Boundaries vs. Rules in Polyamory: What's the Difference?
Learn the key difference between boundaries and rules in polyamory relationships. Discover why they matter for healthy communication.
Topic
Managing difficult emotions
Polyamory isn’t always pretty and it can sometimes bring a lot of emotional turmoil. People struggling with mental health issues may be especially struggling. Here are all the entries around managing your emotions.
Autism, Polyamory, and Reading Social Cues About Love
Told someone you love them and they didn't say it back? You didn't ruin anything. Love isn't transactional—here's why that's okay.
Episode 190 - Anxiety Misfiring
Anxiety about a partner's other relationships isn't a malfunction. It's a fear shaped by a monogamy-centric upbringing. On self-compassion, control, and what you can actually manage.
How Much Dating Is Too Much in Polyamory?
When your partner spends 12+ hours a day online dating and flirting, it's easy to get consumed by tracking their connections.
Fear of Losing a New Polyamorous Partner
Build security in polyamory by strengthening your relationship with yourself, not relying on your partner to mature the bond.
Anxiety and Co-habitation in Polyamory
An exploration of how the stability of living together can paradoxically increase the fear of loss when a partner starts dating others.
Episode 186 - Communication Versus Gaslighting
Telling someone they're wrong when they see withdrawal of affection is gaslighting-adjacent, even if unintentional.
Polyamory and Grief
An exploration of how to handle the anger that arises when a partner pursues new connections during your time of crisis and grief.
Episode 184 - Dating a Co-Worker
Shrinking to make space in a partner's life only suffocates oneself and creates resentment that will eventually become unavoidable.
Resentment in Polyamory
An exploration of why intellectual acceptance cannot fix a basic incompatibility in needs and how to stop rejecting yourself in a relationship.