Needs vs Wants in Non-Monogamy: There’s No Prize for Needing Less EP.145
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Needs vs Wants in Non-Monogamy: There’s No Prize for Needing Less EP.145

February 12, 2026

Struggling to tell the difference between needs vs wants in non-monogamy? If you’ve learned to be “low maintenance” and tolerate a lot, you might be minimizing your emotional needs without realizing it. In this episode, we explore how trauma, people-pleasing, and polyamory culture can teach us to need less, and why you’re allowed to want more. There’s no prize for needing less. You’re not needy. You’re human.