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Betty Leigh Saw Elvis (and Lived to Tell Norm About It)

Episode 253: Betty Leigh Saw Elvis (and Lived to Tell Norm About It)

Reiki master, model, actress and Rotarian Betty Leigh tells Norm about Nashville radio, Ford modeling, beating cancer three times, and finding community in Rhinebeck.

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This week Norm’s guest is Betty Leigh: Reiki master, model, writer, meditation guide, actress, painter, and active member of Rhinebeck Rotary. Within minutes she has her hands on Norm’s face reading his energy (verdict: “solid”). She explains how a broken tailbone and an Olympic shot putter turned acupuncturist brought her to Reiki 20 years ago, and she walks listeners through a simple breathing practice built on one rule: breathe out longer than you breathe in.
Betty grew up in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill, the daughter of a scrap metal dealer and a Southern Baptist mother from Arkansas. She worked as a fitting model on 7th Avenue for Bill Blass and others, walked runways for Halston, and signed with Ford. She spent 11 years in Nashville spinning Americana records on the radio and selling Beanie Babies on home shopping TV. She talks frankly about surviving cancer three times, about seeing Elvis in Las Vegas, and about Grey Fox, WKZE, Mark Knopfler and Patsy Montana.

Produced by Norm Magnusson, Jennifer Hammoud, and Matty Rosenberg @ radiofreerhinecliff.org

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