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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

Join Keith and Michaela as they share their process over the last year of orienting toward monogamy in their intimate relationships, and how they feel the conscious exploration of non-monogamy in their current and past relationships has created a more secure and transparent foundation for a monogamous container.

Join Keith and Michaela as we talk about all the reasons you should never open your relationship, and why you still should! Keith also speaks about his recent shamanic dearmoring experience and how that has impacted his approach to non-monogamy.

Join Keith and Michaela as they discuss how boundaries and agreements in relationships are often set in place as protective strategies in an attempt to shield us from the inevitable relational pain of relating to another human and how they can easily become barriers to deeper intimacy. Is it a Boundary or a Love Barrier? Despite all this, they discuss why they still choose to have them as a fundamental part of their relationships.

Join Keith and Michaela this week on The | OPEN | Podcast as they discuss the phenomenon of Blue Balls - What are they? What to do for preventative care & treatment (Not blame women that's for sure!), and how they relate to the practice of ejaculatory choice.