by Wilrieke | Jun 8, 2022 | Dealing with Trauma, Emotions & Insecurity, Nervous System and Trauma, Relationships
Do you recognize that? That when you meet people you had intense and complex relationships or experiences with, your body still responds in an emotional way? I do. Sometimes it’s someone I had a short but intense uncomfortable experience with. Sometimes an...
by Wilrieke | Jun 8, 2022 | Non Monogamy, Polyamory & Open Relating, Relationships, Sexuality
HPV is considered an STI in some countries, but not in others. As more research is done, more is known and measures are changing. HPV is a virus that can cause warts and different kinds of cancers. Most people get it sooner or later, and in most, it doesn’t...
by Wilrieke | Jun 8, 2022 | Relationships, Sexuality, Spirituality, Tantra
The world of (neo) tantra can be amazing. There are teachers that have high standards, bring amazing workshops and whom I wholeheartedly trust. But there are also dynamics that I don’t like. The cultural appropriation, copying a guru culture badly, and of...
by Wilrieke | May 9, 2022 | Nervous System and Trauma, Non Monogamy, Polyamory & Open Relating, Relationships
It seems to me that the solution for every relationship challenge is really simple: to ask for the need that is underlying the emotional response, whether that’s safety, a hug, being heared or something else. That doesn’t mean relationship challenges are...
by Wilrieke | Feb 28, 2022 | Non Monogamy, Polyamory & Open Relating, Parenting, Relationships
When I talk with other parents about introducing new partners to their kids, most of them are quite careful. In order not to upset their children’s world too much when a new partner enters a parents’ life, most of them let a relationship grow over time to...
