Making Polyamory Work

By Libby SinbackSociety & Culture Relationships

Making Polyamory Work episodes

October 25, 2021 My Partner is Having a Mental Health Crisis
On this episode, Libby is joined by Mel Cassidy of Radical Relationship Coaching to discuss a question from a listener about how to navigate polyamory when a partner is struggling with their mental health.
Visit Mel on the web: http://radicalrelationshipcoaching.ca/
----------------------------------------
Find Libby on the web: https://libbysinback.com
Join the Relational Nonmonogamy Circle: https://libbysinback.com/rnmc/
40 min
October 18, 2021 Responding to Shitty Feedback
In this episode, Libby talks about how to respond when someone you love gives you feedback from a hurtful, attacking or otherwise unhelpful place.
--------------------------------
Find Libby on the web at https://libbysinback.com
Join the Relational Nonmonogamy Circle at http://relationalnonmonogamy.com
Sign up for a free coaching session at https://libbysinback.com/apply
11 min
October 11, 2021 The Most Important Phase of a Relationship
In this episode, Libby discusses the 6 phases of relationships, and the one that she thinks is the most important, and most often overlooked.

------------------------
Find Libby on the web at https://libbysinback.com
Join the Relational Nonmonogamy Circle at http://relationalnonmonogamy.com
Sign up for a free coaching session at https://libbysinback.com/apply
35 min
October 09, 2021 I'm Baaaaaaack
After an unexpectedly long hiatus, Making Polyamory Work returns. [To sign up for the Relational Nonmonogamy Circle, go to http://relationalnonmonogamy.com]
7 min
May 28, 2021 Discovering Your Queerness
Libby invites her best friend Mara on the podcast to answer a listener who recently discovered they were queer. Libby and Mara what it was like for them to realize you're queer later in life.
------------------------
MORE READING FOR YOU:

Bisexual vs. Pansexual: https://www.minus18.org.au/articles/what's-the-difference-between-bisexual-and-pansexual
Does Being Polyamorous Mean that You're Queer Belong: https://medium.com/polyamory-today/polyamory-and-the-lgbt-community-3a8a52debbc3
--------------------------
Find Libby on the Web: https://libbysinback.com
The Relational Nonmonogamy Circle: http://relationalnonmonogamy.com
Learn more about coaching at http://talktolibby.com

42 min
May 06, 2021 Being Asked to Step Back
This episode welcomes a special guest, Mary Thuell, to answer a listener question about being asked to put her relationship on pause so her partner can work things out in their nested relationship. Mary and Libby share their thoughts and experiences with this situation.
--------------------
SHOW LINKS
She's a Polyamorous Sunday School Teacher: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/shes-a-polyamorous-sunday-school-teacher-one-of-those-things-bothered-her-date/2019/04/08/394a1096-4a64-11e9-b79a-961983b7e0cd_story.html
Emily Dickenson's Letter to Mary Bowles: http://archive.emilydickinson.org/correspondence/mbowles/l262.html
30 min
May 02, 2021 Say Thank You to Your Jealousy
Libby shares one way she likes to handle jealousy - say thank you to it?
--------------------------
OTHER GREAT RESOURCES ON JEALOUSY
The Jealousy Workbook: Insights and Techniques for Managing Open Relationships by Kathy Labriola
The Jealousy Survival Guide by Kitty Chambliss
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
--------------------------
Find Libby on the Web: https://libbysinback.com
Sign up for coaching at http://talktolibby.com
24 min
March 29, 2021 What if My Partner's Other Relationship is Abusive?
Libby invites Shannon Perez-Darby to answer a listener question about what to do when you're in a relationship with someone who is in what appears to be an abusive relationship. CN: abuse, domestic violence
----------------
SHOW NOTES
National Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org/ (or call 1-800-799-SAFE)
Shannon Perez-Darby: https://www.shannonperezdarby.com/
Resources for Accountability and Transformative Justice and Supporting Safer Communities: https://transformharm.org/
Friendship as Social Justice Activism: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/F/bo26275235.html
----------------
Find Libby on the Web: https://libbysinback.com
Sign up for coaching at http://talktolibby.com
41 min
March 18, 2021 Nobody Wants to Be a Wet Blanket
In this episode, Libby introduces an unusually effective tool for combatting overconfidence without ruining the fun when you're in the throes of new relationship energy.
-----------------
SHOW LINKS
Freakonomics Episode on Failure: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/failure-is-your-friend-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/
-----------------
Find Libby on the Web: https://libbysinback.com
Sign up for coaching at http://talktolibby.com
15 min
February 08, 2021 Will the Kids Be Alright?
Finally an episode on polyamorous parenting. Libby shares her take.
--------------------------------
SHOW LINKS
How to Talk so Kids Will Listen & Listen so Kids Will Talk: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769016.How_to_Talk_So_Kids_Will_Listen_Listen_So_Kids_Will_Talk
Untamed: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52129515-untamed
On Disruption: https://anchor.fm/makingpolywork/episodes/When-Life-is-Turned-Upside-Down-ecpob2
Slow Down to Break Up: https://anchor.fm/makingpolywork/episodes/Slow-Down-to-Break-Up-edjjsa
--------------------------------
Find Libby on the Web: https://libbysinback.com
Sign up for coaching at http://talktolibby.com
40 min

About Making Polyamory Work

From the publisher's feed

Grounded in reality and untamed honesty, Libby Sinback tackles the hard questions about how to create and maintain authentic, loving and healthy nonmonogamous relationships.