106: Part 6/12: Losing Yourself & Finding Spirit: Devotion over Discipline with Breath-worker Claudia Nanino: How to Build a Relationship with God Series

In this episode of Permission to Be Human, hosts Andrea Enright and Janelle Orion sit down with Claudia Nanino, a master breathwork facilitator who's learned to make peace with change by breathing straight through it. Claudia opens up about a childhood of Roman Catholicism, leaving behind polished identities, mothering while awakening, and realizing a relationship with God is a "reconnection" and that it can look however works best for you. They talk about how to nurture a beautiful connection to spirit, why self-forgiveness is essential, her intentionality in giving back and how verything she thought she was supposed to be had to die before she could breathe. There's a nod to 'The Four Agreements" by Miguel Ruiz, "Many Lives, Many Masters" by Dr. Brian Weiss and the Ho'oponopono Prayer. You'll hear:

-Claudia's journey of choosing devotion over discipline

-Why she eventually traded control for communion

-How rituals can keep us anchored to spirit

-Why Claudia believes everything is God, even you

-Her story of how releasing old identities set her free

-Claudia's go-to phrase when she's in conflict

-Why vulnerability builds muscle where armor used to be.

-Some insight on raising teenagers in a spiritual setting (hint: just model it)

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We're Andrea and Janelle--two midlife mavericks sharing openly about our own experiences--messy AF and no regrets----with marriage, divorce, polyamory and pleasure.

You'll hear from relationship experts, meet real life Bravehearts and get intimacy skills. 

Truth: When we're brave enough to ask for what we want, honor our  boundaries and have the hard conversations--with partners, friends, family and, most importantly, ourselves--magic happens and happiness ensues.

If you're seeking permission to create a new map for relationships and want to feel less alone along the way, we got you.

With glitter and radical acceptance, Janelle & Andrea.

Follow, subscribe and share!Learn more about us at: https://www.permissiontobehuman.live/

Music: "Running Wild" by LVDY https://www.lvdymusic.com/

105: Part 5/12, Love & Honesty from a Woman on a Traditional Catholic Journey: How to Build a Relationship with God Series

In this soft-spoken episode of Permission to Be Human, Janelle and Andrea sit down with the earnest Melissa Detwiller for a conversation about Catholicism and how she finds guidance in God every day. Melissa opens up about her faith journey—how God helped her navigate a lonely path as an immigrant at 14, and continues to keep her centered amidst her community and family of five. Together, they dive into her consistent practices of faith, her preference for religion over spirituality and the quiet rebellion of choosing love in a loud, divided world. This episode isn't just about belief—it's about belonging, becoming, and being brave enough to listen when God speaks in whispers. You'll hear:

-Why faith doesn't need a formula--you can meet God in the mundane or the mess.

-A reminder that YouTube is a totally viable resource for sermon

-How God became a "person" to Melissa

-Where she ends and God begins.

-The power of shared beliefs, especially in today's world.

-Why Melissa's relationship is practice and process rather than performance

-A redefinition of "confession" and how it might be the meaning of life

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We're Andrea and Janelle--two midlife mavericks sharing openly about our own experiences--messy AF and no regrets----with marriage, divorce, polyamory and pleasure.

You'll hear from relationship experts, meet real life Bravehearts and get intimacy skills. 

Truth: When we're brave enough to ask for what we want, honor our  boundaries and have the hard conversations--with partners, friends, family and, most importantly, ourselves--magic happens and happiness ensues.

If you're seeking permission to create a new map for relationships and want to feel less alone along the way, we got you.

With glitter and radical acceptance, Janelle & Andrea.

Follow, subscribe and share!Learn more about us at: https://www.permissiontobehuman.live/

Music: "Running Wild" by LVDY https://www.lvdymusic.com/

104: Part 3/12, Priestess & Rabbi Sarah Bracha talks Non-Duality, Joy, Oat Lattes & Hot Sex: How to Build a Relationship with God Series

What if God isn't a bearded sky-dad, but a pulse of presence running in and out through every moment—every heartbreak, every art project, every awkward conversation? In this episode, we sit down with Sarah Bracha Gershuny—freelance rabbi, professional priestess, and all-around mystic renegade—to explore what it really means build a relationship with spirit in a messy, modern world. Sarah speaks to the importance of presence (really another name for God) and drops deep wisdom on listening to your inner voice, navigating religious baggage, and how what you know and love (Sarah refers to these as breadcrumbs and her own include hot sex and oat lattes) can help you find your way. You'll hear:

-A little Non-Duality 101 (we are literally all in this together)

-How the divine is in the details too (dirt, dishes, dentist appts)

-Why the act of prayer can be the transformation in itself

-How community can replaces OR compliment the idea of God

-Sarah's "yes and" journey of retaining her Jewish roots and adding her own ideas

-What if spiritual belonging isn't about belief…but presence?

-How the "way opened" for Sarah (hint: devotion, creativity)

-A bit about the collective consciousness & Jewish Renewal

Follow Sarah on Substack: https://substack.com/@priestessrabbi

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We're Andrea and Janelle--two midlife mavericks sharing openly about our own experiences--messy AF and no regrets----with marriage, divorce, polyamory and pleasure.

You'll hear from relationship experts, meet real life Bravehearts and get intimacy skills. 

Truth: When we're brave enough to ask for what we want, honor our  boundaries and have the hard conversations--with partners, friends, family and, most importantly, ourselves--magic happens and happiness ensues.

If you're seeking permission to create a new map for relationships and want to feel less alone along the way, we got you.

With glitter and radical acceptance, Janelle & Andrea.

Follow, subscribe and share!Learn more about us at: https://www.permissiontobehuman.live/

Music: "Running Wild" by LVDY https://www.lvdymusic.com/

103: Part 2/12: Andrea on Faith, Feet Washing, Nike & Nick Cave: How to Build a Relationship with God Series

In this luminous convo, Andrea traces the wild arc of her evolving relationship with God — from a routine Catholic childhood to meaningful moments in the woods, Jerusalem, Bucharest and Buddhism--and then finally to Rumi's field, where she found her intuition. Together, they ask: what happens when we stop trying to find God and instead feel God within? This dialogue is both pilgrimage and permission slip — an invocation to question, to trust, to unlearn. If you've felt the pull between devotion and doubt, and sense the sacred might be nearby, listen up. There's a nod to Nick Cave's "Faith, Hope & Carnage", Natalie Goldberg's "Long Quiet Highway" and Marcus J. Borg's "Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time" as well as Elizabeth Gilbert. You'll hear:

-Why Andrea cried so much at the Garden Tomb

-Reasons to be grateful for a Catholic upbringing

-The two books that changed the course of her spirit journey

-How a Zoom meeting is like a Catholic mass

-How Andrea's prayer has evolved from begging to being in the now

-Why feet-washing reminds her to be kind

-Why every version of God points to the same love.

-Where Buddhism and Christianity meet for her

-Why she thinks Nike was right----there's no finish line, only the next unfolding.

-How a relationship with God makes her feel more like herself

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We're Andrea and Janelle--two midlife mavericks sharing openly about our own experiences--messy AF and no regrets----with marriage, divorce, polyamory and pleasure.

You'll hear from relationship experts, meet real life Bravehearts and get intimacy skills. 

Truth: When we're brave enough to ask for what we want, honor our  boundaries and have the hard conversations--with partners, friends, family and, most importantly, ourselves--magic happens and happiness ensues.

If you're seeking permission to create a new map for relationships and want to feel less alone along the way, we got you.

With glitter and radical acceptance, Janelle & Andrea.

Follow, subscribe and share!Learn more about us at: https://www.permissiontobehuman.live/

Music: "Running Wild" by LVDY https://www.lvdymusic.com/

REPEAT: 45: Wanna Feel Less Alone? Ask for Help

Do you know how to ask for help? Is it a challenge for you? In this sweet, bite-sized episode, Andrea and Janelle break down very simple human experience, offering personal stories, useful steps and a convincing argument for why asking for help makes the world a more connected place. Includes a nod to the movie "Enough Said" and the book "The Field Guide to Getting Lost" by Rebecca Solnit and Betty Martin's Wheel of Consent. You'll hear:

--Why asking for help is a skill and a gift

--A framework for anyone who might be afraid to ask

--Why you shouldn't always be helping your child

--The difference between requests and demands

--Why trusting someone's yeses and nos is required

102: How Janelle Found Spirit in Loss, Tantra, Deep Listening and Logistics: How to Build a Relationship with God Series

What does a relationship with the divine really look like? And how can it help us thrive in this double-dumpster-fire world? In this episode, Janelle details her journey from former-nun-and-priest-for-parents childhood to discovering spirit through tantra and psychedelic retreats. She reminds us that God doesn't necessarily live in ritual--but instead in the resistance of our conditioning and the surrender to our deepest selves. Ultimately, she says, there is no one way to eat a Reeses have a relationship with the divine. There's a nod to Human Design and Janelle's church, Witness Sisterhood. You'll hear:

-How Janelle's spiritual awakening started with loss

-How to find spirituality in the mundane---even moving cross country.

-Why TRUST is the beginning of your relationship with God

-All about the tussle between the mind and the heart

-The difference between the human self and the spirit self

-Why resisting your inner voice is the surest path to suffering

-How spirit lives in feelings, not words and sentences

-What your intuition and a very loud concert have in common

-A new definition of the less fortunate

-The power of decisions to demonstrate our deepest listening

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We're Andrea and Janelle--two midlife mavericks sharing openly about our own experiences--messy AF and no regrets----with marriage, divorce, polyamory and pleasure.

You'll hear from relationship experts, meet real life Bravehearts and get intimacy skills. 

Truth: When we're brave enough to ask for what we want, honor our  boundaries and have the hard conversations--with partners, friends, family and, most importantly, ourselves--magic happens and happiness ensues.

If you're seeking permission to create a new map for relationships and want to feel less alone along the way, we got you.

With glitter and radical acceptance, Janelle & Andrea.

Follow, subscribe and share!Learn more about us at: https://www.permissiontobehuman.live/

Music: "Running Wild" by LVDY https://www.lvdymusic.com/

Season 5 Announcement!!!

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We're Andrea and Janelle--two midlife mavericks sharing openly about our own experiences--messy AF and no regrets----with marriage, divorce, polyamory and pleasure.

You'll hear from relationship experts, meet real life Bravehearts and get intimacy skills. 

Truth: When we're brave enough to ask for what we want, honor our  boundaries and have the hard conversations--with partners, friends, family and, most importantly, ourselves--magic happens and happiness ensues.

If you're seeking permission to create a new map for relationships and want to feel less alone along the way, we got you.

With glitter and radical acceptance, Janelle & Andrea.

Follow, subscribe and share!Learn more about us at: https://www.permissiontobehuman.live/

Music: "Running Wild" by LVDY https://www.lvdymusic.com/

101: Andrea at 50: Ease, Flow & Dom/Sub Dynamics in Everyday Life

What happens when you start asking for exactly what you want? Relief! Andrea says relief! Janelle interviews Andrea and they cover dom/sub dynamics, anti-depressants, conscious endings, why she stopped saying "I don't know", and how monogamy is working for her. This isn't just a milestone—it's a midlife metamorphosis, and it comes from a softer, less ruthless place than ever before. And she gets passionate about helping women with mid-life meh do the same. There's a nod to Florence and the Machine, Trader Joes, Sophie Howell's spirit crowns and language empowerment, as well as Andrea Gibson's poetry. You'll hear:

-The wild art of asking for what you actually want

-The bizarre relief of letting someone else decide

-Her release of shame around anti-depressants

-How Andrea stopped saying "I don't know", because she DID know

-Why she really does love to be told what to do

-Her seasons of polyamory and monogamy

-Celebrations of Florence, Trader Joe's, silent discos and rocky mountain trailrunning

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We're Andrea and Janelle--two midlife mavericks sharing openly about our own experiences--messy AF and no regrets----with marriage, divorce, polyamory and pleasure.

You'll hear from relationship experts, meet real life Bravehearts and get intimacy skills. 

Truth: When we're brave enough to ask for what we want, honor our  boundaries and have the hard conversations--with partners, friends, family and, most importantly, ourselves--magic happens and happiness ensues.

If you're seeking permission to create a new map for relationships and want to feel less alone along the way, we got you.

With glitter and radical acceptance, Janelle & Andrea.

Follow, subscribe and share!Learn more about us at: https://www.permissiontobehuman.live/

Music: "Running Wild" by LVDY https://www.lvdymusic.com/

100: Janelle Talks Soul Love, Romance, Galactic Beings, and The Art of Receiving at Burning Man

Pop the champagne (or light that sage)—Andrea and Janelle are hitting triple digits! In their 100th episode, and on the cusp of their FIFTH season, your favorite duo covers the last 9 months of Janelle's life. We're talking Burning Man dust storms, ineffable teachings, the birth of a church and how FOMO got kicked to the curb. This is a full-blown joyride through divine feminine chaos, galactic embodiment, homeowner woes, poetry on the playa and more. There's a nod to Mary Oliver, Bruce Lyon and Winter Jade Icely. You'll hear:

-Why receiving is not weakness—it's a damn art form

-The difference between soul love and human love

-Why romance doesn't have to look like a RomCom

-How Janelle's thumb turned green

-The hair extensions and acid-dropping hoopla of her 10th Burn

-How building a website can crack you open (who knew?)

-About the Goddess Temple and why you need to visit

-Janelle's liberation from health insurance

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We're Andrea and Janelle--two midlife mavericks sharing openly about our own experiences--messy AF and no regrets----with marriage, divorce, polyamory and pleasure.

You'll hear from relationship experts, meet real life Bravehearts and get intimacy skills. 

Truth: When we're brave enough to ask for what we want, honor our  boundaries and have the hard conversations--with partners, friends, family and, most importantly, ourselves--magic happens and happiness ensues.

If you're seeking permission to create a new map for relationships and want to feel less alone along the way, we got you.

With glitter and radical acceptance, Janelle & Andrea.

Follow, subscribe and share!Learn more about us at: https://www.permissiontobehuman.live/

Music: "Running Wild" by LVDY https://www.lvdymusic.com/

REPEAT: 

83: Part 10/12, Sexual Exploration After 50 Years of Monogamy: How to Talk About Sex Series

Andrea and Janelle engage in a deep conversation with Braveheart and former emergency physician Doug Yeakel about his journey navigating the complexities of love, communication and vulnerability in relationships. He reflects on his own bravery and curiosity to share what's on his heart, explores the idea of love beyond traditional boundaries and the significance of body awareness in understanding one's sexuality. There's a nod to Sam Harris, the book "Cosmo Genesis", RBDSM, full body orgasms and agelessness as well. You'll hear:

--Why naming your sex conversation with humor helps you own it (Doug calls it Book Club)

--How Doug put his vulnerability on a platter

--Why bodily presence is so critical for the hard conversations --Why sharing the last 10% of your desires is so fucking important

--How different types of togetherness can help you feel  loved in new ways

--Why aging does not have to limit capacity for love and exploration

--How sexuality, plant medicine and mountain biking can lead to new states of consciousness

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We're Andrea and Janelle--two midlife mavericks sharing openly about our own experiences--messy AF and no regrets----with marriage, divorce, polyamory and pleasure.

You'll hear from relationship experts, meet real life Bravehearts and get intimacy skills. 

Truth: When we're brave enough to ask for what we want, honor our  boundaries and have the hard conversations--with partners, friends, family and, most importantly, ourselves--magic happens and happiness ensues.

If you're seeking permission to create a new map for relationships and want to feel less alone along the way, we got you.

With glitter and radical acceptance, Janelle & Andrea.

Follow, subscribe and share!Learn more about us at: https://www.permissiontobehuman.live/

Music: "Running Wild" by LVDY https://www.lvdymusic.com/