143: Creating Security in Non-monogamous Relationships + Being Friends with Your Partner’s Lover with Irene Morning

Whether you're in a non-monogamous relationship, or if you’re
just curious, this episode is for you. Irene Morning, MS
(she/her) is a somatic pleasure coach, intimacy educator, and
bestselling author of The Polyamory Paradox: Finding Your
Confidence in Consensual Non-Monogamy. 


We get into the nuances of non-monogamous relating and how you
can support yourself + your loves with compassion + care.


 


In this episode, you’ll hear:


Creating security in non-monogamous relationships

Irene’s inspiration and process for writing her book, The
Polyamory Paradox

Vetting non-monogamous therapists and support 

Developmental trauma and non-traditional relationships

Fawning; how to tell the difference between self-betrayal and
leaning into an edge

The Window of Tolerance, dysregulation + Examples of self
resourcing

Navigating New Relationship Energy - How to support the
relationship at the beginning of another one

Taking the right amount of responsibility - Not over and not
under

Regulating your nervous system to cultivate higher
discernment 

Leaning into vulnerability by expressing your requests +
desires

Relationships with your Partner’s metamour -- their partner
-- kitchen table relationship

Regular relationship check-ins to deepen the connection



Irene even answers some questions directly from our
audience:


I feel pressured to be friends with my partner's partner,
advice?

Do “don’t ask, don’t tell” relationships work?






THE SKINNY ON OUR SEXY GUESTS


Irene Morning, MS (she/her) is a somatic pleasure coach, intimacy
educator, and bestselling author of The Polyamory Paradox:
Finding Your Confidence in Consensual Non-Monogamy. She weaves
together extensive training in somatic healing and sexual health
counseling with her lived experience of being queer, kinky, and
polyamorous to help others create relationships that fulfill
their unique desires and needs. In addition to her private
coaching practice and writing, Irene is the founder and creator
of Pleasure Coven (an ongoing group program for femmes reclaiming
pleasure) as well as Vice President / Managing Director of
Curiosity Bears (a sex-positive events community-based in
Southern California). Both her work and personal life revolve
around the belief that centering our own pleasure is not only
healing on an individual level but also in service of
interdependence and collective well-being.


http://www.irenemorning.com


Book (The Polyamory Paradox: Finding Your Confidence in
Consensual Non-Monogamy): https://a.co/d/c3UE97J


IG: https://www.instagram.com/irene_morning/


YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0KDzcIl2guF5m6vED8MPWg


 


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