Polyamory Uncensored

Welcome to Episode 98 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we chat with Erich about poly play parties and how they differ from traditional swinger parties. We talk about our general experiences and some advice if you want to host your own! Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us!  Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song!  Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 97 of Polyamory Uncensored, where Lyndzi and podcast husband Rob chat with Jessica Daylover from Remodeled Love about navigating parenthood of small children and pregnancy while polyamorous. We talk about our envy of our childless partners, dismantling or embracing natural hierarchies, as well as time banking to help build a polyam parenting network so all us parents can feel more free and autonomous.   Check out the Daylover's podcast Remodeled Love and go buy their new eBook about Polyamory and Parenthood!  Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 96 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we chat with Andre Lazarus and Susannah Rose, educators and guides at "Open to More." We chatted about finding their true non-monogamous selves while in monogamous marriages with other people, navigating jealousy via a kink element, and the help, healing, and guidance they offer clients.  Andre Lazarus and Susannah Rose have been coaches and healers for over 10 years, bringing a unique and open perspective to relationship dynamics and helping people expand their capacity of understanding. With a combined 16 years of experience in Consensual Non Monogamous (CNM) dynamics, they are bringing their lessons and tools learned over years of navigating open relationship dynamics through a brand new fully loaded online course. Learn more at coming-closer.com There course "Open to More: How to Navigate Consensual Non-Monogamy" is available now here: https://opentomore.mykajabi.com. You can also check out both of their Instagram accounts: www.Instagram.com/comingcloserwithandre and Www.Instagram.com/Susannahroses. Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 95 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we chat with Patrik about alcohol in the polyam community, how hard it can be to be sober in these spaces, and how difficult it can be to date or socialize while alcohol-free.  Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 94 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we chat with Sparkles about astrology. We chat about how it can help us better understand ourselves, our partners, and our connections with other people and the universe.  We mentioned a few sites and apps for learning more about astrology. Those were: the AstroMatrix app, Astro.com, and Sparkle's Facebook community, "Cosmic Sourceress." Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 93 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we chat with Erin about ethical triads, the difference between that and unicorn hunting, and being in both a couple dating someone else as well as being a bi woman dating a couple.  Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

So You Think You’re Polyamorous? Basic Knowledge and Realistic Expectations to Begin your Non-Monogamous Journey Objective: This episode is meant to dispel myths and answer common questions about polyamory, to determine if polyamory is a relationship structure that you are actually interested in or prepared to jump into, and give you clear and realistic expectations for your journey into polyamory. Intended Audience: Folks interested in polyamory or very new to the concept and wanting to learn more. Rational: A lot of folks entering into the world of polyamory make some very simple mistakes that they could not foresee. The importance of this class is to give those folks basic knowledge and realistic expectations about polyamory to hopefully prevent toxic behaviors/ tactics and misunderstandings. Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 91 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we check in again with Katie, this time about fatphobia in polyam and ENM spaces! We cover the lack of representation for fat folks, desirability politics, red flags, and toxic allyship. Mentioned in this episode is fat activist and writer Lindy West, the She's All Fat podcast, The Maintenance Phase podcast, and Katie's Instagram, follow her here: www.instagram.com/katiekadaver. Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 90 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we chat with Frankie about interabled relationships, the etiquette of dating a person with a disability, how kink and sex can look differently, and how people can respectfully stay curious in relationships with folks of varying ability levels.  If you'd like to find out more about Frankie and their services, check them out here: https://www.sterlingavery.com/ In this episode we also mentioned the sex educator Joan Price and reference the Tool Shed's book section as a good resource for some books on sex and disability (check those out here!) Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 89 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we chat with Mike Joseph about his experience as a queer man in the polyam community, the pros and cons of communities of different sizes and in different parts of the country, and we chat about being ethical sluts.   If you'd like to follow Mike, you can do so here: https://twitter.com/tismikejoseph.  We mentioned the book The Ethical Slut during the pod, check that out here. We also mentioned Kevin Patterson and his book, "Love's Not Colorblind," check out Kevin and his works here. Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 88 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we chat with Rich about internet privacy, safety, and security on the home front as well as from scammers and stalkers out in cyber space. Rich gives polyamorists, swingers, and kinksters some helpful tips on things to watch out for and things to stop doing if you want to keep your anonymity online.  Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 87 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we chat with Cathy Reay about disability, dating, and how making spaces more accessible doesn't just help those with extra needs, it helps everyone. You can find out more about Cathy on her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cathyreaywrites. Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 86 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we chat with Keeley Shoup, the Chicago Cuddle Therapist, about how being involved in cuddle therapy can make folks better at relationships. We chat about consent, boundaries, touch, and the self-love act of being selfish.  If you'd like to find out more about Keeley, you can find them on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube at "Chicago Cuddle Therapy."  Books mentioned in this episode: "Burnout" by Emily and Amelia Nagoski, "Untamed" by Glennon Doyle, "Ask: Building Consent Culture" (which I incorrectly referred to as "Yes" in the podcast) by Kitty Stryker, and "Creating Consent Culture: A Handbook for Educators" by Marcia Baczynski. Programs mentioned: "Good Girl Recovery Program" by Marcia Baczynski, The Cuddle Sanctuary, Cuddlists, Cuddle Sage, and Cuddle Parties.  Awesome people mentioned: Betty Martin and Marcia Baczynski. Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to The Very Special Episode of Polyamory Uncensored: THE MUSICAL! We check in with Meaghan about how her life has changed since the interview she did with us almost exactly 1 year ago and - songbird that she is - she was able to relay most of that via song! So please enjoy our first ever (maybe the first ever in the history of polyamory podcasts) musical interview: Polyamory! The Musical.  Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 84 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we chat with Tom about the many ways polyamory gives us freedom. For more information about Tom and to read his writing on polyamory, follow his blog here: https://www.thomashbrand.com/.  Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 83 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we chat with Sam about the practice of Zen and how it relates to and helps with being polyamorous.  Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us a review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us!  Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 82 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we chat with Sami about the difficulties of dating and dealing with racism.  Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us an iTunes review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 81 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we check in with guest Pollyanna again to chat about how her relationships have changed since we last spoke with her. We talk about the struggles and benefits of having a long distance relationship and how to better make them work in the context of a polyam relationship. In this episode we reference the State of the Union conversation format and Multiamory's R.A.D.A.R check-in, both of which we highly recommend for checking in with your partner and as a tool for reconnection.  Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us an iTunes review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 80 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we chat with Claire Louise Travers of Poly Pages. We chat about Polyamory Day 2021, a full day online event of classes, debates, discussions, and forums on polyamory/ ethical non-monogamy, as well as get into some super interesting tangents related to feminism, heteronomativity, and mononormativity. As stated in the episode, "a fun and surprisingly political discussion"! Hope you enjoy! Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us an iTunes review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!

Welcome to Episode 79 of Polyamory Uncensored, where we are honored to chat with poly-podcasting icon Cunning Minx and her co-host and partner Lusty Guy! We talk about their non-monogamous journey and what the concept and life motto of "owning your shit" really means.  Stay tuned as we delve into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the just plain complicated truths about our poly lives. If you would like to support the podcast with a one-time contribution, we have set up a PayPal link to make it super easy! Please show your support in any amount you can here: PayPal.me/polyamoryuncensored. Thank you so much for any amount you can manage. If contributing in a monetary fashion isn't your thing or you just aren't able to, that's fine, you can help us out for free by giving us an iTunes review, liking and following us on Facebook and Instagram, sending us a voice message to play on the podcast (https://anchor.fm/polyamoryuncensored/message), or just telling your friends about us! Many thanks to Meaghan Heinrich for our wonderful theme song! Stay safe, we love you, bye!