What actually makes polyamorous relationships work?
In my experience as a polyamorous person, a community leader, and a coach, if what you’re looking for is extraordinary love in your life, throwing out the monogamy script and opening yourself to multiple sexual and romantic partners is just one step of many on that journey. You most likely also have to completely rewrite the scripts of how you do relationships. Most of us have largely experienced relationships rooted in control, obligation, manipulation, rigidity, reactivity, judgment, shame, and scarcity. Getting rid of monogamy alone does not shift these behaviors. Truly extraordinary relationships, whether polyamorous or monogamous, require mutual empowerment, nuance, vulnerability, consent, collaboration, compassion, and abundance. I believe that’s what actually makes polyamorous relationships (and any other relationship) work. It’s my passion and my purpose to help you learn how to do that.
About Libby
Libby Sinback is a relationship coach, educator, and host of the podcast, Making Polyamory Work.
She has advanced certification in Relational Life Therapy, has trained in the Gottman Method, and is a certified Lumia Coach.
She is also currently training with the Healing Our Core Issues Institute and on Interpersonal Neurobiology with Juliane Taylor Shore.
She has coached hundreds of people who want to courageously transform their relationships to embrace nourishing, authentic, boundless love in their life.
True Facts About Libby
Some of my identities are: I'm queer, polyamorous, on the asexual spectrum, panromantic, white & antiracist, a mom, a huge nerd...and more.
I first began exploring nonmonogamy in 1998. After a few years of dabbling in monogamy, I met my now-husband in 2009. Our relationship has been nonmonogamous since 2010. I currently have 2 other long-term partners, one of whom is also partnered with my husband.
I initially got involved with my local polyamory community after my first kid was born to connect with more like-minded friends.
My polyamorous family includes 6 adults, 6 kids, and 1 cat.
I produced, directed and starred in a sock puppet version of Into the Woods (I was the Baker's Wife of course.)
I have run two marathons.
I've been swing dancing for 20 years.
I used to run a popular weekly karaoke night in Washington, DC.
I went to Space Camp more than once.