THE LOVING WITHOUT
BOUNDARIES PODCAST SHOW
offers interviews, lessons and insights on the subjects of polyamory and ethical non-monogamy. Our mission is to create more awareness and acceptance of these lifestyle choices through education, communication and the respectful exchange of ideas.
We seek to promote healthy relationships, tolerance and understanding – whether you are already living a life of ethical non-monogamy or are among those who are curious to know more. We love to create, share stories of courage and growth, encourage loving responsibly, and spread positive energy. So come join us!
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Sagan Morrow is a romantic comedy novelist (with a focus on polyamorous relationships), productivity strategist for multi-passionate creatives, and host of the Indie Author Weekly podcast.
Clive Silvaticus is an IT professional, communicator, musician, anarchist, and former soldier from Herefordshire, UK. Clive’s introduction to Loving Without Boundaries came from his life partner, convinced as she was that he could be more aligned with his best life, and more involved in the polyamorous community. She had a point. Clive has always been polyamorous by orientation, always been uncomfortable with the ideology behind monogamy, and the structures that support it, and is working to help bring awareness and acceptance to polyamorous relating. Today, his focus is on understanding the communicative tools and skills necessary to make positive, supportive, polyamory accessible to all.
Certified Sexuality Educator Phoenix Mandel has been a sexuality educator and consultant since 2006, workshopping on sex and body positivity, kink, ethical nonmonogamy, and LGBTQIA+, alongside other areas of sexual health and sexual rights. Phoenix teaches classes internationally and currently resides in Los Angeles. They have an intersectional and activist approach, with a mission to make sex education more queer.
Michael Love is an advocate of ethical non-monogamy who has been actively non-monogamous since 2010. He co-habitates with his wife and girlfriend in a Poly V living arrangement. Together, along with a team of creative contributors, he has produced a wonderful magazine for the non-monogamous community called ENM Magazine.
RELATED LINKS | Instagram: @enmmagazine | website: ENM Magazine
Dr. Ian Jenkins is the author of “Three Dads and a Baby: Adventures in Modern Parenting”, a debut memoir about his experiences trying to have a baby as part of a polyamorous gay “Throuple.” The three men wanted to have a child, but the road to having a baby took them through embryo adoption, IVF and surrogacy, dealing with lawyers and doctors, enormous medical bills, questions about polyamorous parenting, and legal battles to get all 3 dads listed on the birth certificate (they were the first to do so). The book will be published March 9 and is available for pre-order on Amazon.
Joanna Angel is an adult film star, director, producer, author, and owner of the BurningAngel Empire, the company known for the emergence and prevalence of tattooed women in the adult film industry. “Club 42” is her second choose-your-own erotic fantasy book. Her first, “Night Shift,” received much praise for being sex positive, gender inclusive, open minded, and diverse.
Leah Marshall is a relationship and human dynamics junkie and the founder and leader of the Esther Perel Discussion Group on Facebook, a community of over 12,000 members from across the globe who regularly discuss relationships, intimacy, sex, desire, and infidelity. She’s also the creator of Song Therapy, a video series hosted in partnership with the hiitide app, which breaks down the relationship dysfunction in popular songs.
Dr. Alison Ash is a trauma-informed sex and intimacy coach and educator, lecturer at Stanford University, author, and founder of TurnON.love. As a sociologist with a PhD from Stanford, Dr. Ash has a comprehensive understanding of the complex societal challenges that often lead to unsatisfying and disempowering sexual experiences. Dr. Ash designs workshops, courses, and retreats and offers individuals and couples coaching to give others the tools to discover their desires and confidently pursue them. She invites you to TurnON pleasure, intimacy and love at www.TurnON.love
RELATED LINKS | TurnON Love | Facebook and Instagram: @turnon.love
Dan and Dawn have been partners since 2001 and have presented at over 100 events around North America. They are the authors of the “Polyamory Toolkit” and “The Polyamory Dating Guide”, co-host of the Erotic Awakening podcast, and referenced in a number of books, articles, and other media.
Tessa & Amir have been in an open relationship – ‘from swolly to poly’ for the last 14 years! They are a deeply experimental and creative couple who have been joyfully married for over 30 years. They have three adult kids: one is married while two are flowing in and out of the home as they find their way in the world – particularly now during COVID.
Tessa is focused on living mindfully and playfully. She has been meditating for many years, and is an educator, movement, mindfulness and sensuality coach and public speaker, and has created her own mindfulness and movement programs for kids, women and seniors.
You can often find her in the woods or on the beach, meditating, dancing or drumming. Paying close attention to the people and the world around her, and believing that by holding the pain and messiness of life, sorrows yield to the delights and connections possible in every moment through an open heart.
Amir is a successful serial entrepreneur, a hobby DJ of late-night radio, music collector extraordinaire, and antique radio collector. He is a photographer and a visionary thinker, continually finding new vantage points of creative and business expression.
Amanda Wilson and David Epstein are the co-founders of #open, a dating app that creates a welcoming community for ethically non-monogamous, kinky, and other alternative relationships. Amanda has a degree in political science, and understands how making empowered choices changes the way that humans connect. David focused for over twenty years on creating and growing internet companies, focusing on data privacy and online security. After meeting on a dating platform (after many frustrating experiences), they compared notes and realized that they could create a better dating app that prioritizes authenticity, transparency, and security!
RELATED LINKS | hashtagopen.com | Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @hashtagopen
Born on Lesbos, Greece, Eurydice is a writer, artist, activist, archivist, multi-modal scholar, mentor and advocate for sexual healing. She is the author of “Satyricon USA: A Journey Across the New Sexual Frontier”, “f/32: The Second Coming,” and “f/32”. She’s the host and creator of “Speak Sex with Eve” podcast. Eury uses the male logos and the male gaze to recover and reclaim the suppressed truths they were constructed to hide. She uses embroidery / scribal writing / hand-drawing – ancient crafts that bring together her Eastern and Western heritages and feminist languages – to access the female nude as resistance. Eurydice’s art has been featured in numerous shows in Europe and the U.S. Her art practice connects her to hundreds of generations of silenced women for whom she speaks.
Mariana is 29 years old, and lives with her husband in a polyamorous dynamic and has been dedicating her time understanding how loving relationships between healthy families exist in the most beautiful and diverse forms. In thinking about having children soon, she had a hard time finding a children’s book that represents a polyamorous family dynamic. And with that in mind she wrote “A Color Named Love”, a picture book about embracing love in all its forms, and celebrating the beauty found in all kinds of families.
Sumati Sparks is a relationship coach specializing in helping mature people navigate the challenges of ethical non-monogamy. She is also a jealousy transformation expert. With over 30 years of spiritual practices and over 20 years of practicing polyamory and studying relationship and sexuality, Sumati blends a wealth of knowledge and experience with a deep awareness of our connection to the universe.
Jessica Fern is a psychotherapist, public speaker, and trauma and relationship expert. In her international private practice, Jessica works with individuals, couples and people in multiple-partner relationships who no longer want to be limited by their reactive patterns, cultural conditioning, insecure attachment styles, and past traumas, helping them to embody new possibilities in life and love.
Jim Fleckenstein became a relationship coach and educator because of his own life experiences. After the end of his 25-year marriage in 2000, he put the skills he’d gained from his successful non-profit career and his insatiable curiosity to work on relationships. He began a rigorous self-education process that included reaching out personally to leading researchers. His efforts quickly bore fruit. He created an organization that focuses on self-education, scientific research, and helping people have successful relationships. Along the way, Jim developed a unique approach to relationships based on proven methods he encountered over his years of study. Ultimately, he formalized this approach as his Affirmative Intimacy(tm) method. His book, “Love That Works: 38 Awesome Hacks for Amazing Relationships” came out in December 2019.
Pour Votreplaisir writes and speaks about polyamory, relationships, and legal rights for sexual minorities. He’s been in polyamorous relationship since 1988, and is currently nurturing a COVID bubble of five. Despite living walking distance from Kitty’s house, they are so far just friends.
Lexi Sylver is the erotica author of “Mating Season.” She leads an unconventional life and loves sharing stories of her sex-capades. As an entrepreneur, podcast host and producer, writer, educator, advocate, and public speaker, Lexi brings a sex-positive approach to sex and open relationships. She strives to empower others to shamelessly explore their Lexuality.
RELATED LINKS | LexiSylver.com | Instagram, Facebook, Twitter @LexiSylver
Involved in the adult industry since 2010, Leya, deeply affected by the devastating and unnecessary loss of lives in late 2017-2018, decided to step up and take action. Her passion to ensure quality mental health care is available to all persons working in the adult entertainment industry, combined with her previous experience in business management and operations are the driving force behind Pineapple Support.
Marie D’Elephant is the host of the “Everyone’s Autonomous” podcast, a show that explores how to reclaim one’s autonomy and support the autonomy of others after questioning or leaving restrictive, controlling narratives that come from some religions and much of culture.
Kathy Labriola is a counselor, nurse, and hypnotherapist in private practice in Berkeley, California, working with low-income people in the poly, queer, kink, and anarchist alternative subcultures. She has been a card-carrying bisexual and polyamorist for 50 years. She is “extra-crunchy” and rides a bicycle, lives in a housing cooperative, and raises chickens and grows most of her own food. She is the author of three “how-to” books on open relationships.
Born in New York City, raised in Cleveland and currently lives in Dayton, Ohio (with time in the service stationed in Germany), Ed is currently one of the Admins for the Loving Without Boundaries (LWB) Facebook group. His approach to Non-monogamy is one where everyone from the Polyamory community to those who are Swingers live under the same umbrella of non-traditional relationships. He also often shares insights regarding the constant battle between faith and sexuality. Ed invites you to join the private LWB community at their humble piece of the Internet at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lovingwithoutboundaries. You will need to answer three questions to be approved to join. Then you can bask in all the awesome from our amazing moderator, Ed Hooper (a leader in our community)
Anne More brings mindfulness, play, and healing into Sex Coaching and Education and Metaphysical Bodywork. She works with world-renowned Sexologist Jaiya Ma, and trained with Joseph Kramer, PhD, the founder of Sexological Bodywork, and with Betty Martin, creator of the Wheel of Consent. In her life and in her work, she is poly friendly and LGBTQIA+ inclusive.
Chaneé Jackson Kendall is a black polyamorous educator, speaker, activist, and event planner. A 32-year old native Atlantan, she lives in a western suburb of Atlanta with her partners and co-parents. She has openly identified as non-monogamous for the past decade, and polyamorous for the past 8 years. She discovered the online polyamorous community in 2012 and has been an active, and often outspoken member ever since. She is one of the Admins of Black & Poly and the co-founding Admin of Young, Black & Poly. She volunteers a lot of her time to polyamorous education, outreach, and activism. Chaneé is passionate about normalizing polyamory as a relationship orientation or relationship choice. Her heart is totally devoted to co-planning the 2nd Annual Black Poly Pride – a celebration of the Black polyamorous lovestyle which will take place in Washington, D.C., June 10-13, 2021. The event has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Mavericks are a happy family and the couple next door. They practice compersion and live transparently in the openness of their relationship. Raising a confident four year old girl, free of judgment and open to expanding her capacity for love beyond social stigma and cultural conditioning. They feel they are on the verge of a sexual revolution where open relationships, ethical non-monogamy, polyamory, or whatever title one chooses to use, all become normalized and it feels good to shed a positive light on our dynamic in hopes of inspiring others.
Britta Moe is a designer and project manager for a design-build architecture firm. She has lived all over the world but is always drawn back to her hometown of San Antonio. She has a Bachelor Degree in Business with a minor in Art, as well as, a Master Degree in Architecture. Her diverse school background is complemented by her lifelong experience in dance. She now explores how the movement of dance can inform her architectural designs. Having been in many unfaithful and abusive relationships, Britta has recently started exploring the benefits of open relationships. The honesty and communication skills she has developed from this have dramatically changed her life in a positive way. With the right support group and fitting recovery program, she has managed to dramatically improve her happiness and self-confidence.
Lacey Broussard is a certified sex coach, Tantra, and jade egg teacher, Lacey uses deep transformational tools and techniques based in modern coaching modalities, and ancient tantric wisdom and Taoist practices to help women like you get your desire back and have the most mind-blowing sex of your life. If lack of confidence, low libido, or guilt and shame around your sexuality are the cause of your bedroom woes, (the hot, wild sex you never have any more, or the transition into motherhood that sucked your libido dry), you need Lacey!
Stacey Capps serves Open Love NY as a member of the organizing committee. Open Love Is a New York-based organization that coordinates educational and social events for the polyamorous community. Professionally, Stacey manages technology experts that service and repair video broadcast and editing facilities, high tech conference rooms, and auditoriums, consulting to Fortune 500 clients. She currently works from home supporting an explosion in remote video calls. In her spare time, she’s a dungeon master for tabletop role-players and co-hosts a podcast about video games, called Party Chat Peoples.
RELATED LINKS | openloveny.com | Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Meetup @openloveny
Amy Baldwin is a Sex and Relationship Coach and Certified Sex Educator. April Lampert is VP of a high-end pleasure products company called Hot Octopuss. Together, Amy and April combined forces to create the Shameless Sex Podcast, inspiring radical self-love, sexual empowerment, and shame-free intimacy. Shameless Sex is unabashed real talk about sexuality with a playful twist.
RELATED LINKS | shamelesssex.com | Instagram @shamelesspodcast | Twitter @shameless_sex
Trystan Reese sprang into the public consciousness in 2017 when he and his partner, Biff, told their non-traditional pregnancy story in the mainstream media. He and Biff are also the adoptive parents of Biff’s biological niece and nephew. They are proud to have expanded the public conversation about trans reproductive justice, queer families, and what it means to be a father. He regularly tells the unique story of his family’s creation to audiences across the country. He is also the Director of Family Formation at Family Equality Council, a national nonprofit dedicated to supporting LGBTQ+ families and those who wish to form them.
RELATED LINKS | biffandi.com | Facebook and Instagram @biffandi
Hunter Riley can accurately be described as a professional pervert. She’s the director of education and outreach at Self Serve Toys, a sex educator, speaker, phone sex operator, smut creator, stripper and more. She works at Self Serve Toys, Peplove.com, and on the internet.
Lexi is the producer and host of the podcast “SDC Presents Seek, Discover, Create”; erotic writer and sexual health blogger for LexiSylver.com and SDC; adult toy entrepreneur’ sexuality speaker and workshop presenter; and ambassador for shameless sexuality and healthy relationships.
Victoria Northrup represents Clone-A-Willy as their Marketing and Brand Coordinator. They are based in Portland, Oregon where they manufacture all of their DIY molding kits in-house. Their Clone-A-Willy and Clone-A-Pussy lines allow anyone to make an exact replica of a penis or vulva into a high-grade sex toy at home. All of their materials are 100% body safe and their kits are easy to use. As a brand, they aim to use their kits as a resource for individuals and couples alike, to view and experience their bodies from a brand new angle! Every penis and vulva is completely unique and beautiful. Their kits allow people to experience and appreciate that aspect of themselves and also open up a conversation around their bodies, sex positivity, self-love, and self-acceptance.
Taylor Sparks is a passionate erotic educator and sex goddess, certified in both holistic aromatherapy and human behavior. With over a decade of experience in the natural skin care/cosmetics industry, and more than 15 years in retail/merchandising, Ms. Sparks launched OrganicLoven.com, a site that focuses on improving adults sexual wellness and enhancing their sex lives. They specialize in organic intimate body products, body-safe sex toys, sex-positive books and erotic educational seminars that she presents world wide at adults only cruises and events.
Mariah Freya is your sex coach for inside the bedroom and beyond, founder of Beducated – the online academy for more *wow* between the sheets. Mariah is creatrix of the Yoni & Lingam Massage Online Course. She opens up the topic of sexuality in all its diversity. Mariah has a powerful global mission: Changing the World with Conscious Sex, One Orgasm at a Time. She desires to Liberate sexuality from below the belly button up, and helping the individual grow through pleasure into fulfillment.
Sheffa Ariens is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Durham, NC, specializing in non-monogamy and kink, focusing on how trauma and attachment affect individuals practicing polyamory.
Phoenix Mandel has been a sexuality educator and consultant since 2006, workshopping on sex positivity, kink, ethical non-monogamy, LGBTQ+, and other issues of sexual health. Phoenix has taught classes internationally, and currently resides in Los Angeles. Phoenix has an intersectional approach, with a mission to make sex education more queer.
Michael Conroy is a filmmaker born and raised in Southern New Jersey. He went to film school at Boston University and took a couple of internships out in Los Angeles. He ended up making this “City of Angels” his adopted home and worked as a freelance editor, cutting features, short films, music videos, and corporate videos. Since his film school days, he’s also written and directed over a dozen short films.
Eve Rickert is the co-author of the books “More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory” and “Black Iron”, and the co-founder and publisher of Thorntree Press.
Jordan Gray is a #1 Amazon best-selling author, public speaker, and relationship coach with a decade of practice behind him. His work has been featured in The Huffington Post, The New York Times, BBC, Self, Cosmo, Psychology Today, Business Insider, Yahoo!, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Elephant Journal, The Good Men Project, and countless other publications around the globe. He has made it his life’s mission to make thriving relationships attainable to everyone. Within two years of starting his website, he had five #1 best-selling e-books on Amazon and, since launching, his writing has reached an audience of over 70 million people from around the world. Jordan has worked with over a thousand clients privately in the past decade and has helped people of all ages, orientations, and backgrounds have more deeply fulfilling love lives. When he’s not coaching clients or writing a new blog post, he loves to play music with friends, zip around town on his electric skateboard, and savor slow-motion hang outs with his closest companions.
Max Rivers was one of the pioneers in the shift from marriage counseling to marriage mediation. He has developed a six-session process which he calls the Teamwork Method. In 9 hours or less, he can teach people in intimate relationships how to use Embodied-Nonviolent Communication (E-NVC) to translate their conflicts into what they really are: opportunities to deepen the intimacy of the relationship. He is the author of “Loving Conflict,” a book about this work which is available (in paperback, Kindle, audio and other formats) on his website. He is available worldwide over video conferencing. Appointments can also be made at his website: maxrivers.net. His book “Loving Conflict” can also be found on Amazon.com as well.
Max Rivers was one of the pioneers in the shift from marriage counseling to marriage mediation. He has developed a six-session process which he calls the Teamwork Method. In 9 hours or less, he can teach people in intimate relationships how to use Embodied-Nonviolent Communication (E-NVC) to translate their conflicts into what they really are: opportunities to deepen the intimacy of the relationship. He is the author of “Loving Conflict,” a book about this work which is available (in paperback, Kindle, audio and other formats) on his website. He is available worldwide over video conferencing. Appointments can also be made at his website: maxrivers.net. His book “Loving Conflict” can also be found on Amazon.com as well.
In this episode, I am so proud to share with you our first ever Live Podcast Recording of LWB with an esteemed panel of various Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit attendees: Kevin Patterson, author of “Love Is Not Color Blind” and co-author of “For Hire: Operator”; Ruby Johnson, founder of the PolyDallas Millennium conference; and Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti, creator of the Transcending Shame workshop. This recording took place at Kitty Chambliss’s home in Alexandria, Virginia on Thursday, August 15th, 2019 in front of a live audience of wonderful and enthusiastic folks, including my two nesting partners. The topic of discussion is the Intersection of Polyamory and various themes such as shame, divorce, infertility/family creation, and people of color. I hope you enjoy this show as much as I did creating it. I do hope that you will consider supporting the creation and continuation of this podcast by becoming a patron. Thank you so much for listening and being here as part of our community. We love you all!
RELATED LINKS | polyrolemodels.tumblr.com/ | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook @polyrolemodels | https://blacksexgeek.net | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook @blacksexgeek | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook @polydallas | Twitter @gloriajn | Facebook, Instagram @gloriajacksonnefertiti
Dirty Lola is a performer, edutainer, sex educator, and the creator and host of the live sex Q&A / variety show and podcast Sex Ed A Go Go. During the last six years, she has shared her distinctive brand of kickass body and sex-positivity and her personal journey into the kink and poly lifestyles on and off stage.
Rachael Rose is an educator, writer, and activist whose work focuses on sex-positivity and the intersections of chronic illness and sex. She uses her website, Hedonish, to educate others by providing inclusive, sex-positive, pleasure-focused education and teaching people how to advocate for their sexual health and the sex lives they want to have.
Marla Renee Stewart, MA is a professional sex, intimacy and relationship coach, sexologist, and sex educator. Not only is she a Lecturer at Clayton State University, she is also the Co-Founder of the Sex Down South Conference and the Sexual Liberation Collective. She also created the sexual education company, Velvet Lips, 9 years ago to empower people of all ages to embrace, educate and enjoy their sexuality and their sexual lives.
As a life, spiritual, and relationship coach, Sarah serves as a guide to her clients, assisting them with unpacking and navigating through the messiness of their lives and embracing what is authentic for them. Sarah received her coaching certifications through World Coach Institute. She has been walking on the Pagan path for almost 30 years and serves as a Priestess to her community. Sarah and her husband have been consensually non-monogamous for over 9 years.
RELATED LINKS | aswithin-coaching.com | Twitter @aswithincoach | Facebook and Instagram @aswithingcoaching
Dr. Liz believes that Great Sex Can Change the World™. She’s a speaker, coach, and licensed psychologist specializing in work with sexual and gender minorities, She’s the author of “Building Open Relationships”, a practical how-to guide for non-monogamy. Dr. Liz helps people be authentic in their relationships.
Chaneè Jackson Kendall is a black polyamorous vlogger, activist, and event planner. She has openly identified as non-monogamous for the past decade, and polyamorous for the past 7 years. She discovered the online polyamorous community in 2012 and has been an active, and often outspoken member ever since. She is passionate about normalizing polyamory as a relationship choice. As an admin of Black & Poly and Young, Black & Poly, she volunteers a lot of her time to polyamorous education, outreach, and activism.
Together with co-founder Cheri “Calico” Roman, she is planning the inaugural Black Poly Pride; a celebration of the Black polyamorous lovestyle which will take place in Dallas, Texas July 11-14, 2019.
RELATED LINKS | blackpolypride.com | Facebook @chaneejacksonkendall | Twitter @therealchanee | Facebook @blackpolypride
Alex Bove, Ph.D. is a college professor and sexologist specializing in Men & Masculinities. He curates Talk Like a Man, a social media conversation about 21st Century masculinity. Talk Like a Man also has a podcast! In his spare time, he can be found baking vegan cupcakes and playing tabletop board games.
Jonathan Lane is an attorney and mediator at JD Lane Law, a law firm in Maryland and Washington, DC. His practice focuses primarily on family law, including divorce, child custody, and protections for non-traditional families. He is interested in protecting the rights and self-determination of all individuals, partnerships, and families. He is especially focused on representing members of sexually diverse communities, including clients who identify as kinky, LGBTQ, polyamorous, and swingers. Jonathan is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as Executive Editor of the Journal of Law and Social Change and received the Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award.
Andre Shakti is a journalist, educator, consultant, activist and professional slut living in Baltimore, MD. She is devoted to normalizing alternative desires, de-stigmatizing sex workers and their clients, and not taking herself too seriously. Advice columns: “I Am Poly(amorous) & So Can You” at IAmPoly.net, #AskAndre at Slixa.com/blog/askandre, and Baltimore OUTloud’s “The In & Out”.
RELATED LINKS | Facebook & Twitter @AndreShakti | IAmPoly.net
Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti is a speaker, model, former fundamentalist Christian/cult member, and breast cancer survivor (5 years in remission). The 2013 diagnosis showed how short life is, causing her to come out as sex-positive/bisexual/polyamorous. She is interested in helping others identify shame, recognize shaming behavior, and transcend shame.
RELATED LINKS | Facebook & Instagram @GloriaJacksonNefertiti | Twitter @GloriaJN
Mel Moseley is a storyteller, musician, theatre artist, and teacher. She is touring her one-woman show “Sexology: The Musical!” from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine this summer spreading the gospel of sex-positivity. The show follows her journey from monogamy to solo-polyamory in musical and theatrical form.
León (they/he) is an artist, designer, translator, and multi-passionate nerd. He is currently serving as an intern at the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico, and is also studying massage therapy. He looks forward to bringing compassionate touch to his community. León identifies as queer, non-binary, transmasculine, and of mixed ancestry.
Melissa DaSilva is an entrepreneur, podcast host, therapist, hypnotist and artist. Melissa started her career in the social work field. She has worked in agencies and schools for many years. Always wanting to make more of an impact on society, she started the mental health agency East Coast Mental Wellness. She has created an environment that gives clinicians a place to do work that they love, so they can help clients make the change they so desperately want. Melissa’s specialties include helping others get unstuck in their lives through the use of coaching, therapeutic techniques and hypnosis. Melissa is also the creator and host of the successful LGBTQ+ podcast Pride Connections. She has been published on many website blogs and featured as a guest on several international podcasts. When not working Melissa enjoys spending time creating art, reading and connecting with others. She is a proud wife and pet parent.
Koe Creation’s award winning sex education, LGBTQ activism, and public health advocacy in polyamorous and kink communities began in 2005. Their first book: “This Heart Holds Many”, is the first book written on multi-generational polyamorous families, from the child’s perspective. Living in San Francisco, Koe is available for speaking and workshops.
Lindsey Ellison is founder of “Start Over Find Happiness”, a coaching practice dedicated to helping people through a divorce or break-up.
As authors of the first-ever published empirical study on medical care of polyamorous people, these two nurses and a shrink bring their personal and professional insights to healthcare needs and experiences for our community.
Michelle Vaughan is a licensed psychologist, professor, researcher, and polyamorist practicing non-hierarchical poly in Central Ohio. She is the Executive Director of PolyColumbus, and serves on the Task Force on Consensual Non-Monogamies within Division 44 of the American Psychological Association.
Jessica Roush is polyamorous and mother of three young boys, and is a registered nurse with experience in adult critical care and pediatrics.
Adam Taylor has been in polyamorous relationships for over a decade. He is a registered nurse with experience in the Emergency Department and Pediatric care. He is a military veteran of the conflict in Afghanistan and a staff member of PolyColumbus.
RELATED LINKS | div44cnm.org | Facebook @div44cnm | Twitter @div44cnm
Jessica Fern Cooley is a psychotherapist, coach and national speaker, specializing in non-monogamous relationships. Jessica loves working with people who no longer want to be limited by their reactive relational patterns, cultural conditioning, internalized stories, emotional triggers and insecure attachment styles, so that they can embody new possibilities in life and love.
A writer, reviewer and podcaster of all things kinky, the Pageist is passionate about sex education and words.
Sarah is a sexuality and relationships educator, writer, and coach focusing on creating “light bulb moments” for her readers, clients and students. With over 20 years experience in kink and ethical non-monogamy, and 18 years of teaching all over the U.S., her work helps other people find their authentic bliss.
RELATED LINKS | Twitter @SarahSloane | Facebook @PlotTwistCoaching
Matt is a member of the Polyamory Leadership Network and a facilitator of the Arizona Chapter of Loving More. As a polyamory community leader, Matt hosts regular meetings on a variety of Poly topics for Arizona’s most active Poly group, Arizona Polyamory Events. He’s currently helping create an alternative relationship men’s support group as well as Arizona’s first conference on ethical non-monogamy, Southwest Love Fest (SWLF).
As a child, Franklin heard a fairy tale about a princess forced to choose between two handsome princes, and thought, “Everyone knows princesses live in castles. And castles are big enough for both princes. So why does she have to choose?” Franklin has been writing about polyamory since 1997. He started his website as a resource for his former self: the Franklin who didn’t know that there were other people like him, had never heard the word polyamory, and who had no idea how to navigate polyamorous relationships. The site has grown over the years, and since 1999 has been one of the Internet’s top destinations for information about polyamory. He speaks and writes about polyamory, BDSM, nontraditional sexuality, and more. In 2011, he moved the site from its old home at xeromag.com to its current home at morethantwo.com. In 2014 he co-authored a book on polyamory by the same name: More Than Two: A practical guide to polyamory. He currently has several long-term partners and lives in Portland, Oregon with one of his partners, while his wife lives in Orlando, Florida.
Zach is a self-proclaimed nerd, sex geek and consent junkie. Zach is also a proud member of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom. He has been actively polyamorous for ten years. He has served on polyamory discussion panels, conducted workshops, and recorded podcast episodes on the subjects of polyamory, consent, relationships and kink. Current projects include being a writer and co-editor of The Sex Positive Blog on Medium.com and creating and curating a polyamory, kink, and sex positive library and reading list. Zach became interested in consent as a topic more than five years ago as a personal research project. He is currently working towards a Master’s of Social Work degree at the University of Houston to be of even more benefit to his community. He lives, works, laughs, and loves in Houston, Texas where he enjoys listening to and playing music, converting from a fat boy to a runner, all things Star Trek, reading, gaming, hockey, cooking and being owned and loved by rescue dogs including a spoiled rotten boxer named Jadzia.
Scarlett is a writer, teacher and wild woman with 20+ years in polyamory – which is good since she is a poly educator and a Director for the Relationship Equality Foundation. Through careful consideration and continuous exploration, she hopes to have just the right question at the right time.
Erika is a photographer and creator of The Open Photo Project, which showcases the lives of consensually non-monogamous people. She is from the Pacific NW and has been based in NYC for over 10 years. Currently most of Erika’s time is spent building her freelance photography business and building The Open Photo Project.
Page Turner is a former psychological researcher and current psych nerd who has authored two books on polyamory. She posts daily about alternative relationships with a special focus on consensual non-monogamy at her site.
RELATED LINKS | Poly.Land | Facebook @polydotland | Twitter @polydotland
Author and activist Ashton Applewhite is the author of “This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism.” She has been internationally recognized as an expert on ageism, speaks widely at venues that have included the TED main stage and the United Nations, and is a leading spokesperson for a movement to mobilize against discrimination on the basis of age.
Author and activist Ashton Applewhite is the author of “This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism.” She has been internationally recognized as an expert on ageism, speaks widely at venues that have included the TED main stage and the United Nations, and is a leading spokesperson for a movement to mobilize against discrimination on the basis of age.
Ari Shaffer is an author, coach and counselor. As a psychotherapist, her focus has been trauma and addictions with a specialty in dissociative disorders. Her latest book, “The Timeshare” reflects that. It’s a psychological thriller with a strong element of unconditional love and polyamory. When an editor reviewed it she said; “The concept of this story is wonderous, but it’s not exactly your mother’s happily ever after. It’s gorgeous, poignant, loving, redefining romance. While it’s got all the trappings of a romance, readers will expect that the happy couple will be – you know – a couple, rather than a poly group. Yes, I love this idea. The concept is brilliant.”
Olive is a writer, speaker, and communication coach. She’s currently working on her second book, “The Coitus Chronicles”.
Samantha Manewitz is an educator and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist. She has given presentations to mental health professionals, sex educators, and alt-sex communities on healthy communication, abuse prevention, and mental health in BDSM.
Kait Scalisi, MPH is an acclaimed sex educator for women who crave a sex life that’s as intimate, exciting, & fulfilling as the rest of their relationship. She gives them the tools to say OMGYES to their desires & hell no to whatever holds them back – while feeling totally comfortable.
RELATED LINKS | passionbykait.com | Twitter @passionbykait | Instagram @passionbykait | Facebook @passionbykait
Mindy Raf is a published author, storyteller, stand-up, and musical comedian. Her critically acclaimed solo comedy show completed a 26 show run at Edinburgh Fringe and was named an “LGBT best bet’ by TimeOut New York, “hilariously quirky” by Theatre Is Easy, and “barrier-breaking” by The Edinburgh Reporter.
RELATED LINKS | mindyraf.com | Twitter @mindyraf | Instagram @mmmindela
Mindy Raf is a published author, storyteller, stand-up, and musical comedian. Her critically acclaimed solo comedy show completed a 26 show run at Edinburgh Fringe and was named an “LGBT best bet’ by TimeOut New York, “hilariously quirky” by Theatre Is Easy, and “barrier-breaking” by The Edinburgh Reporter.
RELATED LINKS | mindyraf.com | Twitter @mindyraf | Instagram @mmmindela
Sara is a passionate activist, writer, scientist, and one of the two original Curious Foxes (working with relationship coach Effy Blue). She earned a Masters in Epidemiology at NYU and a Bachelors in Neuroscience at MIT. In other words, she’s a bona fide nerd. Sara is dedicated to empowering people to make conscious choices in their lifestyles and explore their evolving identities with open minds. She has done this through writing and building an inspiring community of Curious Foxes in Brooklyn, NY. Keep it curious!
Ruby Bouie Johnson is a sex therapist and educator in private practice in Plano, Texas. Mrs. Johnson is a speaker, writer, and therapist who has several publications and interviews in many media outlets.
Ruby Bouie Johnson is a sex therapist and educator in private practice in Plano, Texas. Mrs. Johnson is a speaker, writer, and therapist who has several publications and interviews in many media outlets.
In this unconventional interview, Kitty sits with good friends and colleagues Mango (LWB Episode #61) and happily monogamous and married friend Bryce. Mango and Kitty – supporters of consensual non-monogamy – offer to let Bryce ask them anything from his monogamous point of view and background! At times, Mango and Bryce also ask Kitty candid and revealing questions about her unconventional life, home, and polycule. Nothing is held back in this fun, entertaining, and deeply introspective interview! Learn more about polyamory as a healthy relationship choice at lovingwithoutboundaries.com.
In this unconventional interview, Kitty sits with good friends and colleagues Mango (LWB Episode #61) and happily monogamous and married friend Bryce. Mango and Kitty – supporters of consensual non-monogamy – offer to let Bryce ask them anything from his monogamous point of view and background! At times, Mango and Bryce also ask Kitty candid and revealing questions about her unconventional life, home, and polycule. Nothing is held back in this fun, entertaining, and deeply introspective interview! Learn more about polyamory as a healthy relationship choice at lovingwithoutboundaries.com.
Attorney focused on LGBT family law and estates and trusts, with a special interest in polyamorous families.
Attorney focused on LGBT family law and estates and trusts, with a special interest in polyamorous families.
Philly-based sexuality educator, writer, performer, and community organizer for queer performance artists; host of the Sex with Timaree podcast and LGBT issues contributor to Philadelphia Weekly.
Nolan is a Licensed Professional Counselor and sex educator who has presented in the United States and Canada on polyamory, kink, and mental health.
Emily Dahlquist is an artist and creative producer based in Chicago and has recently launched a new project called COUP/3 GOALS, which focuses on non-traditional relationships, and the importance of the relationship with yourself.
Kimchi Cuddles is a webcomic spreading awareness about poly, queer, and genderqueer issues in the most hilarious way possible, drawing from real life stories and experiences. Tikva Wolf has been drawing ever since she could hold a crayon, and comes from a long line of love-activists. What she primarily cares about in art (and life) is connecting to people, creating dialogue, and spreading awareness. She’s always taken delight in making people laugh, and in doing so also unveiling hidden perspectives. She uses humor as a way of encouraging others to deeply see themselves and each other.
Lola Houston is a trans* female teacher, healer, guide and facilitator, who is skilled in many topics including consent, gender, touch, body image, relationships and pleasure. An anthropologist by training, she is active in multiple communities, locally and nationally, and she’s a strong advocate for visibility and unity.
Frank Macri is a highly-acclaimed business coach and leadership development trainer who has invested in the professional development of over 1,000 high-performing leaders and purpose-driven entrepreneurs seeking to create thriving businesses or become influential leaders in their organizations.
Frank is more recently recognized as the president and founder of a mindful LGBTQ community called Namasgay. Namasgay is a growing movement of thousands of LGBTQ people seeking spiritual awareness and deeper connection to themselves to others. Namasgay offers an annual three-day Summit, local social events, and virtual master-classes that bring together the queer spiritual community in transformative and fun ways. Follow Frank’s work at Namasgay.com to learn more about the upcoming Summit. Use the discount code “KITTY” for a special 25% discount for tickets as our gift to you!
JoEllen is a writer, speaker, researcher and mental health advocate whose work explores the impact of depression on sex and relationships. Since 2012 she has written about sex, mental health, and how none of us are broken on her award-winning site The Redhead Bedhead.
JoEllen is a writer, speaker, researcher and mental health advocate whose work explores the impact of depression on sex and relationships. Since 2012 she has written about sex, mental health, and how none of us are broken on her award-winning site The Redhead Bedhead.
Active Listening Educational Burst by Kitty Chambliss. Part of a new series, Kitty reviews various techniques that help ANY healthy relationship in short educational bursts. In Kitty’s book “Jealousy Survival Guide: How to feel safe, happy, and secure in an open relationship,” she discusses this technique in Chapter 6 that is at the heart of great, compassionate communication. There are three levels of listening described here in this episode with our goal being the last: Active Listening.
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Educational Burst by Kitty Chambliss. Part of a new series, Kitty reviews various techniques that help ANY healthy relationship in short educational bursts. In Kitty’s book “Jealousy Survival Guide: How to feel safe, happy, and secure in an open relationship,” she discusses this technique that she learned from Marshall Rosenberg’s book of the same name. “I found this to be incredible – I think NVC should be required reading for humans who deal with other humans! It touches on many topics such as empathetic listening, learning to express your feelings in a loving, productive way that diffuses conflict and anger, and builds trust.”
Kevin Patterson is an active member of the Philadelphia polyamory community and has been practicing ethical non-monogamy since August of 2002. In April of 2015, Kevin was inspired to start the blog Poly Role Models, an interview series for polyamorous folks that primarily centers on honest representation and marginalized voices.
Shadeen Francis, MFT is a marriage and family therapist, educator and author specializing in sex therapy and social justice. Her areas of expertise include couple’s communication, self-esteem development, sexual intimacy, and community building. Shadeen helps people of all backgrounds improve their relationships and live the lives they desire.
Shadeen Francis, MFT is a marriage and family therapist, educator and author specializing in sex therapy and social justice. Her areas of expertise include couple’s communication, self-esteem development, sexual intimacy, and community building. Shadeen helps people of all backgrounds improve their relationships and live the lives they desire.
“Consider This: A Day of Challenging the Status Quo in Sex & Relationships” Event Review. Partially recorded the day of the event on September 16th, 2017 at House of Yes in Brooklyn, New York. The description of the event (created by Effy Blue and Sara Dahan) is: “Are you ready for some #brainforeplay? Consider this: a whole day of talks, performances, and entertainment to stimulate your curiosity cortex. Share some laughs, spark some a-ha’s, and make some new, foxy friends along the way!” Stream the presentations for a limited time only at: www.effyblue.com/considerthisonline. Interviewees include: Kitty’s two partners, Tikva Wolf, and Sara Dahan.
Jules has done non-monogamy in some context for the past 15 years and is embarking on a journey of solo-poly for the first time ever! They love teaching on topics of sexuality and the intersections of race, class, ability, gender, and other sites of identity.
Jules has done non-monogamy in some context for the past 15 years and is embarking on a journey of solo-poly for the first time ever! They love teaching on topics of sexuality and the intersections of race, class, ability, gender, and other sites of identity.
Dr. Michelle Vaughan is Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor in the School of Professional Psychology at Wright State University. As a researcher, clinician, and supervisor, her expertise centers on LGBTQ+ and consensually non-monogamous people as well as psychological strengths of these populations.
Effy Blue is a relationship expert specializing in non-monogamy and other alternative structures. Effy’s coaching philosophy, Relationship by Design, abandons the one-size-fits-all relationship paradigm that is heavily prescribed by our society and instead, advocates conscious and active design of relationships in service of those in it. Effy guides and facilitates this creative process by fearlessly asking the tough questions while constructively offering thoughtful insights.
Social worker by day, writer by night. Brenda has an MA in sociology from University of Oklahoma and another MA in anthropology from Texas Tech University. Utah is home now where Brenda spends time enjoying a local brew, the people, and scenery.
Mango believes life is like milk. They both have an expiration date. Mango makes sure he lives each day so that when his time comes, his carton is empty not wasting a single drop.
Mandee Conant is the Director of Atlanta Poly Weekend, the South’s largest polyamory focused conference. She has been actively poly in various forms and served in numerous poly-roles throughout most of her adult life. Mandee juggles a full-time corporate job as well as the needs of her 3 children and multiple partners.
Mandee Conant is the Director of Atlanta Poly Weekend, the South’s largest polyamory focused conference. She has been actively poly in various forms and served in numerous poly-roles throughout most of her adult life. Mandee juggles a full-time corporate job as well as the needs of her 3 children and multiple partners.
Wry advocates awareness and dialogue regarding the options and alternatives to the hetero-normative marriage-minded, and traditional way of life. In this episode, we dive deep into the topic of the intersection of kink and polyamory. Fascinating as well as raunchy and hilarious at times!
Relationship coach, podcast host for Multiamory, author of The Smart Girl’s Guide to Polyamory, and chapstick addict.
Relationship coach, podcast host for Multiamory, author of The Smart Girl’s Guide to Polyamory, and chapstick addict.
Angel is a queer, kinky, sex-positive educator, academic, and activist. She is currently a graduate student, educator, research psychologist and sexologist at the University of North Florida. She is passionate about social justice issues and creating a community that celebrates individuality while fostering inclusion, diversity, and equity.
Vanessa Van Edwards is the lead investigator at Science of People, a human behavior research lab. Her latest book, Captivate, was chosen as one of Apple’s Most Anticipated Books of 2017. She is fascinated by body language, leadership and charisma and writes about these topics for CNN, Fast Company and Forbes. She also writes a monthly column for Entrepreneur Magazine and the Huffington Post. Her innovative work has been featured on NPR, Business Week and USA Today. More importantly she’s addicted to sour patch kids, airplane coffee and puppies.
Tim at polychicago.com is a poly community organizer in Chicago. He has hosted events with the Chicago Polyamory Meetup Group since 2012, and helped co-found the Chicago Polyamory Connection in 2013. He is also co-host of the podcast, “Poly Story Repository”.
Senior member of the CopperMoon family and Co-honcho of CopperMoon Advanced Retreat Center. He realized that he is non-monogamous about the year 2000 and has slowly learned what that means to him and is growing into that ever since. Along with his partners he is creating an intentional family on 20 acres in western Washington.
Wendy is a writer, techie, organizer, Sister of Perpetual Indulgence, and activist living in Wisconsin. She is currently shopping for an agent for a poly paranormal romance Young Adult (YA) novel. In this episode we discuss insights, challenges and emotions surrounding identifying as asexual. Follow her adventures and work on Fetlife where she writes about kink and ethical non-monogamy.
RELATED LINKS | Fetlife @SparkleMadness
Kimchi Cuddles is a webcomic spreading awareness about poly, queer, and genderqueer issues in the most hilarious way possible, drawing from real life stories and experiences. Tikva Wolf has been drawing ever since she could hold a crayon, and comes from a long line of love-activists. What she primarily cares about in art (and life) is connecting to people, creating dialogue, and spreading awareness. She’s always taken delight in making people laugh, and in doing so also unveiling hidden perspectives. She uses humor as a way of encouraging others to deeply see themselves and each other.
Kimchi Cuddles is a webcomic spreading awareness about poly, queer, and genderqueer issues in the most hilarious way possible, drawing from real life stories and experiences. Tikva Wolf has been drawing ever since she could hold a crayon, and comes from a long line of love-activists. What she primarily cares about in art (and life) is connecting to people, creating dialogue, and spreading awareness. She’s always taken delight in making people laugh, and in doing so also unveiling hidden perspectives. She uses humor as a way of encouraging others to deeply see themselves and each other.
Chelsea Dinsmore is the owner and Chief Inspiration Officer of Live Your Legend (LYL), a community whose mission is to change the world by helping people find their passion and build a career around the work that only they are capable of doing. Live Your Legend hosts monthly in person meet-ups in over 250 cities in nearly 70 countries, focused on creating in-person connections with like-minded living legends. Her beautiful, loving (and monogamous) relationship with her late husband Scott Dinsmore (founder of LYL) transcends time and space, knowing no boundaries. Chelsea is a lover of food, adventure, the ocean and wine country. When she’s not helping others live their legend, you’ll find her whipping up healthy vegetarian recipes, chasing sunsets or exploring the world.
Chelsea Dinsmore is the owner and Chief Inspiration Officer of Live Your Legend (LYL), a community whose mission is to change the world by helping people find their passion and build a career around the work that only they are capable of doing. Live Your Legend hosts monthly in person meet-ups in over 250 cities in nearly 70 countries, focused on creating in-person connections with like-minded living legends. Her beautiful, loving (and monogamous) relationship with her late husband Scott Dinsmore (founder of LYL) transcends time and space, knowing no boundaries. Chelsea is a lover of food, adventure, the ocean and wine country. When she’s not helping others live their legend, you’ll find her whipping up healthy vegetarian recipes, chasing sunsets or exploring the world.
Susan Porter is currently Dep. Exec. Director of PolyColumbus in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to that she co-lead the PolyColumbus monthly gathering. She is known for her blogging on PolyTopics as PolyAnna, on the blog Looking Through Us. She is the mother to two lovely kids – now a teen and a tween. She is a 4th time attendee and 3rd time presenter at Beyond The Love. Susan loves long walks in the park and yoga, reading books and spending hours in the kitchen. She is married to her college sweetheart and partners with an all around amazing guy – with several other close relationships that round out her personal constellation.
Susan Porter is currently Dep. Exec. Director of PolyColumbus in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to that she co-lead the PolyColumbus monthly gathering. She is known for her blogging on PolyTopics as PolyAnna, on the blog Looking Through Us. She is the mother to two lovely kids – now a teen and a tween. She is a 4th time attendee and 3rd time presenter at Beyond The Love. Susan loves long walks in the park and yoga, reading books and spending hours in the kitchen. She is married to her college sweetheart and partners with an all around amazing guy – with several other close relationships that round out her personal constellation.
Karen, Dawn and Dan are the co-producers of Beyond The Love, a yearly polyamory event held in Columbus, OH since 2013 typically in November. For more information about this spectacular and well-planned event, email them at producers@beyondthelove.org.
Jackie Stone is an award winning director/writer and a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of The Arts. Stone has a penchant for visual story telling and delivering poetic and precise work. Her films have screened at numerous festivals and she has won numerous awards and grants for her works. Jackie is the Writer/Director of the hit Web Series, Compersion, a dramatic show that follows a married couples’ journey into polyamory.
Dr. Liz Powell is a psychologist and coach offering therapy, business coaching, and well-being coaching through her San Francisco private practice. She blogs about sex and relationships at sexpositivepsych.com and regularly presents talks and workshops. Liz is a proud veteran with five years service in the Army.
Dr. Liz Powell is a psychologist and coach offering therapy, business coaching, and well-being coaching through her San Francisco private practice. She blogs about sex and relationships at sexpositivepsych.com and regularly presents talks and workshops. Liz is a proud veteran with five years service in the Army.
Myisha Battle is a certified sex coach and expert. Through sex coaching and her sex-positive podcast, Down for Whatever, Myisha provides accurate sexual information, instills pride in difference, and encourages the quest for sexual satisfaction no matter a person’s race, gender, orientation, ability or age. She empowers her clients and listeners to embrace better sex for a better life.
Pour Votreplaisir is an educator, erotica author, jester, & joyous pansexual polyamorist, reveling in all life’s wonder. In a polyamorous relationship for nearly three decades, Pour is one of the moderators of the “Polyamory Discussion” group on Facebook, with over 29,000 members. He’s a sought-after speaker on polyamory, and a regular feature at the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit, where he presents on legislative aspects of non-mainstream lifestyles. He is also active in the kink community, but mostly because it just gives another audience for his many bad puns.
I’m thrilled to bring you this special feature episode. It is the recording of the first panel of “Poly Talks and Wry Relationships: The Ethical Slut” featuring Janet Hardy. This is recorded in Brooklyn, New York on September 10, 2016. In this recording, I am participating on a panel with Wry from A Wry Perspective; NY-based relationship coach, Effy Blue; and Janet Hardy, co-author of “The Ethical Slut”. I hope you enjoy the second half of this special feature.
I’m thrilled to bring you this special feature episode. It is the recording of the first panel of “Poly Talks and Wry Relationships: The Ethical Slut” featuring Janet Hardy. This is recorded in Brooklyn, New York on September 10, 2016. In this recording, I am participating on a panel with Wry from A Wry Perspective; NY-based relationship coach, Effy Blue; and Janet Hardy, co-author of “The Ethical Slut”. I hope you enjoy this special feature.
Ashley Manta likes to talk about sex—a lot. It’s not taboo for her. You know what’s else isn’t taboo for her? Cannabis. In fact, Ashley created the perfect blend of sex and cannabis forging her CannaSexual™ image. As a professional sex educator, speaker, writer, coach, and facilitator, Ashley helps you navigate these topics to make sure you are interacting, loving, and feeling your best in and out of the bedroom. By creating a safe space for people to feel and be heard, Ashley works on softening the restrictive boundaries holding you back from being your best self—and doing so in a way you’re incredibly comfortable. Ashley provides personal or group coaching, sex positive workshops and speaking engagements, or hosting events. Her mission is to help people have joyful, empowered sex lives.
Christopher N. Smith is a doctoral student at Howard University pursuing his PhD in Sociology with his research centering on consensual non-monogamous relationship trends in current and historical contexts. His prior education includes a Master of Arts in Religious Studies with a concentration in Religion and Society and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Anthropology form Howard University. He is an educator, community builder, father, relationship advocate and passionate about increasing awareness of and support for non-monogamous relationships structures in the United States.
RELATED LINKS | Twitter @MrTenability | Facebook
Christopher N. Smith is a doctoral student at Howard University pursuing his PhD in Sociology with his research centering on consensual non-monogamous relationship trends in current and historical contexts. His prior education includes a Master of Arts in Religious Studies with a concentration in Religion and Society and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Anthropology form Howard University. He is an educator, community builder, father, relationship advocate and passionate about increasing awareness of and support for non-monogamous relationships structures in the United States.
RELATED LINKS | Twitter @MrTenability | Facebook
Steven is a self-described incurable romantic and sexy-genarian, an intellectual, and an ambivert. He is a life coach with specific focus on women’s healing and empowerment, who suffers gladly from “textual addiction” and ideaphoria, and is currently collaborating to write The Care and Feeding of the Sexual Female, a Guide for the Clueless Male. His poly life began in earnest after his divorce and in his sixties.
Dr. Elisabeth Sheff on Family – featuring a special guest as well! Dr. Elisabeth “Eli” Sheff is the foremost academic expert on polyamory in the US, and the worldwide expert on polyamorous families with children. In this episode, we go completely off-script as we discuss what family looks like in America as well as worldwide today. We have this discussion as the host Kitty Chambliss’s husband JJ prepares dinner at their home! Listen in to this unique and interesting episode creating magic and memories as we go.
Dr. Elisabeth “Eli” Sheff is the foremost academic expert on polyamory in the U.S., and the worldwide expert on polyamorous families with children. An expert witness and Guardian Ad Litem with a background in academic sociology, Dr. Sheff specializes in gender and sexual minority families, kink/BDSM, and issues facing trans* people. She is the CEO and Director of Legal Services at the Sheff Consulting Group, a think-tank of experts specializing in unconventional and underserved populations. She has written three books, published her research in academic journals, and made countless appearances on radio, television and the internet.
Dr. Elisabeth “Eli” Sheff is the foremost academic expert on polyamory in the U.S., and the worldwide expert on polyamorous families with children. An expert witness and Guardian Ad Litem with a background in academic sociology, Dr. Sheff specializes in gender and sexual minority families, kink/BDSM, and issues facing trans* people. She is the CEO and Director of Legal Services at the Sheff Consulting Group, a think-tank of experts specializing in unconventional and underserved populations. She has written three books, published her research in academic journals, and made countless appearances on radio, television and the internet.
Deborah Roth is a certified Relationship Coach who loves working with both Singles who are tired of meeting the same “duds” and with Couples… from “pre-committed couples” (those who are exclusive and trying to figure out if they’re ready to make the leap to marriage) to couples who have been married for 2 or 20 years and are committed to creating and sustaining passionate, fulfilling life partnerships.
Tamara Pincus is a licensed clinical social worker with over 12 years of experience in mental health treatment. She has maintained a private practice specializing in sex therapy since 2011. She has worked in agencies for the homeless and chronically mentally ill, and has provided individual, relationship as well as group treatment with a diverse group of clients in terms of race, sexual and gender orientation.
Billy is a polyamory activist, educator, and community organizer who helped found the non-profit organization Atlanta Polyamory and Atlanta Poly Weekend. Billy serves as the Vice President of Relationship Equality Foundation, which is a public charity where his primary role is outreach, education and program development. As a member of the Polyamory Leadership Network, he is in contact with poly leaders from around the world.
Billy is a polyamory activist, educator, and community organizer who helped found the non-profit organization Atlanta Polyamory and Atlanta Poly Weekend. Billy serves as the Vice President of Relationship Equality Foundation, which is a public charity where his primary role is outreach, education and program development. As a member of the Polyamory Leadership Network, he is in contact with poly leaders from around the world.
Wry advocates awareness and dialogue regarding the options and alternatives to the hetero-normative marriage-minded, and traditional way of life. In this episode, we dive into the deep end of the pool all things fluid bonding – the good, the bad, the ugly – as well as share some racy stories.
Franklin is a writer, polyamory and BDSM activist, and sex educator. He co-owns Thorntree Press, a book publisher specializing in nonfiction books on alternative sexuality, and Tacit Pleasures, a tech startup exploring ways to use direct neurostimulation to help trans* people have the physical experience of being in a body that matches their gender identity. He is also a published writer, having authored The Game Changer: A memoir of disruptive love and is co-author with Eve Rickert of the polyamory book More Than Two: A practical guide to ethical polyamory.
Franklin is a writer, polyamory and BDSM activist, and sex educator. He co-owns Thorntree Press, a book publisher specializing in nonfiction books on alternative sexuality, and Tacit Pleasures, a tech startup exploring ways to use direct neurostimulation to help trans* people have the physical experience of being in a body that matches their gender identity. He is also a published writer, having authored The Game Changer: A memoir of disruptive love and is co-author with Eve Rickert of the polyamory book More Than Two: A practical guide to ethical polyamory.
Wendy – a self-proclaimed solo polyamorist – is a writer and techie who has worked in the nonprofit field for about ten years. She writes about kink and ethical non-monogamy on FetLife and is currently working on a Young Adult novel about a poly, pansexual protagonist.
RELATED LINKS | Fetlife @SparkleMadness
Michael is an entrepreneur and practical visionary with creative approach to freedom and empowerment. For the past decade he has been a major organizer of “New Culture” events aimed at creating a culture based on awareness, compassion and freedom rather than on fear and judgment. In 2011, Michael became the director of Abrams Creek Center, a retreat center in the mountains of West Virginia.
Michael is an entrepreneur and practical visionary with creative approach to freedom and empowerment. For the past decade he has been a major organizer of “New Culture” events aimed at creating a culture based on awareness, compassion and freedom rather than on fear and judgment. In 2011, Michael became the director of Abrams Creek Center, a retreat center in the mountains of West Virginia.
When Celeste Quinn isn’t working as a ghostwriter, copywriter, or freelance editor, she’s working on her novella series, “Diary of a Swinging Wife”. Though much of it is fiction, more than a smidge is memoir-ish, drawn from her experiences in the psychologically rich world of ethical non-monogamy. She has a weakness for shelter cats and books (especially vintage Modern Library editions) and has more than her landlord allows (cats, not books that is…she hopes he’s not reading this…). She and her husband live in Austin, Texas.
RELATED LINKS | Twitter @CQuinnWrites
Part Two of Two: Barry and Cathy are experts on sex positivity, self-determination and topics related to deepening connections. They have been presenters and organizers in polyamory and related communities for many years, on both the east and west coast. They are both members of the global Polyamory Leadership Network, and former organizers of East Bay Poly in California. They now live in Maryland, where they lead and produce events for the polyamory and related communities through BmorePoly.
Part One of Two: Barry and Cathy are experts on sex positivity, self-determination and topics related to deepening connections. They have been presenters and organizers in polyamory and related communities for many years, on both the east and west coast. They are both members of the global Polyamory Leadership Network, and former organizers of East Bay Poly in California. They now live in Maryland, where they lead and produce events for the polyamory and related communities through BmorePoly.
Laurie is an open relationship and polyamorous lifestyle coach. She works with individuals and couples who are curious about, considering and/or actively involved in open relationships, polyamory, polyamorous dating, and anything in between. Laurie’s teaching is deeply rooted in a polyamorous lifestyle. Through this open way of living and loving, she has discovered her true freedom of expression in all of her relationships, most importantly with herself. She is currently living in Austin, Texas.
Heina is a Southern-California based writer on secular social justice topics. They self-identifies mostly as a nerd but also as a polyamorous, kinky, queer, pansexual feminist. They have been on-and-off poly since 2008, full-time since 2010.
One of the presenters at Beyond The Love 2015 and a life-long student, Kathy pursues the craft of mental health therapy as her full-time gig. Her passion for personal growth and self-development is matched only by her interest in teaching others, through 1-to-1 interactions and the classroom.
Ferrett is a long-time blogger, author and teacher, and was the keynote speaker at the Beyond The Love Conference 2015. Ferrett is popular on FetLife as an author of various relationship essays, and is the Nebula-nominated author of urban fantasy novels FLEX and THE FLUX. Follow his adventures on FetLife as theferrett
Neil was one of the presenters at Beyond The Love 2015. Neil also chairs the board of directors for PolyColumbus. An attorney by training, he is passionate about amplifying and spreading good ideas, such as polyamory.
Wry advocates awareness and dialogue regarding the options and alternatives to the hetero-normative marriage-minded, and traditional way of life. In this episode, we dive into the deep end of the pool on the concept of hierarchies in non-monogamous arrangements – specifically Descriptive Hierarchy and Prescriptive Hierarchy. Come listen in!
Louisa is the author of The “Husband Swap” and “Lessons in Love and Life to my Younger Self”. She’s also a contributor to Huffington Post, Salon, Nerve, Jezebel and the Guardian. She lives a life which makes for a lot of stories. Louisa lives in an open relationship with her partners and two children in Sweden.
Saul of Hearts is a writer, musician and videographer based in Portland, Oregon. He lives in an intentional community and is a trained yoga instructor and regular Burning Man participant. His work has appeared at Slate, Modern Poly, Kinkly and Brazen Careerist and more.
RELATED LINKS | Twitter @saulofhearts
Rick’s work as a Coming Out Coach and Podcaster (Coming Out Lounge) has proven his talent to guide people out of hiding – regardless of sexuality – even if what they are hiding is their own brilliant differentness. He works with people to help them step into their most authentic self. He is also an author, speaker, blogger and generally awesome guy.
Part Two of Two: Interview with Wry from A Wry Perspective. Having gained experience in multiple forms of non-monogamous relationship over the past 13 years, Wry advocates awareness and dialogue regarding the options and alternatives to the hetero-normative marriage-minded, and traditional way of life.
Part One of Two: Interview with Wry from A Wry Perspective. Having gained experience in multiple forms of non-monogamous relationship over the past 13 years, Wry advocates awareness and dialogue regarding the options and alternatives to the hetero-normative marriage-minded, and traditional way of life.
In this introductory episode, I discuss the concept of the show and who might benefit from subscribing, introduce myself describing my background as well as why I decided to create the podcast in the first place. Some fun tidbits here!
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I would like to listen to this podcast on my podcast app. Is there an RSS that I can subscribe to?
I believe so but I have to look into this. Stay tuned and thank you! I am new to all of this!!!
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Excellent job, Kitty. Consider posting to soundcloud and later doing live broadcasts perhaps at google.hangouts.
Thanks, Steven! Yay!!!! They are all on SoundCloud already! The link is on the podcast page. Great ideas! If you ever want to be interviewed, let me know. 🙂
I would love the chance to interview, Kitty. You have a way of drawing out ideas that I might never otherwise consider. Tonight it occured to me as I listened to part 2 pf the Michael Rios interview that perhaps I need to learn to more deeply love myself. After all, I preach that loving yourself is the greatest relationship you can have in life. I seek to empower others and help them see and realize their own worth. Then it occured to me that I am lonely and feel stifled if I can’t GIVE love to another. Michael spoke of others as vending machines for our needs. I don’t….didn’t…see them in that way, but I saw then that I need to BE that stand-alone, self-validating individual that I strive to help others become. My own growth and change is imminent now.
Hi Steven! I am looking forward to hopefully scheduling a podcast interview with you. Thank you for your kind and complementary words on my interviewing skills and methods of drawing out a great conversation from my interviewees. Michael Rios is one of my favorite interviews to date. I had the pleasure of seeing him present at Beyond The Love last year. So I did have a preview already of what he could bring to the table. His presentation called “Polyamory as a Spiritual Path” just blew me away when I heard it. And yes it was very much focused on loving ourselves so well that we don’t need to use other people as emotional vending machines. What a valuable concept that I carry with me to this day. I am so heartened to hear that this concept resonated with you too from my podcast interview with Michael. Go rock your personal growth, my friend! Yeah!!!
Wow, this has been so much fun to go from start to finish through these interviews. I’m in the middle of the most recent one now. So much knowledge and so much love. This is such a rewarding and valuable service you are providing.
Wow back atcha, Steven, this comment and sentiment rocks! I never knew I was someday going to be a podcast show creator. I have found it incredibly rewarding for so many reasons, including getting to talk to and gather knowledge from so many smart, compassionate and awesome people. I am thrilled that you are enjoying the interviews so much! It helps me to keep going!
Hi Kitty! Great podcast woman. A powerful insight to those of us new to the world of polyamory. Thank you for sharing your loving and compassionate view.
Thank you so much for your kind note. I’m so glad that you like the podcast! It is alot of work but so rewarding. I’m enjoying it! Thanks for having such a beautiful and open mind, my lady friend! And THANK YOU for rating and reviewing it on iTunes. You rock! xoxo
Thank you for sharing what people are afraid to talk about.
You are most welcome! I am happy and thrilled to do it. I am so glad that you are enjoying the podcast. I have some great interviewees lined up, so stay tuned!
I was curious if you had any hints or tips on meeting poly folk? I moved to the lovely city of Baltimore not to long ago and finding others that are in the city has been an adventure. Most of the poly meet ups are out of the city limits – and me embracing the urban lifestyle no longer have a car! SHOCK HORROR! Are there any other places that folk gather online (i am newer to seeking out other poly folks) and plus – i would like to date girls (i am bisexual) but can’t seem to find any in my area. Maybe it is just a regional thing – but any tips would be appreciated.
Thanks for your comment! I don’t live far from you – in the Washington DC area. My best suggestion to you is the BmorePoly group (www.bmorepoly.org) in the Baltimore / DC / Nova region run by Barry and Cathy Smiler whom I’ve interviewed for the podcast. You can find their Meetup group here: http://www.meetup.com/BmorePoly. Other local groups and venues for events are Tabu, Bound, The Crucible and Entre Nous (though those are more on the swinger side of ethical non-monogamy).
Another online community that you can check out is polyamorynetwork.com or also fetlife.com might be great for the bisexual side of you. They have forums there that you can join on any topic under the sun, including personals.
I hope that helps! Let me know how you fair.
xoxo
Kitty