45. Intro to the World of Polyamory

Episode 45Welcome to the Healing Pod! First off an apology for this one, Jess’ internet was not cooperating and it nerfed her vocals very badly on all copies of her recording. So rather than being sensible people and rescheduling everything with our guest we pushed through anyway. Today we’re talking with Miki! The wonderful person who created our intro and outro music who is out about her poly status in the world so seemed a good person to talk about. Honestly I would love top dive deeper with the attachment theories of it all and so maybe we’ll do another one down the line.But we talk some general information, some of Miki’s experiences, and some of our own understanding and questions regarding just how does one relationship when you decided to throw away the manual.Some vocab: Ethical Nonmonogomay: A relationship style where you ethically (clear consent from ALL parties) engage in whatever you and your partners consider to be nonmonogomous behaviors. Included in this is polyamory (many loves, meaning maintaining or being open to multiple relationships and whatever you determine to be a relationship) and open marriages (a little more flexible, like swinging or just open to flings, less of an emphasis on establishing additional relationships). Much like the bi/pan/omni sexual debate, these labels are very largely open to individual interpretation and the way one party acts out their label may not match how another interprets the label. If you want to give us something to talk about, or join in the podcast, feel free to post on any of our social media or submit an anonymous story here: https://forms.gle/77KgEmvVpLYBMAHt6As always, thank you to the wonderful Dr. Miki Anderson for our intro and outtro music. She can be found under Pax Minerva on Apple Music and is all around a wonderful human being. And thank you to Dr. Keith Christie of Journey Together and Mia Karpack for helping us get our socials up and going! https://journeytogetherpc.com/Come join us and chat, complain, or send in what mental health you would like to hear us ramble about! Find us on Facebook, TikTok, and instagram at The Healing Pod We are online at https://www.PeasInTheHealingPod.com  You can email us any questions, suggestions, comments, or memes at [email protected]  If you want to hunt down the bits and bobbles that have been cut out of our episode, join us for another live recording, or just to buy us a cup of coffee, come join us at https://www.patreon.com/TheHealingPod