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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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059 - Becoming a Happier Version of You: Interview...

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

2023/06/19

Hello there, Bettys and Jacks! Today we have a fascinating interview with our friend Melanny (who was driving, so the sound quality is not always the greatest). It’s also a rather niche conversation about Melanny’s faith journey, which led her away from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormonism). There is some discussion about church history, including healing canes (listen to more information on that here) and Heavenly Mother (see the Gospel Topics essay here). We are

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058 - Betty Byte - Fishing in the Dark, and Other...

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

2023/06/16

It’s our second Betty Byte! Thanks for joining us for this little girlfriend chat. We talk about being the Mom Uber Service, lizards, organized chaos, and Mary’s Father’s Day win. Lex talks about one of her most embarrassing moments during a date auction, and Mary relates one of hers that happened during a snow-shoeing incident. But neither of those compare to Zeke’s issue at a church camp . . . Please get in touch! Send us an email at thebettyspodcast@gmail.com, and please follow us on

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057 - 5 Ways to Plan Your Own Comeback (Tina Turner)

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

2023/06/12

Greetings, Bettys and Jacks! Today we are talking about the one and only Miss Tina Turner, who passed away recently at the age of 83. Even Mama Ximena knew that everybody has problems and nobody is living a wonderful life. It’s easy to look at Tina’s successful solo career and think that she had it easy, but she definitely overcame a lot of obstacles. Mary goes over Tina’s history, and how after being abandoned by her parents, Anna Mae Bullock left her tiny hometown and met Ike Turner, becoming

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056 - Betty Byte: Stories in a Cemetery

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

2023/06/09

Welcome to the first Betty Byte! We’re trying out a little different format for this episode: it’s basically Mary and Lexy recording themselves on a phone, so the sound quality isn’t great. Also, we’re sitting in a car with the windows down on a lovely spring evening, so there is some ambient noise, like wind and motorcycles (and possibly ghosts). Lexy talks about the Weeping Widow in the Logan City Cemetery, and it’s not just her “making something up out of my butt.” Alexis is a big fan of

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055 -Expanding Your Talents with Dr. Jane Fjeldsted

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

2023/06/05

We have a treat for you today, friends. Our special guest for this episode is Dr. Jane Fjeldsted, who is currently director of choirs at Westminster College (University) in Salt Lake City. She directs numerous other choirs, and contracts professionally as a singer and conductor for films, video games, operas, concerts, and many other projects. Mary has been singing in her community choir, the Salt Lake Singers for several years, and we feel very lucky to have been able to speak to her. Jane tells

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054 - Are You Out of Alignment? 5 Ways to Align With...

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

2023/05/29

Happy Monday, Bettys and Jacks! We hope you want to listen to Mary and Alexis talk about random music, naming children, and pets. Lots of pets, including therapy dogs, and Lexy’s cat named Mary. Apparently she was a slut and had lots of kittens. Just remember–don’t mess with Vicky. Mary refers to Firefly Lane, a Netflix series based on the book of the same name by Kristin Hannah. She also talks about alignment in cars, and how sometimes our vehicles need more than just an alignment or a tire

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053 - Subjective and Objective Perceptions: What is...

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

2023/05/26

Oh my heck, Betty! Don’t sing Katy Perry in an inappropriate register! And don’t get hit on when you go to karaoke in a bar! This episode is a little woo-woo, and all over the place, but we hope it will get you thinking outside of your box. Alexis and Mary talk about objective and subjective reality. One is unbiased, facts-only, and the other is all personal–seen only through your particular lens. Lexy refers to The Infinite Spark of Being Podcast (listen to Episode 7 here). We learn that the ego

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052 - How to Not Take Everything So Seriously...

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

2023/05/22

CW: Mild swearing and some discussion of suicide “What’s happening, Hot Stuff?!” We hope you are doing well on this fine Monday morning, and that this episode can help you to not take things so seriously. Mama Ximena definitely believes in karma, so be wise about what you say and do (like don’t play in wheelchairs!), but remember that there is life beyond whatever disappointments we have today. And freeway dance parties are always in season. Alexis and Mary talk a little about the 1984 John

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051 - Queen Charlotte

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

2023/05/15

Hey, Bettys and Jacks! We love it when the girls come out to play! Laughing is good, especially when it comes to Mama Ximena’s Words of Wisdom (“Turn on your lambada and clean your house!”). We talk about dancing, including Lexy’s breakdancing and Mary’s college ballroom dancing classes. And, because we always have to point out our segues, the dancing in Bridgerton; specifically Queen Charlotte–A Bridgerton Story (now streaming on Netflix). We’re also manifesting a Queen’s Ball Experience in

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050 - Altered States, Ego Death, and Kim

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

2023/05/12

CW: There is some talk of drug usage in this episode. Today’s episode of the Bettys Podcast is a little all-over-the-place (shocking, we know). We had to restart this episode due to some technical difficulties, so we tried to recap Mary’s entertaining experience taking a caffeine pill. Both Alexis and Mary are a little delirious, and in need of a good laugh, so much of that comes in the form of talking about ‘altered states.’ And Bridgerton. And how Bridgerton apparently puts Mary into an altered

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049 - Hairspray

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

2023/05/08

Hello, hello, Bettys and Jacks!! Today we’re talking about a different musical. Or movie. Or movie-musical based on a movie. Anyway, we’re talking about Hairspray! Mary saw the Broadway touring company version of it recently, and watched the 2007 movie-musical version (with John Travolta) which is available to stream on Amazon Prime here (Mary and Alexis also talk about tsunamis and the 2014 masterpiece Interstellar). Mary has a few lessons she learned from this story: Some people will try to talk

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048 - School of Rock

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

2023/05/05

Hello, rockstars! We spend a fair amount of time in this episode talking about music, concerts, and the Cache Theater Company production of School of Rock, a musical based on the 2003 film starring Jack Black. Because of this, we felt this episode needed a Spotify Playlist to go along with it! (And here's a great list of concerts coming to Utah this summer and fall!) Mary and Lexy talk about reconnecting with yourself, and how concerts are one way Mary reconnects with her inner rocker. Lexy likes

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047 - The Happiness Agenda

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

2023/05/01

“Chug! Chug! Chug!” Yes, we believe that drinking water will help us with our happiness, but so do pink spandex shorts. Welcome to the Bettys podcast Mary and Lexy talk about growing up ‘off-the-grid,’ and how there wasn’t a lot to do in Logan, Utah when we were growing up. Even though our kids may be super busy these days, we are very much fans of seatbelts and helmets. And Doritos. Mary references an article from the New York Times about “The Finnish Secret to Happiness.” The article

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046 - Breathe (with Bonnie Gray)

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

2023/04/24

Hello, friends! Get out your notebooks and pens, because you’ll definitely want to take notes on this very special episode of The Bettys Podcast. Today we are joined by author Bonnie Gray to talk about her book Breathe: 21 Ways to Stress Less and Transform Chaos to Calm. Bonnie Gray is a Soul Care mentor and coach, and the author of several other books: Whispers of Rest, Finding Spiritual Whitespace and Sweet Like Jasmine, an ECPA 2022 Christian Book Award Finalist. Having healed from PTSD, Bonnie

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045 - Men & Emotions

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

2023/04/21

Hi, friends. This episode was recorded a few weeks ago, before certain current events unfolded. We hope to be in actual Spring now, though it is still snowing in some places. Heaven help us, with roofs collapsing and flooding . . . we’ll just stick to the Bunny slope. We talk a bit about Robin Williams, an American comedian who both Lexy and Mary adored.. He died by suicide in 2014, and we hope to open up a little more conversation about the mental health of men we love. We talk about how men

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044 - Wisdom From Lex

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

2023/04/17

This episode is chock-full of wisdom that Alexis has been collecting from various sources and trainings. She cites Tony Robbins, Napoleon Hill, and even Sylvester Stallone as sources of inspiration. We hope to pass on some delicious tidbits to enlighten your beautiful minds. Here are a few of those nuggets of wisdom that Lex is passing on to you, Bettys and Jacks: Energy is a habit. If you want to produce more results, you’ve gotta raise your energy Don’t make your family suffer because of your

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043 - Back in a Bit

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

2023/04/10

Hi, friends. Sorry we don't have a full episode for you today. The last couple of weeks have been really tough--including Spring Break and a trip to California for our sweet Grandmother's funeral. We'll get back to our regularly scheduled programming of 1-2 episodes per week as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience and your continued listening. And we love you more.

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042 - The Second Act, or The Middle of the Road

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

2023/04/03

“We’ve got wiggles!” This episode of the Bettys Podcast contains some spoilers . . . for The Fugitive (1993). And some for season one of Succession (watch on HoboMax here, rated TV-MA for lots of language and mature content), and for season one of Shrinking (watch on AppleTV here, rated TV-MA for language and a lil’ bit of nudity). Be careful what you watch, though, because it can really affect your headspace! Mary references a Wikipedia article about the Three-Act Structure for many films, and

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041 - Breaking Through Limiting Beliefs (Jamie Kern...

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

2023/03/31

No, the incredible Jamie Kern Lima is not a guest on this episode of the Bettys Podcast (though we’d be honored to have her!), but we are talking about her story, her book Believe It (2021), and we quote some of her very wise words. Mary and Lexy also talk about being ‘in the arena,’ which is a reference to this quote from Theodore Roosevelt: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit

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040 - Cancel Culture

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

2023/03/27

For two people who know very little about Astrology, Alexis and Mary sure spend a lot of time talking about it! Lexy’s kids are obsessed with space, and there’s some discussion about planetary alignment and asteroids. But, “in other space news . . .” Lexy has been thinking about our conversation about Rachel Hollis (listen to Episode 34 of the Bettys Podcast here!), and how and why we ‘cancel’ people. We feel the need to hold people (especially women) to an impossible standard of perfection, if

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