Psyche

Polyamory & Depth Psychology


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In this episode, I’m reflecting on love, polyamory, jealousy, projection, and the strange multiplicity of the human psyche.

This is not an episode arguing that polyamory is better than monogamy, or that everyone should rethink their relationship structure. I’m more interested in what polyamory opens up as a psychological image: the idea that we are not always as unified as we pretend to be. We are full of different longings, fears, desires, wounds, and contradictions.

I also spend time with jealousy and compersion, and how love can reveal both the most generous and the most possessive parts of us. Ultimately, this episode asks whether love — in whatever form it takes — can help us become more honest, more conscious, and more responsible.

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PsycheBy Quique Autrey

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