How can you tailor your self care to get the most out of it during winter? What’s the difference between emotion dumping and intentional venting? What f**k is cuffing, and is it a good thing? Hear it all on this episode of the Queer Joy Podcast; where two relationship therapists explore what it looks like to see joy in queer relationships.
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Keely: if you're avoiding, just sitting with your energy; why? Yeah. If you're avoiding sitting with your thoughts... because this idea of slowing down and being with the season and being more with self/ inside/ hibernating, and however you wanna phrase it, this is a time of reflection. And if you're avoiding sitting with your own thoughts, avoiding being in your own energy, what do you not like about that energy or what's coming up for you Hello, everyone. Welcome back to Queer Relationships Queer Joy. Melisa: So happy to have you for our final episode of this season. Final episode of this season and final episode of 2021.Woohoo! We made it! Keely: Well, let's just slow down on that one.We have a couple of weeks left. I've been seeing this meme and it was like, okay everyone. Don't get too excited, just tread lightly 2022's coming. Should just be gently cautious. Melisa: Sneak into the new year with Keely: caution., so, oh, and introductions. I'm Keeley C Helmick. I am a licensed professional counselor, sex therapist, owner of Connective Therapy collective. White gender fluid. Non-binary queer femme, who is still hanging solo Melisa: and I'm Melissa DeSegiurant. I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist and professional clinical counselor at Connective Therapy. Collective I'm white bisexual polyamorous gender fluid person. I'm excited to have you all here for this episode.. Keely: Yay. So we were going to kick off today kind of reviewing, we were thinking about the different themes we've talked about this year, maybe some of the highlights and then talking about how to really be in season, like, or not be in season like how to be in rhythm with the natural season, Melisa: Slowing down for the winter. That's our big invitation today. Keely: Slow down and hibernate, whether it's by, you know, the whole cuffing thing, like, okay, I get it. That's like the thing. Podcasts are talking about Dyking Out. I saw you. I listened to you. You did a whole cuffing thing. I hear you. We're saying you can hibernate by yourself or with a partner or with partners. You don't have