414 - To Come Out or Not to Come Out with Martha Kauppi

Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

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

4.9 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Martha Kauppi has rejoined us today to talk about coming out of the closet and how it relates in particular to the intersection of our professional and personal lives. For those who are just meeting her, Martha is a therapist, author, speaker, and educator specializing in complex relational therapy, sex issues, and alternative family structures. She trains therapists all over the world to work more effectively with a broad range of sex issues, and with clients who are in open relationships. She is the author of the groundbreaking new book Polyamory: A Clinical Toolkit for Therapists (and Their Clients).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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0:00.0	Take it's slow. Just take it slow. It's an evolution. I think one mistake is
0:08.2	thinking that the way that I feel today is the way I'm always going to feel or
0:11.4	the way that my partner feels today is the way they're always going to feel or the way that my partner feels today is the way they're always going to feel.
0:14.0	I'm getting really scared like, oh, it's going to be awful like this forever or whatever.
0:18.0	It's not everything evolves over time.
0:21.0	Everything shifts and you know if you decide not to come out today you can always
0:25.1	come out tomorrow or next year and the same for anybody important in your life.
0:37.0	Welcome to the Mult-ammery podcast. I'm Jace. I'm Emily and I'm Dettaker. We believe in looking to the future of relationships, not maintaining the
0:41.6	status quo of the past.
0:43.0	So whether you're monogamous,
0:45.0	polyamorous, swinging, casually dating,
0:48.0	or if you just do relationships differently,
0:50.0	we see you, and we're here for you. Fongs I know I did.
1:00.0	Force made up for myself to fail.
1:06.0	On this episode of the Multie Emory Podcast, we're discussing coming out, especially as it relates
1:11.8	to the intersection of personal and professional lives.
1:16.0	And we're having this conversation with author and therapist Martha Cowpey.
1:20.0	We last had Martha on the show on episode 340, which I'm already surprised at how long ago that was,
1:27.0	to discuss polyamory and therapy as well as Martha's book.
1:31.0	Martha Cowpe is a therapist, author, speaker, and educator specializing in complex
1:36.6	relational therapy, sex issues, and alternative family structures.
1:40.9	She trains therapists all over the world to work more effectively with a
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