Welcome back, Dr. Thouin, and welcome Dr. Flicker!

Our guests for today include Dr. Marie Thouin and Dr. Sharon Flicker.

A guest back on Multiamory back on episode 285 where she shared her dissertation research with us, Dr. Marie Thouin is the founder of Love InSight, a Mindful Dating & Relationship Coaching practice where she helps people of all backgrounds and relationship styles create vibrant & intentional love lives. She is also a leading scholar and researcher on the topic of compersion in consensually non-monogamous relationships. She shares her research on her website, www.whatiscompersion.com.

Dr. Sharon M. Flicker is a clinical psychologist who researches intimate relationships, most recently focusing on consensual non-monogamy and love languages. She is licensed to practice psychology in NY and PA and is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at California State University - Sacramento. Dr. Flicker currently serves as the co-lead of the Inclusive Education initiative of the American Psychological Association’s Division 44 Committee on Consensual Non-Monogamy. You can find her website here and follow her on Twitter at @smflicker1.

Drs. Thouin and Flicker share their research about compersion during this episode, discussing a variety of findings they came across, including:

• Is compersion necessary to have good relationships?

• What promotes/hinders compersion in CNM relationships?

• Can you feel jealous & compersive at the same time?

• Is compersion innate or learned?

• How do you go about developing compersion?

Additionally, they give their personal insight about why they think compersion is important to study, where to find the compersion scale Dr. Flicker developed, and what’s coming next for both of their research careers.

Make sure you check out the works of Drs. Thouin and Flicker on their websites and social media!