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Making Polyamory Work in 2020

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Making Polyamory Work in 2020

When it comes to alternative relationships, polyamory is one of the most common and least understood. We too often wrongly lump polygamy or open relationships in the same category, but in reality, polyamory provides unique relationship dynamics that come with their own benefits, as well as their own struggles. In 2020, polyamorous relationships are becoming more and more prevalent as couples and individuals look to explore the many facets of alternative relationships, and like any other relationship, there are important questions as to how to make lasting and fulfilling connections.

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Racial Trauma, Intersectionality, and Acknowledging Privilege

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Racial Trauma, Intersectionality, and Acknowledging Privilege

It’s June 2020. Covid-19 cases continue to spread. People are taking to the streets world-wide to protest police brutality in the United States, and the voices of the black community are louder than they’ve ever been, calling for an end to systemic racism once and for all. And let’s not forget, it’s pride month. How are you holding up?

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No Such Thing as a Communication Problem

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No Such Thing as a Communication Problem

What we really mean when we talk about communication problems is that our partner doesn’t validate our ideas or position and we are struggling to regulate our own feelings about our partner’s response.

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What is Erotic Self Care?

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What is Erotic Self Care?

What is Erotic Self Care? While it’s true that sex therapy and relationship therapy are valuable tools for many couples, we can actually begin to open up and unwind our relational tensions with self care, and erotic self care is one of the best ways to align your body and mind and overcome struggles you are having as an individual or as a couple.

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Strategies to Keep Relationship, Family, and Love Strong

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Strategies to Keep Relationship, Family, and Love Strong

Coronavirus has forced all of us to stay home more, work from home, and spend more time with our loved ones. Sometimes it feels great to spend more time together, play together, laugh together, and build memories together. Sometimes however, all this togetherness can cause more frustration and suffocation.

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Finding Balance for Modern Couples

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Finding Balance for Modern Couples

In today's world we are moving at an increasingly rapid pace. It seems that most people nowadays have the attention span of a goldfish (you are still reading this , right?) There are so many trivial things in our day that many of us reach the end of our work day exhausted and plagued with decision fatigue. How do we find balance in relationships, life, and everything in between?

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