Letting Your Wings Unfold: Differentiation, Interdependence, and Emotional Tools for Open Relationships

Part 2 of 2: Learn how to honor your individuality while co-creating emotional safety in non-monogamy

Damien Hirst, The Soul on Jacob’s Ladder

In Part 1 of this series, we explored how to support a partner through insecurity without becoming responsible for their emotional world. We looked at what healthy support looks like—and what it doesn’t—and the importance of self-regulation and mutual care in emotionally attuned relationships.

In this second installment, we’ll go deeper into how to do that through two powerful frameworks: interdependence and differentiation—plus a practical communication tool you can use in moments of emotional uncertainty.

🌱 P.S. NorCal friends—Spring is in the air, and so is that irresistible New Relationship Energy.

Join me in Oakland on Tuesday, April 8th for our next Courageous Conversations event, where we’re diving into all things NRE:
✨ the chemical cocktail
💫 the can't-stop-smiling buzz
🌪️ the destabilizing swirl
🌱 and the surprising ways it can reinvigorate your other relationships when channeled with care.

We’ll share real stories of navigating the highs, the pitfalls, and the lessons of New Relationship Energy in non-monogamy and polyamory—and how to stay grounded while riding the high. Come circle up next week for tea and stories.