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Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

386 - Compersion: Is It Necessary? (with Dr. Marie Thouin and Dr. Sharon Flicker)

Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

Multiamory, LLC

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

4.9970 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today we're joined by Drs. Marie Thouin and Sharon Flicker to discuss compersion and the research they have conducted about it. Dr. Marie Thouin was last on the podcast on episode 285 to discuss her compersion research that was not fully completed yet, so we are excited to have both her and Dr. Sharon Flicker here to go over their collaborative findings and discuss whether or not compersion is necessary in a relationship.Join our amazing community of listeners at multiamory.com/join. 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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It's interesting to also witness where the emotions or the experiences of jealousy and

0:09.4

compression are coming from because oftentimes people might have a mental or attitudinal experience of

0:15.7

compersion. They're you know supportive of their partners that are relationships

0:20.3

intellectually, but they might still have something in their gut that says,

0:25.0

no, this is not right, my partner is going to leave me, I'm being abandoned, and it's an art to, you know to bridge the two and to decide like, okay, what do I do when I have these two concurrent experiences and maybe two different parts of me are saying different things.

0:43.0

Welcome to the multi-ammery podcast.

0:46.0

I'm Jace.

0:47.0

I'm Emily.

0:48.0

And I'm Dedicher.

0:49.0

We believe in looking to the future of relationships,

0:51.0

not maintaining the status quo of the past.

0:54.2

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

1:00.0

differently, we see you and we're here for you.

1:03.0

Fongs I know I did.

1:11.0

Force made up for myself to fix.

1:19.0

On this episode of the

1:20.0

multi-ammery podcast, we're talking about some brand new

1:23.2

compersion research with doctors Marie Tuen and Sharon M. Flicker.

1:28.4

So first, Marie Tuen is the founder of Love Insight,

1:31.9

a mindful dating and relationship coaching practice, where she helps people

1:35.2

of all backgrounds and relationship styles create vibrant and intentional love lives, and she is also

1:40.8

a leading scholar and researcher on the topic of

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