Ever hear that old Tina Turner song “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” and think about some previous relationship? There’s a similar phrase that can be set to the same music that I used as the title to this week’s post. As far as relationships are concerned non-exploitation has everything to do with relationships that have anything to do with sexual health. If you’ve ever struggled with an abusive relationship you were in, you’ve also struggled with the sexual health principle of non-exploitation.
Read moreNo Shared Values, No Sexual Health
Have you ever tried having ‘casual sex’ and wound up feeling bad about yourself or the experience later on? Well, that may have been an experience of not having identified shared values with a partner before engaging in the act of having sex. Not having shared values can make the difference between being in a state of sexual health and not being in that state.
Read moreSecrecy and Problem Sexual Behavior
It’s been long known that secrecy is the breeding ground of any number of ills, from international incidents to rifts between couples and families. In this piece I will focus on how it relates to problematic or out of control sexual behavior (which I’ll refer to as OCSB).
Read moreThe Tangled Web of Multiple Affairs
Some people find themselves engaging in multiple affairs either within a monogamous relationship or as stand-alone interactions: whatever the case there tends to be a common theme of secrecy, the relationships being complicated, and there being a degree of unmanageability despite what the person who is engaging in them believes.
Read moreEssential Elements of a Partnership Agreement
Creating a partnership agreement has never been easier with all the online templates available to make this happen. It is important to put these agreements in writing, as the evidence of a partnership may difficult to prove if one of the partners dies.
Read moreWhy Business Partners May Need Couples Counseling
It is terrific for budding entrepreneurs to come together to pool their talents in forming partnerships, but there are a number of things that need to be considered in doing so. Two or more people who have alot of energy about developing a product or delivering a service has been one of the major driving forces in our economy for many years, and there can be great synergy involved in the process of getting something like this going.
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