Viva Monogamy

with Mali and Joe

(Season 4 | Episode 157)

[Tessa] The Open Nesters podcast – this week with Mali and Joe.

Mali and Joe share insights from their book “Wild Monogamy,” discussing challenges faced in promoting it and the importance of investing in relationships. They explore topics like handling jealousy, social media’s impact, and sustaining connection through activities like date weekends.

About The Book

Wild Monogamy: Cultivating Erotic Intimacy to Keep Passion and Desire Alive

National Indie Excellence Awards: Gold Medal
Living Now Book Awards: Silver Medal
Independent Publisher Book Awards: Bronze Medal

Drawing on stories from real people and the latest research on sex and love, Wild Monogamy encourages couples to develop—or redevelop!—their erotic intimacy. You’ll learn how to create an environment of love and trust in which you can compassionately and creatively work with personal challenges, explore your desires, and enjoy new depths of connection together. In the process, you will:

Enhance your emotional connection
Use the healing power of eroticism to break free of fear, insecurity, inhibition, shame, and self-consciousness
Transform everyday moments into moments of playfulness and passion
See intimacy issues as perfect opportunities for healing, growth, and pleasure
Design your own intimate adventures
Ignite your attraction and desire for each other

EPISODE TIME-CODE

5:06 Supporting Each Other

6:25 Overcoming Jealousy

7:42 Relationship Pitfalls

11:34 Growth in Relationships

12:20 Finding Gratitude

27:58 The Essence of Monogamy

29:08 The Challenge of Finding the Book

34:28 Investing in Your Relationship

35:53 Embracing “Wild Monogamy”

In this episode of The Open Nesters Podcast, Mali and Joe discuss their book “Wild Monogamy” and the challenges they faced with its promotion on platforms like Amazon due to its sexual content being misunderstood as erotica. Despite the setbacks, their book has won multiple awards, and they emphasize the importance of continuing to invest in one’s relationship and finding ways to communicate and have fun together.

MALI APPLE

The conversation delves into topics such as dealing with jealousy, the impact of social media on insecurities, and the importance of gratitude and self-awareness in relationships. Mali and Joe share their approach to maintaining a strong connection, including taking time for date weekends away from work and technology while recognizing the uniqueness of their relationship dynamic.

To listen to our interview with Mali and Joe from Season 3, CLICK HERE.

JOE DUNN

Resources for You

We want to provide you with support and many many resources for your own Open Nesting Journey. Our resource page has so much to offer as does our private discussion group on Facebook about queerness, relationship fluidity in the empty nest, and other topics of interest:

Open Nesters Resource Page

The Open Nesters Private Facebook Group

About Tessa

Tessa Krone is the engine behind and the face of The Open Nesters.

Tessa holds an MA in Consciousness Studies and is a speaker, coach, program, and journey facilitator & leader, author and, of course, Podcaster.

Her offerings are based on her mission to help people open to their most self-expressed, loving selves. Tessa’s specialties include embodiment from all the senses and elements of our inner and outer lives, ranging from mindfulness, dance, play, and sensory exploration in nature. If she had one superpower, it would be to help people, especially as they age, to live more open-hearted lives.