Relationship Anarchy & Compersion – Two New Psychology Today Posts from Dr. Eli Sheff

  I have two new blogs on Psychology Today, the first on Relationship Anarchy, Polyaffectivity, and Chosen Families and the second on Cultivating Compersion.    

Language and Why it Matters New Psychology Today Blog

In “Polyamory, Consensual Non-Monogamy, or AltSex?”— my newest blog on Psychology Today — I explore the possible words for people in multiple openly conducted romantic relationships.   Image is of the phrase “Words Have Power” written in white chalk on a blackboard surrounded by gray stone.

New Psychology Today Blog on Polyamory at Work

In my most recent blog on Psychology Today I explore the reasons why people might to come as polyamorous out at work — or not — the issues it might bring up, and how to deal with them. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201710/polyamory-work      

New Psychology Today Blog from Dr. Eli Sheff on Choice in Polyamorous Relationships

  My newest blog on Psychology Today examines the role that choice plays in polyamory and other forms of consensual non-monogamy, focusing on consent, self-responsibility, and mutual reliance. The image is of an abstract white figure leaning down with its hands on its knees and examining a red line on the ground that branches intoContinue reading “New Psychology Today Blog from Dr. Eli Sheff on Choice in Polyamorous Relationships”

Aging in Polyamorous Families: New Post on Psychology Today

  The first in a two part series, my newest post on Psychology Today explores aging in polyamorous families.  You can find it at https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201701/aging-in-polyamorous-families    

Dr. Eli Sheff’s New Psychology Today blog asks Is Polyamory a Sexual Orientation?

In my most recent Psychology Today blog I explore the possibility that polyamory may be a sexual orientation from legal and individual perspectives.   https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201610/is-polyamory-form-sexual-orientation    

Cheating in Consensual Non-Monogamous Relationships

  My newest Psychology Today post looks at cheating in polyamorous and other CNM relationships. You can find it here https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201608/cheating-and-consensual-non-monogamy  

Are polyamorous relationships sexist? New blog on Psychology Today

Are polyamorous relationships sexist? New Psychology Today blog answers that question https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201606/are-polyamorous-relationships-sexist

Response to “I want to be poly and don’t know how to bring it up to my spouse”

  One of my readers of my Psychology Today blog recently asked a question that I have heard many times, in many different settings: “I want to be polyamorous but I am not sure how to bring it up to my spouse.” Because the question is so common, I wanted to post the response here forContinue reading “Response to “I want to be poly and don’t know how to bring it up to my spouse””

Psychology Today Blog on Household Division of Labor in Poly Families

In my most recent Psychology Today blog I explore the household division of labor in polyamorous families https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201604/who-does-the-chores