Your personal guide to
swinging, lifestyle & ethical non-monogomay
Interested in or curious about swinging or non-monogamy (ENM), but unsure how to bring it up to your partner? Download this free guide to start your journey!
A couples guide and quiz to know if ENM is right for you. Download this free guide to start the conversation.
Check out my podcast, created because I haaaate it when people who don’t know anything about non-monogamy try to portray anything about the non-monogamous community. What started as a reaction podcast to the reality TV show The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, we now discuss where swinging/ENM shows up in main stream media and other shows. Join me, alongside my co-host Ben, an ex-LDS polyamorous friend. Together, we peel back the curtain on how the media portrays ENM.
Listen up.
Swinger Podcasts
The Pineapple Express Episode 98: For Better or Even Better
That Other Lifestyle: Challenging Monogamy: Insights from Lauren Hayes on Ethical Monogamy
Relationship Diversity: What Monogamous Couples Can Learn from Swingers to Transform Love and Intimacy (ENM podcast)
The Monogamish Marriage: On Sacred Sexuality
The Pineapple Express with @sexyswingerchic91. How to approach your partner about the swinger lifestyle with Coach Lauren (me). Episode 41. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
The Swing Nation podcast: Swinger ‘What Ifs’
The Swing Nation podcast. Swinging 101 Playground not Required
Our Secret Spot with Lawrence. We talked about The Questions Every Swinging Couple Ask. And then..
The Conversation That Every Lifestyle Couple Should be Having.
Find more swinger podcasts at Fun Stuff
Listen as I spread the word about what ENM and swinging is really about. Then share with your vanilla friends!
vanilla podcasts
Not so Secret Lives: Swinging State of Mind: Love, Lust and ENM This is a spicy-vanilla one!
One More Thing Before You Go: Spirituality and Sexuality: A Journey into Ethical Non-Monogamy
Critical Conversations: with Karissa Dean, or YouTube
Madness Cafe: Ethical Non-Monogamy, Swingers and Polyamory: Could The Lifestyle Be Right For You? with guest Lauren Hayes
Getting Reflective- A Podcast About Unlearning: Lessons in love from a non-monogamist – Lindsay interviews Lauren Hayes
Label Free Podcast: Breaking Stereotypes: Understanding the Swinging Community
Ple^sure Principles: Unlocking Authentic Connections through Ethical Non-Monogamy
Life’s Essential Ingredients: Lauren Hayes is Seeking Joy, Pleasure, & Connection...One Conscious Choice at a Time!
Please Me! Podcast with Eve: Exploring Ethical Non-Monogamy: A Beginner’s Guide to Swinging & Polyamory
They Not Like Us: Empowerment through Ethical Non-Monogamy .
LOA Today podcast: host Walt Thiessen and guest Jodi Lynn Cray welcomed me “to discuss the often-misunderstood world of ethical non-monogamy (ENM) and the swinging lifestyle.”
what is “lifestyle”
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Ethical Non-Monogamy
Ethical non-monogamy (ENM) and consensual non-monogamy (CNM) are, for most intents and purposes, the same thing and they are generic terms for participation in romantic relationships that are not completely exclusive between two people (who may or may not be in a committed relationship)…and everyone knows it.
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The Lifestyle
The Lifestyle is a general term used most by swingers for a community of people (usually couples) that are sexually open with other couples and/or singles. Couples in lifestyle usually consider themselves emotionally monogamous, but are open to sexual experiences with others. Everyone involved knows the arrangement of everyone else.
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Polyamory
Polyamory differs somewhat in that it is the practice of having or being open to multiple romantic relationships, again, with the knowledge and consent of everyone involved. While polyamory focuses on love, other forms tend to focus more on sex.
The thing to know
ENM, or Lifestyle, can be anything you want it to be as
long as everyone knows about it and everyone is
enthusiastically consenting.
why use a lifestyle coach?
because it’s only amazing when you are both having fun. but then…
Protect the most important thing: your relationship. If you are interested in ethical non-monogamy (ENM), but feel nervous or afraid, that is normal. Instead of focusing on your fears and the unknowns, I can help you focus on what you want to sustain and what you want to create together.
You’ll have lots of questions. I know because I’ve been there. I can answer your questions and those you don’t yet know to ask. I will guide you through conversations that you don’t yet know to have.
…It can be mind-blowing.
Work with Lauren
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Couples Coaching
The ideal choice if you want a personalized approach with the utmost of privacy.
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Online Courses
Small groups and webinars designed to help you create and navigate the lifestyle experiences of your dreams.
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In-Person Retreats/Events
Lifestyle experiences you’ll never forget. In-person retreats to beautiful destinations with beautiful people.