416 - Neurodiversity and the Benefits and Challenges of Non-Monogamy (with author Alyssa Gonzalez)

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

4.9 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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We're so excited to be joined by author Alyssa Gonzalez for today's episode! She is the author of Non-monogamy and Neurodiversity, which was published in February 2023. Alyssa is a biology Ph.D., professional speaker, and writer. Her fiction uses science-fiction and fantasy elements to explore social isolation, autism, gender, trauma, and the relationships between all these things. She writes at The Perfumed Void (the-orbit.net/alyssa), on the subjects of biology, history and her experiences as an autistic ex-Catholic Hispanic transgender immigrant to Canada. She has also written a book about polyamory from a neurodivergent perspective. She lives in Ottawa, Canada with a menagerie of pets.Today, Alyssa discusses her writing process and journey with us, traits of neurodiversity that make non-monogamy easier and more difficult respectively, stigma and tropes around neurodivergence, and more! 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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0:29.7	I hope this is a very validating read for neurodivergent readers because we get a lot of negative messages about any possibility of finding love in this world.
0:41.0	The idea that we could not only find love, but be at the center of a grand constellation
0:45.8	of love with far more participants that exist in the average monogamous couple is a rather
0:51.6	odd idea for so many of us and I don't think it should be so a great deal of this book is devoted to making to challenging that to making sure that neurodivergent readers
1:03.7	understands that not only is a polyamorous existence
1:07.3	possible for us, but it can work better for us
1:09.9	than the alternative.
1:12.4	Welcome to the Multiannammery podcast.
1:14.0	I'm Jace.
1:15.0	I'm Emily.
1:16.0	And I'm Dedicher.
1:17.0	We believe in looking to the future of relationships,
1:20.0	not maintaining the status quo of the past.
1:22.0	So whether you're monogamous, polyamorous, not maintaining the status quo of the past.
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