RISE Library: Articles on Sex, Intimacy, and Communication 

Polyamory often gets framed as a mindset shift, a philosophical reimagining of love, freedom, and connection. But your nervous system doesn't care about your philosophy. It just knows your partner is with someone else, and your chest is tight, and your stomach is turning. Jealousy in polyamory doesn't mean you chose the wrong structure or the wrong partner. It means you're human. The question isn't whether jealousy shows up — it will — but whether you have the skills to work

You may have had one big conversation about opening your relationship and assumed that was enough. Or you haven't been able to have the first one yet because you don't know how to start without derailing it before it goes anywhere. Either way, communication in polyamorous relationships is where things most often break down, and it's rarely because people aren't willing to talk. What feels okay to agree to in theory doesn't always hold once you're living it. Agreements that ma

A small but growing number of people are discovering, and proving, that monogamy as our culture understands it is not the only way to be happy in successful relationships. It’s just one of many. An estimated 17.5 million people in the United States practice polyamory and other forms of ethical non-monogamy (ENM)—and 20% of Americans say they’ve practiced it at some point. Less and less taboo with each generation, about 1 in 6 Americans now consider ethical non-monogamy to