Playing With Fire27 Heinä 2024

162 Non-Monogamy & Community: Real Stories from YOO

Opening up isn’t just about f*cking around and finding out.

Done thoughtfully, it’s an experience of opening up yourself. It winds up being a journey of learning what you truly need and want and how to collaborate to create relationships that truly fit.

The Year of Opening is POWERFUL. I’ve seen people transform themselves and their lives in this program, over and over. In this special PWF episode, we sit down with five past participants to hear about what brought them to The Year of Opening, the challenges they faced in their opening journeys, and the transformations they underwent along the way.

We created The Year of Opening to give people access to researched-backed tools, professional support, and a community of people who just get it, all in one place. Hear all about it from these amazing, brave YOO graduates, who get vulnerable in this episode to give you a peek into what it’s like to join this community.

If you’re looking for support on your opening journey, but you have some questions about the best way to get it, this episode is for you!

Our graduates share:

— What inspired them to find support

— What it was like being in a group and talking about vulnerable stuff

— The tools and concepts that stuck with them

— How the work is continuing to benefit their lives

— The unexpected personal growth that came from working on their relationships

— The importance of community support while exploring non-monogamy

JOIN The Year of Opening community for a full year of learning & support. Registration is open now at ⁠⁠www.theyearofopening.com⁠⁠

Are you ready to open your relationship happily? Find out at⁠⁠ ⁠www.JoliQuiz.com⁠

Get the answers you want to create the open relationship of your dreams! Sign up for an Ask Me Anything here

Read the transcript of this episode here

Music: Dance of Felt by ⁠Blue Dot Sessions

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