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May 2022
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#276 Open Monogamy: Recreating Your Rela...

Amy Baldwin and April Lampert| Pleasure Podcasts
About this episode

Why is monogamy so hard for so many long-term partnerships? What are the “new models” for monogamy, and how can both monogamous and non-monogamous partner/s work together to recreate the relationship as a means for better sex and connection? 

For Dr. Nelson's free 40 Questions to Start Your New Monogamy Agreement, check out our blog at shamelesssex.com or click here

About our guest: Tammy Nelson, PhD, is a licensed psychotherapist, Board Certified Sexologist, Certified Sex Therapist, and Certified Imago Relationship Therapist. She is a TEDx speaker and the host of The Trouble with Sex podcast. Her books include Getting the Sex You Want,  The New Monogamy, and her latest Open Monogamy. She is executive director of the Integrative Sex Therapy Institute and has been a featured expert in NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Glamour Magazine, Cosmopolitan, RedBook, MSNBC, Men’s Health, Woman’s Day, and has been a source for Time Magazine

Dr. Nelson draws on her 30 years of experience as a relationship and sex therapist to provide advice and tools for finding one’s place on the “monogamy continuum,” having honest and respectful communication, making relationship agreements, and more. To learn more or buy her book go to drtammynelson.com

 

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