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Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

512 - Before, During, and After Opening Up Your Relationship

Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

Multiamory, LLC

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

4.9935 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Today we're going back to some polyamory 101 basics and talking about opening up previously monogamous relationships. We'll be talking about some helpful things to consider before opening up your relationship, what to do during the critical period where things are shifting, and how to maintain your partnership(s) after the initial opening up. Join our amazing community of listeners at multiamory.supercast.com. We offer sliding scale subscriptions so everyone can also get access to ad-free episodes, group video discussions, and our amazing Discord community.Practice love every day with Paired, the #1 app for couples. Download the app at paired.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.

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0:00.0

It is the new year, and this year we are going to Greece. That's right, this spring, myself,

0:06.4

along with dance and movement therapist Orrete Krug, will be co-leading a somatic therapy retreat

0:11.8

for polyamorous folks on the mythical island of Crete from March 31st to April 3, 2025.

0:19.3

If you've been feeling like your brain is on board with non-monogamy,

0:22.8

but your emotions are having a hard time catching up, if you've been struggling to access

0:27.6

feelings of joy, safety, or ease, or if you're just feeling isolated in your non-monogamy journey

0:34.1

and just want to kick back in a hammock or go for a walk in nature with other

0:38.0

insightful polyamorous people, please consider joining us. We have space for solo poly

0:43.7

individuals, for couples, for triads, and more, but this retreat is quite small, so it's application

0:49.4

only. Go to multi-amory.com slash retreat for more information on our sliding scale rates and how to apply.

0:57.3

Again, that's multi-amory.com slash retreat. And I hope I can see you in Greece.

1:06.5

It wasn't until I started having my own experiences within non-monogamy that I was like,

1:12.9

wow, I'm really learning so much about myself that I didn't really know before just because

1:19.4

I was sort of adhering to this one relationship box at a time and that I felt put a lot of

1:27.3

limits on my own personal development, and therefore

1:30.7

I wasn't able to sort of blossom and bloom in the ways that I was hoping to, especially as a

1:36.0

young person. And I think in the ways that I currently am again now, that you're able to, like,

1:41.4

see yourself through the lens of others. And when you get to do that through multiple people at once,

1:47.5

it's really quite impressive and awesome to see the depth of who you can become.

1:53.5

And it was kind of shocking again in retrospect to see how much that shut down once I got really very deeply entrenched in the monogamous relationship

2:02.4

that I was in for nine years. So now that I'm out of it, I'm like, okay, we're not going to do that

2:08.6

again. Welcome to the Multi-Amory podcast. I'm Jace. I'm Emily. And I'm Dedeker. We believe in looking to the future of relationships,

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