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Emotions: What They Mean and How to Communicate Them
Emotions and feelings are the brain’s way of getting our attention when we need to pay attention to our surroundings for safety, when there is a need not being met, an activating event related to a fear (and it wants us to acknowledge it so we can work through it), or to tell us when we need to rest because the “battery” is low.
The Power of “No”: Breaking Free from People-Pleasing
Learning to say, “No” properly; it does NOT make you selfish.
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Recommendations
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The Ethical Slut, Third Edition: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love*
A sex-positive, affirming, and validating resource about the different types of CNM that was written for the widest possible audience. The Ethical Slut was written by Janet W. Hardy and Dossie Easton. Dossie is a therapist that specializes in alternative sexualities as well as nontraditional relationships, and Janet was known in the first edition as Catherine A. Liszt. Together they have been lovers, dear friends, and coauthors. The book is currently in it’s third edition, and the ISBN number is 978-0-39957-966-0.
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Non-Monogamy*
A great polyamory resource about extending attachment theory into the realm of CNM by Jessica Fern with a foreword by Eve Rickert and Nora Samaran published in 2020 (and it has an accompanying workbook!). ISBN-10: 1944934987
Your Guide to 9 Different Types of Poly Relationships
A great article by Madison Higgins posted to Let’s Eat Cake Blog written on March 26, 2021.