Love is Polytical 2024

Programme

Saturday

Honoring the Full Self

Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm CET

Facilitator: Caritia

Each human has unique and complex needs that it is unrealistic to expect only one person to fulfill. How does one gather energy, capacity, and awareness of what is vital...

Communication Tools for Hard Topics

Time: 1:15 pm – 3:15 pm CET

Facilitator: Ceci Ferox

Difficult conversations tend to activate triggers and patterns that cloud communication. Join Ceci in this session for some practical tools for hard chats. Learn how to start, how to select...

My Jealousy Method

Time: 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm CET

Facilitator: Evita Lavitaloca Sawyers

Join Evita's step-by-step process to navigate when she is feeling jealous of her partner's interactions with others. Evita will break down how she changed her relationship with her jealous feelings...

Dating and Navigating Racial Biases in Polyamory

Time: 5:45 pm – 7:45 pm CET

Facilitator: Oya

This workshop focuses on addressing racial biases and challenges faced by people of color when dating in predominantly white or racially biased spaces within non-monogamous communities. The participants will share...

The Lure of Security

Time: 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm CET

Facilitator: Georg Barkas

In this class, I propose to deconstruct the traces of the term security in our (polyamorous) relationships and ask why we are clinging on to a concept that is in...

Sunday

The Queery Trinity – Neuro-Spicy, Kinky and Non-Monogamous

Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm CET

Facilitator: Caritia

Caritia has always been curious about relating dynamics and the interplay between desire, wants, and needs. Frequently, running into the question: who are our present styles and ways of relating...

Navigating Apologies

Time: 1:15 pm – 3:15 pm CET

Facilitator: Yaniv Barinberg

Apologizing is something that all of us are very familiar with, whether we like it or not. It is an essential part of how we sustain relationships and practice consensual...

Checking in on Your Relationship(s)

Time: 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm CET

Facilitator:

Do you know how to assess the health of your relationship(s)? Are you aware of how to find the areas you need to work on? Join this session to get...

Personal Anecdotes of our Poly Lives

Time: 5:45 pm – 7:45 pm CET

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Join this fun and probably slightly chaotic session with a Canadian polycule of 10-ish people. How do they make it work and what have they learned on their journey...

Decolonizing Love

Time: 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm CET

Facilitator: Oya

This workshop aims to explore the historical influences of colonization on our perceptions of love, relationships, and non-monogamy, and how to decolonize these constructs for more inclusive and authentic...