's easier.

[Lauren]

So to prep for Miss Universe, one of the things was you had to learn English. What were the other things that you had to do to prepare? Because I. I can imagine that both of you have had to really prepar for these moments. What was that like?

[Demi Tebow]

Yeah, speaking English wasn't a requirement, but it was something that I wanted to do because I knew I'd be able to communicate a message to more people than in Afrikaans, because not a lot of people speak Afrikaans around the world. Something else I did. I mean, physically, you train emotionally. You know, you kind of have to be ready to speak on so many different topics at any point. That was. That was fun to be able to prepare for.

[Tim Tebow]

But also, she probably wouldn't bring this up, but when she was Miss South Africa, one of the things that she had to do was emotionally heal a little bit from carjacking from five armed men at gunpoint. That happened when she was Miss South Africa while she was preparing for Miss Universe.

[Demi Tebow]

That's right. That happened just a few months. Well, yeah, a month or two before I left for to Come and compete at Miss Universe. And I mean it was, it was very traumatizing. I stopped at the ray traffic light hop past five in the afternoon, broad daylight, peak hour traffic. And the next moment I was surrounded by multiple, multiple armed men. And in that moment I knew like get away, your things are replaceable, but your life isn't. And the moment I tried running away, one of the men grabbed me by the arm and tried to push me back in the vehicle and said, get in, you're going with us. And my dad had always been so protective and sent me on safety driving courses and self defense workshops. And I remembered in that moment I remember don't go to the second destination because whatever is going to get better, whatever's going to happen right here, peak hour traffic hoppers five in the afternoon with hundreds of people around you is probably not going to get better somewhere downtown within other of their friends. And the second thing I remembered was the throat punch. It, it's lethal, it's accessible, you know, you can cause a lot of damage. So obviously don't do that as a joke. It's need to be used in a life threatening situation. And it bought me a split second, like a very tiny window of opportunity to be able to get away from that situation. But that was very traumatizing. I remember not wanting to get back in my vehicle for like a month afterwards, like just not wanting to drive. And I remember once I started driving again, I would get up at like 4 in the morning to like go to the gym, to drive wherever I needed to be. I just wait in the parking lot so that I didn't have to drive in traffic. And I realized, gosh, I can't keep living this way. I have to, I have to really work on healing. And one of the therapies that I ended up doing was EMDR therapy and I highly advocate for that, especially in traumatic situations. That was something that was.

[Michael Bostick]

That we follow the.

[Demi Tebow]

No, it's like a. I think different therapists, you use different techniques. I don't want to screw up the definition but they, the therapy that was used or the technique that was used on me was like a tapping. Okay, Tapping. And I do believe that they follow the movement of your eyes.

[Lauren]

O When you had that split second, did you punch him in the throat?

[Demi Tebow]

I did, I did.

[Lauren]

And you got away?

[Demi Tebow]

I did, I grabbed the steering wheel, I punched him in the throat. And it just, it startled him enough to just, for me to just get out and run. And you know, Lauren, the most traumatic part of that situation Wasn't. Wasn't being pushed back into the car, wasn't being surrounded by multiple armed men. It was running up that avenue half past five in the afternoon and no one would stop to help me. Nobody would stop, like not one single person. And people had their windows open. It was bumper to bumper traffic. People could hear what I was saying and nobody would stop. And honestly, the point that had such a massive impact in my life was eventually, once I reached the intersection far down the road, a young girl, she was 19 years old, she was the only person she swerved over, she stopped and she let me into her car. Actually, before I was able to get into her car, she leaned over and had to unlock the little car knob because it was such an old, beat up little car. And that moment impacted me so much because I realized she actually saved me from not, how can I say this, from not wanting to look the other way for the rest of my life. Because she was 19 years old and all she had was a beat up old little car to show up for somebody in desperate need. And I'm thankful that in that moment she didn't choose her own comfort, you know, over.

[Tim Tebow]

Or it could have been safety.

[Demi Tebow]

Yes.

[Michael Bostick]

So interviewing two people at once is always an art because you guys both have tremendous stories, right? Like, you have your own accomplishments, you have your own accomplishments we're going to get into. And then obviously you've come together. But for you, Tim, I'm aware of you as a man because obviously I played football when I was a kid and followed your career.

[Lauren]

I think you were staring at my.

[Michael Bostick]

Skirt while I was a cheerleader. And you were born in 87, right? Same age, so same year. So for you, for context, for this audience, and I'm going to loop it all back together, when did you become interested in that game? And was. And was that always your path or was it something you kind of fell into over time? Like, how did you decide to get into that game at such a high level?

[Tim Tebow]

Yeah, that's a good question. I was born into a missionary family, the baby of five. And my whole family was just competitive. I was born in the Philippines and we lived there the first five years of my life. We moved back to Jacksonville and I. I was just super competitive. My parents were like, we gotta sign him up for sports so he can be active. And they signed me up for T ball. And I thought it was like a mixture of the World Series, the national championship, like all into one. And it just took it so serious. Sisters did, or they all played, but and everyone was competitive, but I just naturally. Probably a little bit more competitive, although my whole family's competitive.

[Demi Tebow]

Oh, yeah. I see them at, like, Christmas board games at the.

[Lauren Everts]

It's.

[Demi Tebow]

It's.

[Tim Tebow]

Sometimes we just shouldn't play because it becomes too much. And. And so I, I fell in love with baseball, and I got to play basketball. Fell in love with. Then I got to play football. Fell in love with it. And so I, I loved it so much, and I was very passionate about it. And it was something that. Yeah, I had a dream from a really early age, and I. I wanted to. To see what I could become in it. But I also think one of the things that was so special for me was how much my parents believed in me and my siblings and spoke life into us. Every night that I can remember, when my parents would put us to bed, they would echo truths. They would share God's word of our value, how much they loved us, how much they cared about us, and to go chase our dreams. But then they would also echo things that were more important. And I still remember that my dad would always say to me, hey, you know what? He was a Packers fan, and so he's a Brett Favre fan. And he would say, you know what? Brett Favre can win a whole lot of games, and if one day, if you're ever blessed with that platform, will you do more than just win a game? You know? And so it was a lot that I was processing at a young age, and then I got to. To go and play in high school, college, and then NFL and then play some pro baseball and then back to NFL and. But there are a lot of highs and lows throughout all of it. And I think one of the things for me that I made a mistake on a lot of times is that I screwed up understanding the difference between my platform and my purpose.

[Michael Bostick]

Okay, explain.

[Tim Tebow]

Is so many times I think we view our platform as equal to our purpose or that they're the same. When me and Demi have talked about this so many times that just because you have a platform doesn't mean it's your ultimate purpose. And you might have a platform, but you can use it for what your ultimate purpose is. And one of the biggest life changing moments for me in my life when I was 15 years old and I was insanely competitive and I was working so hard to try to go play at that time, either college football or baseball, and I went on a mission trip to the Philippines, and I met a boy in the jungles of the Philippines who was born with his feet on backwards. And because of that, they treated him as less than insignificant, as cursed, as a throwaway, as equal to the trash. And I fell in love with that boy. And I knew he wasn't a throwaway. But I also knew that God was pricking my heart saying, yeah, but what are you going to do about it? And in a sense, what I was really chasing was trying to be my best in a game of chasing MVPs of most valuable player. But I knew that God was breaking my heart saying, I have a more, more important MVP for you to chase. And it's the most vulnerable people, but which one is going to matter more to you? It's not that trying to be your best is wrong. I don't believe that at all. I think it's a really good thing. But if you would put all of that effort into a game, how much would you put into caring for people that are suffering? So that's always been a challenge for me.

[Lauren]

How do you manage that? How did, like, I feel like that's grappling, like as you're going through it and realizing all this. How did you. How did you manage to sort of come out of it and realize you needed to focus on your purpose?

[Tim Tebow]

Well, I had to be reminded many times and be humbled many times, I think, along the way. But one of the first things that I did when I graduated from the University of Florida was start the foundation, the Tim Te Hill foundation, with the mission statement of to bring faith, open love to those needing a brighter day in their darkest hour of need to really sum up to fight for people that can't fight for themselves. And all I did was think about that boy in the Philippines and all the boys and girls around the world like him that are treated as less sin, because I don't believe that anybody is. And so then it started with caring for orphans and hospitals and special needs. And then that led us into the fight against trafficking and exploitation and all sorts of different things along the way. But I think the one thing that is easy to miss is you might be doing some of these, these, you know, things for supporting the MVPs, but you still will. Will fall into the trap of putting your identity into a game. Like, as this is what defines you. And I think that's where I've made the mistake. Often it's not that the game's wrong or not that we shouldn't pursue it or try to be our best, but it's not putting your identity and letting that define you. And then ultimately it's trying to take the success of a game and turn it into the significance of caring for other people. Because I believe success is about you, but significance is about other people.

[Michael Bostick]

What does it feel like to get to the point where you are. Then you are actually realizing your dream and going to the NFL after putting so much time and then at the same time trying to manage the attention that that brings, because Lauren is new to football. But when you busted onto that scene, like, there was a lot of attention on you. There was a whole, like, movements done. And, you know, like, you had a lot of movements. Well, listen, you know about the Tebow.

[Lauren]

What's the movement?

[Michael Bostick]

There was a Do the movement.

[Lauren]

What's the movement?

[Tim Tebow]

It was just getting on a knee and praying, and they called it T Bone.

[Michael Bostick]

But it was a cultural moment. Got it.

[Lauren]

I thought there was like a dance or something. I was like, all right, can you show me the dance?

[Michael Bostick]

A lot of people go into the NFL. When you did at that time, you exploded onto the scene. And I imagine as a young person, that's a lot to manage instantly.

[Tim Tebow]

And I don't think I necessarily did it well, all the time he's just trying to figure out, how do you handle this? What's the right way? What's the best way? I mean, honestly, sometimes you're like, just. Just wanted to go play and didn't want. Sometimes the attention just wanted it to be about. About the game, to go play ball. But then you also realize along the way that, you know, that can be used for good. Sometimes it can be used for bad. It's just, you know, it's. It's like social media. It can be used for good, it can be used for bad. It's like, you know, so much of life, and so it's just trying to figure out, manage it. But you're right. No one really teaches you how to handle all of that. When you're 20, 21, 22 years old, you're just trying to figure out, I'm just trying to make the team and play and pursue the game that I love. And then there's, you know, all sorts of questions and stuff that's being asked of you, and you're trying to figure out. Figure it out and navigate it, and it's hard. And that's where I also really believe wholeheartedly that it's so important to surround ourselves with wise counsel, to have people that love you and are going to speak life into you and give you good wisdom. Some that have been there before, but some that are just older that have experienced life and can really speak into you. And it's one of our core values, is to value and seek wise counsel. Because when you're in some of those situations, you don't know how to handle everything. But having people that really speak into you, I think that helped navigate some of the pitfalls. And some of them we still stepped in, but some of them just having really awesome wise individuals and wise couples help us has been really special.

[Lauren]

You guys seem like you're on the same frequency as a couple. What drew each other? How did you guys come together?

[Demi Tebow]

Oh, it's one of my favorite stories. I. I had a little sister that was born with severe special needs, and we were about 10 years apart. And the foundation has an initiative called Night to Shine, and it's a worldwide celebration for people just like my little sister. And the year I moved to New York and I. I won Miss Universe, Night to Shine was hosted in South Africa as well. It's currently in 63 countries and over 800 locations around the world. And so South Africa is one of those locations. And so to make a long story short, Tim reached out through the foundation to invite my little sister to attend Night to Shine back in South Africa. And unfortunately, her health condition was just too unstable at that time. She couldn't physically attend. But as a family, we were so secluded for such a long time. My parents, you know, just didn't have a community of people around them, didn't have the resources, the organizations that, you know, they were just searching for that help. And here comes this American guy that loves people just like my little sister and puts up an event that makes people like her feel seen and loved and valued and lets them know that, listen, you are so valuable to us. But at the end of the night, when you get crowned the king or the queen of the prom, that's because the God of this universe sees you as royalty. And Tim can speak more to that. But I just. I. I needed to know more and more. Lauren. I'm also new to football. I've been eight years new to football.

[Tim Tebow]

She has no idea. I was just trying to teach her what downs meant the other day.

[Lauren]

She does it talking.

[Michael Bostick]

Every woman was hitting her husband or boyfriend because you. I don't know how you follow that. That's setting the bar very high to come in. It's like, here comes this guy. He's helping everyone. Pro football.

[Lauren]

You know, I think that's sweet that she fell in love with you first for the way that you help people.

[Demi Tebow]

You Know what?

[Tim Tebow]

She didn't know how to say my name.

[Demi Tebow]

No, I literally thought, I like, KN as Night to Shine guy for the first six months of us knowing each other. And I mean, I. I just. I thought his last name was Thibault. I like, near miss Tim Tobo. The Night to Shine guy for the longest time.

[Tim Tebow]

It's a true story.

[Michael Bostick]

Do you guys both immediately have a connection or is it something that developed over time?

[Tim Tebow]

No. So we went back and forth about Night to Shine, and then I was.

[Demi Tebow]

About to Email me.

[Tim Tebow]

Yeah. So we went back and forth, forth on email, and then we set up a call to just talk about Night to Shine and the efforts.

[Demi Tebow]

How can we get this all over South Africa?

[Tim Tebow]

You know, and so that is supposed to be a five, ten minute call. I think that's what it was set up as. And it went for 2 hours, 24 minutes and 6 seconds.

[Lauren]

How do you know the exact. Do you know the exact time that you talked to me for the first time?

[Tim Tebow]

Well, if you knew me, you would know. I do not talk on the phone for a long time. Like, and so when we finished, we were like, are you. How in the world did we just talk on the phone this long? That's also one reason why it made a mark, because we both looked back and we're like, what.

[Michael Bostick]

How did.

[Tim Tebow]

Like, it felt like it was 30.

[Demi Tebow]

Minutes and it was so sweet. The next. The next time we spoke, I was like, do you know how long our phone call was? And he, like, he. He knew too. Like, he.

[Lauren]

I.

[Demi Tebow]

He also went and looked how long our phone call was.

[Lauren]

So when you guys met in person, was the chemistry as strong as it was on the phone?

[Tim Tebow]

We actually knew we were gonna get married before we ever met in person.

[Demi Tebow]

Wait, wait, wait, wait. I know. That's so crazy. And I feel like if my daughter ever tells me that.

[Lauren]

I don't think it's crazy. I don't think it's crazy at all.

[Michael Bostick]

I don't think it's crazy.

[Lauren]

I think that, like I said, you guys are on the same frequency. I understand that, but I want to understand more about it. So before you even saw each other, or was this a Skype?

[Tim Tebow]

No, we had seen each other, but we hadn't met in person.

[Lauren]

Got it.

[Tim Tebow]

Okay.

[Lauren]

So you knew you were gonna get married?

[Demi Tebow]

We haven't seen each other in person yet.

[Tim Tebow]

Yes, we've never seen each other in person.

[Lauren]

Did you talk about it or did you just know she.

[Tim Tebow]

Literally the day before, before we were gonna meet, she's like, you Know something has to go terribly wrong for this not to work out.

[Demi Tebow]

I go. I'm like, I. I remember asking him, are you nervous, like, to meet? And, I mean, I was, like, obviously a little nervous, because I think it just shows you care, right? But I remember telling him, I was like, you know what? I just feel like something's gonna have to go really wrong for this not to work out.

[Lauren]

And so what was it like when you first met each other in person? Was sparkling.

[Tim Tebow]

Yeah, it was awesome. It was. It was super special. But I would say that it also didn't change from our conversations that we had beforehand. Like, the conversations and people definitely didn't.

[Demi Tebow]

Talk any football or American sports, baseball.

[Tim Tebow]

That I was playing at the time, like, but I didn't want to. That's. It's. One of the. One of my favorite quotes is, don't give up what you want most for what you want now. And what most is not someone that could be like, hey, tonight I went one for three with a walk. Like, who cares, right? Like, you want to talk about the more important things, the things that make your heart tick, the things that you feel you're called to. You think your bigger purpose is in life. And that's what we got to talk about on the phone.

[Demi Tebow]

When we first met, we truly had so little in common. We didn't speak the same first language we were talking about.

[Tim Tebow]

Even some of our family members were nervous. Like, y' all don't have that much in common.

[Demi Tebow]

My dad's like, you know nothing about football. We just didn't have a ton in common, to be honest with you. And I think that's actually something that we've had to work on a little bit. But, Lauren, like, what was so special is I think we had so much on purpose, and I think the love I had for people that was born with severe special needs or disabilities through my sister, that was something that was, like, instantly connected.

[Tim Tebow]

And the fight against trafficking with my.

[Demi Tebow]

Carjack story ended up being a catalyst to opening my eyes for the fight against human trafficking. And Tim had already been involved in. In that fight for years prior to that. And so there were connecting points in the sense of such a deep purpose that we shared that I think really drew us to each other.

[Lauren]

And a lot of people won't talk about human trafficking. In fact, a lot of celebrities won't talk about it. For you guys to talk about that, that's pretty incredible. Was that a decision that was made consciously?

[Tim Tebow]

Yes. It's something that we had been in the fight in for many, many years, but especially since about 19, we wanted to really amplify our voice because are there wins in the fight? Yes. Every time a girl is brought to safety and there's healing that takes place, that's a win. But in the grand scheme, no, we're not winning, we are losing. And there are many people that would believe that there's more trafficking taking place around the world than ever before in history. Right now, as we speak, there are 50 plus million people that are being trafficked and they think, well, it's just over there, right? It's across the world world. It's not happening here. And, and that's also just not the case. It is happening right here. It is happening in our backyard. It's happening across the country. America is the number one buyer of live stream rape of boys and girls in, in peer to peer trading CSAM child sexual abuse material. We're third worst in the world. It goes China, Russia, America and then Italy's fourth. Every single day, 3, 300,000 new sex ads will go up and thousands of them are minors. And if I was to read some of the quotes of Byers, it would show you how little they think of humanity and how little they think of these girls. And that's honestly a big piece of what broke my heart for Look Again was that we have to look again at the worth and the value of ourselves and other people. Because right now we face in so many areas around the world, but also right here, the devaluing, the dehumanizing, the treating people as less than, as just an object, rather than treating them with real dignity, worth, respect and honor.

[Michael Bostick]

As someone who's close to this issue and working to, you know, provide resources.

[Lauren Everts]

And help people and get people out.

[Michael Bostick]

Why do you think people in this country have such a hard time discussing this? Like, why, why is this not on more mainstream platforms?

[Tim Tebow]

Well, we're working on that very, very hard. I think it's overwhelming. I think people think how can we make a difference? I think that there's a lot of people that will say, I don't want to hear, I don't want to hear. I'll give you one example. I was playing in a foundation golf tournament in a state where I was three other people in my group were three of the most powerful wealthy people in that state. And I got a call from our VP of anti human trafficking and I, I had to take it. 12 girls. Something terrible just happened to them in a location. And so I said, hey, sorry guys, I gotta, I gotta take this, and we gotta make a plan for this. And so they're overhearing some of the conversation, and I finish the conversation. I miss a few holes with them, which is just. There's no comparison, right? And I finish and I come back and they're like, hey, what's going on? I start, tell them just a little bit of what I'm allowed to tell them, and they go, no, no, no, no, no, don't tell me, don't tell me, don't tell. I don't want to know. I don't want to know because it makes me think about my kids. And I was already emotional because of what I knew just happened to these 12 girls. And I was frustrated, but also I was probably not speaking out of the most amount of humility and a little bit of pride. And I responded and I said to the man that said that to me, if those girls could hear you right now, what hope do you think they would have? If the most powerful people in our states and in our country are going to say, no, don't tell me, don't tell me. I don't want to know, then how are we actually going to push back this evil that is taking place? And I think that I share that story because that's happened too often. And I'm not saying that everyone has to be exposed to all of it. That's not my goal. We don't want to traumatize people, but we do have to have people be aware of what is taking place so that we can have an army of people that are standing on the line for people, for these kids, for these women that are going through a living hell. And if we're not even willing to. To look at it and to talk about it, to bring awareness to it so that action can be done, then we're not going to move the needle. And we have to be able to do that like we. We have to be able to talk about it, strategize, rally people. And there are a lot of people. I want this to be clear. There are a lot of people, heroes that are on the line that we get to work with law enforcement. So many victim identification specialists. There are so many people that great work in this space, but it's not enough.

[Lauren Everts]

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[Lauren]

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[Lauren Everts]

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[Lauren]

Do you think maybe some of the very powerful people, not all of them, some of them, there's higher ups that maybe are involved in some of this stuff, which is maybe, and I'm not saying the people you're with, but some of powerful people are maybe a part of some of the problem.

[Tim Tebow]

I mean, maybe, but for us to move the needle, you have to have people in seats of power, people in seats of wealth, and then a lot of people that are working day and night to make a difference and give you another example about the level of evil. So several years ago, we're in a meeting and our VP of anti trafficking writes down the number 20,000. I said, Camille, 20,000. 20,000 what? And she said, right now in the ICSA database, ICSA database is the database at Interpol where they hold child rape and abuse images and videos. And she said, right now in the ICSA database, there is around what we believe, 20,000 boys and girls that law enforcement can see their rape and abuse images, videos and series, but have yet to be able to identify them. So, I mean, so we host a meeting at Interpol with a lot of amazing organizations and players in the space and come to find out it wasn't 20,000. It was around 57,000 boys and girls that have yet to be identified. And so that led into A whole lot of a bill that we have in Congress, but then also renewed HOPE Act 12 and 3 and Operations. And the first one led to 316 identifications and with 14 countries coming together. The next one with 19 countries, 417 identifications and then the third one, 386 identifications with 22 countries coming together. And it's. And we use that as an example because that's not us. It's not you what. But it's all these people coming together. It's different organizations, it's different countries, it's different languages and all being able. Because when you start an investigation, you don't know if that boy or girl is in Dayton, Ohio or Chile. Right. You have no idea. So you need the countries to be able to work together with languages and. And also out of those that have been identified, more than half of them are right here in the US praying that one day someone will identify him and come show up for this them.

[Lauren]

Do you feel like what you're doing with this feels. It seems like way more fulfilling than what you've accomplished in sports?

[Tim Tebow]

There is zero comparison. Yeah, there is zero comparison. When we get to be around boys and girls that have been brought out of this evil or the women that we get to serve. Also right here in this state, we have safe homes that are in this state. When you get to see the evil that they were in and then you get to see them flourishing and to be cared for and to be loved and to have a different hope in what they've had and the level in which they have had to go through such evil is. It's hard to even describe. Like I'm. The reason I'm hesitating because I'm saying what is appropriate to even share of the level. And sometimes I share more than. She always feels comfortable and just so passionate because if we don't talk about it, they're going to continue to suffer.

[Michael Bostick]

What I love about what you guys are doing and your message is that you are putting so much good into the world and you're in. Listen, I think you should shine. Whatever you think people should, should hear more about, like some of the frustrations I think think that many people in this country have is you don't get.

[Lauren Everts]

To hear about a lot of these issues.

[Michael Bostick]

And we bicker and whine about things that are so unimportant compared to what you're talking about. We're talking about children that have no hope or help. And we're sitting here whining with each other about Inconsequential things a lot of the time. But I also think hearing from someone like you and you who have had the success that you've both had, that many people idolize and try to emulate, and hearing you say that, there's a greater purpose beyond that.

[Lauren]

Right.

[Michael Bostick]

Like, if someone follows each of your careers and sees what you've done and thinks that, like, that's the top. And having you sit here saying, no, that's not the top. This is the top. I think it. It's a message that will get many people to kind of change their course of action and their path to go and maybe seek something greater. So I just think. I. I just think it's great what you guys are doing.

[Tim Tebow]

I mean, thank you so much. It is truly. I. I mean, it's not that we're supposed to say it, but it really is the greatest honor for us is to be able to serve these boys and girls. And. Demi, was telling you about our daughter's middle name. Do you want to share that?

[Demi Tebow]

Yeah. I mean, our daughter, her first name is Daphne, and it was named after my. My great aunt, who was an amazing woman and had such a great impact in my life. But her middle name, Rain, she was named after a little girl that we met. That's. That we get to serve on one of our safe campuses and a different country. And I met her when she was really, really little, but she was rescued at just a couple weeks old.

[Tim Tebow]

At 25 days old.

[Demi Tebow]

Yeah.

[Lauren]

That's really cool. I'm sure now that you have a daughter, all of that you guys are working on even puts it in perspective more.

[Demi Tebow]

Yes, it definitely puts it into perspective even more because I think you can feel that hurt on a way more personal level right then I probably could have ever having not been a mom. But. But regardless of that, I think just knowing where that little girl is today and how she's able to flourish, because there were people that cared enough to even just notice, cared enough to listen and cared enough to act. Where she is today compared to where she was a couple of years ago is one of the reasons I think that.

[Tim Tebow]

And she is just such a joy.

[Lauren]

How much does your faith play into all of this?

[Demi Tebow]

This.

[Tim Tebow]

It's the foundation for all of is. I believe that although I miss the mark a lot, when we do it better, it changes your heart, posture, changes your mindset, and it changes the lens in which you see people. We wouldn't just see people for what they could do for us or what we could do for them. We wouldn't just see people for what we have in common, but we would see people with the God given worth and value that we believe every single human was created with. With that every single person is really created in the image of God. And when you really believe that in your heart, your eyes start to change, the lenses in which you see people start to change. Let's say I dropped a penny. And I said, hey guys, I dropped a penny. I need you guys to help me find this penny. Y' all would look at me and be like, you're an idiot. Who cares? It's just a penny. But if Demi dropped her diamond wedding ring. Ring, and I said, hey guys, she dropped her wedding ring, like, stop. And we, we gotta find it. There's a couple of things that you guys would probably stop and help us find it. Why? Because you know that it's valuable. But you also would know that it's innately valuable to her as her wedding ring. But how often in our society do we treat people that are suffering like pennies instead of more priceless than any diamond ring that's ever been created?

[Lauren Everts]

Created.

[Tim Tebow]

And I think so much of that comes from that. We believe every person is created in the image of God and has innate worth and value and they are loved by God and God has called us to love them. And I think one of our hearts is that we would know God's love. But then we would also, in a very imperfect way, strive to show that love and the greatest form of love is not an emotion. It's not a feeling, it's a choice. We would really choose people's best interest and act on their behalf regardless if we know them or like them or have everything in common or don't or have the same political views or faith views or like the same movies. Because I think one of the things that happens in our society right now is in people's eyes, other people's value goes up and down based on their opinion in. And if we live that way, that's a big one. It's a very scary place. Yeah, right. If, if, if you say something I don't like and I value you based on your opinion, then your value just went down. That, that's, that's not going to be.

[Lauren]

A healthy happening a lot lately.

[Tim Tebow]

That's not going to be a healthy society. And it would not be a place that people flourish. But if.

[Michael Bostick]

I think you're seeing a lot of.

[Tim Tebow]

That not play out, I think so too. But if our value is fixed that you can't you can't do anything to earn or decrease your value and your worth. It's fixed. Now. You can do things that we like or dislike, right? But that's not your value and it's not, it's not your worth. Right? If that is fixed now, we all start from a place where, man, we value humanity, we value one another. Like, and then that, that will, will lead us to a place of respect and dignity. Doesn't mean likes, right? That's not what I'm saying. I'm just saying we have to like everybody, but we should respect everyone. If you really believe that they're made in God's image on purpose and for a purpose, right? And we valued people, then it's like, okay, we can have healthy conversations, we can have healthy debates. We could, we can, we can have different viewpoints because we know it's not changing our worth and value. But if our value is, is equal to our opinion, what a dangerous place.

[Lauren]

If you could both wave a wand with everything you guys have seen to sort of tell everyone something, what would that be?

[Tim Tebow]

I believe that every single person that is listening is more valuable to God than they have ever realized or even thought about. I believe that every single person has infinite value and worth. Every single person. And it's not based on anything that they do or don't do either.

[Lauren]

You mentioned earlier your, your, I think you said core statements in your marriage. What did you. You said your core.

[Tim Tebow]

Core values.

[Lauren]

Core values?

[Tim Tebow]

Yeah.

[Lauren]

What are your core values in your marriage when you guys come together and it's just the two of you?

[Tim Tebow]

Oh, that's a good question. So it's not just for our marriage. It's for, for us at the foundation, for us as a family, and for the, the companies that we get to, to be a part of.

[Lauren]

And I can't wait to hear yours after this. So I hope you're thinking about it.

[Demi Tebow]

Go ahead.

[Tim Tebow]

So our first core value is that we're protectors, that we protect one another, protect the vulnerable, protect each other, protect the people we get to serve. That love is something that covers. It covers with faith, it covers with hope, it covers with love. It's protection. We care for people, that we would protect them. Our second is that we would value and seek wise counsel so like that we would really listen to one another, but we would have people that speak into our lives. And there's a few things of each one. I could break them all down, but there's a few reasons for that, because that means that we're coming from a Posture of humility, more so than from a posture of pride, like we know it or we have the answers. No, we want to be able to try to seek that from other people and let them speak, speak into us. Our third one is that we hurt when they hurt is a posture of compassion, not of comfort. This is so important to us because I think it is so easy for all of us to be able to get into a place where we really seek comfort. But comfort and compassion don't coexist. Compassion comes from the Greek word splaknizomai, which means to be moved from your most inward parts. It is very uncomfortable. Sympathy and empathy are really good things, but they're different than compassion. If we walk down the street, I could have sympathy or empathy. From a distance, I could see a homeless man, and I could have sympathy or empathy. But compassion makes me cross the road. Compassion makes me. When he's in the suck, so am I. And then our fourth is we get in the foxhole when necessary. So it's for us, for our team, that that man, life can be really hard. But we don't have to be in there by ourselves, that we can do life with one another, that we can have family and friends and loved one and teammates, that we're gonna get in the foxhole with them when people are hurting, that we're gonna get in there with them. And our fifth one is that. Is that we embrace the joy and the burden of the calling. So a lot of times people just bring up the. The joy, and that's awesome. We know that we get to have joy. We get to have joy and wins. We get to have joy together. We get to have incredible moments of joy. We also believe the joy of the Lord is our strength, but we also believe in a burden and that it's in the kindness of God, that he would give us a burden. A burden for those that are hurting, a burden for those that are suffering. And that we would carry that carefully, that we would embrace the joy and the burden. Because we view that as a heavy thing. And it can be. We view it as a hard thing, and it can be. But it also means if we have a burden for people that are hurting, it also implies that there's something we can do about it. There's a difference that we can make, that we would be so burdened to go make a difference for them. And then we define calling a specific way. That it's an urgent, divine invitation to accept responsibility for a particular task.

[Demi Tebow]

Task.

[Tim Tebow]

It's urgent, and it's Divine to accept responsibility for a particular task. That means even if no one else does it, will we. If it's your calling, it doesn't matter what everybody else does. Will we accept it?

[Lauren]

How did you get so good at speaking?

[Tim Tebow]

I don't know.

[Lauren]

I feel like you have a calling to be a pastor or something, too. Have you. Have you ever done anything like that? Like, you're. You're very compelling when you speak.

[Tim Tebow]

Thank you. We.

[Lauren]

Is it just natural?

[Demi Tebow]

I think Tim is a very deep thinker, and he is somebody that I learned so, so, so much from because he. He truly thinks through things a lot and then he strategizes. And when he's up at night and can't sleep, it's because he's thinking through things and wanting to make things better, wanting to fix things. He's such a fixer. Like, especially a good thinker.

[Tim Tebow]

Sometimes I just like, wait, wait, wait. Okay, Demi, do you want me to just listen or do you want me to try to fix it?

[Michael Bostick]

I think men by, like, you know, sometimes men this. On the last episode. We struggle sometimes with the listening. We jump right to the fixing.

[Lauren]

It is annoying, though, when you guys don't listen. So easy to. What did you say last night? I was telling him something and he just wants to fix the problem. He just can't help it.

[Michael Bostick]

I mean, listen, it's. It's. It's. I think it's a quality that every man battles with.

[Tim Tebow]

I think so.

[Michael Bostick]

But, you know, the intention is Right. Like I said, like, you know, I don't. It would be worse if we didn't want to fix anything.

[Tim Tebow]

That's right.

[Michael Bostick]

Right.

[Tim Tebow]

I think it's based on how we. We really look at it. You know, it's because that we want to help and we want to make a difference and we don't want whatever that thing is to continue if it's a problem. And I think that it's. It's really important. This is why communication's so important and also hard in a relationship. As two people, they come could be right in their intentions, but just at the wrong wavelengths. Right. So, so important for clear communication.

[Demi Tebow]

I also learned if I just say, like, hey, I just need to get this off my chest. Can you just listen? He does a great job at that. So you also have to remember to just say that.

[Tim Tebow]

That's true. It is really helpful, though.

[Demi Tebow]

Yeah.

[Michael Bostick]

No, they're not the best at picking up the breadcrumbs of. And the clues and the hints. I think we need more like literally this exact Thing.

[Demi Tebow]

Just tell me, just tell me straight on. And I was like, okay, I'm gonna try this. And it works every time.

[Michael Bostick]

Like that game Mousetrap, when you're a kid, maybe you don't know this. You know the game Mousetrap. That's how I feel sometimes, trying to figure out what you want from me. It's like, you don't step in the wrong direction, the trap will go off.

[Lauren]

It's like the game of Operation.

[Michael Bostick]

Okay, I gotta, I got a gear shift here. So both of you have experienced setbacks personally, professionally. You said yourself, very competitive. How did you handle setbacks then, and how do you handle them now?

[Tim Tebow]

That's a really good question. You can go first. To me, I think, not always great. Sometimes I handle them better than others. Sometimes it could be very crushing to my spirit, honestly. I think when I've done it better, it's because I had a better perspective. Perspective just means to see through, right? And see through all the noise and, And I give one example. If you get buried or you get planted, it looks and feels the exact same, except one of them, life is over, and the other one is just getting ready to sprout.

[Lauren]

That's really a good one.

[Tim Tebow]

And it's often when we're going through life, we've been planted, but it, but we, we view it as we were buried. And I, I, I love getting a chance to encourage people because I need it myself. But you know, in sharing that sometimes the biggest setback in your life is actually in the long run, the greatest setup in your life, because you get to learn from it, you get to grow, you get to adapt. And maybe that door that was closed, there's a better one behind it. It, there's another one. And if we would just learn from that setback. But what happens so often, and I've made this mistake, is we felt like that setback, that door that was closed, we feel crushed by it and it, and it crushes our heart and our soul and that dream. And so we think, man, and we get so down that sometimes we miss the door that was open and all of the things that we get to learn from it. And one of the things that that Pixar does for their movies is they have a motto called Fail fast. And they will literally take a sketch of a, of a movie before they animate anything, and they'll sketch it out and they'll have everyone come in, they'll pick holes at it, just tear it apart, tear it apart. And I bet you the creator is probably like, oh, man. But why they do that is so that it. It actually helps in the long run when they do start to animate it, because you already evaluated all of these weaknesses, and sometimes we don't want that in life, but it actually can be really helpful. Hey, help me learn and grow. And sometimes a setback can be one of the greatest setups, because you can learn and grow through that setback. And I feel like that's been true in a lot of our lives.

[Michael Bostick]

You just summarized our dinner last night.

[Tim Tebow]

Seriously?

[Lauren]

Yeah.

[Michael Bostick]

No, but I mean, I think I love that perspective on failing fast. And I love the perspective of, you know, throwing things at the wall and tearing it apart so that you can grow and be better. And I think, to your point, so many times you experience a setback. I know we have. Have. And it's very easy to fall into that pattern of, like, life is over. I'm never going to be great. I'm never going to be good enough.

[Tim Tebow]

Right.

[Michael Bostick]

But in my life, and I think maybe for all of us, most of those setbacks are the springboards to the next great thing.

[Tim Tebow]

I really believe that.

[Lauren]

Demi, how would you describe Tim at home? And Tim, how would you describe Demi at home? What do we not see from you guys?

[Tim Tebow]

Oh, that's a good question. Yeah.

[Lauren]

What's the real dream?

[Tim Tebow]

I asked that before. I like it. I like new questions.

[Demi Tebow]

What? We see Tim, like, every. Like, you know, on social media or on TV or is who he is at home. It's just who he is. I don't feel like there's a separation ever. You know, one of my favorite stories of Tim is.

[Lauren]

We.

[Demi Tebow]

We just got married. We're on our honeymoon, and we're like, Tim, plans is, like, super romantic. We're in the Maldives. Super romantic. Stargazing, dinner, just the two of us on the beach. And, you know, in the Maldives, it's like these overwater bungalows. Like, there's not really, like, land or anything inside. And there's this massive commotion. Okay. Massive commotion. All of a sudden breaks out, and before I could blink, Tim's gone. Like, runs towards the commotion.

[Tim Tebow]

Yeah.

[Demi Tebow]

And I'm thinking to myself, like, you're running into danger. Like, you don't know what you're running into. Like, we just got married. Like. Like, get back here. But I'm thinking, okay, you also want to have your first marital fight right now, so just. Just keep it together. So he comes back, like, 20 minutes later, tells me what happened. Long story short was this, like, two families that got into this massive Fight over actually co. It was like before. CO was like a thing.

[Tim Tebow]

Yeah. They were fighting over this thing called the coronavirus. I didn't know.

[Demi Tebow]

We got married. Married January 2020.

[Tim Tebow]

Whole families.

[Lauren Everts]

This is pre.

[Demi Tebow]

Like right before COVID Yeah, January 2020.

[Tim Tebow]

January 2020.

[Demi Tebow]

Yeah. Maybe even February, because we were on a honeymoon for like a week. So anyway, yeah. So I'm like, okay, Skip. So we get home, the world shuts down. We're actually in our home for the first time as a married couple. We go on a walk. Cuz they're like, it's Covid. Nothing, nothing else to do. So we go on a walk, we come back, and our whole driveway is flooded with like, fire trucks, officers, ambulances, fire trucks. Like. And I'm like, oh my word. That I leave a candle burning. I would. Wasn't baking. Like, this was the lake that I. My straightener on. What? What did I do? And we run around and we meet the firemen. And they're like, it says House 5798. I'm like, no, it's that way. And I actually sent them the wrong way. But besides the point, I sent them down to Cul de Sac so bad. It was awful. Anyway, they took our mill.

[Tim Tebow]

You were trying to do it.

[Demi Tebow]

I was trying to help. But anyway, the maps got turned on. Anyway, besides the point, down that way goes all the fire, traffic, firemen, all the police. Everything goes that way. And so does Tim, like, running right out, like right behind them. And in that moment, I was like, no more. No more. And I like in my most.

[Michael Bostick]

No more him chasing the action.

[Demi Tebow]

No. And like my most aggressive voice, I'm like, tim Tebow. Tim Tebow, get back here right now. You don't know what you're running into. And he turns around and he goes, timmy Thibaut. If I don't go, there's nothing I can do to help. And I was like, oh, my word, you are so right. You're so right. But that's who he is. Like, that is who Tim is. That's who my husband is. He is always, I don't want to say ready to be a helping hand, because I think it's more than that. I feel like he's always like, on the lookout to. To see people, to notice them and to actually go and act, to go and fix that problem.

[Lauren]

Right.

[Demi Tebow]

And that. That's such a big part of what his new book Look Again is based off of. And I have the. I have the privilege of getting to see that in action every single Day. And that's one of the things that I love so much about Tim.

[Michael Bostick]

So I was hoping you were going to say he sits around in his underpants eating chips on his chest.

[Demi Tebow]

But he knows that too.

[Lauren]

Set the bar high. Set the bar high.

[Demi Tebow]

For years now.

[Lauren]

You about to say something about Demi. About what? She's like, shut the blinds, quick.

[Tim Tebow]

No, that's, That's.

[Demi Tebow]

You know what he does? Drives me crazy.

[Lauren]

Yeah, tell us.

[Demi Tebow]

Tell us. Feeds our dog snacks in bed.

[Lauren]

I. I'm a big snacker in bed too.

[Demi Tebow]

I eat.

[Lauren]

I actually eat like a full course plowman's lunch in bed.

[Demi Tebow]

I love it.

[Lauren]

I get so mad.

[Demi Tebow]

Our dog, he's the Bernese mountain dog, one of our dogs. And he drools like crazy, especially when there's food. So it's. I feel like the bidding gets changed.

[Tim Tebow]

It's the best though.

[Demi Tebow]

It's really.

[Tim Tebow]

It's so enjoy. It's so enjoyable for me when I'm up there. Just keep be. He's so happy and just makes me so happy.

[Lauren]

Wait till you. Wait till your daughter gets old enough to sit in bed with you and have snacks. That's a whole situation.

[Michael Bostick]

I don't mind the bed.

[Tim Tebow]

Good.

[Lauren]

No, it's fun. We sit with our trays. He gets mad. We have a sleepover.

[Michael Bostick]

He's taking a part out though. I don't mind that you snack in bed. You. But the mess after. Like I get smashing crumbs out of the bed.

[Tim Tebow]

Oh, yes. She. She's had to. I've. Yeah.

[Michael Bostick]

She's chia seed tea all over our sheets and you know like the chia seeds, how they.

[Tim Tebow]

Oh, yeah.

[Michael Bostick]

And it was just sticky and then we didn't even. You didn't even try to change it? You just left it there?

[Lauren]

No, I feel like they're dried on the wall. Okay, so what it. What's. Tell us what Demi's like when it's just you two.

[Tim Tebow]

She's just the best mom. She's an incredible mom. That is. I try to tell her every day that I just think she's the best mom. The way that she and I've known she was going to be such a good mom for such a long time. But I think one of the things that people don't realize about Demi is just her passion and her drive. Like they see it a little bit and like, okay, she doesn't speak Afrikaans for three months or Miss Universe, but they don't see it in all of the areas of just how driven she is and how passionate she is and how passionate she is as a daughter, as a mother, mom, as a, a friend, as someone that, you know, we get to work with at the foundation. Just her drive is. It really is something that is so inspiring to be around. And then I would say on the other hand, with that drive, at the same time, such a deep level of compassion and kindness. You know, we've been able to go to so many countries around the world. I don't know how many countries we've been to, but I'd say probably one the of. One of my favorite things about Demi and our whole relationship is watching her pick up and carry these babies that we've been able that were thrown away in dumpsters and toilets and trash, sometimes left with the umbilical cord still attached. And to watch her carry and love on them or to watch her in high heels relentlessly for five hours straight push people down the red carpet and. And then she'll at night to shine or then she'll get in the car and she'll take off her heels and be bleeding and she won't complain. And you'll just see that level of determination because she loves people. And that would be one of my favorite things.

[Lauren]

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[Demi Tebow]

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Sink.

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[Michael Bostick]

Athlete at the highest level. Miss Universe. What are the non negotiables for both of you as you think about taking care of yourself?

[Lauren]

Yeah. What's the supplements, the tax, the wellness?

[Tim Tebow]

I think that it's something we're we're. We care a lot about not number one, but it's really important to us because if you want to, if you're passionate about something, how can you be as effective at it if you don't take care of yourself, if you don't give your body the right Fuel. Fuel. So for me, I think one of the most important things is to eliminate the poison. And I think sugar and a lot of processed food is just poison. So I think that's one of the biggest things for people is getting rid of that, getting that out of your lifestyle because it is just destroying so many lives.

[Michael Bostick]

Well, I bet that was also a.

[Lauren Everts]

Shock for you coming to this country.

[Tim Tebow]

Oh, you can eat so much more food in South Africa than you can here.

[Demi Tebow]

Yeah, I mean, you know, here you're like looking for healthy snacks and things that are better. But. But I grew up just literally eating like farm to table. Like even now when we go back, restaurants, some of them have their own gardens in the back and things are seasonal. You don't actually get strawberries year round.

[Tim Tebow]

It's not supposed to last all year long. You shouldn't just be able to leave it on your counter and it's still good.

[Lauren]

So you don't do sugar?

[Tim Tebow]

I try to avoid as much sugar as I can.

[Lauren]

You're not an amino acid.

[Tim Tebow]

I love amino acids. It's.

[Lauren]

I'm gonna guess you lift weights.

[Tim Tebow]

Yeah, I, I try to.

[Lauren]

How often?

[Tim Tebow]

Not as much being a dad now.

[Lauren]

How often do you lift weights?

[Tim Tebow]

In a perfect world, it would be six times a week. But I probably only average like two or three now.

[Lauren]

I bet you have a lot of muscle memory from what you've done.

[Tim Tebow]

Well, yeah. It's also a lot of really smart people that I'm friends with and follow. They really believe, like if you've built it, it's, you know, and you lose some, it's easier to sustain it and hold onto it. Like your body knows what that's like. So like being. And I also believe in, in lifting heavy, really stressing your body because it adapts. When we tear it down, it's going to build back versus kind of just sometimes a little bit more of the frou frou. I still like lifting.

[Lauren]

Who are you guys following or friends with that you look to for guidance with health and fitness?

[Tim Tebow]

Oh, I just got to film with Dr. Josh X.

[Lauren Everts]

We love Dr. Josh.

[Tim Tebow]

Yeah, so he's, he's one listen to a bunch of different people.

[Demi Tebow]

There's actually I just ran into the coffee shop across the street. Here before we came because I. I just wanted hot water and milk to put my.

[Lauren]

My.

[Demi Tebow]

Like chai. Yeah, chai latte, like little packet in. And I was so judged for asking for that. I did buy other things, just by the way, but Taylor Dukes is somebody else.

[Tim Tebow]

Yeah, Taylor Dukes and her things are so clean. Dr. Aman. I like Dr. Aman. He's such a nice guy.

[Lauren]

Has he scanned your brain?

[Tim Tebow]

Yes.

[Lauren]

Post football?

[Tim Tebow]

Yes, this week.

[Lauren]

And was that he got the results.

[Michael Bostick]

That he scanned our brains too.

[Tim Tebow]

There's. There's definitely some trauma for sure.

[Lauren]

But he can help you with his supplements, right? It helps.

[Tim Tebow]

I'm And I. And we're working on it.

[Lauren]

That's interesting to me to have someone who's played so many sports get a brain scan by him.

[Michael Bostick]

Him.

[Tim Tebow]

Yeah. I'm very grateful. She was more grateful than I was. She was like, you need to do it. And so we finally got it done. It was really.

[Michael Bostick]

A lot of people don't realize, like with like boxing or football or stuff like that, that, yes, the helmet obviously protects you, but it's the impact of like the padding that makes the brain rattle around even worse. That's why in some ways, like, even like an MMA fighter will come out in better condition than a boxer because constant.

[Lauren Everts]

Yeah.

[Michael Bostick]

And same with a football player. Right? Because it's like the. It's the padding that you guys have to deal with.

[Tim Tebow]

And the whiplashes can be really bad too. Yeah, that's probably my worst one.

[Lauren]

How do you guys optimize your day in the morning? What are the things that you guys do every morning?

[Demi Tebow]

Right now I'm just. If I get clothes, real clothes on, that's a win.

[Lauren]

Yeah, I understand. Good morning.

[Demi Tebow]

10:00Am so by the way, that's going.

[Michael Bostick]

To be your next six years, just so you know.

[Demi Tebow]

Okay. I'll take it lightly.

[Tim Tebow]

Oh, we love it.

[Demi Tebow]

It's so fun. Fun. So. And when you use home, it's. It's helpful.

[Tim Tebow]

I. I think it's so important to start the day right. We get to play with Daphne. We get to get in God's word and do a devotional together. We get to spend time, make our coffee and just try to. Even if it's fast, even if it's only a few minutes when we miss it, it really does feel like the day is less like when we don't get to do that together and we just way too often let something get in the way of it. And it really does. I just think it makes us grounded and changes our Mind and heart. When we're able to have that time together and go through something that we're studying together, it really helps.

[Lauren]

Johnny Cash said his favorite thing, remember, he says, he says his favorite thing to do was coffee with her. Isn't that cute? Is that your favorite thing to do in the morning?

[Michael Bostick]

Is that his favorite thing to do.

[Lauren Everts]

In the morning with you?

[Michael Bostick]

Oh, God, come on.

[Demi Tebow]

And you know, I think even just like making sure you feel your body, especially being a new mom, I'm breastfeeding. That's you know, on a whole nother level even to go back to just diet and what you incorporate in your body. I'm not just doing that for me now, but for another tiny human being and how incredibly special that is that you get to do that. It's, you know, it's really, it's a privilege you get to do that and wanting to steward that wisely too. So for me, I'm making sure we feel our bodies, making sure we get outside, get fresh air, move our bodies, you know, is a couple, couple of different things that I think is.

[Tim Tebow]

Oh, if you want another one of my favorite supplements. Yeah, it's a supplement for like to neurologically stimulate you and it's can be used as a pre workout but it's more than just that. It's a supplement called Neuron by Optimum efx. I love it.

[Demi Tebow]

Not a lot of people know about this one, but it is.

[Michael Bostick]

I never heard that one.

[Tim Tebow]

I was told by it by like all of this, the great Steelers defensive players and it's why the defensive players, like why. Well, just I became friends with Troy Palamal and some of those guys and then the Ryan Clarks and James Harrison. Then I just, they went to a place I was training and told me about it and it's just, it's a good one. You should try it.

[Lauren]

What does it do?

[Tim Tebow]

Helps you focus, helps you really lock in there. You know, there's so many nootropics out there, right? It's like the big fad that's all over the place. But also feel like so many of them are, they're okay, the supplements, but it's so underdosed that it's just.

[Demi Tebow]

But I knew we'd have one, I.

[Lauren]

Knew we would have one that you hadn't heard of us.

[Tim Tebow]

But we moved on faster on the health.

[Lauren]

Talk about.

[Michael Bostick]

I, I'm in another, like, you know, you've played professional sports at the highest level. When you get access to some of those trainers and some of those health coaches like, what are some of the things that maybe they're offering to you guys that the general public's not aware of?

[Lauren Everts]

Or is it just more of? Or is there certain things you're like.

[Michael Bostick]

Oh, I didn't, I wasn't aware of.

[Tim Tebow]

That until there was so much that I wasn't aware of. I've been, for the most part, when it comes to like, diet and discipline and stuff, pretty disciplined and obedient. I, you know, didn't have a soft drink since I was 15. I would, when in college, I would like, do all the things like carb load that they would tell us to do. And, and then you find out, you're like, man, there's a lot of people that don't believe in it. It's not good. And they have really valid reasons for it. And so just who you listen to matters so much. And then you get to meet some of these awesome individuals that have, you know, that creates, you know, certain supplements and they're better for you or better for them, this. And then you get to get a cleaner protein or a cleaner creatine or all these things and you're like, oh my gosh, I wish I would have known about this earlier. It would have changed so much of the game. And now there's so much that's also, you know, coming out for health benefits. And there's, you know, some, sometimes people can view it as controversial, but like the, the methylene blues and all of these other things that are good for your brain. And so honestly for us, we care more about our brains than we do just our body. Right. And just taking the right things for your brain, all of the, the omegas and all of the nootropics so that we, our brains can stay healthy is honestly more of what we focus on than just our body.

[Demi Tebow]

My dad battled pancreatic cancer the last couple of years and he actually passed away a couple weeks ago. Thank you. But his diagnosis, I think even sent us just into a deeper dive into, into really understanding not just how great this one specific supplement is for you, but just holistically viewing the body and things that work together, things that, you know, like, I think there's some way smarter people than us that get to explain things smarter, just how things kind of all work together in holistic kind of way that benefits your body on so many different. Different.

[Tim Tebow]

Yes. I mean, so that's what like led us into like red light therapy and hyperbaric chambers.

[Demi Tebow]

Detoxing, like actually properly detoxing cleanses and.

[Tim Tebow]

Vitamin IVs, all of that. It's really been a journey for us the last few years. And alcohol or no alcohol, I. I don't drink.

[Demi Tebow]

I. I'll have a glass of wine. I haven't had that in over a year because I've been pregnant and I'm breastfeeding. I just prefer not to. But yeah.

[Tim Tebow]

And really, for me, I mean, it's not really a conviction. It's just. I don't. I know a lot of the people I listen to talk about what it does on your body and, oh, no.

[Michael Bostick]

It'S clearly not good for us.

[Lauren]

If someone's listening and they want to find their purpose, what advice would you guys give to them before you go?

[Tim Tebow]

So if we look at purpose, understand what it means, the reason something is done, used, created, or exists. And I think it's really important to define things so people can be on the same page. Do you really believe that you exist just for that job that you have right now, just for yourself? That. Or is it bigger than that now to encourage people their purpose is bigger than just what they do? I really believe that. A lot of times people ask me, how do I know what my purpose is? The first thing I would say is, I don't know. But when you look at where you are, the skill sets you've been given, the convictions of your heart, the way God has made your brain. So one of the ways I'll say it, and this is kind of cheesy, but is what's your mindset set, your skill set, your heart set, your wear set. And when you add all that up and you use it for good and to benefit other people, it's a superset. So it's, you know, Demi's going to have a different mindset, some different convictions than me, a different skill set. And where she's been placed, you add all that up. So some people are like, man, I just want to go overseas and help here. Well, maybe you don't have the. The skill set or the conviction or the mindset or. But right now, where you are, how can you use that? And I think you add all of those up and when you use those for. To make a difference in other people, and then you really evaluate that, how does my brain work? How can I solve problems or think? And, you know, maybe we get to work with. In part of our fight against trafficking, we use a lot of technology for it, Pattern recognition and unique ways to be able to identify kids. Kids and serve and help. You know, there's certain people that, man, they're so gifted I need help just to turn it on and turn it off. And they're so gifted in that. You know, that's an incredible purpose that, that I couldn't live out. I couldn't create some of these things to be able to identify some of these boys and girls. It's incredible purpose. Sometimes people have a different skill set that it's unique to them. So you add all that up. My. My mindset, my. My heart set, my skill set, my where set. Where have I been placed? Placed? Maybe I've been placed in a unique position to make a difference. I add all that up and I really step back and evaluate it. And now how can I use that to impact as many people? That's one way I would encourage them to think about it.

[Lauren]

Great advice.

[Demi Tebow]

I think so often we feel like our purpose is something so extravagant, so far fetched, so, you know, kind of glamorous as opposed to. And I honestly think that's sometimes a little bit of pride speaking because we make it about ourselves. And I actually think purpose is about something bigger than ourselves, perhaps even about other people. And I think the impact that we get to have on somebody else's life have the ability to have an eternal impact. Something that will last for forever, far beyond just us. And I think so often our purpose is hidden in plain sight, hidden in the skills that we have, hidden in the things that we love that we're naturally good at, that we can utilize for something bigger than just ourselves.

[Michael Bostick]

You both have two new books. One each?

[Demi Tebow]

Yeah.

[Michael Bostick]

High Achievers.

[Tim Tebow]

Not even playing that way either. No, it wasn't playing.

[Michael Bostick]

We lost them in the water. Catastrophe.

[Demi Tebow]

Sorry.

[Michael Bostick]

And either one of you choose to maybe. Demi, what can people expect from your book? And then same question, but maybe you go first.

[Demi Tebow]

My book's actually a 100 day devotional. It's called Knowing who youo Are because. Because of who God is. 100 days to unbreakable Faith. And I wanted. I. I wrote this book in a time where I felt like my faith was a little rattled. Where I felt like my purpose wasn't clear, and where my identity certainly wasn't secure. And it was because I placed so much of that value and worth on things that were always just meant to be temporary. Then, you know, we talked a lot about how I prepared to win Miss Universe and how I prepared for that big moment.

[Lauren]

But.

[Demi Tebow]

But we don't always talk or get to prepare for the moment. That that thing that we chase for such a long time falls away when that corner office turns maybe into a retirement Package or you're empty nester for the first time or whatever that looks like to you. And for me, when I handed that crown over to the very rightful next winner, I felt like I handed over my identity and my worth and my value and it was gone like that. And I really, really questioned, oh my goodness, who am I without this title, this thing? And as a Christian and as somebody that has a, I want to think a deep rooted faith, I realized that there's nothing that I can strive for that will ever give me that worth or value or purpose. Because it's already God given to me by my Creator. And I believe that knowing who he has created us to be allows us to understand who we are.

[Lauren]

I love it.

[Michael Bostick]

I mean, you guys have had very different careers, but like, there's a lot.

[Lauren]

Of so many similarities. It's really, it's really like, I mean.

[Michael Bostick]

When you say you're, when you say you're so different, there's all like when I'm listening to both of you and.

[Lauren]

Obviously there's a lot of similar. It's like parallels but like, because same.

[Michael Bostick]

With the identity stuff like, like I'll.

[Lauren]

If I met you and I met you separately, I feel like I would set you up, up.

[Tim Tebow]

I love it. That would have been awesome.

[Demi Tebow]

That would be great.

[Tim Tebow]

But you know what I mean, because.

[Michael Bostick]

I imagine same and tell me if I'm wrong, but same thing with you, with, with athletics, right. And going and, and then changing path, right?

[Tim Tebow]

Totally.

[Michael Bostick]

I imagine that is very difficult, not.

[Lauren Everts]

Only for you, but many people that follow that path.

[Michael Bostick]

It's like you do something, become known for something for so long and then when you're not doing that thing anymore.

[Tim Tebow]

It'S like there's no doubt. And I think that's honestly what we mean when we say, you know, we didn't have that much in common. We had a lot in purpose is the kind of. Some of the journeys that we were on and it wasn't based on first languages or favorite movies. She still only watched a little bit of Braveheart.

[Lauren]

I can't do Braveheart either. I can't do Braveheart.

[Michael Bostick]

You have to.

[Lauren Everts]

It's a classic.

[Tim Tebow]

Awesome.

[Lauren]

I also can't do Star Wars. You mentioned that either. I can't do it. I'm sorry. Michael.

[Michael Bostick]

We'll get through it. We'll get through it.

[Lauren]

Tell us about your book.

[Tim Tebow]

Well, it's called look again and recognize your worth. Renew your hope, Run with confidence. And I, I really hope and pray that it's more than a book. It would be a wake up call. A wake up call for people to first recognize their own worth and value. And then when you do that, you can't help. But when I see the world, see other people's worth and value, and then when you see people that are infinitely valuable with great worth and you see them hurting, how could I look away? How could I not respond? One of the examples that I give is, as I believe, in the eyes of God, the way God loves us is he loves us with a royal worth and value. And so when we see people, royalty and rubble, how could we not respond? How could we walk the other way? And I really think it starts with the lenses of our eyes and the lenses of our heart. Really how do we see ourselves and how are we going to see other people? And I want to challenge them. Please don't look away. Look again.

[Lauren]

Loved having both.

[Michael Bostick]

Thank you both.

[Demi Tebow]

Thank you guys.

[Tim Tebow]

It's our pleasure. Thank you guys so much.

[Michael Bostick]

Thank you for both what you're doing.

[Lauren Everts]

Because you're putting a lot of good.

[Michael Bostick]

Out into the world.

[Tim Tebow]

Thank you.

[Michael Bostick]

Helping a lot of people.

[Lauren]

Where can every. I'm sure they already follow you guys, but where can they follow you on Instagram?

[Demi Tebow]

Demi Thibaut, Tim Tebow, thank you so.

[Lauren]

Much for coming on the show.