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

Hello, Queens. This is a bit of a different episode–Mary is flying solo today. She ties together a few things: artist Frida Kahlo, musician Bruce Springsteen, and the book Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, which she has been talking about for several weeks now. You can find links to all of the books we have recommended on the podcast here on Amazon. 

Mary goes quickly through the sections of the book, and describes how both Kahlo a...

Hello, Queens! We start today’s episode with a Mama Ximena tip of the day/pearl of wisdom: “Be patient with yourself. Wait until the water is clear–then you can think. Don’t try to think in a whirlwind.” Or a whirlpool. How’s Feral February going for you? Lexy is dejunking, to help make her psyche as strong and brilliant as possible. And Mary will never pass up a chance to plug Gretchen Rubin, who says that outer order leads to inn...

Hello, Queens! Alexis and Mary are talking about how many people may disappoint us, and how difficult it can be to give ourselves permission to disappoint others. The solution is not always in the pulling of weeds, but possibly in allowing ourselves to be in our ‘disappoint everybody’ era.

Lexy talks about The Courage To Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi. As usual, here is a list of all our book recommendations here on Amazon. Mary m...

Greetings, Queens! Alexis and Mary are recording at 1:30am, and we’re a little loopy after doing a heavy breathwork session. We may or may not have new merch that says: “Fire Crotch. Give me a meat stick.”

Mary talks a little about her obsession with Bridgerton on Netflix, especially Season 3, which just debuted last week. They are based on a book series by Julia Quinn, which you can find here. Mary hasn’t read the books, so she ...

Greetings, Queens! Alexis and Mary are recording remotely, while Lexy is driving, so the sound quality is not the greatest. Thanks for bearing with us!

Mary talks about her trip to Denver, and about a book with a very interesting premise: The Husbands by Holly Gramazio. She also talks more about Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert. As always, here are all of our book recommendations here on Amazon. Mary li...

Greetings, Queens! Alexis and Mary are starting off with some vocabulary lessons, but it doesn’t take us too long to sift through the rocks to get to the gold of this episode. The best part is that you get to pick what is the gold in your life!

Mary talks about a wonderful book purchased last year, but which she hadn’t read until she listened to it (twice!). It’s called Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert....

Hello Hello, Queens! We’re here to “undo that mood and give you a vibe,” so we hope you are in for a fun ride! Alexis and Mary are joined today by our friend Tracy Munson, who works in the Chamber of Commerce in Cache Valley, Utah. She talks about authenticity, being a Christian, adoption, identity, active listening, and some other interesting topics. She mentions being a guest on another podcast, called Hearing the Unheard from Pa...

Greetings, Queens! We recorded this episode live, without any special equipment, so we hope you’ll forgive the background noise and sound quality. It’s a pretty random conversation, so we hope you enjoy!

We talk a bit about the delightful stage production of Pride and Prejudice by Melissa Leilani Larson performed at Salt Lake Community College. It is playing through June 8. We both highly recommend going, if you are in the Salt L...

Welcome, Queens! To nobody’s surprise, Taylor Swift makes her way into our conversation again, as we talk about “Good Girl Syndrome,” lingerie, sexiness, confidence, and worth. Alexis talks about dominating vs competing. And how we all secretly want to be #everydaysexy

Lexy references a book called Worthy by Jamie Kern Lima, and Mary references the book The Gift by Edith Eger. As usual, you can find all of our book recommendation...

Welcome to the Hot Mess show, Queens! The reality is that we’re legit in our Midlife Crises, so we’re a little unhinged, and apparently in our “Banging Era,” but this Friday Night Confessional is a good time. 

Mary finished a couple of books this week: Becoming by Michelle Obama, and The Gift by Edith Eger. As usual, you can find all of our book recommendations here on Amazon. She also talks about The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery ...

Hello, Queens! Get ready for us to drop some real “Dingers,” or words of wisdom from Mama Ximena. We talk about confidence, how we talk about our bodies, and how we perceive our own worth. We’re taking the Cher approach, where a man is not a necessity, but a man is a luxury.

We also talk about the sales bros culture of Utah. Shockingly, Alexis is NOT a Sales Bro, but she is learning a lot and enjoying her new job. We talk about ...

Greetings, Fire-Breathing B*tch-Queens! You might want to break out the peppermint oil, not because this episode stinks, but to help you bring your own hype. Sorry this isn’t a real hype-you-up kind of episode, but can that really be expected after having spent so much quality time roaming the halls of The Tortured Poets Department? Or is it the Tortured Poets Society? Mary’s pretty sure her GenX is showing, since she has been in l...

What’s goin’ on, Queens? We recorded this episode from Lexy’s kitchen table, using Mary’s iPhone. So the audio quality is not great, and in addition to the karaoke, there’s a fair amount of background noise, mouth sounds, and knocking on wood (literally). We hope you don’t mind, and thanks for your patience!

Here’s a link to Mary’s favorite sparkly Stila eyeshadow. #thirsttrap #millennialcringe #priorities. You can follow along t...

Hello, Queens. We hope you are remembering to eat . . . may we recommend some cheese? Alexis is particularly squirrelly today, and Mary is still thinking about Pride and Prejudice . . .

Speaking of . . . here’s your reminder that we are going to see Melissa Leilani Larson’s adaptation of Pride and Prejudice at SLCC’s Grand Theater on Friday May 17, 2024; if you’d like to join us for this performance, please get your tickets here!...

Hello, Queens. Thanks for listening today!

Here’s a reminder that we are going to see Melissa Leilani Larson’s adaptation of Pride and Prejudice at SLCC’s Grand Theater on Friday May 17, 2024; if you’d like to join us for this performance, please get your tickets here! You can also check out Melissa’s play Bitter Lemon at Plan B Theater Company in Downtown Salt Lake in April 2024. 

If you’d like to support this podcast, please ...

Hello, Queens. Mercury is in retrograde (again!), and apparently it’s really effing with our lifestyle. Utah is slowly inching its way toward spring, and as Lexy re-listened to our episode on Beliefs (find Episode 117 here), she can confirm her previous rant about Salt Lake vs. Cache Valley weather. Alexis is also learning to let loose her secret nerd by playing D&D. 

We talk about several books in today’s episode, all of whi...

It’s not “just the two of us” today, Queens! We have a special guest–the incredible Melissa Leilani Larson. Mary met her bonding over a giant plate of cheese, while watching a production of Pride and Prejudice at the Parker Theater in Salt Lake City, and invited her to be a podcast guest that night. What a great discussion!

Melissa is an author and playwright, and we discuss a bit about Melissa’s own adaptation of Jane Austen’s P...

Well, Queens, the winds of change are a’ blowin,’ . . . or they’re ripping everything apart. Either way you want to look at it, today we are talking about uncertainty. Mother Nature is a little on the bipolar side, and Alexis insists on blaming the retrograde (and renegade) planets, because “they don’t do anything but float in space.” 

Mary and Lexy talk about the uncertainties in their lives currently. Lexy quotes Tony Robbins a...

How are we doing, Queens? We hope your lip gloss be poppin’. If you’re looking for a good “plumper,” Alexis recommends the Polite Society brand, which she found at Ulta. Lexy  is carrying the torch for the Carpool Concert Series with Lil’ Mama, since Mary is still off of social media for Lent (#sorrynotsorry). If you’re not following Lexy, please do so here! And feel free to follow Mary when she comes back after her hiatus, but mor...