Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relatio...
Multiamory offers support and advice for modern relationships. Whether you are monogamous, polyamorous, swinging, casually dating, or if you just do relationships differently, we see you and we’re here for you. Multiamory is a proud member of Pleasure Podcasts. For network details, contact cameron@pleasurepodcasts.com.
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300 - 300th Episode!!!
We're so happy to have everyone who has stuck with us along this journey! For our 300th episode, we're talking about Multiamory's origins and how everything began for those who don't know it yet. Join us for some retrospection this week!
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299 - Thirsty Sword Lesbians with April Walsh
Join us with April Walsh, a game designer and civil liberties attorney, to talk about Thirsty Sword Lesbians, a kickstarter table top role playing game she designed. April's goal with her games is to centralize queer storytelling and celebrate queerness, a
57 min
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298 - Eustress, or Are You a Good Stress or a B...
For this Multiamory episode, we're focusing on stress: the differences between distress and eustress, how stress is actually necessary for quality of life, healthy versus unhealthy stress, effects of bad stress, and how to balance stress levels to lead hap
53 min
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297 - Your Brain in a Bad Relationship (with Dr...
Dr. Rhonda Freeman, neuropsychologist and founder of Neuroinstincts®, has joined us this week to discuss what goes on in the brains of narcissistic and psychopathic people, and to speak a little about her own framework she devised to help people heal from
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296 - Relationship Health Checkup (with Erin Ti...
This week's guest is Erin Tillman, aka "The Dating Advice Girl," who has joined us to talk about health checkups in relationships and to give her valuable perspective on relationship health and wellness. Find more of Erin on her website at www.TheDatingAdv
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295 - Polyamory and Intimate Partner Violence (...
As with many other things, approaching domestic violence and intimate partner violence within polyamorous relationships can sometimes require different approaches than is traditional. This week we're joined with Christy Croft, a violence prevention trainer
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294 - Triads and Throuples, and Quads, Oh My!
Relationships such as triads and quads which contain more than two people are largely disputed, discussed, and sometimes practiced in polyamory. Many people have had bad experiences with them while others love them, so this episode is going over some commo
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293 - Should you go to therapy? Pt 2
Part 2 of our series on going to therapy covers how to choose a therapist, some special considerations to think about when deciding on the type of therapy, and some non-traditional outlets for therapy, such as different apps.
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292 - Should you go to therapy? Pt 1
If you're asking if you should go to therapy, the answer is probably yes, but in this episode, we're laying out some common questions people might ask regarding therapy, as well as some different types of therapy that professionals offer and what might be
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291 - Attachment Theory and Polyamory
We're joined by Jessica Fern, author of the upcoming book Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and Consensual Non-monogamy. She is also a psychotherapist, public speaker, and relationship and trauma specialist, and this week she's talking with us about trauma a
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290 - Is Polyamory Feminist? With Laurie Penny
This week's guest is Laurie Penny, an author, journalist, and screenwriter from the UK and has joined us to discuss polyamory and feminism and how they intersect. Laurie is the author of seven books which can be found online. Find them on Twitter at @penny
62 min
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289 - De-Coupling
This episode is all about breakups and de-coupling with intention! We're sharing some important steps to take when transitioning a relationship out of a romantic one and how this transition might affect your other relationships and different aspects of you
53 min
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288 - Repair Attempts
It's time to go back for repairs again for a bit...instead of talking about fallout after a fight, however, this episode covers ways to get your fights with partners back on track. When your fights start to get out of hand, it's important to recognize what
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287 - Getting Closure
What does it even mean to "get closure?" It's a phrase used a lot for a lot of different situations, but what does it actually mean? When is it necessary? When is it NOT necessary? Take a dive with us into closure and the psychology around it!
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286 - Ghost(ing) Busters!
Ghosting has become quite a common way to end a relationship or prevent one from starting these days. On this episode, we're exploring why people ghost, the positives and negatives of ghosting, how to react if you've been ghosted, and how to fight the urge
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285 - Compersion Research with Marie Thouin
Join us and our guest, Marie Thouin, as she tells us about her qualitative research on compersion, as well as her own opinions and experiences with ethical non-monogamy.
50 min
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284 - Daily Transitions
Part of being a human is learning how to recalibrate your mind when transitioning from one situation to another. This can be especially difficult for polyamorous people changing from one partner to another, so this episode helps outline some ways to make t
53 min
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283 - Language in Relationships
Language is a highly nuanced tool that we all use, and so today we're examining how it can affect relationships, reclamation of certain words for different communities, and more.
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282 - The Shame Game 2: Endshame
This week is part 2 of our series on shame, which covers shame specifically around nontraditional and polyamorous relationships, healthy vs. unhealthy shame (not to be confused with healthy shaming), and countershaming.
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281 - The Shame Game 1: Origins
This week we're kicking off a two-part series on shame in relationships: where it comes from, why we feel it, how it can affect our relationships (especially nontraditional ones), and ways to deal with feeling it to counteract its effects.
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280 - Receiving and Giving Apologies
Giving and receiving apologies can be a lot harder than it sounds; there's more nuance than a simple "I'm sorry." This week, we're discussing how to properly receive and offer apologies, as well as briefly covering boundaries, empathy, and unburdening guil
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279 - Relationship Strengths and Weaknesses
What do you struggle with in your relationships? What is your greatest strength? Inspired by some questions our friend and author Kevin Patterson asked, we're exploring why it's important for us to be familiar with each other's strengths and weaknesses in
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278 - Growing Through Criticism
Being criticized is difficult, especially when it's a friend, partner, or family member providing the criticism. Today we're covering how to handle receiving criticism gracefully and learning how to improve yourself, be a better communicator, and bring peo
51 min
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277 - Religion, Shame, and Identity with Gloria...
Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti is a public speaker, poet, panelist, art model, sex-positive, autistic, bisexual, polyamorous cancer survivor. She joined us today to discuss shame, how it relates to identity as well as other emotions, and her well-known workshop
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276 - I'm Not Your Mother
This week, let's examine some of the dynamics that we fall in to when we cohabit with one or more partner(s) wherein sometimes there's an unfair division of household labor. We'll have some tips about how to break out of the patterns that contribute to thi
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