What’s Love Got to Do With It? | Sex
What’s healthy – and what’s not healthy – when it comes to sex in a relationship? Anitra, Leo and Carrington (Care Bear) are back to talk about sex, baby! Check out the next video in our “What’s Love...
View ArticleWhat To Do When Your Partner Pressures You To Drink Alcohol, Smoke Or Do Drugs
By Tatiana Shams, Content Manager In a healthy relationship, couples tend to do a lot of stuff together and as they explore common goals and interests, it is possible to discover a partner’s unhealthy...
View ArticleLet’s Continue Talking About Sex and Consent
By Tatiana Shams, Content Manager and Alaina Szlachta, Ph.D. in Human Sexuality At loveisrespect we talk about consent because we know it’s an important part of a healthy relationship. Without consent...
View ArticleOn Again, Off Again: Not This Again!
By Heather, loveisrespect Advocate Abusive behaviors can manifest in several ways such as name-calling, demanding passwords, controlling purchases or pressuring someone to have sex, and although these...
View ArticleStealthing: When Consensual Sex Becomes Rape
By Tatiana Shams, Content Manager In a previous entry, we talked about the idea of sex and consent being mutually exclusive: You can’t have sex without consent because sex without consent is not...
View ArticleReal Talk About Relationship Expectations
This post was contributed by Heather, a loveisrespect advocate It’s a New Year, which means lots of people have been making resolutions and talking about their goals and expectations for 2017. We all...
View ArticleWhat is Respect in a Healthy Relationship?
People have a lot of different ideas about what the word “respect” means. Sometimes, it is used to mean admiration for someone important or inspirational to us. Other times, respect refers to deference...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Respect + Sex
Respect is important in all aspects of a relationship, but when it comes to sex, it’s really important for mutual respect to be a priority. In order to have respectful sex of any kind, partners need to...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Respect + Sex: #teendvchat Wrap-Up
Last week, we hosted our second #teendvchat for Teen DV Month. We had an awesome conversation with our friends at Scarleteen about respectful sexual relationships, and lots of cool people and...
View ArticleWhat’s Love Got to Do With It? | Privacy
Hey friends! Let’s have real conversations about what’s healthy – and what’s not healthy – in relationships! In our new video series, we’re exploring different issues that people face in their...
View ArticleWhat’s Love Got to Do With It? | Sex
What’s healthy – and what’s not healthy – when it comes to sex in a relationship? Anitra, Leo and Carrington (Care Bear) are back to talk about sex, baby! Check out the next video in our “What’s Love...
View ArticleWhat To Do When Your Partner Pressures You To Drink Alcohol, Smoke Or Do Drugs
By Tatiana Shams, Content Manager In a healthy relationship, couples tend to do a lot of stuff together and as they explore common goals and interests, it is possible to discover a partner’s unhealthy...
View ArticleLet’s Continue Talking About Sex and Consent
By Tatiana Shams, Content Manager and Alaina Szlachta, Ph.D. in Human Sexuality At loveisrespect we talk about consent because we know it’s an important part of a healthy relationship. Without consent...
View ArticleOn Again, Off Again: Not This Again!
By Heather, loveisrespect Advocate Abusive behaviors can manifest in several ways such as name-calling, demanding passwords, controlling purchases or pressuring someone to have sex, and although these...
View ArticleStealthing: When Consensual Sex Becomes Rape
By Tatiana Shams, Content Manager In a previous entry, we talked about the idea of sex and consent being mutually exclusive: You can’t have sex without consent because sex without consent is not...
View ArticleGot Your Hopes Up?
By Heather, a loveisrespect advocate Whether your birthday is coming up, your anniversary is right around the corner, or you’re super stoked for Valentine’s Day, getting your hopes up about a special...
View ArticleHuddle Up for Healthy Relationships during Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
Studies show one in three high school students experience physical and/or sexual violence that is perpetrated by someone they are dating or going out with. 1 A startling 43 percent of dating college...
View ArticleBoundaries and Expectations
By Michelle, a loveisrespect advocate If you’ve spent some time on our site or spoken with one of our advocates, you’ve probably heard the words “boundaries” and “expectations” thrown around a lot....
View Article“What is Love?”: Applying The 5 Love Languages™ to Healthy Relationships
by Dana, a loveisrespect advocate “Love” can be one of those words that is used often, and in a variety of ways. I love my pet, I love pizza, I love my grandmother, I love that shirt I bought on...
View ArticleSelf-Care Checklist
Excerpted from The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact with Burnout by Beth Kanter and Aliza Sherman Copyright 2016 Wiley http://bit.ly/happyhealthynpbook Self-care is incredibly important for all our...
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