Candice Jalili recently interviewed me for two articles for New York Magazine: Your Complete Guide to Making An Open Relationship Work, includes advice from sex therapist Courtney Watson, In 8 Signs a Monogamous Relationship Isn’t For You, Jalili gets it almost complete right, except for number 6. Rather than jealousy, anxiety, or insecurity being “almost disloyal”ContinueContinue reading “New York Magazine Interviews Dr. Eli Sheff”
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Psychology Today Blog Series on Consent Violations in Polyamorous Relationships
I just recently finished posting the newest blog on my Psychology Today site that is the second in a two blog series on consent violations in CNM. The first blog looks at minor violations such as breaking relationship agreements, and the second blog examines community responses to more serious consent violations. Blog 1: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201712/consent-violations-in-consensual-non-monogamy BlogContinueContinue reading “Psychology Today Blog Series on Consent Violations in Polyamorous Relationships”
Let’s Talk Relationships Interviews Dr. Eli Sheff on Rebel Relationships
Dr. Kelly and Chelsea at Let’s Talk Relationships interviewed me for their show and labeled it Rebel Relationships. Check out our conversation on different types of consensual non-monogamy, kinds of love, and dealing with the possible complexities of CNM relationships.
Review of Mono/Poly Play
Brian Reynolds’s new play Mono/Poly is a laugh-out-loud exploration of the shenanigans that ensue when two monogamous couples meet a polyamorous triad. This delightful and rousing play just opened at the Hudson Theater in Los Angeles, and I had the pleasure of seeing it twice and sitting on the panels after each performance. ContinueContinue reading “Review of Mono/Poly Play”
Well & Good Interviews Dr. Eli Sheff on Open Relationship Pros & Cons
Zoe Weiner at Well and Good interviewed me recently about when open relationships work, and when they don’t. https://www.wellandgood.com/good-advice/health-pros-cons-of-open-relationship/
Love Maps with Dr. Elisabeth Sheff Premiers TONIGHT on AIB Network
Love Maps with Dr. Eli: Exploring Polyamory Part One Thursday, 8/18 @ 10p Sunday @ 12p Tuesday @ 5:30p Wednesday @ 9:30a Love Maps : Exploring Polyamory Part Two Thursday, 8/25 @ 10p Sunday @ 12p Tuesday @ 5:30p Wednesday @ 9:30a AIB can be found on channel 295 on Comcast and channelContinueContinue reading “Love Maps with Dr. Elisabeth Sheff Premiers TONIGHT on AIB Network”
Review of Polyqueer: Gender, Race, and Polyamory
In Polyqueer: Gender, Race, and Polyamory, Dr. Mimi Schippers examines the racialized and gendered backdrop against which heterosexuality and monogamy play out in contemporary US culture. Focusing on multiplistic configurations of one woman with two men, Schippers provides a polyqueer reading of E.Lynn Harris’s Invisible Life and the film The Other Man. Going beyond theContinueContinue reading “Review of Polyqueer: Gender, Race, and Polyamory”
Open relationships post on How Do I Date
I am blogging for How Do I Date and I love the comic they chose for this new blog on how to be open about being in an open relationship. Check it out at http://howdoidate.com/relationships/how-to-open-up-about-being-in-an-open-relationship/