by Maria Merloni | Sep 28, 2013 | S.E.X., Spirituality
Do you know what projection is? Being a therapist and life coach, I see it often. It is the unconscious defense mechanism that people use when they take some part of themselves, project it onto someone else, and notice it in the other. Lately, it’s been coming...
by Maria Merloni | Sep 20, 2013 | S.E.X., Spirituality
Just the other day I had yet another conversation with a friend who said: “I used to think I was a lesbian.” I can’t tell you how many women my age have told me that same thing. And I can relate, because there was a period of time during which I...
by Maria Merloni | Sep 14, 2013 | Relationships, S.E.X.
When I left off, my partner and I had just agreed to wait to talk again, as we had both been really angry the night before. The next morning we were both feeling ready to talk again. We created sacred space, and got to it. I won’t bore you with the details,...
by Maria Merloni | Sep 7, 2013 | Relationships
So there we were, still at this weekend event with tons of attractive women all around my partner, and I was trying my best to get un-triggered and get back to having fun. It wasn’t long, though, before something else happened that brought up all my fears and...
by Maria Merloni | Aug 29, 2013 | Relationships
It’s been a while since I’ve written about my latest adventures in polyamory .(Or should I say “hybrid non-monogamy”? Please read my last post called “The Purification of Swinging” for more info!) My primary partner and I had been...