Discover Your Bonding Type feat. Dr. Eli Sheff

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05/27/24 • 90 min

We are joined by Dr. Eli Sheff, the world's foremost academic expert on polyamorous families with children.

In this episode, we discuss The Bonding Project, her endeavour to help people across the relationship spectrum learn more about how they bond. We took The Bonding Project tests and discuss our results with Dr. Eli, plus we get an update on her work studying polyamorous families.

But first, Siobhan tells Rich about an article that compares being single and being polyamorous.

We can't thank Dr. Eli enough for joining us on the show. Check out The Bonding Project, Dr. Eli's website and her blog on Psychology Today.

Complete OPEN's 2024 Non-Monogamy Community Survey and read The Conversation article.

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We are joined by Dr. Eli Sheff, the world's foremost academic expert on polyamorous families with children.

But first, Siobhan tells Rich about an article that compares being single and being polyamorous.

We can't thank Dr. Eli enough for joining us on the show. Check out The Bonding Project, Dr. Eli's website and her blog on Psychology Today.

Complete OPEN's 2024 Non-Monogamy Community Survey and read The Conversation article.

Previous Episode

Non-Monogamy: A Gay Cliché feat. Mike and Kyle From Gayish Podcast

Are all gay men non-monogamous? Do gay men want monogamy? Does non-monogamy feel compulsory in the Gay community? We put these questions and much more to the hosts of the Gayish podcast Mike Johnson and Kyle Getz.

We chat about the role non-monogamy plays in Gay dating, how it can be difficult to negotiate monogamy and if discrimination and homophobia led to Gay men being regarded as the 'pioneers' of non-monogamy in the Queer community.

First, Rich and Siobhan chat about how to answer a question commonly asked of non-monog folk, "What is the end goal of dating as a non-monog person?"

A huge thanks to Mike and Kyle for joining us on the show. Check out the Gayish podcast and their website. You can also follow them on Facebook, Instagram, X, Threads and YouTube. Check Gayish out on Discord.

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The Space Between Friends And Lovers

Not friends, but not lovers? We discuss the grey colourful, often-dismissed area between platonic friendship and serious, romantic relationships.

We unpack the terminology we have for these relationships and how following binary thinking can severely limit the possible spectrum of relationships we might experience.

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