Stories from the Polycule: Real Life in Polyamorous Families Edited by Elisabeth Sheff Are you a member of a poly family and willing to share your story (anonymously) with the world? Consider writing a brief entry for the upcoming book Stories from the Polycule: Real Life in Polyamorous Families. Submissions can: • Range in lengthContinue reading “Deadline for Submissions Extended: Stories from the Polycule”
Author Archives: Dr. Elisabeth "Eli" Sheff, PhD, CASA, CSE
Final installment of “Why I am not Polyamorous but you might want to be” blog
Part three of a series of blogs on the Psychology Today website http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201407/part-three-monogamish-and-polyaffective-relationships
Young Adult Library Services Association includes polyamory in reading list
While polyamory remains controversial in some sectors, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has included information regarding polyamory on their website. You can check out their short and well-done article on their reading recommendations at http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2014/06/09/new-diversity-polyamory/
You and Me, Plus Three – You & Me Week
You and Me, Plus Three – You & Me Week. BreakThru Radio interviews Elisabeth Sheff and Robyn Trask on Polyamory in the United States
Atlanta Poly Weekend this Weekend! Classes and Workshops
Classes and Workshops. Come and see some very interesting folks talking about polyamory as it relates to aging, communication, how to make your relationships suck, ethics and ethical relationships, neuroscience, love languages, therapy, self-care, relationship anarchy, safer sex, skeptical monogamy, cooperative drawing, tarot, unicorns, poly families with kids, and race/ethnicity and white privilege. The AtlantaContinue reading “Atlanta Poly Weekend this Weekend! Classes and Workshops”
Link for Part 2 of Why I am not Polyamorous FIXED
After fixing some spacing issues, the editors at Psychology Today have approved the post and the link is active again. You can find Part 2 of Why I am not Polyamorous But You Might Want to Be at its reactivated link http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201406/why-i-am-not-polyamorous-you-might-want-be-part-2
Part Two: Why I do not identify as poly but you might want to
In the second part of this three-part series, I explain how I ended my quasi-poly relationship and list the three main reasons I do not identify as polyamorous. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201405/why-i-am-not-polyamorous-you-might-want-be-pt-2
Polyfamily podcast
A family of four adults and one child living in the Netherlands has a new podcast definitely worth checking out at http://www.polyfamilypodcast.com/home
Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert’s new book More Than Two available on Amazon
I have not yet had the opportunity to read this master work of advice on how to lead a polyamorous life, but have been quite impressed with these folks for a long time and can’t wait to see what Eve and Franklin wrote. If you are excited to geek out on polyamory, I have aContinue reading “Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert’s new book More Than Two available on Amazon”
When polyamory goes wrong — why I am not poly but you might want to be
In the first of a two part blog, I explain the mistakes I made in my pursuit of a polyamorous relationship and why it did not work for me. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201405/why-i-am-not-polyamorous-you-might-want-be-pt-1