Loving Without Boundaries

EPISODE 167 Interview with Laurel Schrock. Laurel Schrock, a network engineer for Verizon Communications, hails from Mount Vernon, NY. She's an Army Vet, a graduate of Georgetown University and also a small business owner, making her love for candles into what she calls a "hobby that now pays for itself."  Laurel has always identified as monogamous but a little over two years ago, she began dating an awesome guy who happened to be poly.  Earlier this year (2021), she began to experience intense and debilitating insecurities. Although it was gradual, she was struggling and she knew she needed help.  If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more people have a deeper understanding of consensual non-monogamy and healthy, sex positive relationships in general. https://www.patreon.com/lovingwithoutboundaries

EPISODE 166 Interview with Kathy Slaughter. Understanding how abuse happens, how to recover from it, and how communities can prevent abuse and respond to harm in life-affirming ways forms the basis of Kathy’s passion. Grounded in Social Work values and paradigms, Kathy has spent 15 years working on healing trauma and uncovering pleasure, agency, and safety in the consulting room. Currently, she leads a team of six at Soaring Heart Counseling, a sex-positive, queer-affirming, trauma-informed therapy practice in Indianapolis, Indiana. In pursuit of liberation, Kathy enjoys practicing yoga and meditation, dancing, hiking, and planning outdoor adventures with friends at regional Burning Man festivals. Find Kathy online at www.soaringheartcounseling.com/, on Instagram & Twitter: @SoaringHeartIndy or watch her on YouTube. If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also h

EPISODE 165 Interview with Dr. Marie Thouin. Dr. Marie Thouin is a Mindful Dating & Relationship Coach who supports people of all backgrounds and relationship orientations to create intentional love lives. Her PhD research investigated the experience of compersion in consensually non-monogamous relationships. Her research is available on her website: https://www.whatiscompersion.com/ If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more people have a deeper understanding of consensual non-monogamy and healthy, sex positive relationships in general. https://www.patreon.com/lovingwithoutboundaries

EPISODE 164 Interview with Elisabeth Sheff. Dr. Elisabeth “Eli” Sheff is a researcher, expert witness, coach, speaker, and educational consultant. With a PhD in Sociology (University of Colorado, Boulder, 2005) and certification as a Sexuality Educator from the AASECT (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, 2012), Dr. Sheff specializes in gender and sexual minority families, consensual non-monogamy, and kink/BDSM. Sheff is the foremost academic expert on polyamorous families with children, and her 20+ year Polyamorous Family Study is the only longitudinal study of poly families with children to date. Connect with her on Twitter, Facebook or learn more at her website. If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more people have a deeper understanding of consensual non-monoga

EPISODE 163 Interview with Sagan Morrow. Sagan Morrow is a romantic comedy novelist (with a focus on polyamorous relationships), productivity strategist for multi-passionate creatives, and host of the Indie Author Weekly podcast. Connect with her on Twitter or Instagram, @Saganlives, or learn more at SaganMorrow.com. If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more people have a deeper understanding of consensual non-monogamy and healthy, sex positive relationships in general. https://www.patreon.com/lovingwithoutboundaries

EPISODE 162 Interview with Clive Silvaticus. Clive Silvaticus is an IT professional, communicator, musician, anarchist, and former soldier from Herefordshire, UK. Clive's introduction to Loving Without Boundaries came from his life partner, convinced as she was that he could be more aligned with his best life, and more involved in the polyamorous community. She had a point. Clive has always been polyamorous by orientation, always been uncomfortable with the ideology behind monogamy, and the structures that support it, and is working to help bring awareness and acceptance to polyamorous relating. Today, his focus is on understanding the communicative tools and skills necessary to make positive supportive, polyamory accessible to all. If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more people have a deeper unde

EPISODE 161: Interview with Phoenix Mandel. Certified Sexuality Educator Phoenix Mandel has been a sexuality educator and consultant since 2006, workshopping on sex and body positivity, kink, ethical nonmonogamy, and LGBTQIA+, alongside other areas of sexual health and sexual rights. Phoenix teaches classes internationally and currently resides in Los Angeles. They have an intersectional and activist approach, with a mission to make sex education more queer. If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more people have a deeper understanding of consensual non-monogamy and healthy, sex positive relationships in general. https://www.patreon.com/lovingwithoutboundaries

EPISODE 160: Michael Love is an advocate of Ethical Non-Monogamy who has been actively non-monogamous since 2010. He cohabitates with his wife and girlfriend in a Poly V living arrangement, and together, along with a team of creative contributors produce a wonderful magazine for the non-monogamous community called ENM Magazine. If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more people have a deeper understanding of consensual non-monogamy and healthy, sex positive relationships in general. https://www.patreon.com/lovingwithoutboundaries

EPISODE 159: Interview with Dr. Ian Jenkins. Dr. Ian Jenkins is the author of "Three Dads and a Baby: Adventures in Modern Parenting", a debut memoir about his experiences trying to have a baby as part of a polyamorous gay "Throuple." The three men wanted to have a child, but the road to having a baby took them through embryo adoption, IVF and surrogacy, dealing with lawyers and doctors, enormous medical bills, questions about polyamorous parenting, and legal battles to get all 3 dads listed on the birth certificate (they were the first to do so). The book will be published March 9 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more people have a deeper understanding of consensual non-monogamy and healthy, sex positive relationships in general. https://www.patreon.com/

EPISODE 158: Interview with Joanna Angel. Joanna Angel is an adult film star, director, producer, author, and owner of the BurningAngel Empire, the company known for the emergence and prevalence of tattooed women in the adult film industry. “Club 42” is her second choose-your-own erotic fantasy book. Her first, “Night Shift,” received much praise for being sex positive, gender inclusive, open minded, and diverse. If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more people have a deeper understanding of consensual non-monogamy and healthy, sex positive relationships in general. https://www.patreon.com/lovingwithoutboundaries

EPISODE 157: Interview with Leah Marshall. Leah Marshall is a relationship and human dynamics junkie and the founder and leader of the Esther Perel Discussion Group on Facebook, a community of over 12,000 members from across the globe who regularly discuss relationships, intimacy, sex, desire, and infidelity. She's also the creator of Song Therapy, a video series hosted in partnership with the hiitide app, which breaks down the relationship dysfunction in popular songs. You can connect with Leah on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZOqckFIqspSVjJi_ILphxg, on her blog at https://leapcastlife.wordpress.com/, on Song Therapy at https://hiitide.com/song-therapy, and in the Esther Perel Discussion Group at https://facebook.com/groups/793115204193690/. If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more

EPISODE 156: Interview with Alison Ash. Dr. Alison Ash is a trauma-informed sex and intimacy coach and educator, lecturer at Stanford University, author, and founder of TurnON.love. As a sociologist with a PhD from Stanford, Dr. Ash has a comprehensive understanding of the complex societal challenges that often lead to unsatisfying and disempowering sexual experiences. Dr. Ash designs workshops, courses, and retreats and offers individuals and couples coaching to give others the tools to discover their desires and confidently pursue them. She invites you to TurnON pleasure, intimacy and love at www.TurnON.love or follow her on Facebook and Instagram: @turnon.love If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more people have a deeper understanding of consensual non-monogamy and healthy, sex positive relations

EPISODE 155: Dan and Dawn Interview. Dan and Dawn have been partners since 2001 and have presented at over 100 events around North America. They are the authors of the Polyamory Toolkit and The Polyamory Dating Guide, co-host of the Erotic Awakening podcast, and referenced in a number of books, articles, and other media. You can follow them on Facebook and Instagram: @eroticawakening  or on Twitter: @dananddawn    If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more people have a deeper understanding of consensual non-monogamy and healthy, sex positive relationships in general. https://www.patreon.com/lovingwithoutboundaries

EPISODE 154: Interview with Tessa and Amir. Tessa & Amir have been in an open relationship - 'from swolly to poly' for the last 14 years! They are a deeply experimental and creative couple who have been joyfully married for over 30 years. They have three adult kids: one is married while two are flowing in and out of the home as they find their way in the world – particularly now during COVID. Tessa is focused on living mindfully and playfully. She has been meditating for many years, and is an educator, movement, mindfulness and sensuality coach and public speaker, and has created her own mindfulness and movement programs for kids, women and seniors. Tessa loves the feeling of the sun, the wind, and nature through all of her senses. You can often find her in the woods or on the beach, meditating, dancing or drumming. Paying close attention to the people and the world around her, and believing that by holding the pain and messiness of life, sorrows yield to the delights and connections possible in every

EPISODE 153: Amanda Wilson and David Epstein Interview. Amanda Wilson and David Epstein are the co-founders of #open, a dating app that creates a welcoming community for ethically non-monogamous, kinky, and other alternative relationships. Amanda has a degree in political science, and understands how making empowered choices changes the way that humans connect. David focused for over twenty years on creating and growing internet companies, focusing on data privacy and online security. After meeting on a dating platform (after many frustrating experiences), they compared notes and realized that they could create a better dating app that prioritizes authenticity, transparency, and security! Follow them on social media @hashtagopen, online at www.hashtagopen.com or download their app in the Apple and Google Play stores. If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help

EPISODE 152: Interview with Eurydice Eve. Born on Lesbos, Greece, Eurydice is a writer, artist, activist, archivist, multi-modal scholar, mentor and advocate for sexual healing. She is the author of “Satyricon USA: A Journey Across the New Sexual Frontier”, “f/32: The Second Coming,” and “f/32”. She’s the host and creator of “Speak Sex with Eve” podcast. Eury uses the male logos and the male gaze to recover and reclaim the suppressed truths they were constructed to hide. She uses embroidery / scribal writing / hand-drawing – ancient crafts that bring together her Eastern and Western heritages and feminist languages – to access the female nude as resistance. Eurydice’s art has been featured in numerous shows in Europe and the U.S. Her art practice connects her to hundreds of generations of silenced women for whom she speaks. Follow her work and adventures on the “Speak Sex with Eve” podcast wherever podcasts are played, at her website speaksexwitheve.com, and also at eurydice.net. If you get value out of the L

EPISODE 151: Interview with Mariana. Mariana is 29 years old, and lives with her husband in a polyamorous dynamic and has been dedicating her time understanding how loving relationships between healthy families exist in the most beautiful and diverse forms. In thinking about having children soon, she had a hard time finding a children’s book that represents a polyamorous family dynamic. And with that in mind she wrote “A Color Named Love”, a picture book about embracing love in all its forms, and celebrating the beauty found in all kinds of families. Follow her work and adventures on Instagram @acolornamedlove, email her at acolornamedlove@gmail.com, and considering donating to help make this wonderful book a reality at www.kickstarter.com/projects/acolornamedlove/a-color-named-love If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational co

EPISODE 150: Interview with Sumati Sparks. Sumati Sparks is a relationship coach specializing in helping mature people navigate the challenges of ethical non-monogamy. She is also a jealousy transformation expert. With over 30 years of spiritual practices and over 20 years of practicing polyamory and studying relationship and sexuality, Sumati blends a wealth of knowledge and experience with a deep awareness of our connection to the universe. Follow her work and adventures at her website SumatiSparks.com, and on Facebook @SumatiSparks. If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more people have a deeper understanding of consensual non-monogamy and healthy, sex positive relationships in general. https://www.patreon.com/lovingwithoutboundaries

EPISODE 149: Interview with Jessica Fern – author of “PolySecure”. Jessica Fern is a psychotherapist, public speaker, and trauma and relationship expert. 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. Follow her work at her website JessicaFern.com, and you can also enjoy a copy of her book “PolySecure.” If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more people have a deeper understanding of consensual non-monogamy and healthy, sex positive relationships in general. https://www.patreon.com/lovingwithoutboundaries

EPISODE 148: Interview with Jim Fleckenstein. Jim Fleckenstein became a relationship coach and educator because of his own life experiences. After the end of his 25-year marriage in 2000, he put the skills he’d gained from his successful non-profit career and his insatiable curiosity to work on relationships. He began a rigorous self-education process that included reaching out personally to leading researchers. His efforts quickly bore fruit. He created an organization that focuses on self-education, scientific research, and helping people have successful relationships. Along the way, Jim developed a unique approach to relationships based on proven methods he encountered over his years of study. Ultimately, he formalized this approach as his Affirmative Intimacy(tm) method. His book, “Love That Works: 38 Awesome Hacks for Amazing Relationships” came out in December 2019. Follow his work and adventures at his website affirmativeintimacy.com, purchase his book ltwthebook.com, and also find him on Facebook@affi