Fluid Relationships vs. Polyamory with Kate Loree - 212

Ever felt confined by the choice of monogamy or polyamory? What options lie between those two ends of the spectrum? And what happens if what’s right for you changes over time? Sex-

positive psychotherapist Kate Loree joins Sunny to talk about navigating and customizing fluid relationship dynamics. Some of what’s covered: 

The significance of intention in customizable relationships

Anxiety & Jealousy in non-monogamy

Parenthood & fluid relationships

Honesty in relationship dynamics

Mindfulness & communication

Couple’s privilege 

Fluid relationships vs relationship anarchy & more

Guest Bio – Kate Loree, LMFT 

Kate Loree, LMFT, is a sex-positive licensed marriage and family therapist with a specialty in non-monogamous, kink, LGBTQ, and sex worker communities. She is also the author of Open Deeply: A Guide to Building Conscious, Compassionate Open Relationships.

In addition to her master’s in marriage and family therapy, she also has an MBA and is a registered art therapist (ATR). She is an EDSE-certified sex educator and an EMDR-certified therapist with additional training in the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) for the treatment of trauma. She has been practicing psychotherapy since 2003.

Kate is the author of Open Deeply: A Guide to Building Conscious, Compassionate Open Relationships and cohosts the sex-positive podcast of the same name, Open Deeply, with Sunny Megatron. She’s been featured in Buzzfeed videos and has guested on Playboy Radio and many podcasts, including American Sex, Sluts and Scholars, and Sex Nerd Sandra. She’s written for Good Vibrations, Hollywood Magazine, and is a frequent public speaker.

Kate Loree Website: http://kateloree.com 

Kate Loree Facebook http://facebook.com/kateloreelmft 

Kate Loree Twitter http://twitter.com/kateloreelmft 

Kate Loree Instagram http://instagram.com/opendeeplywithkateloree 

Kate Loree YouTube https://www.youtube.com/kateloree 

Open Deeply: A Guide to Building Conscious, Compassionate Open Relationships book https://www.amazon.com/dp/164742335X/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_ZHACQ8RJHMR2R9HGHBMY 

Open Deeply Podcast http://opendeeplypodcast.com 

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In Loving Memory of Jackie “Bebe” Harris  https://ncsfreedom.org/2023/10/16/in-loving-memory-of-jackie-bebe-harris/ 

Decriminalizing BDSM with NCSF, National Coalition For Sexual Freedom – Ep 185 https://sunnymegatron.com/explicit-prior-permission-ncsf-podcast/  

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