E.111 - Mono-Normative Messaging and its Challenges in Polyamory with Alonna Donovan Makinson

E.111 - Mono-Normative Messaging and its Challenges in Polyamory with Alonna Donovan Makinson

Alonna Donovan Makinson was inspired to serve the polyam community when, as a practicing therapist, she discovered an abundance of polyam clients and a nearly complete lack of polyam affirming therapists in her area.

We dive right into the constant bombardment of messaging from all sorts of media sources, and how the "one man, one woman" messaging and lack of representation in the media for the majority of our history impacts all of us as a society at large.

Isolation and lack of social support are just a few negative side effects, especially when our relationship choices might be considered a deviance.

I grill Alonna pretty hard on the idea of deviance, especially where non-monogamy falls in the DSM, and the changes that Alonna sees in expanding psychology education to include non-monogamous relationship structures.

Learn more about Alonna at www.life-tree-consulting.com !

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E.89 - Breaking Free to Live Authentically with Karine Bedard

E.89 - Breaking Free to Live Authentically with Karine Bedard

In this episode I get to chat with Karine Bedard, a Bible school graduate who found her faith shaken when her husband, a fellow Bible school graduate and her first love, began to question his. Karine ...

24 Aug 202135min

E.88 - Creating A Safe & Inclusive Community Part II with Olivia Fermi

E.88 - Creating A Safe & Inclusive Community Part II with Olivia Fermi

In this follow-up episode (check E.84 for part 1) with Olivia Fermi, I've done my homework and spent time talking with my Tias and my Mom about their experiences in coming to America. I share those st...

23 Aug 202143min

E.87 - All the Ways Polyamory Changed My Life with James Sias

E.87 - All the Ways Polyamory Changed My Life with James Sias

The topic didn't change, but the guest did! I was expecting to have this conversation with someone else, but I ended up talking about this myself. I've shared my origin story before, so I spent more t...

18 Aug 202125min

E.86 - Being Honest Means Confronting Past Trauma with Sharon R.

E.86 - Being Honest Means Confronting Past Trauma with Sharon R.

In this episode we get to hear a very real, raw, and unfiltered story from someone in our polyam community who has seen her share of ups and downs through her poly journey. Sharon talks us through som...

17 Aug 202127min

E.85 - Asking New Questions Can Change Your Life with Tara Lynne Franco & Andre Turcotte

E.85 - Asking New Questions Can Change Your Life with Tara Lynne Franco & Andre Turcotte

I'm so excited to be able to showcase the team that helped me through one of the lowest points of my life, earlier this year. Tara and Andre are a coach and therapist duo who compliment one another's ...

16 Aug 202134min

E.84 - Creating A Safe & Inclusive Community with Olivia Fermi

E.84 - Creating A Safe & Inclusive Community with Olivia Fermi

I had a cancellation a week before this interview was scheduled, so I tweeted out a call (trying to be more actively inclusive) to the QTBIPOC community to fill that spot. When no one answered the cal...

11 Aug 202131min

E.83 - When Polyamory Magnifies Your Relationship Problems with Heather Shannon

E.83 - When Polyamory Magnifies Your Relationship Problems with Heather Shannon

Today's guest in an awesome therapist from Michigan, Heather Shannon. After getting to know her a bit and find out why she is inspired to help people in non-monog/non-traditional relationships, we div...

10 Aug 202134min

E.82 - Taking an Active Role in Mental Health with Taryn Sinclaire

E.82 - Taking an Active Role in Mental Health with Taryn Sinclaire

After a brief introduction and learning about Taryn's background, we start by diving into Simone Biles' decision to remove herself from Olympics competition due to mental health reasons. I have a litt...

4 Aug 202136min

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