The One About Polyamory with Em Mortenson

So… your partner brings up opening the relationship. 👀

And you’re trying to be thoughtful, open-minded, maybe even a little curious…

but there’s also this voice in the background like:

“Wait… do I actually want this?” 🫠

In this episode of But For Real, we’re sitting down with therapist Em Mortenson to get into the real conversation around polyamory and ethical non-monogamy—beyond the labels, beyond the hot takes, and into what this actually looks and feels like in real life.

Because yeah, on paper?

It can sound freeing. Honest. Even aligned. ✨

But in practice?

It can bring up jealousy, fear, uncertainty—and a whole lot of questions about where your “yes” is actually coming from.

We’re talking about what happens when a partner introduces this idea, how to navigate the in-between space of not knowing yet, and why this isn’t something you have to rush to figure out overnight.

And we keep coming back to this:

It’s one thing to understand something intellectually…