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Polyamory: The New Love Without Limits : Secrets of Sustainable Intimate Relationships (Paperback)

~ Deborah M. Anapol (Author)
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As a couples counselor for many years I have seen how obligation poisons intimacy. In this ground breaking book Deborah Anapol shows us that there is another way to be intimate, a way that can lead us to freedom from the addiction to control. --Dr Susan Campbell, author of Getting Real and Truth in Dating

There are people of courage around to test the limits of various forms of cultural insanity, like conventional marriage, conventional war, and conventional politics. Deborah Anapol is such a person. Because she dares to do this she helps us face what we all say we want but we are all most terrified of: Love. --Brad Blanton, Ph.D. author Radical Honesty

This book is a valuable guide for the establishing and nurturing of healthy intimate relationships that are responsibly nonmonogamous, and a valuable resource for educators and counsellors working in the fields of sexual, mental and emotional health. --Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli


About the Author

Dr. Deborah M Anapol received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Washington. She leads seminars worldwide and offers relationship coaching via phone or Skype. Visit her in cyberspace at LovewithoutLimits.com.

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  • Paperback: 182 pages
  • Publisher: Intinet Resource Center (March 1, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1880789086
  • ISBN-13: 978-1880789087
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #45,736 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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118 of 124 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to polyamory., September 18, 1997
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Love Without Limits is a solid introduction to polyamory. Polyamory is the practice of having multiple ethical, honest, non-monogamous relationships.

Making polyamorous relationships work can be difficult for many people... they bring up issues not always faced in monogamous relationships, and poly families often have few role models and friends who can provide experienced advice. This makes books like this one extremely important.

Topics covered include ethics, how to tell if polyamory is right for you, skills for successfully managing polyamorous relationships, jealousy, managing transitions from monogamy to non-monogamy, coming out, and many more.

While this book is clearly aimed at people in or considering polyamorous relationships, I would also recommend its section on relationship skills (the chapter "Eight Steps to Successful Polaymory") to people in or considering monogamous relationships.

Highly recommended. In addition, people who enjoy this book may also want to look at a book which approaches some of these topics from a similar but not identical viewpoint: "The Ethical Slut: A guide to infinite sexual possiblities" by Easton, Dossie and Liszt, Catherine A., Greenery Press, 1997.

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136 of 148 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent overview of an alternate lovestyle, February 9, 2000
author of DREAMING YOUR REAL SELF: A PERSONAL APPROACH TO DREAM INTERPRETATION and DREAM BACK YOUR LIFE

Monogamy isn't the only way to be in loving relationships. We don't expect to have exclusive or closed relationships with friends, and many people are able to love more than one person intimately. Responsible non-monogamay doesn't mean you are unable to be in a committed relationship or that you are sleeping around, cheating, or risking STDs. If you have considered polyamory in any form (and there are many ways to be polyamorous) this book will help you examine the pitfalls and promises. The suggestions for honesty, compassionate understanding, and dealing with jealousy in relationships will be informative even for those who decide poly isn't for them. Conscious adults will appreciate being reminded that they can design their relationships as they see fit.

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent and sensitive exploration of polyamory..., May 5, 2007
I work as personal and professional development coach and have a graduate education in both a hard science and psychology. In my role as a coach, I have seen with my own eyes the devastation that infidelity, sexual addiction, sexual deceit causes in many lives. I have also written articles on infidelity and have done some deep studies in human sexuality from various perspectives. It is from this place that I am evaluating this book with a very open mind that is concerned with dealing with the modern culture landscape as it relates to sexual morals.

As a biologist/biochemist, I have read extensively on evolutionary biology and it is clear to me from the literature that we are hard-wired to pursue two mating strategies (long and short term) and that like other primates we have a strong tendency toward being promiscuous. This is complicated by a lot of ignorance, guilt, shame and hurt that is often not communicated about and sometimes not healed. (For more information on different mating strategies see The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating.

The modern dilemma seems to be what does sexual ethics look like in contemporary society where people often wait until their mid-thirties to marry and life is much more complicated. Given that it is also a post-modern world where for many people old paradigms don't seem to apply, what can one use as a yardstick for evaluating behavior. This book attempts to address these issues head-on.

At the same time, social institutions such as marriage seem less relevant to many people and there seems to be a crisis of meaning. While everyone seeks intimacy, many people feel out of alignment or can't make peace with the cultural instituitions and beliefs we have inherited from the past and our respective religious backgrounds. I think this is underscored in the alarming statistics of the infidelity rate -- the sad reality is that in any given marriage, there is an 80% chance that at least one of the partners will cheat at some time often with devastating life consequences.

Polyamory or non-monagamy is one possible solution that is proposed to this dilemma. This book is a sensitive exploration of this topic and asserts that honest non-monagamy is more authentic, less hurtful and often workable for people who struggle with monogamy. It even goes so far as to say that serial monogamy is a form of non-monogamy and it is what people are really practicing in general as evidenced by the high divorce rate and dating behavior of most people.

I think Deborah Anapol presents a strong argument for the validity of honest non-monogamy that respects other people's rights, dignity and trust. Certainly, I see this as a more healthy alternative to secret agendas, sexual deceit and furtive relationships that engender shame, guilt and anger. On the other hand, I think the book underplays that we are also wired to bond and that for many people this is a perfectly comfortable arrangement. In reality, I thihk there is a range of sexual styles and I see all of them as legitimate depending upon how they are practiced.

The author makes it clear who her audience is in the introduction, "This book is addressed to the millions of men and women who are failing at traditional relationships who feel guilty, isolated, and ashamed." She goes on to say that "Our culture desperately needs a new set of sexual ethics. We need a middlge ground between the free love doctrine of the Sexual Revolution and outmoded lifelong monogamy." While I think saying that lifelong monogamy is outmoded is an assumption rather than a fact, I do think there is much value in Deborah's message and well-written book.

What this book proposes as a potential solution is RESPONSIBLE NON-MONOGAMY. This is a non-monogamy based on honest communication, keeping the heart open and suberb communication skills. In reality, I think it is very difficult for most people to do one relationship well. This is a reality that author acknowledges and doesn't see nonmonogamy as a panacea for marital or sexual discontent. However, she believes that "poly" arrangements are workable and based on my experience, I have seen that a small percentage of the population can live this way and do it successfully. On the other hand, I believe it exponentially more complicated than making a single relationship work, which is also something to consider.

If you are considering a polyamorous lifestyle, this book gives you a good model and roadmap for implementing this lifestyle in an open, honest and productive way. This book is written from a vulnerable place, is well-organized by topic and covers every dimension of moving into this arena including "coming out."

While I personally feel that committed monogamy is the highest expression of love, I do see this approach as a valid and ethical lifestyle choice. I regard relationship to be a crucible where safety and trust is nurtured and allows a relationship to flourish. I think it is possible to set up a similar safe container in nonmonogamous relationships, but like I said earlier it would seem to require very mature people who are suberb communicators. The point I'm making here is that while polyamory could be a valid life choice, there is also a danger that one can use it to escape from real intimacy, avoid problems, etc. The author does a good job of making this point too.

In short, this is a very worthwhile read that does a very fine exploration of a sensitive and controversial topic. I highly recommend it to anyone considering this lifestyle or that has an interest in sexual ethics in a modern context. Some other books of interest in this area can be found on my listmania lists, but I particularly recommend the following Ethics for the New Millennium, The Erotic Mind: Unlocking the Inner Sources of Passion and Fulfillment, Women, Sex, and Addiction: A Search for Love and Power and A General Theory of Love.

If you are looking for a way to contextualize the complexities of this arena and other aspects of the postmodern era, you may also enjoy A Brief History of Everything, Kosmic Consciousness or Guide for the Perplexed. These address the often missing meaning dimension of modern life, as does Forgotten Truth: The Common Vision of the World's Religions.

In summary, this is the best book that I am aware of on this topic and I probably own or have read at least 300 books on human sexuality. I think it is an important area where most people look for their primary meaning in relationship to another human being. Indeed, relationship seems to have taken the place of traditional religion in some areas. Given this fact, I think it is important to explore all of the questions we have around sexuality and use all of the tools and disciplines we have to explore solutions to the dilemmas facing modern people in world that is increasingly fast-paced, atomized and often impersonal.
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