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Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast)

Welcome to the Midlife Cry, Sis podcast! We are Alexis and Mary, and we want to help you: to feel loved and accepted in your home and community, to not feel alone in your emotional struggles, to embrace who you really are, to let go of expectations, and to channel your inner Queen and LET HER SHINE. Our mission is to help women (and those who love them) to find light in dark places, to empower them with confidence in God and in themselves, and to appreciate their own journeys through life and

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079 - Feeling Unwanted? 5 Ways to Help Rejection...

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/08/28

Hello, friends. We’re back to recording new podcast episodes after all the craziness of the end of summer, so Mary and Alexis are trying to remember how to talk to each other without talking over each other. Thanks for your patience! Lexy’s children are extremely photogenic, and Mary kinda resurrected her photography side-hustle to do a family photo shoot recently, at Photopia Studios in Cottonwood Heights, Utah (highly recommend!). If you’re interested in participating in a Bettys get-together to

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17:49

078 - Betty Byte: Core Memories at Bear Lake

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/08/25

Happy Friday, friends! In the last episode, Alexis mentioned that her phone was still in a bag of rice . . . so here’s the story behind that! Make sure you watch the sky (and keep track of your inflatables, your kids, and your phone) when you are at Bear Lake! Apparently something about the lake beckons skinny dipping, so also keep track of your swimsuit. “Be careful with those things!” Please get in touch! Send us an email at thebettyspodcast@gmail.com, and please follow us on Instagram

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29:51

077 - Barbies and Boxes: Living in the Real World

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/08/21

Hello, Bettys and Jacks! We told you we’d be talking about Barbie eventually, and here we are! We’ve had some technology issues (“always and forever . . .”), including Lexy’s phone ending up in rice, but we are here. *whew!* Mary took Benji and her nieces Phoebe and Sabrina on a road trip to the Real World (i.e., through the midwestern United States), and ended up seeing the movie in Madison, Wisconsin. It took Lexy a little while longer to see it, but it was very validating for her as

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13:37

076 - Betty Byte: How We Can Follow Jesus by Defying...

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/08/18

Hello, Bettys and Jacks. Mary and Alexis continue their discussion about manuals (you might want to go back to Episode 15 and Episode 75 of The Bettys Podcast) by talking about another ‘leading man’ . . . Jesus. The Old Testament was literally a manual on how to worship, and when Jesus of Nazareth showed up, He did not look the way the elders expected Him to. He did things differently, and He ruffled a lot of feathers. Are we so focused on the checklists and the details of our manuals that we

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32:18

075 - Are Your Manuals For Others Making You...

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/08/14

Hello, Bettys and Jacks. Mary and Alexis are talking a little about movies today. No, we’re not discussing Barbie yet (We will! We promise!!!). There’s some discussion about horror movies (check out the short horror-comedy Finley on YouTube, and Insidious, directed by Mary’s boyfriend Patrick Wilson, if you’re really brave). But we do reference the Mission: Impossible series, and the newest installment, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. Now, we love a good action movie, if it has a

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16:34

074 - Betty Byte: More Helps for Setting Boundaries

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/08/11

Hello, Bettys and Jacks. It’s time for another Betty Byte: a little taste of something helpful. And this short episode packs a pretty good punch. Lexy continues her list of ways to set healthy boundaries, reading from this Instagram post by Dr. Atina Manvelian. Here are all of the steps (and some of Mary's and Lexy’s commentary) for setting healthy boundaries with difficult people: Be mindful of how you feel around them Identify when your boundaries get crossed. Crossing boundaries =

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31:16

073 - Struggling with Difficult People? 5 Steps for...

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/08/07

Greetings, friends. On this episode of the Bettys Podcast, Mary and Alexis spend a few minutes talking about kids and their underdeveloped taste buds. We also talk a little about chickens and pigs, but this episode is actually about boundaries: how to create them and when we might need them. Lexy discusses the memoir “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls. Lexy read this quote from the book: “Mom, you have to leave Dad,” I said. She stopped doing her toe touches. “I can’t believe you would say

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27:16

072 - What Price Are You Willing to Pay For...

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/08/04

A little warning today, Bettys and Jacks–Mary is in a MOOD. . . enough for a lil’ swear warning. We hope you’re not too offended. Mary talks about friendship, and how she and Allen are spouses, but aren’t very good friends. Mary talks a little about her mother-in-law, who lived with her for several years. While they have a good relationship, there was a price. Mary had some unhealthy patterns and work relationships in her ‘escapist era.’ Some of that stemmed from feeling like she didn’t belong

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31:29

071 - Feeling Like You Want to Escape Your Life? 3...

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/07/31

Good morning, Bettys and Jacks! A quick PSA: please don’t light fireworks under your sensitive areas. (This may or may not be among the things we don’t imagine having to explain to our children). We are having a weird summer holiday season; why do we have to be so responsible?! Mary talks a little about her mother-in-law, who lived with her for several years. While they have a good relationship, there was a price. Mary had some unhealthy patterns and work relationships in her ‘escapist era.’ Some

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14:26

070 - Betty Byte: What Your Heavy Emotions Can Teach...

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/07/28

Howdy ho, Bettys and Jacks! Are we a little bit country? Not really, but this Luke Combs cover of the Tracy Chapman classic is SO GOOD. Mary grew up in Southern Utah, where her family tried (unsuccessfully) to fit in by getting into Country music, but this checkout girl will always love her Casey Kasem Top 40. Lexy talks about how to objectively see your problems instead of getting lost in them. We’re adding a little bit to our conversation from Episode 69, and a big part of our problems is that

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28:37

069 - Too Much Monkey Chatter in Your Brain? Why...

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/07/24

Good morning, Bettys and Jacks! After a little bit of talk about our “Hot Dog Summer,” today Alexis and Mary are talking about “Monkey Chatter,” or that constant (often negative) narration in your brain. Lexy had to do a lot of quiet thinking, watching and observing to survive her childhood, and would often find herself having to think through every possible worst-case scenario before she could go to sleep. To help herself cope with all of this, Lex developed a gift (and a vice): the ability to

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12:45

068 - Betty Byte: Honesty is Kindness

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/07/21

Hello, there! We’re trying out a new format for our Betty Bytes, so thanks for bearing with us! Today Alexis and Mary are talking about one of Mary’s favorite fictional characters: Dr. Eleanor Arroway from the 1997 film Contact (available for rent/purchase on Amazon here). While listening for extraterrestrial life, Ellie hears a transmission originating from Vega, a star about 25 light years from Earth. Embedded in this literal message from the universe are the plans for a transport, and in some of

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53:18

067 - How to Build Character, Even When You’re Being...

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/07/17

Welcome back, friends! Today Alexis and Mary are talking about CHARACTER. There’s a lot of definitions (which we go through a little bit . . . thank you, Oxford Learners Dictionaries for this information! We also talk a little about overexposure and underexposure in photography. Here’s a good article explaining this concept. Mary recently finished watching “Better Call Saul” (a prequel to “Breaking Bad,” available to stream here on Netflix) and attempts to explain some of the definitions of

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15:39

066 - Betty Byte: Teddy Roosevelt

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/07/14

Hey, friends! Today’s Betty Byte contains some more incredible quotes from the one and only Teddy Roosevelt. We’re into the full swing of summer around here, so we are basically living in our cars, trying to teach kids responsibilities, and fighting with those chaotic schedules. One of Mary and Lexy’s favorite quotes is this: “Believe you can, and you’re halfway there” (explore more of his quotes here). We hope you will do the difficult mental work of believing that you can do whatever you want

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065 - ”Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick.” Insights...

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/07/10

Hello, Bettys and Jacks. Today we’re talking about Teddy . . . Roosevelt, that is. After a mild swear warning (Mama Ximena is a little spicy today!), and a discussion about how the only free thing in life is your mother’s love. After some fun facts with Lex (“Half the facts, all of the laughter!”) about the life of President Roosevelt, with some minor fact-checking by Mary (thanks, Wikipedia!), Alexis gives a lot of great quotes by this fascinating conservationist, cowboy, governor, war hero, and

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01:02:29

064 - How Change Can Make You a Better Person (Les...

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/07/03

Salut, Bettys and Jacks! Welcome to Part Deux of our Les Misérables series (it’s not really a series, as much as it is we just had a LOT to say about it, and didn’t want the episode to be two hours long!). If you haven’t listened to episode 63, please do that first. Mary and Lexy spend at least the first 20 minutes of this episode talking about injuries, and some of the descriptions are a little graphic. If that kind of talk is not your thing, go ahead and skip to about the 20:00 mark. You’ll miss

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56:34

063 - 3 Keys to Changing Your Heart (Les Misérables,...

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/07/03

Bonjour, Bettys and Jacks. Our obsession with musicals continues, so you get not one, but TWO glorious episodes (“ah, ah, ah”) about one of our all-time favorites: Les Misérables. Mary was fortunate enough to see it when the U.S. tour came through Salt Lake City, but Lexy has never seen the stage production, and is a petit peu angry about it. After quite a lot of makeup talk (we highly recommend Tarte Shape Tape and NYX Undereye Concealer) we spend a lot of time talking about the story; a little

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28:32

062 - Betty Byte: Off The Rails

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/06/30

This hilarious episode gets derailed rather quickly into ‘hot tub conversation’ (Sting, Kama Sutra, and Joe Millionaire, anyone?), so you might want to keep this one away from littles. Or your mom. Or anyone who might get a little uncomfortable when we talk about S-E-X, baby. The logistics! We also chat about social media, musicals, and self-service (wink, wink). Please get in touch! Send us an email at thebettyspodcast@gmail.com, and please follow us on Instagram @thebettyspodcast, on Facebook

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01:00:58

061 -Needing More Peace in Your Life? Some Techniques...

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/06/26

Greetings, Bettys and Jacks. This episode starts and ends with some heavy breathing (no, not that kind). Lexy tries to pep us up to begin, and to calm us down at the end. She is a pretty good hype-girl, even if she’s not great with parking (or directions). Mary and Alexis talk about cognitive bias or the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. Lexy seems to have been seeing and hearing a lot about finding peace lately, so she wanted to speak about that subject today. As a teenager, Lexy needed to be a fighter

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29:11

060 - Betty Bites: Under The Sea

Midlife Cry, Sis (Formerly known as The Bettys Podcast) ·

2023/06/24

Hey, friends. This is not a Betty Byte–it’s Betty Bites. This episode is a little tough, because we talk about the tragedy of the Titan. We also talk about the live-action version of The Little Mermaid, which was released recently, and how some people are willing to risk everything and pay the ultimate price for an incredible experience. FYI, Lexy has major FOMO, and would probably jump off of the bridge at St. Mary’s Falls in Glacier National Park. Mary wouldn’t do that, but she would totally go to

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