Permission to Live

Jennifer Alumbaugh is the founder of the Neuro Defiant Collective and owns a coaching practice, Expansive Expressions that exists to transform culture for late identified autistic and ADHD entrepreneurs. Jennifer is a queer, fat, gender expansive, scrappy, hilarious, fiercely kind human that has huge dreams of collective liberation and smashing oppressive. But to get here, she first had to discove...

In this captivating episode of we dive deep into the remarkable journey of a Sarah Dickenson who escaped a cult and an abusive marriage but lost herself in motherhood, ultimately reclaiming a newfound purpose in life. Sarah shares her personal story of enduring the psychological manipulation and control within a cult, as well as the challenges she faced in an abusive relationship. After her childr...

Get ready to take a deep dive into our guest's incredible journey of self-discovery! In this episode, Cree opens up about her personal transformation, sharing how she went from doubting herself to truly loving who she is. But that's not all – she's also cracked the code on tracking and understanding her menstrual cycle, and now she's on a mission to help other women do the same. Cree's mission is...

Today I'm sharing the top three actions you can take to learn more about who you are, what you want. Because I want your life to be more than sleep, work and taking care of other people! My new class - Coming Home: The exact steps to know who you are and what you want APRIL 25th, 6 pm MST /8 pm EST LINKS for MELISSA: Get your Free Roadmap to Unlocking Your Bad Bitch Magic! Learn more about working...

Today I'm talking with Charlene Lam of Curating Grief. Charlene Lam is a certified grief coach, speaker and curator of The Grief Gallery. She helps grieving people feeling weighed down by all “the stuff” after the death of a loved one, both physical and emotional. After her mother died suddenly in 2013, Charlene leaned into her creativity and instincts as a curator to guide herself through grief....

Today I'm talking about what it means to find your purpose and what coming home to yourself means. If you are struggling figuring our what is next for you, if you find yourself numbing because it all feels overwhelming - then please listen! LINKS for MELISSA: Get your Free Roadmap to Unlocking Your Bad Bitch Magic! Learn more about working with Melissa on her website Follow Melissa on Instagram Sh...

On today's episode hear from Sarah Reesor, who left a successful dance fitness career right on the cusp of mega success. She created and started PHunk Fit in 2016 and trained over 100 PHunk Fit Instructors, with over 32 classes available and in 5 US States. In June of 2020, Sarah and her husband opened PHunk Studio SLC.  But then Sarah was diagnosed with Graves Disease and Thyroid Cancer, which le...

Melissa talks about new year's resolutions and how she's not a fan! Instead she shares a different option and the 4 steps to a year of intention! She shares her personal planning retreat and how it helps her take up more space for herself and plan a year that brings pleasure, joy and fun! Babe, if you want something different in your life this is a great start! LINKS for MELISSA: Get your Free Roa...

Latoya Dixon Smith had to wade through multiple layoffs before finding her passion of activating women to find confidence and self-acceptance through empowering boudoir healing ceremonies and speaking about accessing pleasure, power, and peace through the power of the erotic. Here is her story... or at least part of it, she'll be back for more soon! LINKS for LATOYA: Learn more about working with...

Fuck anyone who wants us to be used up for their gain! If you are in the process of building a life that serves you then listen in as Melissa shares how she's forgotten that she doesn't have to do EVERYTHING, remembering she has a choice and her 3 favorite things to restore her energy. LINKS for MELISSA: Get your Free Roadmap to Unlocking Your Bad Bitch Magic! Learn more about working with Melissa...

Is it possible to recover from an abusive marriage? What about two!? Angelique shares how it happened for her and also three actions that helped her step into a life of adventure and freedom.  PS. I maybe share a story about almost dying from food poisoning in the woods! LINKS for ANGELIQUE: Find Angelique and all her hikes, trips and backpacking adventures at the Wine Hiking Society Follow Angeli...

If you've ever walked into a situation where your hands were shaking, you were sweating, your stomach hurt. Maybe you had to confront someone and you had those angry tears. If that's ever happened to you, and you know what I'm talking about this episode is for you. I'm sharing two stories of when I had to confront power and how much one year can change things. LINKS for MELISSA: Learn more about w...

What do you do when your life is killing you, your mental health is in a downward spiral and you don't recognize the person looking back at you in the mirror? How do you rebuild after leaving your career, job and marriage all at once? Collette shares how plant medicine and baby steps made all the difference. PS. She does not recommend burning it all down. LINKS for COLLETTE: Find Collette and all...

Meet Melissa Lyon West , the host of the new Permission to Live Podcast. Melissa is a cult survivor, storyteller, certified life coach, holder of epic retreats, mom of four and lover of Rasa, taco trucks and curse words.   Join Melissa and guests as they share the good, the bad and the ugly that comes when you finally say yes to yourself, and why it is always worth it. These stories, from women ju...