What's the Real Me?

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i was reading an article you wrote, it's been awhile now, it's priced six years ago. You wrote it about a being on s s r s. And i have done the on s sr i off s s r i dance. That question of intuition is one i find endlessly fascinating. But so do our worst and most destructive patterns, right? I mean, doing heroine felt really right to me. It felt in my bones like it was the thing to do, right? That was not intuition, right? So i do think this question of determining what ar habitual conditionings and what's intuitionad can be useful.

Rachel Krantz is one of the three founding editors of Bustle, the recipient of the Peabody Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights International Radio Award, The Investigative Reporters and Editors Radio Award, and The Edward R. Murrow Award for her work as an investigative reporter for YR Media. Rachel is also the host of Help Existing, a new interview podcast offering help with different aspects of existence.

In this episode, Eric and Rachel discuss her book, Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogomy.

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Rachel Krantz and I Discuss Non-Monogomy, Spiritual Growth and …

Her book, Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogomy
The difference between Non-Monogomy from Polyamory
What made her want to try a polyamorous relationship
The key insights her teacher, a Buddhist monk, helped her realize about her attachment tendencies
What it means to have compassion with boundaries
Her surprising experience with jealousy and how it encapsulates so many of the things that humans struggle with
When leaning into difficult emotions turns from being helpful to masochism
The questions – What are the symptoms of the love you have in a relationship?
How important rest is in the pace of life
The difference between intuition and fear
Asking will this decision cause more or less suffering?
Defining gaslighting
How she learned to love herself