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Managing difficult emotions

Polyamory isn’t always pretty and it can sometimes bring a lot of emotional turmoil. People struggling with mental health issues may be especially struggling. Here are all the entries around managing your emotions.

Episode 61: PTSD and Polyamory

A previous abusive experience of a polyam relationship is causing floods of emotions on your second try. Should you stop? That’s what’s on this week’s episode of Non-Monogamy Help. Discussion Topic: If I knew I couldn’t fail in my professional life, I would like to try

Episode 58: Sexual Incompatibility

After more than a decade, your partner wants to open up because he’s not happy, but you think things are going too fast. What do you do? That’s what’s on this week’s episode of Non-Monogamy Help. Discussion Topic: How much detail do you want to know?

Episode 57: Begging For Time

You’ve started in a new triad but you’re feeling like the third wheel and no one is spending time with you. What do you do? That’s what’s on this week’s episode of Non-Monogamy Help. Discussion Topic: What is a gift you’ve been given that’

How to ask for reassurance

Much of the advice I have seen about dealing with jealousy in polyamorous relationships involves telling your partner so that you can communicate about it. When I tell my long term partner I am jealous of him and his girlfriend it makes him very sad, and he begins to avoid

Getting over a partner's sexual history

I am 34 years old, female and since more than 10 years I am in an open relationship with my boyfriend. We follow the concept of a “primary relationship” (so most of our daily life we live like a monogamous couple) but we are free to have external sexual contacts.

Episode 52: Anxious After Marriage

Anxiety can often become so overwhelming that you begin thinking non-monogamy just isn't for you. That’s what’s on this week’s episode of Non-Monogamy Help. Discussion Topic: What is your ideal living situation? With or without partners? How would you organise your space? Listen below. You

Episode 48: Too Much NRE

Is 18 months long enough to wait for someone to decide if polyamory is for them? That’s what’s on this week’s episode of Non-Monogamy Help. Discussion Topic: What is your love language? Listen below. You can also find the podcast on Spotify, Apple, and other providers. https:

Episode 42: The Dreaded Veto

When you’ve conceded to many rules but your partner demands you dump another, what do you do? That’s what’s on this week’s episode of Non-Monogamy Help. Discussion Topic: What do you most regret so far? Listen below. You can also find the podcast on Spotify, Apple,

Can you learn compersion?

I really enjoyed reading “Thirteen things I wish I’d learned before choosing non-monogamy.” I’ll start by saying I’ve started exploring my sexuality and what makes me happy just this June. So, I’m still learning. My original intent was not related to non-monogamous relationships at all. It

Curing codependency with polyamory

I was in a three-year monogamous relationship recently. I had an experience with the entheogen/psychedelic ayahuasca that helped me see that many of the issues in that relationship and all my previous relationships had roots in co-dependency. I realized that exploring ethical non-monogamy could be a powerful tool to