Mindful Poly

We’re back with a special bonus episode recorded on the road at Southwest Love Fest 2025! We asked SWLF attendees, speakers and staff what was one new thing they learned recently that changed the way they thought about relationships. As always, a HUGE thank you to everyone who lent us their time, voices, thoughts and personal stories that we are honored to share with you this week! In this episode...

Nova and Fox take a page from Sartre and explore the concepts of Facticity and Transcendence. What is true about me right now? Who am I on the path to becoming? How can I find the balance between my past actions, current circumstances, and my future potential? Thanks for joining us for Season 2! Mindful Poly will return for another season soon! We would love to hear feedback about episodes, commen...

The special episode format returns! This week, we asked you what makes you feel secure in a relationship and used your answers to make this episode. A HUGE thank you to everyone who lent us their time, voices, thoughts and personal stories that we are honored to share with you this week! As we are nearing the wrap up of Season 2, we would love to hear feedback about episodes, comments, criticisms,...

Nova welcomes special guest Vick to the podcast to talk about their experience being non-binary, trans and polyamorous, the challenges faced when navigating societally-trained assumptions, and the power of healing their relationship with their own body. We would love to hear feedback about episodes, comments, criticisms, or anything else you would like to share! Write to us at podcast@mindfulpoly....

Fox and Nova "break up" the tension in the room and dive into the deep end of relationship transitions, explore the ways breakups are felt and viewed by others, why we resist change and how can we honor the good reasons we might choose to end relationships. We would love to hear feedback about episodes, comments, criticisms, or anything else you would like to share! Write to us at podcast@mindfulp...

In this episode, Fox is joined in the studio by Elliot to talk about Relationship Anarchy, what it is, what it isn’t, and why we would want to deconstruct the culture that made us who we are and examine our biases and the underlying baggage that comes with the labels we use in order to build relationships with greater intention. We would love to hear feedback about episodes, comments, criticisms,...

Kick off your shoes, get comfortable and get curious. In this episode we learn where the podcast got it’s name, how mindfulness, meditation and polyamory intersect and then Nova will take us through an example guided meditation. We would love to hear feedback about episodes, comments, criticisms, or anything else you would like to share! Write to us at podcast@mindfulpoly.com

Welcome back to Mindful Poly! Season 2 kicks off with Fox and Nova comparing the differences between Rules and Boundaries, how they often function in relationships, and how to spot when rules try to get sneaky. Season Two begins March 1st and will update every Friday with a new episode. We would love to hear feedback about episodes, comments, criticisms, or anything else you would like to share! W...

That’s a wrap on the first complete season of Mindful Poly! Join Fox and Nova as they check in and talk about what it was like to make a podcast together, share some audience feedback and reactions, and follow up on news from previous episodes. You’ll also get to hear about some exciting plans coming up for the season break and what’s in the works for Mindful Poly Season Two. Thank you so much for...

Get ready for a special episode! This week, we wanted to hear from you! We brought the mics out of the studio and asked everyone we could all the same question. We compiled their answers together to make this episode. A HUGE thank you to everyone who lent us their time, voices, thoughts and personal stories that we are honored to share with you this week! And stay tuned, we are definitely going to...

Metamours are the first new concept many who are new to poly encounter and your relationship with them, or desired lack of one, will play a huge role in the deciding the course your journey will take. Do you want to know everything you can about your partner’s partner? Do you not want to hear about them at all? Are they coming to dinner on Wednesday? What was it like meeting your first metamour fo...

From first crush to navigating the non-monogamous dating world, we’ll share Nova’s journey of discovering what being Aro/Ace means to her and discuss the path she took to get there. Do you have a story of self discovery you’d like to share? Write to us at podcast@mindfulpoly.com .

Is it possible to feel compersion and jealousy at the same time? In this episode we explore one of Nova’s favorite topics, philosophy, and imagine a world where we accept and understand that our partners can have simultaneous, seemingly contradictory feelings. Have you ever incorporated simultaneous truths or found yourself approaching a situation in a dialectic way? Share your experience with us...

In this episode we explore the concept of the relationship escalator, the unspoken assumptions guiding the future of our relationships. Why do we follow it? What happens when we choose a different path? How can we cope with escalator insecurity in a compassionate way? Why is Fox such a dad? If you have a story to share about the relationship escalator’s role in your relationships, write to us at p...

Fox and Nova each have a story to share about their own coming out at work experiences, playing mono on TV, and doing the hard math to answer the question: "Is this worth it?". RSVP for three! What’s the worst that could happen? Do you have a story about coming out at work? Write to us at podcast@mindfulpoly.com

In our season one premiere episode, Fox and Nova explore their theory on insecurity and the ways society sometimes reinforces it, share stories about the strange ways insecurity twists things that are not about you into being about you, and reflect on past experiences where insecurity played a major role. Don’t miss the special guest appearance by and announcement of our third co-host! We would lo...

Welcome to Mindful Poly! In this special preview episode we’ll introduce our hosts Fox and Nova, give a preview of future topics we plan to cover, explain our policy on nicknames and privacy, and share the origin story of our podcast’s motto. We would love to hear feedback about episodes, comments, criticisms, or anything else you would like to share! Write to us at podcast@mindfulpoly.com.