27: Navigating the Holidays: Chosen Family, Child Archetypes & Ugly Christmas Ornaments

How do you celebrate the holidays? How do you adapt to changing family dynamics? Who do you become when you visit your parents? Can you let go of form and embrace new traditions? Janelle and Andrea discuss their own memories, what holidays looks like in a post-divorce, polyamorous world and how they avoid the consumerism debacle. -How to navigate child archetypes during your "home" experience -Creative ways to shake up gift-giving -Ideas to to increase "presence" at your holiday gathering -The power of an amazing (or ugly) Christmas ornament -Why "chosen family" is one of our favorite phrases.   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