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The RBDSM Conversation: A Guide to Talking Before Intimacy
When you are considering being intimate with someone, it is helpful to have this conversation first.
RBDSM is a framework for having it. Five letters, five areas: Relationship, Boundaries, Desires, Sexual Health, Meaning. I teach it with two more attached, Aftercare and Trauma awareness, which makes it RBDSM+AT. Those last two are usually presented as optional extras, and they are where I see most of the actual injury happen. What someone needs afterwards, and what their bod
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Why Nonmonogamy Feels So Wrong: A History of Mononormativity
Why do I feel disgust at the thought of my partner loving someone else? Why does this feel like betrayal even when everyone consented?
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Am I Polyamorous or Monogamous? A Relationship Coach's Honest Guide
Wondering if you're polyamorous or monogamous? A relationship coach breaks down the three layers of love (ideology, identity, and capacity) to help you find your honest answer without the shame.
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Psilocybin Couples Therapy: The Neuroscience of Breaking Stuck Relationship Patterns
Some couples do everything right in therapy and still slide back into the same fight months later. That isn't a failure of effort or love, it's how the adult brain is wired. New neuroscience shows that psilocybin reopens a two-week window where those patterns can finally be rewired. Here's how psilocybin couples therapy works, and who it's for.
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Breakups: What Happens Neurologically and Why No-Contact Helps
Why your brain reacts like it's in withdrawal and why no-contact is vital for healing. Amy explores the hormonal surge of cortisol and dopamine crashes that make moving on feel impossible. Learn why experts like Dr. Nicole Richardson and Susan J. Elliott recommend a year of no-contact to rewire attachment pathways. Whether navigating conscious uncoupling or rebuilding after loss, understand how to protect your nervous system, grieve the lost future, and reclaim your sovereign
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The Fears & Vulnerability Check-In: A Practice for Building Intimacy Through Sharing What Scares You
The Fears & Vulnerability Check-In is a structured skills development exercise for couples who want to deepen their connection by creating a safe space to share their fears and practice vulnerability.
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Are You in a High-Conflict Relationship?
High-conflict relationships can feel overwhelming, painful, and impossible to navigate — but they’re not hopeless. This article helps you identify the signs, understand what’s driving the conflict beneath the surface, and discover how healing, intimacy, and reconnection are possible through deeper insight, nervous system support, and sacred relational work.
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What Happens in a SomatoSensual Therapy Session?
Discover SomatoSensual Therapy: a transformative blend of somatic, psychological, and practices to awaken connection, healing, and vitality.
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Gentle Communication Using the 4 NVC Steps
Effective communication is the cornerstone of healthy relationships
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