Expansive Relationships with an Abundance Mindset
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On 8 September 2021 I was invited to speak about Polyamory on national radio channel, TalkRadio. I was interviewed by Rob Rinder about what Polyamory means and what are the benefits of living polyamorously. Speaking about this topic with people who are very new to the concept can be challenging, but Rob was respectful and …
Podcast release date 28 July 2021 I had a long chat with David Chambers of the Authentic Man podcast. Here is his intro to the episode: Polyamory is still a bit of a social taboo, but why? Have we been so entrenched in the idea that one person can only love one person at a …
I wanted to run a thought experiment. What would society look like if there was a complete paradigm shift, where monogamy was not the default option but instead, people would consider all relationship dynamics and choose the one right for them? Imagine that there wasn’t any focus on the 2-person dyad model of relationship ideal. …
Oftentimes when jealousy kicks in, we are in a “fight or flight” mode of survival response. Our nervous system perceives a threat and wants to defend. In this article, I look at some techniques for centering and grounding yourself so that you can be get to a more empowered stance for healing. Our nervous system …
How can we understand, unpack and process the emotions that we think of as jealousy? This article focuses on jealousy experienced as strong emotions and feelings. Click here to read about how our minds and thoughts influence our experience of jealousy. Our emotional response can be about socialised expectations but that does not mean that …
Podcast release date 26 May 2021 My partner and I spent over an hour with Emma and Fin of the Normalising Non Monogamy podcast, talking about our route into polyamory, the differences in our experience and the important values that make polyamory work for us. If you want to know more about my background and …
If I ask you what your personal boundaries are, would you be able to tell me right away, without sinking into an existential crisis at the magnitude of the question? Until I discovered polyamory and spent a few years figuring it out, I never once stopped to think that I should have clearly defined, self-affirming …
Unpacking learned social norms and expectations about relationships What do you remember from early childhood, about romantic relationships? How much of your parents’ relationship was visible to you? Their intimacy, the way they resolve conflict? Their sexuality? What was the message you were taught from society, the examples you have seen in books, TV and movies? …
On 10 May 2021 I was invited on the Practicing Polyamory podcast which was streamed live on Youtube. It is about 30 minutes long and we cover my own background with polyamory, compersion and jealousy and I explain what Multigamy means. It’s also available as a podcast which you can subscribe to here. Listen to …
It is a recently made-up word that you won’t find in a dictionary. The classiest definition I could find is: Sympathetic Joy I don’t remember when or where I read first about compersion. But I liked how the word sounded and it made sense to me immediately. I was also surprised that there was not …