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    Talking About Risk when Dating in a COVID World

    Getting back into the swing of things is always tricky, but after two years of lockdowns and periodic isolation? Oh boy! Here are a few tips on dating and relationships as you continue navigating through the pandemic.

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    Boundaries

    Boundaries are rules or limits you create based on what feels safe or reasonable when you relate to others or others relate to you. Check out this page to learn more!

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    Talking to Partners about Drug Use

    Whether you both use, you both abstain, or one uses more/less than the other, drug use can have an impact on relationships. Talking about it isn’t always easy, but this article’s got some ideas on how to have conversations about boundaries and drug use in relationships.

  • Along the bottom is grey text that reads "Talking to partners about triggers during sex" except the work Triggers is in orange. Above is a collaged image of a light coloured hand with black painted finger nails over a distorted, wavy image of an orange button on a yellow circle, with a chrome border.

    Talking to Partners About Triggers During Sex

    Communicating triggers can be a great way of letting your partners know what your boundaries are, in order to help make sex a more pleasurable experience for everyone. But how do you do that?

  • FAQ: When is it okay to laugh about sex with my partner(s)?

    Sex can be a really intimate and vulnerable activity for people. Because of this, laughter can be a really powerful thing, both positively and negatively. But how do you know when it’s okay?

  • FAQ: Dealing with Cheating

    Cheating can be hard on a relationship. It’s normal for partners who have been cheated on to feel angry or lost. This post covers some things partners can consider when dealing with the complicated emotions or tough decisions that can come up in the aftermath.

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    Sex and Self Care!

    It’s International Self-Care Day! We hope you got yourself something special to celebrate the occasion (and yourself)! Self-care is a really big topic on its own, so we want to focus in on how you can incorporate self-care into your sex life.

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    Virtual Sex Part 2: Doing It

    In Part 2 of our Virtual Sex series, we’re going to go over a bit more of the Hows of virtual sex, including some tips and ideas for making it as sexy, safe, and fun as possible!

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    Foreplay Part 2: It’s Foreplay, not Choreplay!

    We continue our series on Foreplay with more tips and ideas to help expand our definitions of foreplay, and how it can work in real life!

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    Foreplay Part 1: What is Foreplay?

    What is foreplay? We get asked this all the time! This post is the first of many that cover the ins and outs and ups and downs and arounds of foreplay.