Page Turner's Blog, page 29

What I’ve Learned About Cooperating to Compete From Traveling with a Racing Team

If freaking racecar drivers can share so seamlessly, there's hope for the rest of us, I say. 

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Being Accepted Completely, Even If Not All in One Place

"All of me

Why not take all of me?"

-lyrics, "All of Me," Jazz standard

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How to Move Away from Scarcity Mindset (Part Infinity)

"It's all fine and good to just say 'reframe relationships from a model of scarcity to one of abundance,' but dude, HOW?"

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On the Importance of Communicating Well Enough (But Not Perfectly)

Good communication alone isn't what makes a happy relationship. After a certain point, there are other factors that come into play.

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When Perspective-Taking Is Too Easy: The Challenge of Staying in Your Own Shoes

It's easy for me put myself in other people's shoes. Sometimes -- I'd say most of the time -- this comes in handy. But other times? Not so much. And it can be tough for me to stay fixed in my own perspective when I need to and to advocate for what I want.

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I Struggle A Lot With “Outsider Feelings” Even When People Get Close to Me

I struggle a lot with "outsider feelings" even when people get close to me. Will they go away completely one day? I have no way to tell. The important thing is that I don't let them rule my life.

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Liminality Is the Hardest Part

In anthropology, liminality (from the Latin word līmen, meaning “a threshold”) is the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of rituals, when participants no longer hold their pre-ritual status but have not yet begun the transition to the status they will hold when the ritual is complete. During a ritual’s… Read More »Liminality Is the Hardest Part

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I Learned a Lot About Reconnecting in Polyamory from BDSM Aftercare

Having great reconnections after an other-date was something that took me to a whole different level re: polyamory. It made everything a lot more fun.

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Can You Learn to Thrive in Polyamorous Relationship Systems If Polyamory Isn’t Natural for You?

I get the following question a lot: "Can you learn to be polyamorous?" 

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When Your Two Boyfriends “Well, Actually” Each Other

"Maybe I need 2 boyfriends so they can 'well actually' each other and it'll cancel out and I can just feel good about myself," she says. 

"I can tell you're joking," I say, "but that's totally happened to me." 

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