Ep 439 - Liz

About this episode

Liz shares her journey of exploring non-monogamy and the challenges and freedoms that come with it.

For a long time Liz felt like she was broken. She kept expecting to have a crush, form a relationship, and then stop having new crushes because she was just so in love. Instead, she would have a crush, fall in love, and then have another crush, and then another, and another. Liz eventually tried an open relationship with her high school boyfriend and even though she never did anything other than having lots of crushes, she felt so free! After high school, societal pressure crept in and Liz didn’t revisit the idea of non-monogamy until her thirties when she and her husband opened their relationship about a year into their marriage. After exploring kitchen table polyamory together for about a decade, Liz and her husband separated but currently still live together with their kids as well as with her ex-husband’s partner and her kids. Join us for this powerful interview as Liz takes us on her journey of figuring out what actually works for her and what she wants in life. We have fantastic conversations about hierarchy, the relationship escalator, dating, jealousy, and we get to hear what happens when Liz actually tries to pursue all her crushes all at once! Liz is also a dating and…

People in this episode

Guest: Liz

Topics covered

• non-monogamy
• polyamory
• relationships
• dating
• jealousy

Keywords

• open relationship
• kitchen table polyamory
• relationship escalator
• highly sensitive women
• soul-aligned love

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Products: dating and relationship coaching

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