Mindful Poly

We’re back with a special bonus episode recorded on the road at Southwest Love Fest 2025! We asked SWLF attendees, speakers and staff what was one new thing they learned recently that changed the way…

Nova and Fox take a page from Sartre and explore the concepts of Facticity and Transcendence. What is true about me right now? Who am I on the path to becoming? How can I find the balance between my …

The special episode format returns! This week, we asked you what makes you feel secure in a relationship and used your answers to make this episode. A HUGE thank you to everyone who lent us their tim…

Nova welcomes special guest Vick to the podcast to talk about their experience being non-binary, trans and polyamorous, the challenges faced when navigating societally-trained assumptions, and the po…

Fox and Nova "break up" the tension in the room and dive into the deep end of relationship transitions, explore the ways breakups are felt and viewed by others, why we resist change and how can we ho…

In this episode, Fox is joined in the studio by Elliot to talk about Relationship Anarchy, what it is, what it isn’t, and why we would want to deconstruct the culture that made us who we are and exam…

Kick off your shoes, get comfortable and get curious. In this episode we learn where the podcast got it’s name, how mindfulness, meditation and polyamory intersect and then Nova will take us through …

Welcome back to Mindful Poly! Season 2 kicks off with Fox and Nova comparing the differences between Rules and Boundaries, how they often function in relationships, and how to spot when rules try to …

That’s a wrap on the first complete season of Mindful Poly! Join Fox and Nova as they check in and talk about what it was like to make a podcast together, share some audience feedback and reactions, …

Get ready for a special episode! This week, we wanted to hear from you! We brought the mics out of the studio and asked everyone we could all the same question. We compiled their answers together to …

Metamours are the first new concept many who are new to poly encounter and your relationship with them, or desired lack of one, will play a huge role in the deciding the course your journey will take…

From first crush to navigating the non-monogamous dating world, we’ll share Nova’s journey of discovering what being Aro/Ace means to her and discuss the path she took to get there.

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Is it possible to feel compersion and jealousy at the same time? In this episode we explore one of Nova’s favorite topics, philosophy, and imagine a world where we accept and understand that our part…

In this episode we explore the concept of the relationship escalator, the unspoken assumptions guiding the future of our relationships. Why do we follow it? What happens when we choose a different pa…

Fox and Nova each have a story to share about their own coming out at work experiences, playing mono on TV, and doing the hard math to answer the question: "Is this worth it?". RSVP for three! What’s…

In our season one premiere episode, Fox and Nova explore their theory on insecurity and the ways society sometimes reinforces it, share stories about the strange ways insecurity twists things that ar…

Welcome to Mindful Poly! In this special preview episode we’ll introduce our hosts Fox and Nova, give a preview of future topics we plan to cover, explain our policy on nicknames and privacy, and sha…