MetaMoms
Hosted by Taya Hartless
Taya hosts honest conversations about polyamory, family, and the realities of building non-traditional relationship structures that actually work.
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Latest episodes (19 total)
Daddy Issues
Whew, this is our most emotional episode yet. In this episode, Alysia finally gets to tell her story, her way. She walks us through what led to the fall out of her relationship with her dad and her experience navigating "no contact" as a…
You asked, We Answered
You came with the heavy hitting questions and we're not ones to back down from a challenge. In this episode, we're in full advice mode, responding to your personal submissions about the moments that might be keeping you up at night.…
The Biggest Misconceptions About Polyamory — Debunked
Y'all had a lot to say.. and we listened! In this episode we're tackling the biggest misconceptions about polyamory straight from our followers mouths. The idea that it's all about s*x, that jealousy doesn't exist, that it's unstable, bad…
The Relationship Nobody Talks About
Today we're talking about one of the most misunderstood relationships in polyamory — the metamour, or your partner's partner. We kick things off with a little game of 'how well do we know each other', then we get into our own metamour…
Responding to Your Relationship Curveballs
Alysia is back, baby! 🎉 This week on MetaMoms, we’re diving headfirst into some of your unexpected relationship curveballs — monogamous and polyamorous alike. We listen to your voicemails, offer some completely unsolicited advice, and…
The Cliffhanger
This episode is a little different. Tyler and I are finally, sitting down together to unpack the ending of our PolyFamily season on TLC—an ending that left everyone (including us) with more questions than answers. We talk candidly about…
Birthday Wishes & Back up Plans
It’s never too late to celebrate the people we love, so we’re finally surprising Alysia with your birthday voicemails! (Spoiler alert: she cries.)From there, we rewind a bit to share how we planned an over-the-top birthday surprise while…
Non-Traditional Family Traditions
This is technically a Holiday Special but not the kind you might be used to.We kick things off with a game, sharing classic family holiday traditions and unpacking which ones we keep, which ones we’ve let go of, and how they look in our…
Polyamory and Our Spicy Brains
In this episode of MetaMoms, we’re cozied up in our Christmas jammies talking about how to navigate polyamory while mentally unwell (festive, we know)! This week, we get hilariously honest about jealousy, dysregulation, therapy mishaps,…
Q&A with the Quad!
In this impromptu episode, we finally got the guys to join us for a little Q&A! We kicked things off with a round of “Most Likely To”, plenty of laughs, a little chaos, and maybe a few surprising answers. Then we dove into some of your…
Uninvited Guests & Unexpected Questions
This week’s episode starts with a plot twist.. the mysterious story of Doug, the random cat who started sneaking into our house through the doggy door over two years ago… and basically never left. We’re talking all his sneaky moves,…
Spilling the Reality Tea-V
Things are getting messy on this episode of Metamoms. We’re finally pulling back the curtain on our time on reality TV. From 1.5 years of build up to 6 months of weekend shoots to surviving it all while deep in the throes of postpartum…
