The Loving Challenger

Lea Dawn is an attachment and relationship "thera-coach", international speaker, writer, and workshop facilitator, who specializes in anxious attachment relationship issues, attachment theory, relational trauma, and complex PTSD. She is certified in Neuro-Fit and a graduate of the IFS Circle, Terry Real’s Relational Life Therapy (RLT Level 1), and ISTA Level 1. Lea’s ultimate mission is to compassionately help people learn the skills they were never taught by parents or schools to create and sustain securely attached, fulfilling, and empowered relationships. This was such a fun, inspiring and informational conversation and I'm so excited to share it with you! 4:20 Lea’s Journey and Mission 10:50 - Understanding the Nervous system 24:00 - Victim Consciousness and Power Literacy 30:25 - Taking Accountability and Healing 36:00 - The Healing Power of Holding Space 43:20 - Understanding and Navigating Inner Conflict 50:00 - Reclaiming Personal Power Secure Love Atlas visual Connect with Lea here: www.LeaDawnLove.com IG: @lea.dawn.love ---------------- The Loving Challengers podcast is dedicated to bringing you new tools and frameworks to challenge the status quo so you can create your own way of relating, loving, working and living. @lovingchallengers FREE 20 minute call with Megan Bhatia - click here

Hello Loving Challengers! I'm so excited to introduce you to Niki Corocan...a true phoenix, uncaged! Niki shares so openly and authentically from her own personal experiences, and has bravely walked her own path. Some of the topics we cover: - Religious Indoctrination - Learning to grieve & making peace her own way - Relationship with her own body & sexuality (purity culture) - Monogamy to open relating - Healing by accepting and loving previous versions of herself If you want to hear more from Niki, check out her podcast: Tales of a Trailblazer: Uncaaged and find her on IG @phoenix_uncaged - set up a call with her to connect! And, if you're interested in learning more about custom retreats with Megan in Costa Rica, set up an exploration call here. IG - @lovingchallengers

Hello friends! There is going to be SO MUCH to take from this conversation with Shai Fishman and Lea Dawn from Leveled Up Love. They not only share their own personal experience in non-monogamy, they have amazing frameworks to support you in your journey no matter where you are at. They have a holistic team approach to open relationship Thera-coaching and I'm personally so thrilled to be a part of their amazing network! Watch their FREE WEBINAR - From PolyAgony To PolySecurity Shai Fishman is the founder of Leveled Up Love, an international CNM/ENM community and education platform. His programs have supported thousands worldwide to thrive, not just survive, in more secure open relationships. He is the creator of live events such as The Open Love Experience and RelateFest. He also developed S.P.A.R.C. a simple step-by-step process, for expressing, examining, and resolving open relationship conflicts faster. Shai struggled through decades of monogamy. After the standard guilt, shame, and stagnation, he had to give open relating a try. But opening up his marriage had its unique challenges and he was far from prepared, so he struggled needlessly! After 13 years, some hard-won lessons, and advice from top experts, he became passionate about sharing all of his knowledge with those who need it. Shai is the creator of The Secure Poly Protocol, a transformative, holistic team approach to open relationship Thera-coaching! Lea Dawn is an attachment and relationship "thera-coach", international speaker, writer, and workshop facilitator, who specializes in anxious attachment and “poly-anxious” relationship issues. intersections of alternative and open relationships, attachment theory, relational trauma, and complex PTSD. She draws upon her rich 7-year journey through consensual non-monogamy and living in an expanded family to share the robust toolbox she gained throughout her own experience of poly panic. Lea uses her deeply self-studied lenses of parts work (Internal Family Systems or IFS), inner child work, attachment theory, nervous system regulation, neuroscience, Non-Violent Communication (NVC), boundaries work, shamanism, and therapeutic plant medicine to help coaching clients become aware of, explore, and heal their relational wounds and overcome challenging behavioral patterns. She is an advocate of the poly-anxious and HSPs overwhelmed by the challenges of open relating. Lea’s ultimate mission is to compassionately help people learn the skills they were never taught by parents or schools to create and sustain securely attached, fulfilling, and empowered relationships. She is certified in Neuro-Fit and a graduate of the IFS Circle, Terry Real’s Relational Life Therapy (RLT Level 1), and ISTA Level 1. www.amorypodcast.com IG @amorypodcast

Jessica Fern's first book, PolySecure, rocked my world and started me down my path of Self-Love. Her 2nd book, Polywise, authored with David Cooley is just as revolutionary - right in the sweet spot of polyamory and personal growth. I appreciate both Jessica and David's candid honesty regarding their own personal life paths and how they have gained the knowledge they included in the book. What a conversation! FYI - part of the episode we had to cut because we lost connection with Jessica. In my edits, I accidentally cut out the part where David says how you can find him. Please find him directly at www.resortativerelationship.com Jessica Fern is a Psychotherapist, Coach, and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Jessica is the author of Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and NonMonomgamy, The Polyseucre Workbook: Healing Your Attachment and Creating Security in Loving Relationships, and Polywise: A Deeper Dive Into Navigating Open Relationships. 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. Learn more at JessicaFern.com. (IG @Jessicafern411) David Cooley is a professional Restorative Justice facilitator, diversity and privilege awareness trainer, and bilingual cultural broker. He is the creator of the Restorative Relationship Conversations model, a process that transforms interpersonal conflict into deeper connection, intimacy and repair. In his private practice, David specializes in working with non-monogamous and LGBTQ partnerships, incorporating a variety of modalities including trauma-informed care, attachment theory, somatic practices, narrative theory, and mindfulness-based techniques. ⁠www.resortativerelationship.com Looking for more love in your life? Start with yourself? The next Self-Love Journey starts in January 2024!

OMG, I LOVED this conversation with Melanie Curtin...and for men who have sex with women, this will be paradigm shifting for you! Ladies - you're also going to be soooooo validated listening to Melanie's sex research findings! In this podcast you'll hear Melanie share about: - The important information that women are NOT telling men about sex...and why! - What women are craving from men (inside and outside the bedroom) - And...the Heart/C0ck Matrix - what it is and how men can cultivate heart AND power. Melanie is a sex researcher and men’s coach with a Master’s in Communication from Stanford University.She is a columnist at Inc. magazine, and has been published or seen on TODAY, Huffington Post, Forbes, Business Insider, The New York Observer, and more.She has been coaching men for over six years, and specializes in bringing a woman’s perspective to men, so they can connect and succeed with women in fun, inviting, and meaningful ways that lead to fulfilling sex and relationships. www.melaniecurtin.com www.pleaseherinbed.com spotify podcast - Dear Men: How to Rock Sex, Dating and Relationships with Women Thanks for listening to Amory Podcast! www.amorypodcast.com Self-Love & CNM Relationship Support

"Everything you think you know about kink, throw it out the window!" - Sunny Megatron I am LOVING the conversation I had with Sunny Megatron, host of American Sex podcast, where we dig deep into the essence of kink. There are many overlaps with open relating as it relates to creating mutual agreements, seeking consent, communicating boundaries, intentionally exploring emotional states, and so much more! Sunny Megatron is an award-winning Clinical Sexologist, BDSM & Certified Sexuality Educator, and media personality. She’s the host & executive producer of the Showtime original series, Sex with Sunny Megatron, co-hosts AASECT Award-winning American Sex Podcast and Open Deeply Podcast, and was 2021's XBIZ Sexpert of the Year. Currently, she’s the Editor-in-Chief of kink-focused Zipper Magazine. Known for her one-of-a-kind, build-your-own-adventure approach to sex, kink & relationships, Sunny coined the BDSM community catch-phrase, Kink is Customizable™. In her sell-out workshops, her unique brand of “edutainment” seamlessly combines her humorous teaching style, interactive exercises, and the latest sexuality research. Sunny’s passion is helping others overcome shame and find their power through play and pleasure. She’s also working on her first book, “Customizable Kink: A Strategic Guide to Adult Play.” Want more? Find Sunny at... sunnymegatron.com tiktok.com/ @sunnymegatrontwitter.com/ sunnymegatroninstagram.com/ sunnymegatronfacebook.com/ sunnymegatronamericansexpodcast.compatreon.com/ americansexdirect.me/ sunnymegatron http://youtube.com/sunnymegatron Are you exploring ethical non-monogamy? Follow @amorypodcast on Instagram Looking for support in your unique journey of open relating? Contact megan@amorypodcast.com for one-on-one support or online self-love courses. www.amorypodcast.com

In this episode I share my own limiting beliefs that I'm working through, how to use anger as "change energy", what it means to "do the work" and why it's so important. I'll be hosting a FREE Self-Love workshop on Tuesday February 7th - please join me! Or, if you know you want to dig into your own Self-Love in a powerful way, you can join the 8-week Self-Love Journey which starts Feb 21st.  www.amorypodcast.com IG - @amorypodcast 

Leah Marshall is the founder and leader of the Esther Perel Discussion Group on Facebook, a community of approximately 15,000 members from across the globe who regularly discuss relationships, intimacy, sex, desire, and infidelity. Leah practices solo polyamory and shares some of what she has learned, her challenges, and her love of learning about relationships!  You can connect with Leah here: - YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/user/leahkmarshall/videos - Blog at: https://leapcastlife.wordpress.com/ - Esther Perel Discussion Group on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/793115204193690 Resources mentioned in the podcast: Relationship Smorgasbord - A Conversation-Starter for Discussing Relationship Wants & Needs  https://www.reddit.com/r/polyamory/comments/ehmjaq/i_made_my_own_version_of_the_relationship_anarchy/ Interview with Esther Perel and Tao Ruspoli, the filmmaker behind the documentary Monogamish https://youtu.be/kAmK5ZiqqjI