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Ep. 130 Deconstructing Polyamory, Jealousy, and Cheating with Morgan, Creator of Chillpolyamory

In today's episode, I am joined by Morgan—a Queer Polyamory Mentor and the creator of Chillpolyamory. She’s been consensually non-monogamous since 2012, and coaching others on their journeys since 2018. We discuss the western narrative surrounding monogamy, exploring polyamory, the negative connotations of jealousy, how Evan and I’s communication has improved since opening our relationship, cheating in polyamory relationships, hierarchal constructions of monogamous relationships, and more!

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Ep. 128 Supporting Addicts with Connection Not Control with Tarah Dowling

In today's episode, I am joined by Tarah Dowling a model, daughter of an addict, former foster child, and creator of the documentary To the Moon and Back. We discuss Tarah’s journey experience during her mom’s active addiction, her time in foster care, how their relationship evolved as showcased in the documentary, and using a compassionate approach to navigating addiction.

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Ep. 118 Q+A: Supporting Someone Who is Suicidal & Natural Depression Remedies

In honor of the upcoming holiday season and November being Suicide Survivor’s Month, I answer your questions on natural remedies for depression, spiritual bypassing, pharmaceutical medications for mental health, Evan’s advice on supporting someone through suicidal depression, if depression is connected to living truthfully, and the physical component of mental health.

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Ep. 117 Meet My Girlfriend Kris

In this week's episode, I am joined by my girlfriend, Kris! Y'all have been asking for this podcast to happen and I finally begged enough to make it happen. I will preface this episode by saying that Kris is a very introverted and private person with an avoidant attachment style, so to say that doing this was a challenge for her would be an understatement. While she is completely fine being pictured on social media, Kris coming on the podcast felt super daunting to her. I asked her multiple times if she wanted to skip it altogether, but she decided to do it! I am proud of her for overcoming her fears and diving into the experience. In this episode, we cover how we met, the status of our relationship, the truth behind her previous relationship with Braunwhyn Windham-Burke from the RHOC, and where we see our relationship heading. We also answered a bunch of your Q&A from Instagram.

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Ep. 116 Exploring and Understanding Sexual Desires with Angelika Alana

Today I am joined by Angelika Alana—a love, sex, and relationship coach specializing in body-based healing for spiritual women and gender non-conforming people. We dive into sexual exploration, sitting in discomfort rather than diving into desires, how to establish safety in your nervous system, communicating our sexual needs in an effective way, and being on the same team as your partner.

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Ep. 115 Our Open Marriage with Evan Haines

In this week’s episode of Recovering From Reality, I am joined by my wonderful partner, Evan Haines. We take a deep dive into our relationships and how we came to the decision to open up our marriage after 10 years of monogamy. We are answering your questions from the ask me anything I posted a few weeks ago and we cover a range of topics like how did we decide to become ethically non-monogamous, how we told our children, what our sex life looks like now and how we handle feelings of jealousy.

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Ep. 111 Your Quality of Life Matters with Dr. Will Cole

Today I am sitting down with Dr. Will Cole. Dr. Cole is a leading functional-medicine expert, consulting with people around the world via webcam and locally in Pittsburgh. He specializes in clinically investigating underlying factors of chronic disease and customizing health programs for thyroid issues, autoimmune conditions, hormonal dysfunctions, digestive disorders, and brain problems.

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