Posted: May 17, 2021
There you are, cruising along, getting your runner’s high and it’s been a beautiful day with a wonderful workout partner. It’s only when you get to the end that you realize they’re not exactly with you. Maybe they ran faster, slower, a different trail, training...
Posted: May 10, 2021
A lot of the work I do as a therapist deals with one’s self identity and isolation. For some of us, even in a room crowded enough to give a golden retriever social anxiety we feel lonely, out of place. Some of us are in...
Posted: May 3, 2021
Tropes are tropes and clichés are clichés for a reason. When I facilitated poly discussion groups and moderated poly communities I would joke that the answer that will get everybody out of here in 15 minutes is, “h ave you tried clear, open, honest communication...
Posted: April 26, 2021
There’s an old joke, WASPs have lives, the rest of us have ‘lifestyles’. While I personally don’t love that mindset, I can not change how our society uses their words. If your “lifestyle” has a flag, you’ve likely had one of the most universal questions...
Posted: April 19, 2021
A young polywog of the 2000s I was very excited to see a show called “Everybody Loves Raymond”, thinking that finally some producers and execs finally had a show for me. Very disappointed to find out the title was a lie , I saw yet...
Posted: April 12, 2021
IT’S HAPPENING!!! You’re no longer just roleplaying as polyamorous (or whatever form of ethical nonmonogamy), you have a new partner or metamour. How exciting! Now it’s time to learn about the best and worst part of being poly, NRE. New Relationship Energy, known in the...