Episode 150: Is the Lifestyle Addictive?
We Gotta Thing - Exploring Non-Monogamy
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4.7 • 737 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Can the lifestyle become an addiction? Well, it can if we don't recognize what's going on in our brains. In this episode with Catherine from Expansive Connection, we break down the key components at play including New Relationship Energy (NRE), Novelty, Desensation, the 'Pleasure Paradox' and how all of this shows up in our relationships. Of course we also discuss ways to recognize and respond when armed with this new knowledge!
Discussed in this episode:
The Hidden Brain Podcast: The Paradox of Pleasure
The Hidden Brain Podcast: The Path to Enough
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast contains explicit language and content and is for mature audiences only. |
| 0:06.0 | Hey, you teenagers out there, if you're under 18, this show is more for your parents. |
| 0:11.0 | So now that you have that mental picture stuck in your head, put some music on and get back to doing your homework. |
| 0:17.0 | We are a long-time married couple who's decided to chronicle our personal adventures |
| 0:21.6 | and share our sex-positive discussions as we navigate our way through the swinging lifestyle. |
| 0:27.1 | Care to join us? Hello, everyone. I'm Mr. Jones. And I'm Mrs. Jones. And I'm Catherine with Expansive Connection. |
| 0:51.6 | We want to welcome you to episode 150 of the We Got a Thing podcast. |
| 0:55.4 | And we're a little bit late with 150 and because somebody was a little bit under the weather |
| 1:01.5 | when we were supposed to record a couple weeks ago. That was me. We actually had a team meeting |
| 1:07.6 | that day and they all said that my sinus infection did not sound sexy and that I should go in our recording. |
| 1:13.3 | I got very clear feedback from my team. |
| 1:17.0 | I don't know. |
| 1:17.6 | Sometimes Mr. Jones likes the whole Kathleen Turner, Raspi voice thing going on because I had been sick right before you. |
| 1:25.0 | Uh-huh. |
| 1:25.9 | I think if we waited a few days, I could have had that, but this was more like the chipmunks |
| 1:30.9 | or mini mouse because it was all up in my nose, so not sexy. |
| 1:34.3 | So I guess we're going to have March madness and have two episodes in March maybe. |
| 1:38.8 | There you go. |
| 1:39.5 | Yes, we are. |
| 1:40.3 | Actually, that's going to work out fine. |
| 1:42.4 | So we're going to talk about well you're going to |
| 1:45.6 | help us answer the question is the lifestyle addictive and maybe I'm not sure if your |
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