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Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

406 - Open to Poly but Unwilling to Communicate (Listener Q&A w/ Dr. Zhana Vrangalova)

Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

Multiamory, LLC

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

4.9970 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

We're having our first Q&A episode in the new year with Dr. Zhana Vrangalova! During this episode, we learn a little about Dr. Zhana's work and answer some questions posed by our Patreon supporters. Dr. Zhana Vrangalova is a relationship scientist, consultant, and NYU adjunct professor of human sexuality. She’s a world-renowned expert in nonmonogamy and the creator of Open Smarter™, an online course that guides couples and individuals to identify and navigate the relationship type best suited for their unique personality and life circumstances.She holds a PhD in Developmental Psychology from Cornell University, and her scholarly work on nontraditional relationship styles has been published in several peer-reviewed journals. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @drzhana, and join her FREE Training on Open Relationships to discover your ideal relationship style.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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We found that about 60% of Americans fantasize at least sometimes about sex with multiple people in some way shape or form so whether that was some specific

0:14.8

non-monogamy fantasies like having an open relationship or including or threesomes or

0:21.5

group play or they just wanted multiple partners and 60% it's not an uncommon

0:27.8

weird it's not a fringe desire it may still be an uncommon practice for a lot of people especially doing it in the you know

0:35.8

negotiate way but as a desire as a fantasy it's pretty present.

0:43.0

Welcome to the multi-amory podcast. I'm Jace.

0:47.0

I'm Emily and I'm Dettiker.

0:49.0

We believe in looking to the future of relationships,

0:52.0

not maintaining the status quo of the past.

0:54.8

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

1:00.6

differently, we see you and we're here for you. For some made up for myself to fit.

1:19.2

On this episode of the Multiamery Podcast,

1:21.9

we are back to answer questions from some of our

1:24.6

listeners and we are joined by a very special guest Dr. Jana Rongalova.

1:29.8

She is a relationship scientist, consultant, and NYU adjunct professor of human sexuality.

1:36.5

She's a world-renowned expert in non-monogamy and creator of Open Smarter, an online course that guides couples and individuals to identify and navigate the

1:45.6

relationship type best suited for their unique personality and life circumstances.

1:51.5

So together we're going to be talking a little bit about some research that Dr.

1:55.1

Jana has done as well as answering some listener questions.

1:59.7

As always when we're talking about listener questions, we need to give the caveat that we only

2:04.1

get a little snippet of this so we will do our best to answer the question in a way

2:10.3

that's helpful not only for the question asker but for other people who might be in a similar situation.

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