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Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

306 - Bonding Styles with Dr. Eli Sheff

Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

Multiamory, LLC

Relationships, Sexuality, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.9970 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Eli Sheff joins us (again!) this week for her third appearance on our show to talk about her research on polyamorous families, as well as some different variations of polyamory and whether or not one of those variations may be right for you. Join our amazing community of listeners at multiamory.supercast.com. We offer sliding scale subscriptions so everyone can also get access to ad-free episodes, group video discussions, and our amazing Discord community.Multiamory was created by Dedeker Winston, Jase Lindgren, and Emily Matlack.Our theme music is Forms I Know I Did by Josh and Anand.Follow us on Instagram @Multiamory_Podcast and visit our website Multiamory.com. We are a proud member of the Pleasure Podcasts network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Language is so people would think more about what they wanted and so we're not using kind of these established labels of

0:10.0

monogamy, polyamary, relationship anarchy, things like that.

0:14.4

But if those are floating around in your head, which of course, you know,

0:19.3

the idea of monogamy is floating around in everybody's head,

0:22.4

if they grew up in this culture at all, then one-to-one bonding

0:28.2

will clearly trigger that.

0:30.2

So it's okay if you have those associations, but we're not trying to say monogamy and one-to-one bonding are the same thing,

0:39.5

because there's all these cultural, there's all this baggage around what does monogamy mean and you might be strongly

0:47.9

emotionally bonded to someone and be kind of emotionally monogamous in that way, but be sexually open to other people.

0:59.4

So you might be a one-to-one bonder, but a one-to-one bonder but a one-to-many sexer.

1:05.6

Welcome to the multi-amory podcast.

1:07.8

I'm Jace.

1:08.7

I'm Emily.

1:09.4

And I'm Dettaker.

1:10.5

We believe in looking to the future of relationships, not maintaining the status quo of the past.

1:16.0

So whether you're monogamous, polyamorous, swinging, casually dating, or if you just do relationships

1:21.8

differently, we see you and we're here for you. force a meter for myself to fit.

1:37.0

On this episode of the multi-amory Podcast, we're excited to have Dr Eli Chef back on the show to talk about her research on polyamorous families and how to determine if polyamory or some variation of it might be a good fit for you.

1:55.6

We're going to be talking about some exciting new research-based treats for all of you out there,

2:01.1

including a new research-backed online quiz to help determine your comfort

2:05.2

level with non-monogamy or monogamy, as well as a new super short fact-filled book, Children

2:11.9

and Polyamorous Families that just was released recently.

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