Fluid Relationships vs. Polyamory with Kate Loree - 212

American Sex

Ever felt confined by the choice of monogamy or polyamory? What options lie between those two ends of the spectrum? And what happens if what’s right for you changes over time? Sex-

positive psychotherapist Kate Loree joins Sunny to talk about navigating and customizing fluid relationship dynamics. Some of what’s covered:

• The significance of intention in customizable relationships

• Anxiety & Jealousy in non-monogamy

• Parenthood & fluid relationships

• Honesty in relationship dynamics

• Mindfulness & communication

• Couple’s privilege

• Fluid relationships vs relationship anarchy & more

Guest Bio – Kate Loree, LMFT

Kate Loree, LMFT, is a sex-positive licensed marriage and family therapist with a specialty in non-monogamous, kink, LGBTQ, and sex worker communities. She is also the author of Open Deeply: A Guide to Building Conscious, Compassionate Open Relationships.

In addition to her master’s in marriage and family therapy, she also has an MBA and is a registered art therapist (ATR). She is an EDSE-certified sex educator and an EMDR-certified therapist with additional training in the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) for the treatment of trauma. She has been practicing psychotherapy since 2003.

Kate is the author of Open Deeply: A Guide to Building Conscious, Compassionate Open Relationships and cohosts the sex-positive podcast of the same name, Open Deeply, with Sunny Megatron. She’s been featured in Buzzfeed videos and has guested on Playboy Radio and many podcasts, including American Sex, Sluts and Scholars, and Sex Nerd Sandra. She’s written for Good Vibrations, Hollywood Magazine, and is a frequent public speaker.

Episode 212 Helpful Links & Resources

• Kate Loree Website: http://kateloree.com

• Kate Loree Facebook http://facebook.com/kateloreelmft

• Kate Loree Twitter http://twitter.com/kateloreelmft

• Kate Loree Instagram http://instagram.com/opendeeplywithkateloree

• Kate Loree YouTube https://www.youtube.com/kateloree

• Open Deeply: A Guide to Building Conscious, Compassionate Open Relationships book https://www.amazon.com/dp/164742335X/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_ZHACQ8RJHMR2R9HGHBMY

• Open Deeply Podcast http://opendeeplypodcast.com

• Sunny’s Free Kink Negotiation & Scene Planning Mini-Workbook https://sunnymegatron.gumroad.com/l/negotiationwb

• Sunny Megatron TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sunnymegatron

• American Sex Podcast Discord Community http://bit.ly/discordasp

• American Sex Podcast Patreon http://patreon.com/americansex

• Open Deeply Podcast http://opendeeplypodcast.com

• In Loving Memory of Jackie “Bebe” Harris https://ncsfreedom.org/2023/10/16/in-loving-memory-of-jackie-bebe-harris/

• Decriminalizing BDSM with NCSF, National Coalition For Sexual Freedom – Ep 185 https://sunnymegatron.com/explicit-prior-permission-ncsf-podcast/

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