Loving Without Boundaries

EPISODE 167 Interview with Laurel Schrock. Laurel Schrock, a network engineer for Verizon Communications, hails from Mount Vernon, NY. She's an Army Vet, a graduate of Georgetown University and also a small business owner, making her love for candles into what she calls a "hobby that now pays for itself."  Laurel has always identified as monogamous but a little over two years ago, she began dating...

EPISODE 166 Interview with Kathy Slaughter. Understanding how abuse happens, how to recover from it, and how communities can prevent abuse and respond to harm in life-affirming ways forms the basis of Kathy's passion. Grounded in Social Work values and paradigms, Kathy has spent 15 years working on healing trauma and uncovering pleasure, agency, and safety in the consulting room. Currently, she le...

EPISODE 165 Interview with Dr. Marie Thouin. Dr. Marie Thouin is a Mindful Dating & Relationship Coach who supports people of all backgrounds and relationship orientations to create intentional love lives. Her PhD research investigated the experience of compersion in consensually non-monogamous relationships. Her research is available on her website: https://www.whatiscompersion.com/ If you get va...

EPISODE 164 Interview with Elisabeth Sheff. Dr. Elisabeth "Eli" Sheff is a researcher, expert witness, coach, speaker, and educational consultant. With a PhD in Sociology (University of Colorado, Boulder, 2005) and certification as a Sexuality Educator from the AASECT (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, 2012), Dr. Sheff specializes in gender and sexual minorit...

EPISODE 163 Interview with Sagan Morrow. Sagan Morrow is a romantic comedy novelist (with a focus on polyamorous relationships), productivity strategist for multi-passionate creatives, and host of the Indie Author Weekly podcast. Connect with her on Twitter or Instagram, @Saganlives, or learn more at SaganMorrow.com. If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider beco...

EPISODE 162 Interview with Clive Silvaticus. Clive Silvaticus is an IT professional, communicator, musician, anarchist, and former soldier from Herefordshire, UK. Clive's introduction to Loving Without Boundaries came from his life partner, convinced as she was that he could be more aligned with his best life, and more involved in the polyamorous community. She had a point. Clive has always been p...

EPISODE 161: Interview with Phoenix Mandel. Certified Sexuality Educator Phoenix Mandel has been a sexuality educator and consultant since 2006, workshopping on sex and body positivity, kink, ethical nonmonogamy, and LGBTQIA+, alongside other areas of sexual health and sexual rights. Phoenix teaches classes internationally and currently resides in Los Angeles. They have an intersectional and activ...

EPISODE 160: Michael Love is an advocate of Ethical Non-Monogamy who has been actively non-monogamous since 2010. He cohabitates with his wife and girlfriend in a Poly V living arrangement, and together, along with a team of creative contributors produce a wonderful magazine for the non-monogamous community called ENM Magazine. If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then co...

EPISODE 159: Interview with Dr. Ian Jenkins. Dr. Ian Jenkins is the author of "Three Dads and a Baby: Adventures in Modern Parenting", a debut memoir about his experiences trying to have a baby as part of a polyamorous gay "Throuple." The three men wanted to have a child, but the road to having a baby took them through embryo adoption, IVF and surrogacy, dealing with lawyers and doctors, enormous...

EPISODE 158: Interview with Joanna Angel. Joanna Angel is an adult film star, director, producer, author, and owner of the BurningAngel Empire, the company known for the emergence and prevalence of tattooed women in the adult film industry. "Club 42" is her second choose-your-own erotic fantasy book. Her first, "Night Shift," received much praise for being sex positive, gender inclusive, open mind...

EPISODE 157: Interview with Leah Marshall. Leah Marshall is a relationship and human dynamics junkie and the founder and leader of the Esther Perel Discussion Group on Facebook, a community of over 12,000 members from across the globe who regularly discuss relationships, intimacy, sex, desire, and infidelity. She's also the creator of Song Therapy, a video series hosted in partnership with the hii...

EPISODE 156: Interview with Alison Ash. Dr. Alison Ash is a trauma-informed sex and intimacy coach and educator, lecturer at Stanford University, author, and founder of TurnON.love. As a sociologist with a PhD from Stanford, Dr. Ash has a comprehensive understanding of the complex societal challenges that often lead to unsatisfying and disempowering sexual experiences. Dr. Ash designs workshops, c...

EPISODE 155: Dan and Dawn Interview. Dan and Dawn have been partners since 2001 and have presented at over 100 events around North America. They are the authors of the Polyamory Toolkit and The Polyamory Dating Guide, co-host of the Erotic Awakening podcast, and referenced in a number of books, articles, and other media. You can follow them on Facebook and Instagram: @eroticawakening  or on Twitte...

EPISODE 154: Interview with Tessa and Amir. Tessa & Amir have been in an open relationship - 'from swolly to poly' for the last 14 years! They are a deeply experimental and creative couple who have been joyfully married for over 30 years. They have three adult kids: one is married while two are flowing in and out of the home as they find their way in the world – particularly now during COVID. Tess...

EPISODE 153: Amanda Wilson and David Epstein Interview. Amanda Wilson and David Epstein are the co-founders of #open, a dating app that creates a welcoming community for ethically non-monogamous, kinky, and other alternative relationships. Amanda has a degree in political science, and understands how making empowered choices changes the way that humans connect. David focused for over twenty years...

EPISODE 152: Interview with Eurydice Eve. Born on Lesbos, Greece, Eurydice is a writer, artist, activist, archivist, multi-modal scholar, mentor and advocate for sexual healing. She is the author of "Satyricon USA: A Journey Across the New Sexual Frontier", "f/32: The Second Coming," and "f/32". She's the host and creator of "Speak Sex with Eve" podcast. Eury uses the male logos and the male gaze...

EPISODE 151: Interview with Mariana. Mariana is 29 years old, and lives with her husband in a polyamorous dynamic and has been dedicating her time understanding how loving relationships between healthy families exist in the most beautiful and diverse forms. In thinking about having children soon, she had a hard time finding a children's book that represents a polyamorous family dynamic. And with t...

EPISODE 150: Interview with Sumati Sparks. Sumati Sparks is a relationship coach specializing in helping mature people navigate the challenges of ethical non-monogamy. She is also a jealousy transformation expert. With over 30 years of spiritual practices and over 20 years of practicing polyamory and studying relationship and sexuality, Sumati blends a wealth of knowledge and experience with a dee...

EPISODE 149: Interview with Jessica Fern – author of "PolySecure". Jessica Fern is a psychotherapist, public speaker, and trauma and relationship expert. In her international private practice, Jessica works with individuals, couples and people in multiple-partner relationships who no longer want to be limited by their reactive patterns, cultural conditioning, insecure attachment styles, and past t...

EPISODE 148: Interview with Jim Fleckenstein. Jim Fleckenstein became a relationship coach and educator because of his own life experiences. After the end of his 25-year marriage in 2000, he put the skills he'd gained from his successful non-profit career and his insatiable curiosity to work on relationships. He began a rigorous self-education process that included reaching out personally to leadi...

EPISODE 147: Interview with Pour Votreplaisir. Pour Votreplaisir writes and speaks about polyamory, relationships, and legal rights for sexual minorities. He's been in polyamorous relationship since 1988, and is currently nurturing a COVID bubble of five. Despite living walking distance from Kitty's house, they are so far just friends. Follow his work and adventures at his website at pourvotreplai...

EPISODE 146: Interview with Lexi Sylver. Lexi Sylver is the erotica author of "Mating Season." She leads an unconventional life and loves sharing stories of her sex-capades. As an entrepreneur, podcast host and producer, writer, educator, advocate, and public speaker, Lexi brings a sex-positive approach to sex and open relationships. She strives to empower others to shamelessly explore their Lexua...

EPISODE 145: Interview with Leya Tanit. Involved in the adult industry since 2010, Leya, deeply affected by the devastating and unnecessary loss of lives in late 2017-2018, decided to step up and take action. Her passion to ensure quality mental health care is available to all persons working in the adult entertainment industry, combined with her previous experience in business management and oper...

EPISODE 144: Interview with Marie D'Elephant. Marie D'Elephant is the host of the "Everyone's Autonomous" podcast, a show that explores how to reclaim one's autonomy and support the autonomy of others after questioning or leaving restrictive, controlling narratives that come from some religions and much of culture. Follow her work and adventures at her website at everyonesautonomous.com and also a...

EPISODE 143: Interview with Kathy Labriola. Kathy Labriola is a counselor, nurse, and hypnotherapist in private practice in Berkeley, California, working with low-income people in the poly, queer, kink, and anarchist alternative subcultures. She has been a card-carrying bisexual and polyamorist for 50 years. She is "extra-crunchy" and rides a bicycle, lives in a housing cooperative, and raises chi...