Marie Thouin is a PhD candidate in East-West Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and is developing her dissertation on the experience of compersion in ethically non-monogamous relationships. She is also a dating coach, and founded Love InSight to help people of all ages, genders, orientations, and relationship styles navigate the path to healthy and happy relationships.

In this episode, Marie goes into a little bit of detail about the qualitative research she’s conducted for her dissertation, as well as:

• Why compersion is important to study,

• The importance of language and its common usage,

• Other research done on compersion in the past,

• What people get wrong about compersion and any misunderstandings she experiences in her work,

• How the study of compersion relates to things other than just multiple partners, and

• The permeation of mononormativity in academia.

Listen to the full episode to get Marie’s perspective on compersion and learn about her experiences researching for her dissertation, and check out the website and Facebook page for her study, What is compersion?, as well as the page for her coaching, Love InSight. Follow Love InSight on Instagram at @love_insight_dating, or visit its website.