Are Open Relationships with Partners with High-Conflict Personalities Possible?
The landscape of relationships is as diverse as the people who navigate it. Non-monogamy has become an increasingly accepted approach to...
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REDEFINING LOVE
My thoughts on non-monogamy,
polyamory, and open marriage
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Sep 93 min read
The Liberation of Imperfection: A Path to Authenticity and Stronger Relationships
I had a profound realization recently that shook my core: not only am I imperfect, a human prone to making mistakes...
May 142 min read
Beyond Monogamy: Exploring the Spectrum of Connection
We tend to think of relationships in extremes: monogamous or polyamorous. But imagine these as opposite ends of a vast, colorful scale....
Nov 23, 20225 min read
In Sickness And In Health
Every morning I do these four actions on my phone: check for any missed messages and calls, play today’s Wordle, look at my calendar to...
Nov 3, 20223 min read
How I Met My Partner's Wife
“Clara asked if you’d be up to meet with her,” Daniel said one day. Daniel was my partner, and Clara was his wife. Ummm. What? I had a...
Oct 31, 20224 min read
A Practical Guide to Emotional Safety
Emotional safety is about being authentic and sharing thoughts and feelings with another person without any fear. Frequent criticism and...
Oct 19, 202210 min read
How I Got Triggered After A Consensual Touch Workshop
Last weekend my husband and I went to a wellness retreat in the mountains. As part of it, we participated in a consensual touch workshop.
Feb 23, 20213 min read
I Changed My Mind About Monogamy
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. – George Bernard Shaw Changes happen all the time. The nature of life is...
Feb 8, 20215 min read
Self Love: The Biggest Lesson From My Open Marriage
“Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every relationship you have.” — Robert Holden When my husband and I decided to open...
Apr 27, 20205 min read
Separation Anxiety In The Age Of Coronavirus
After a few post-date withdrawals, I developed some tactics for working through the onslaught of difficult feelings.
Oct 30, 20194 min read
Is Veto Ever The Right Choice?
In her research article, Anne-Laure Le Cunff defines veto as an agreement in polyamorous relationships that gives one person the power to...
Sep 6, 20194 min read
How I Fell In Love With My Body
Something interesting happened to me recently… I fell in love with my body. When I was growing up I was an awkward, lanky preteen with...
Aug 1, 20193 min read
What Makes A Relationship Successful?
My dad has a theory that a relationship can only be successful when these four elements are present
May 21, 20193 min read
What Polyamory Is NOT
Many poly bloggers, myself included, have attempted to explain what polyamory really is. But many people still don't get what it's not.
Mar 26, 20194 min read
To Date Or Not To Date, That Is The Question: The “No Dating Friends” Rule in Polyamory
The topic of dating friends has come up quite a bit for me recently. In fact, it surfaced multiple times just in the last week in...
Mar 20, 20193 min read
5 Ways Open Marriage Has Positively Affected Our Children
When my husband and I decided to open up our marriage our kids were about 4 and 6 years old. I was worried about how our lifestyle would...
Feb 8, 20193 min read
A Night to Remember: #ThunderFromDownUnder With My Partner's Other Partners
Last Tuesday night was officially the funnest night of 2019! I went to see the Thunder From Down Under show with my partner's other...
Jan 7, 20193 min read
Are there personality traits that are more common among people in polyamorous relationships?
Lately I’ve been crossing paths with quite a few polyamorous people as more and more friends have been coming out as poly and introducing...
Dec 18, 20185 min read
We have a choice: monogamy is not the only option
...A story about how I stopped following societal norms While growing up, I was constantly reminded of what an ideal relationship should...
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Polyamory (Greek πολύ poly, "many, several", Latin amor, "love") is the practice of, or desire for, intimate relationships with more than one partner, with the consent of all partners involved.
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