Poly Break-Ups ft. Poly Pages

Today, Cami and Niki welcome, once again, Claire Louise Travers, who runs the podcast, research hubs, and events for Poly Pages - an academic non-monogamous podcast and platform, focused on the texts which have shaped polyamorous community and culture.

In the first season, Claire talked about rich and insightful resources about the poly world. Today, we dive into poly breakups. We get to look at how non-monogamous and polyamorous people deal with multiple breakups and failed relationships, what can be learned from them, and why we all need a good set of friends who can view poly breakups as a new beginning. AND, it’s okay to be with yourself from time to time when you need to heal and recuperate, ‘hoe’ phase included of course! Just keep it healthy!  

Listen Up:

00:00 Intro

01:21 Experience with polyamorous breakups

05:20 Handling a partner that is going through a breakup

10:03 Shifting relationships around

16:21 You are going to change during the relationship

22:55 Suppressing yourself to make something work

26:23 Deciding to have children is different for men and women

36:51 Some people would blame being polyamorous for the breakup

41:02 Operating your relationships from a place of fear

48:23 “We hoe phase from a place of healthiness.”  

52:40 Have a primary partnership with yourself

01:00:13 For anyone going through a poly breakup…

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