How Monogamy Soothes Our Existential Angst

We are an infidelity obsessed culture. Our media is saturated with it, politicians’ careers ruined by it, and self-help authors and talk show hosts play on our fears of it. Earlier last month I attended a talk here in NYC by therapist Esther Perel on Infidelity: From Trauma to Transformation. Perel, the author of the…

How to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too: 5 Things That Make Polyamorous Relationships Work

Is it really so bad to have your cake and eat it too? I never understood this expression. What is the point of having your cake if you can’t enjoy it? The expression speaks to our culture of austerity and provincialism, where character building and morality is associated with refraining and abstention. On one hand…

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How Monogamy Soothes Our Existential Angst

How to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too: 5 Things That Make Polyamorous Relationships Work