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Polywise

A Deeper Dive Into Navigating Open Relationships
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Polywise by Jessica Fern and Cooley David offers a practical guide to navigating ethical non-monogamy. The book provides insights and strategies for building healthy, fulfilling polyamorous relationships, focusing on communication, boundaries, and emotional resilience. It's an invaluable resource for both beginners and experienced practitioners of polyamory.
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This book may appeal to you if you are eager to explore advanced ethical frameworks in polyamory, gain insights from psychological perspectives, and seek practical advice for healthier, more fulfilling relationships.

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As polyamory continues to make its way into the mainstream, more and more people are exploring consensual non-monogamy 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 non-monogamy, 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 non-monogamous relationships. Using a grounded theory approach, they explore the underlying challenges that non-monogamous individuals and partners can experience after their first steps, offering practical strategies for transforming them into opportunities for new levels of clarity and intimacy.

I often say there's being polyamorous and then there's being polyamorous well. I believe Polywise can equip you to do just that.
- Evita Sawyers, author of A Polyamory Devotional

An exceptional achievement that will be required reading for anyone practicing consensual non-monogamy, from seasoned veteran to timid newbie alike.
- Emily Sotelo Matlack, co-host of the Multiamory podcast and co-author of Multiamory: Essential Tools for Modern Relationships

In her latest book, Jessica Fern has crafted the map to guide readers and lovers venturing into the uncharted. With great care and necessary nuance, Polywise is a must-read for anyone navigating open relationships.
- Esther Perel

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Polywise by Jessica Fern and Cooley David is highly praised for its clear, practical insights into polyamorous relationships. Many readers appreciate its thorough exploration of communication techniques and emotional challenges. The authors are commended for their compassionate and non-judgemental approach.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761380754

Publisher: Scribe Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 August 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Scribe Publications

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 136.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 332g

Pages: 336

About the Author

Jessica Fern (Author) Jessica Fern is a psychotherapist, public speaker, and trauma and relationship expert. In her international private practice, Jessica works with individuals, couples, and people in multiple-partner relationships who no longer want to be limited by their reactive patterns, cultural conditioning, insecure attachment styles, and past traumas, helping them to embody new possibilities in life and love. Learn more at JessicaFern.com. Cooley David (Author) David Cooley is a professional restorative justice faciliitator, diversity and privilege awareness trainer and biligual cultural broker. He works with nonmonogamous and LGBTQ clients, incorporating modalities including trauma-informed care, attachment theory, somatic practices, narrative theory, and mindfulness-based techniques.

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