484 - Compersion is a Spectrum with Dr. Marie Thouin

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🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Today, Dr. Marie Thouin is back to talk about compersion and her new book on the subject.Dr. Marie Thouin is a Mindful Dating & Relationship Coach who supports people of all backgrounds and relational orientations to create intentional and vibrant love lives. She is a leading expert on the topic of compersion and the author of the groundbreaking book, "What is Compersion? Understanding Positive Empathy in Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships.” Marie has published seminal research studies, the first-ever encyclopedia entry on compersion, and is the creator of www.WhatIsCompersion.com, a popular website that features her research, blogs, and other resources on compersion. She has been featured in several magazines and podcasts, including ELLE, the Savage Lovecast, and Multiamory. If this show is helpful to you, consider joining our amazing community of like-minded listeners at patreon.com/Multiamory. You can also get access to ad-free episodes, group video discussions, bonus episodes, and more! Quality lube is essential for good sexual experiences. Try our absolute favorite, Uberlube and get 10% off plus free shipping with promo code MULTIAMORYThis episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/multi and get 10% off your first month.Treat yourself to some stories to turn you on or help you drift off to sleep with an extended 30-day free trial at DipseaStories.com/multi 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	Yes, in this kind of last wave of research that I've done. I think my narrative about it has become a lot more nuanced and more mature and more allowing for those complex messy situations.
0:16.2	And I think one tool or one concept that's been super helpful to conceptualize all this is the distinction between embodied
0:24.0	compersion and attitudinal compersion, which I talk about at length in my
0:29.1	book, but it's the idea that even if you're not feeling compersion in your body or emotionally even
0:36.6	You can still have an ethic of compersion and that really counts. You know, you can still orient yourself towards
0:44.5	compersion in your relationships behaviorally and attutarily. And that doesn't
0:50.2	mean you're going to be happy happy all the time because that's another
0:53.8	pitfall is that kind of toxic positivity or polyana version of
0:58.4	conversion but you can still really ask the questions you know collaboratively what does it mean for us to
1:06.1	all thrive together and to be on the same team.
1:10.8	Welcome to the multi-amoryy podcast. I'm Jace. I'm Emily and I'm
1:16.0	Dettaker. We believe in looking to the future of relationships, not maintaining the
1:21.0	status quo of the past.
1:23.0	Whether you're monogamous,
1:24.4	polyamorous, swinging, casually dating,
1:27.6	or if you just do relationships differently,
1:29.9	we see you and we're here for you. Fongs I know I did.
1:40.0	Force and made up for myself to fit.
1:47.0	On this episode of the multi-amory podcast,
1:50.0	we're talking all about compersion with our guest Dr. Marie Tuane.
1:55.0	Marie has been on this show a couple of times before to talk about her research on compersion
2:01.0	and now she has published her first full book on the topic so we are
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