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Cultivating Compersion in Polyamorous Relationships
Cultivating Compersion in Polyamorous Relationships Polyamorous relationships offer a unique and fulfilling way to experience love, connection, and intimacy with multiple partners. However, managing emotions like jealousy can be challenging. One powerful way to counter jealousy and strengthen emotional bonds in polyamorous relationships is by cultivating compersion. Compersion in poly relationships is the feeling of…
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Navigating Body Image in the Gay Bear Community
Introduction Body image significantly impacts our self-esteem, mental health, and relationships, particularly within the gay bear community. While this community embraces body positivity and diverse expressions of masculinity, many bears still grapple with body image issues that can affect their mental health and relationships. In my couples therapy practice, I’ve seen how these challenges manifest…
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LGBTQi+: Struggling to connect to your identity
Growing up in a hetero normal, cis-gendered world can be a challenge to overcome for someone exploring important questions such as, who am I, how do I express my gender, who am i attracted to, etc. I regularly work with clients who are unsure about all kinds of identity questions and it causes so much…
