Big Feels: Rules & Boundaries

We’re back with a special bonus episode recorded on the road at Southwest Love Fest 2025! We asked SWLF attendees, speakers and staff what was one new thing they learned recently that changed the way they thought about relationships. As always, a HUGE thank you to everyone who lent us their time, voices, thoughts and personal stories that we are honored to share with you this week!In this episode Nova and Fox also share a bit about current plans for Season 3 of Mindful Poly. Consider this bonus episode a special in-between seasons treat.We would love to hear feedback about episodes, comments, criticisms, or anything else you would like to share! Write to us at [email protected]

Nova and Fox take a page from Sartre and explore the concepts of Facticity and Transcendence. What is true about me right now? Who am I on the path to becoming? How can I find the balance between my past actions, current circumstances, and my future potential?Thanks for joining us for Season 2! Mindful Poly will return for another season soon!We would love to hear feedback about episodes, comments, criticisms, or anything else you would like to share! Write to us at [email protected]

The special episode format returns! This week, we asked you what makes you feel secure in a relationship and used your answers to make this episode. A HUGE thank you to everyone who lent us their time, voices, thoughts and personal stories that we are honored to share with you this week!As we are nearing the wrap up of Season 2, we would love to hear feedback about episodes, comments, criticisms, or anything else you would like to share! Write to us at [email protected]

Nova welcomes special guest Vick to the podcast to talk about their experience being non-binary, trans and polyamorous, the challenges faced when navigating societally-trained assumptions, and the power of healing their relationship with their own body.We would love to hear feedback about episodes, comments, criticisms, or anything else you would like to share! Write to us at [email protected]

Fox and Nova "break up" the tension in the room and dive into the deep end of relationship transitions, explore the ways breakups are felt and viewed by others, why we resist change and how can we honor the good reasons we might choose to end relationships.We would love to hear feedback about episodes, comments, criticisms, or anything else you would like to share! Write to us at [email protected]

In this episode, Fox is joined in the studio by Elliot to talk about Relationship Anarchy, what it is, what it isn’t, and why we would want to deconstruct the culture that made us who we are and examine our biases and the underlying baggage that comes with the labels we use in order to build relationships with greater intention.We would love to hear feedback about episodes, comments, criticisms, or anything else you would like to share! Write to us at [email protected] 

Kick off your shoes, get comfortable and get curious. In this episode we learn where the podcast got it’s name, how mindfulness, meditation and polyamory intersect and then Nova will take us through an example guided meditation.We would love to hear feedback about episodes, comments, criticisms, or anything else you would like to share! Write to us at [email protected]

Welcome back to Mindful Poly! Season 2 kicks off with Fox and Nova comparing the differences between Rules and Boundaries, how they often function in relationships, and how to spot when rules try to get sneaky.Season Two begins March 1st and will update every Friday with a new episode.We would love to hear feedback about episodes, comments, criticisms, or anything else you would like to share! Write to us at [email protected]

That’s a wrap on the first complete season of Mindful Poly! Join Fox and Nova as they check in and talk about what it was like to make a podcast together, share some audience feedback and reactions, and follow up on news from previous episodes. You’ll also get to hear about some exciting plans coming up for the season break and what’s in the works for Mindful Poly Season Two.Thank you so much for coming with us on this journey. As always, you can still write to us at [email protected]. Thanks for Listening!

Get ready for a special episode! This week, we wanted to hear from you! We brought the mics out of the studio and asked everyone we could all the same question. We compiled their answers together to make this episode. A HUGE thank you to everyone who lent us their time, voices, thoughts and personal stories that we are honored to share with you this week! And stay tuned, we are definitely going to do another episode like this again next season. As always, you can still write to us at [email protected]. Thanks for Listening!