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Normalizing attraction, desire, and our human sexuality. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-open-institute/support
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Join Keith & Michaela as they speak about the importance of initiation rituals on the human journey, why they've been lost, and how to create them in a world that no longer considers them necessary.
Iron John - https://a.co/d/8FKObJg
Keith's Blog Post on Iron John - https://www.awakenintimacy.com/blog/2009/08/18/iron-john-book-review
Waitlist to Join our 6-Month Facilitation Training - https://forms.gle/rSJsxNzLV9arpmpM8
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Join Keith and Michaela as they continue exploring Polarity (or its lack in our communities). We explore a listener's question about her challenge of finding a partner in mixed-gender communities where men and women focus on feminine expression and healing. Keith also calls out men for shying away from criticism and challenge and invites them to take a hard look at their past to begin the path of becoming an adult man.
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Join Michaela and Keith this week as they discuss controversial and painful topics about what has led us to such an unpolarized world today. Why is modern dating so hard? Why do men end up in the friend zone, and how can they avoid this? How are women supposed to indicate availability and interest without masculine directness? And how can re-evaluating the #MeToo movement and personal shadow work help us out of this unpolarized culture of fearful and unskilled courtship?
Content note: Some discussion of rape, assault, etc.
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Join Keith & Michaela as they discuss the intense response to Michaela's recent Facebook post describing how men should prioritize the emotional safety of their women. And why it doesn't work the other way around.
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Join us this week as Michaela bitches about "conscious" community. When she finishes her rant, Keith joins in to discuss the negative effects of social media and the downside of emotional entitlement in conscious communities.
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Join Keith & Michaela after a long hiatus where they talk about moving in together, why Michaela moved back to Boulder, and exciting updates about TOI's upcoming in person and online events.
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Join Keith and Michaela as they share their wisdom about having multiple sexual partners and their experiences of being ethical and non-ethical sluts. You don't want to miss this lively, vulnerable, and intimate conversation where they consciously explore the benefits and pitfalls of having a variety of sexual partners and experiences.
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Join Keith & Michaela for our ongoing conversation around polarity. Today's podcast was inspired by Steven Kessler's "5 Personality Patterns" and Michaela's ongoing study with the Luminous Awareness Institute. They discuss some basics on attunement, reading energy, and relating to people in a way that is much more likely to create the result you want.
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Join Keith & Michaela as they talk about relational agreements, ethical non-monogamy, and their struggles with these topics in their personal lives.
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Join Keith and Michaela as they model several classic Authentic Relating practices on the day Keith learned his grandmother passed away. The practices leads them into a deep and edgy conversation around death, dying, and suicide.
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Join Keith & Michaela for the first of many conversations around male/female polarity. Today's podcast was inspired by Alison Armstrong's Keys to the Kingdom and includes how to move in and out of spaces with your partner, claiming and honoring the feminine heart, congruency in a non-monogamous relationship, and much more.
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Join us for an extra edgy episode where Keith & Michaela explore the topics of perpetration, devotion, and feminine expression. Michaela invites Keith to attend her monthly women's group in Puerto Rico.
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Join Keith & Michaela as they discuss polyamory, ethical non-monogamy, open relationships, triggers & attachment, and their personal stories and experiences around all of these topics.
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Join us for The Open Podcast - UNCENSORED with Keith & Michaela. Drop in on a private phone call with us to hear about what we discuss during the times we’re not planning to do a podcast. In this episode we explore attachment, romantic partnership, our relationship, the nature of reality, and embracing the agony of doing spiritual work (no it’s not just love and light, rainbows and unicorns!)
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What is sex work and how has it transformed into what we know it as today? Can it really be a catalyst for healing, personal development, and exploration of consciousness? How does this all connect to Tantra? How can it rewire what we know to be real and love us back to wholeness? Join us for another episode of The OPEN Podcast to talk about all things sexuality & consciousness.
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From reviewing semen retention techniques to exploring the physical and energetic health benefits to blue balls, (wtf are they anyway?!), Keith and Michaela discuss the benefits of being a multi-orgasmic man with ejaculatory choice from both the male and female perspectives.
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What are we up to? Keith and Michaela come together in this episode to talk about why they decided to create The Open Institute and their plan to change the world through authentic relating and sexuality.
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Join Keith & Michaela as they discuss one of the more difficult aspects of relating: dealing with jealousy, envy, and other difficult emotions that arise within our intimate relationships.
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Join Keith and Michaela as they discuss the concepts of polyamory as it relates to friendships. Their discussion is inspired by a new book (link below) exploring our generation's shift of emphasis from the nuclear family to a wider net of friendships and relationships.
Podcast about the new book "The Other Significant Others" by Rhaina Cohen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3xooPpTMuA9jBl5dRBNtfj?si=4c841cde7b854333
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Join Keith and Michaela as they discuss the psychology of projection. What are projections, where do they come from, and how can we work with them to create more connections with others? How do we know when we are seeing others through our personal lens? What is the impact of projections on our relationships, plus a lot more!
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