Polywise, Jessica Fern
Polywise, Jessica Fern
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Polywise
A Deeper Dive into Navigating Open Relationships

Author: Jessica Fern, David Cooley

Narrator: Jessica Fern, David Cooley

Unabridged: 11 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/23/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

From the author of the best-selling Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy, a next-level guide for people looking to build secure attachment in nonmonogamous relationships.As polyamory continues to make its way into the mainstream, more and more people are exploring consensual nonmonogamy in the hope of experiencing more love, connection, sex, freedom and support. While for many, the move expands personal horizons, for others, the transition can be challenging, leaving them blindsided and overwhelmed. Beyond the initial transition to nonmonogamy, many struggle with the root issues beneath the symptoms of broken agreements, communication challenges, increased fighting and persistent jealousy.Polyamorous psychotherapist Jessica Fern and restorative justice facilitator David Cooley share the insights they have gained through thousands of hours working with clients in consensually nonmonogamous relationships. Using a grounded theory approach, they explore the underlying challenges that nonmonogamous individuals and partners can experience after their first steps, offering practical strategies for transforming them into opportunities for new levels of clarity and intimacy.Polywise provides both the conceptual framework to better understand the shift from monogamy to nonmonogamy and the tools to navigate the next steps.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cardyn on June 12, 2023

Polywise encourages readers to embark on a journey of personal excavation of entrenched beliefs and default assumptions about themselves, their families, their romantic and sexual relationships, friendships, and hidden emotional tripwires, too. In addition to a personable back-and-forth (used sparin......more

Goodreads review by Ross on November 08, 2023

I have never given a book a 5-star rating before, and didn't this time either, but for the first time, I was tempted to do so. Polywise, in my opinion, really is a deeper dive into navigating open relationships as the subtitle states. One thing I like about this book is that it speaks more directly......more

Goodreads review by Lizzie on December 23, 2024

Polywise is a follow-up to Jessica Fern's first book - Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy. As a therapist who works often with clients engaged in various forms of CNM, I was excited to pick this one up. I'd already read and enjoyed some of the other classics, like More Than Tw......more

Goodreads review by bee on June 30, 2023

This book hit very close to home. I think Fern and Cooley use both lived experience and conversations with the community to inform their writing, and I really appreciated that. This book definitely encouraged me to look at my own journey with CNM and evaluate where I was at and where I would like to......more

Goodreads review by Isaiah on August 01, 2023

I got an ARC of this book. It became pretty clear in the introduction that I would need to read Polysecure first, so I jumped into that one and it was disappointing (very white, allosexual, and focused on marriage). So I didn't have high hopes for this one after that. This one felt like the first on......more

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