The Ready For Polyamory Podcast

Season 3 Episode 5: FWB and Play Partners

May 8th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  31 mins 49 secs

consensual nonmonogamy, jealousy, polyamory, relationship anarchy, relationships

Laura discusses the application of CNM, polyamory, and relationship anarchy theory to fwb and play partner relationships and the joy points and points involved.

Season 3 Episode 4: Relationship Anarchy

May 2nd, 2021  |  Season 3  |  47 mins 27 secs

In an examination of the Relationship Anarchist Manifesto, Laura and David Overton look at how different relationships can fit polyamorous norms or not within the principles of relationship anarchy.

Season 3 Episode 3: Emotional Processing

April 24th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  35 mins 40 secs

coping, emotions, partners, polyamory, processing

Laura and Orphne discuss processing difficult emotions and conflicts internally and externally and the pros and cons of both approaches.

Season 3 Episode 2: Attachment Theory

April 17th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  40 mins 22 secs

attachment, attachment theory, love, polyamory, relationship, security, trauma

Jessica Fern appears to discuss Attachment Theory, trauma, and secure relating in polyamorous relationships in an interview.

Season 3 Episode 1: Polyamory, Disability & Accessibility

April 10th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  54 mins 35 secs

adhd, coach, disability, polyamory, relationship, sex educator

Laura & Rachael Rose of Hedonish talk about disability, accessibility, and how the polyamorous community can best address the needs of its members with disabilities.

Season 2 Episode 12: Insecurity and Polyamory

March 13th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  40 mins

boundaries, insecurity, polyamorous, polyamory, relationship

Laura and Seva talk about ways polyamory is well-suited to help people work through their insecurities in themselves and in relationships.

Season 2 Episode 11: Legal Hypotheticals

March 6th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  57 mins 50 secs

domestic partner, legal, marriage, polyamory, relationship

Laura and her guest examine some possible paths for future legal acceptance of polyamorous relationships , based on growing social acceptance. #notlegaladvice.

Season 2 Episode 10: Polyamory and Power Exchange

February 27th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  34 mins 40 secs

d/s, polyamory, power exchange, relationship

Laura (sans guest, because the pandemic has disabled her planned guest!) discusses polyamory and power exchange relationships.

Season 2 Episode 9: Love and Apology Languages

February 20th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 10 mins

apology languages, conflict resolution, love languages, metamour, polyamory

This week on the Ready for Polyamory Podcast, Laura talks with Orphne Sicarius for this podcast episode focused broadly on Love Languages and Apology Languages, and how these concepts apply in polyamorous networks. The conversation expands to include conflict with metamours and trauma informed interpersonal interactions.

Season 2 Episode 8: Coming Out Part 2

February 13th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 1 min

Laura and guests Daniel GreenWolf, Corwin, Seva, Jami, and Brian discuss reactions to coming out, controlling the message, and the ongoing role of coming out in one's day-to-day life in Part 2 of their roundtable discussion.

Season 2 Episode 7: Coming Out

February 6th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  49 mins 51 secs

coming out, pansexual, polyamorous, polyamory, queer, relationship

Laura and guests Daniel GreenWolf, Corwin, Seva, Brian, and Jami discuss coming out as polyamorous (and in the case of some guests, as queer) to friends and family, who they came out to first, and what reactions they received.

Season 2 Episode 6: Boundaries

January 30th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 29 mins

boundary, polyamory, polycule, relationships, rules

Laura and a roundtable of guests discuss personal boundaries and how they apply to all interpersonal relationships, but especially romantic and polyamorous relationships.

Season 2 Episode 5: Polyamory: Married and Dating

January 23rd, 2021  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 21 mins

Laura and Corwin tear apart the tropes and stereotypes in the second half of season 1 of Showtime's Polyamory: Married and Dating, both for humor and to talk about what looks real, what looks fake, and how to avoid the relationship mistakes characters make in the show.

Season 2 Episode 4: Off Escalator Relationships

January 16th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  44 mins 23 secs

Laura and Meadow Perry discuss relationships off the Relationship Escalator, designing your own metrics of whether they're working, and the ways it can be a struggle to get off the escalator in our larger culture.

Season 2 Episode 3: Love in the Time of Covid

January 9th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 4 mins

covid19, polyamory, polycule, relationships, rules

Laura and David Overton discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and precautions against it on polycules and polyamorous relationships.

Season 2 Episode 2: Hierarchy

January 2nd, 2021  |  Season 1  |  56 mins 20 secs

Dr. Liz Powell and Laura discuss Prescriptive, Descriptive, and Sneaky Hierarchies - as well as a bunch of jokes, sight gags, Dr. Liz's New Year's Project, and how fear and trauma intersect with hierarchy and rules.