Posts tagged relationships
457 - Creating Lasting Sexual Connections with Emily Nagoski
457 - Creating Lasting Sexual Connections with Emily Nagoski

Today we're welcoming back Emily Nagoski to talk about her newest book, Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections.

Emily is the award-winning author of the New York Times bestselling Come As You Are, and coauthor, with her sister, Amelia, of New York Times bestseller Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. Her next book, Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections will be out in January 2024.

Emily earned an M.S. in counseling and a Ph.D. in health behavior, both from Indiana University, with clinical and research training at the Kinsey Institute. Now she combines sex education and stress education to teach women to live with confidence and joy inside their bodies. She lives in Massachusetts with two dogs, a cat, and a cartoonist.

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PodcastMultiamoryEmily Nagoski, relationships, commitment, book, new book
449 - When Life Demands Get in the Way of Love
449 - When Life Demands Get in the Way of Love

This week we're taking some time to explore what happens when life's demands and outside stressors take a toll on even solid relationships. Things like busy schedules, financial woes, health issues, or other obligations can absolutely limit the time and energy you have for a relationship. We’ll be discussing strategies for collaborating through life’s ups and downs, keeping communication strong, getting creative with quality time, and more in today's episode.

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PodcastMultiamorylife, communication, relationships
437 - Relationships Can Save Your Life (Even if You’re an Introvert)
437 - Relationships Can Save Your Life (Even if You’re an Introvert)

Today, we're talking about the quality of relationships, and not necessarily romantic ones, and how they can have significant positive effects on your mental, emotional, and physical health. We'll talk about some research findings and discuss some practical ways you can make positive change in all your relationships.

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PodcastMultiamoryintrovert, relationships, quality relationships, health, healthy living
420 - Courage for Hard Conversations
420 - Courage for Hard Conversations

Today's episode we're revisiting difficult conversations. In any relationship, there are often hard, emotional, or awkward conversations that we tend to avoid. Whether we're working through a conflict, setting boundaries, making a request, disclosing information, tackling a taboo topic, etc., it helps to understand why we have inhibitions when it comes to these discussions. We're going to talk today about the maladaptive ways we might try to get out of conversations we deem uncomfortable and some better ways to tackle them instead!

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PodcastMultiamoryhard conversations, relationships, taboo topics, communication
411 - What’s Your Price of Admission?
411 - What’s Your Price of Admission?

This week, we're talking about annoyances and deal breakers in terms of relationships. We're exploring the possibility that in this age of online dating, maybe we've all become a little too picky about our potential partnerships, and that could be causing us to miss out on or prematurely cast aside some really wonderful connections! We'll be discussing deal breakers, perpetual problems, and the concept of "the price of admission."

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PodcastMultiamorydeal breakers, relationships, partnerships, annoyances, perpetual problems, solvable problems
409 - Can a Ritual Save Your Relationship?
409 - Can a Ritual Save Your Relationship?

We as humans we love novelty, and when our relationships become complacent and repetitive, it can negatively affect them. However, we also crave stability and predictability in our lives and in our relationships, and feeling safe is important. It's because of this duality that we're looking at how rituals can be a benefit to your relationships, exploring some of the research, and discussing some ways that you can incorporate them into your life in a way that is the most beneficial to your relationship health and wellbeing.

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PodcastMultiamoryritual, relationships, health, wellbeing, self-help
406 - Open to Poly but Unwilling to Communicate (Listener Q&A w/ Dr. Zhana Vrangalova)
406 - Open to Poly but Unwilling to Communicate (Listener Q&A w/ Dr. Zhana Vrangalova)

We're having our first Q&A episode in the new year with Dr. Zhana Vrangalova! During this episode, we learn a little about Dr. Zhana's work and answer some questions posed by our Patreon supporters.

Dr. Zhana Vrangalova is a relationship scientist, consultant, and NYU adjunct professor of human sexuality. She’s a world-renowned expert in nonmonogamy and the creator of Open Smarter™, an online course that guides couples and individuals to identify and navigate the relationship type best suited for their unique personality and life circumstances.

She holds a PhD in Developmental Psychology from Cornell University, and her scholarly work on nontraditional relationship styles has been published in several peer-reviewed journals.

Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @drzhana, and join her FREE Training on Open Relationships to discover your ideal relationship style.

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PodcastMultiamoryQ & A, listener questions, sexuality, relationships, communication
403 - When Friends Kick You to the Curb
403 - When Friends Kick You to the Curb

We talk a lot about handling breakups in romantic relationships, but we haven't talked much about friendship breakups. In this episode, we're discussing some reasons why friendships end, research and statistics on friendship breakups, whether or not reconciliation is appropriate or possible, and of course, how to get through the difficult experience of you and a friend parting ways.

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PodcastMultiamoryfriendship, friendship breakup, relationships, friends
399 - Love Won't Make You Happy with Carrie Jenkins
399 - Love Won't Make You Happy with Carrie Jenkins

Author and professor Carrie Jenkins joins us this week to discuss her newest book, Sad Love: Romance and the Search for Meaning, and some of the principle themes in it. She goes into detail about questioning the relationship between happiness and love, eudaimonic love, "lovecrafting," and more.


Carrie Jenkins is an author and philosophy professor who lives and works on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam First Nations. Carrie’s first novel, Victoria Sees It, was published in 2021 by Penguin Random House Canada, and shortlisted for the Frye Academy Award XIII and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Her non-fiction books include What Love Is and What It Could Be (Basic Books, 2017) and Sad Love: Romance and the Search For Meaning (Polity, 2022).

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PodcastMultiamoryCarrie Jenkins, love, relationships, romance, philosophy
398 - Monogamy and Relationship Anarchy
398 - Monogamy and Relationship Anarchy

Today's episode is guaranteed to spark strong opinions. We're discussing relationship anarchy: can it be practiced in monogamy or is it a contradiction of terms? We'll be looking at some of the core components of relationship anarchy and how they can be applied in order to improve our relationships and work against the various normative systems that cause so many to be hurt, disenfranchised, or disempowered.

For some more background and a deeper dive into relationship anarchy, check out Episode 150: Relationship Anarchy 101, and Episode 339: The Smorgasbord of Relationships.

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PodcastMultiamorymonogamy, relationship anarchy, relationships, relationship styles, polyamory, monogamy anarchy
396 - The Most Successful Online Dating Practices (with OkCupid's Michael Kaye)
396 - The Most Successful Online Dating Practices (with OkCupid's Michael Kaye)

Today we're joined by Michael Kaye, head of communications at OKCupid! We're thrilled to have Michael join us to discuss online dating, how it has changed over the years and over the course of the pandemic, give some specific online dating advice and insight about dating trends, and answer some questions from our listeners about non-monogamous dating on OkCupid.

Find more of Michael at @MichaelKayePR and @OkCupid on Instagram and Twitter respectively.

OKCupid has also been generous enough to offer free premier subscriptions to Multiamory listeners! Listen to the end of the episode to find out how to get access to your free premier membership!

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PodcastMultiamoryOkCupid, relationships, online dating, dating apps
385 - Keep Conflict from Destroying Your Relationships
385 - Keep Conflict from Destroying Your Relationships

This week we're looking at conflict in relationships, what you can do to make sure conflict isn't negatively affecting your relationship, some research on it and some ways we can apply these lessons to our everyday lives, whether that's in a romantic relationship or another type of relationship. We'll be looking at some common patterns of unhealthy conflict, some specific research studies on it, and some actionable takeaways to improve how we can do better when engaging in conflict.

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PodcastMultiamoryconflict, relationships, fighting, communication
379 - Relationship Science for your Friendships (and Vice Versa)
379 - Relationship Science for your Friendships (and Vice Versa)

We talk a lot about prioritizing not only romantic and sexual relationships, but also friendships. Today's episode is digging into some of the research and techniques about fostering healthy friendships. In turn, these ideas can help you improve romantic relationships as well by building a better foundation of communication with your partner(s).

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PodcastMultiamoryrelationship science, science, relationships, healthy friendships, friendships
376 - Having a Good Relationship After Leaving a Bad One
376 - Having a Good Relationship After Leaving a Bad One

Sometimes, we carry over trauma from a bad relationship into a good one, and this can make it difficult to have a fulfilling and happy relationship, even if it's with a good person. This episode discusses how PTSD and past baggage can show up in current relationships, how otherwise healthy behavior can be unsettling or confusing if you’re used to a toxic relationship, and as always, some actionable takeaways for recovering from trauma and building healthier relationships.

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PodcastMultiamoryhealthy relationship, habits, relationships, trauma
374 - Friends to Lovers and Other Relationship Escalations
374 - Friends to Lovers and Other Relationship Escalations

We've done episodes about de-escalating relationships or decoupling them, but this week we're talking about the opposite! We're discussing what it looks like when a relationship becomes more entangled, like going from friends to lovers, from friends with benefits to more romantic partners, etc., as well as the emotional, social, and logistical aspects of increasing our levels of entanglement with others.

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PodcastMultiamoryescalating, relationships, friends, lovers