Untamed by Glennon DoyleAngela Briones, host of They Can't All Be Betty,  opens up about her experience coming out both for the first time and during every day conversations. We talk about shame, God, family, and getting through some of the most difficult conversations of her life.

They Can't All Be Betty is "the gay podcast for everyone: the LBGTQ+ community, our families, and our allies!" The title references Betty Degeneres who was a prominent ally for the community and is about "celebrating the Bettys in our lives -- the people who made a difference simply by showing up and standing in unconditional love."

Resources from our conversation

Listen to TCABB Podcast on iTunes  

Listen to TCABB Podcast on Spotify 

PFLAG Parents and Family of Lesbians and Gays www.pflag.org

Jumping back in with a more inspired rhythm to a new season in which we talk about practices that allow us to learn who our Most True Self is. Today's practice: Oracle Cards!

Blog Post on what the eff I've been doing the past 3 months: https://ikellyirene.com/blog/f/clarifying-my-own-rhythm

Work Your Light Oracle Deck by Rebecca Campbell, illustrated by Danielle Noel: https://bookshop.org/books/work-your-light-oracle-cards-a-44-card-deck-and-guidebook/9781781809952 (not an affiliate link!)

View the cards on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/ikellyirene
 
**Correction. I said Tarot decks have 72 cards. They have 78. oops!!

Questions I asked the cards
What is blocking us from becoming our Most True Selves? (Pulled the Boundaries card)
How can we address that? (Pulled the Mirror card)

Questions for further reflection
What do I want on this side of my boundary lines?
What do I want not on this side of my boundary lines? 
What keeps me from setting those boundaries? What do I fear will happen if I set the boundary or if I make my most true self known?

Episode 4 is all about the Four--Enneagram Four. Charlie Barker (my brother in law!) and I are both Fours and we do Big Feelings. Charlie goes deep about the dissonance he felt growing up in the church (Noah's Ark, anyone?!), recognizing the bleed over into dissonance in his relationships, and learning to embrace the chaos and beauty of his inner voice. We explore the ability to maintain relationships while distancing ourselves from the old stories that had once been at the center of those relationships. We chat about learning to listen to our bodies as a source of truth and knowing. And we laugh about becoming friends after years of being family.

Funny, explorational, honest, and at times slightly awkward, this episode is for those who, as Charlie says, recognize that their brains are trying to believe something their bodies simply can't.

As Charlie has come to embrace his Most True Self, he has self-published a book, continues to write and perform music, and has been able to embrace his life in its entirety.

Charlie's website is www.tinystudio92.com 
His book, Wind Walker, can be found on Amazon.

To learn more about the podcast, check the website, www.mosttrueyoupodcast.com.
Learn more about the host, Kelly Irene, on Instagram @ikellyirene

This episode goes all the way back to Eighth Grade church camp, high school youth group, and how my experience growing up in the church led me out of the church to embrace my Most True Me. This is the backstory for why this podcast exists and explores spiritual motherhood, leaving an abusive marriage, losing everything I knew to find who I was all along. While it is a story about my life, it's an invitation to find your own story. 

Many people who go down the road of deconstructing their faith end up finding a way to reconstruct it somehow. Spoiler alert: I did not rebuild. 

This episode covers my thoughts on choosing not to rebuild, calling out the bullsh*t of silencing victims in the church, and recognizing the exclusion of others and the threat of eternal torture as a mirage meant to control others.

A hope-filled recognition of pain,  healing, and beauty, this episode is for all who have felt excluded, silenced, shunned, shamed, or harmed in any way by the church.

www.mosttrueyoupodcast.com
Instagram: @ikellyirene

In the Most True You podcast, we tell stories with honesty, celebrate authenticity, and shine a light on the wild path of living the most genuine expression of who we are. We will also call bullsh!t on the systems that require us to live a less true version of our lives. 

We will explore new ways of hearing our inner voice,  practice owning our stories, and talk about finding a spirituality that supports us. Most True You is the podcast for those who believe the best gift we can give the world is to live as our truest, most authentic selves.

www.mosttrueyoupodcast.com
instagram.com/ikellyirene