13: The Pura Vida and the PITA Vida: How Costa Rica Helped Me Let Go

Lessons from Living in Costa Rica: The PITA Vida & the PURA Vida In 2021, Andrea moved her family to  Costa Rica for a year. Why? To get away from Amazon, exit her comfort zone, live by the beach,  make her daughter a global citizen and walk through some fire. She expected third-world hilarity and insta-community. What she got was transformation. You might get be curious about…. -How Pura Vida can be a Pain in the Ass  -How to heal from Nature, EVEN if you're a Badass Indoorsy person -Why alone time is critical, even for extroverts -The biggest turning point in Andrea's life -Why anxiety can sometimes be a choice -A BIG lesson from a LITTLE limpet shell -The day the car door handle fell off on her hand -How Jack Kerouac and The Dude factor in -A chance to get a snail mail postcard from Andrea   Get ready for some real-time relationship woo and wisdom--from the front lines about how breaking rules, blurring boundaries and tossing tradition--along with polyamory and plant medicine--have been catalysts for finding our truth. The Permission to Be Human Podcast debunks the myths we were told about fairytales and forever, so we can create a new map for life, love, and conscious relationships. Freedom is, in fact, the new F word.    If you're seeking permission to choose your own path, and want to feel less alone along the way, we've got you.   With heart-shaped sunglasses,   Janelle & Andrea