When beginning a journey with ethical non-monogamy, it can be an intimidating process to initiate. Where do you start? What boundaries do you need to have? How do you navigate jealousy? How much do you want to know about your partner's involvements?

We often hear about self growth as a beautiful, peaceful, and romantic journey. And while it can be all of those things at times, what gets lost in the conversation is the shadow side to self-growth. In many ways, self growth is a grieving process, and a very intense one at times.

Whether biological, chosen, ancestral, or otherwise, our experience of family becomes foundational to how we relate to others and even ourselves.

Having difficult discussions is a big part of maintaining our close relationships, but it can be something that feels very intimidating–especially since we’re not often taught good communication skills from the get go. But with intention and practice, starting and having important conversations when they’re needed will get easier and help you to rewrite the scripts you have about conflict and conversation right now.

Check out G&STC’s Director Jesse Kahn talking with Kelsey Borresen at HuffPost about common behaviors that could be standing between you and the sex life you desire.

By taking the time to understand and listen to ourselves, and to understand what we need from the relationship, we can create a stronger and more fulfilling connection with the person.So, how do you begin to listen to yourself and your body in a long-term relationship?

Apps are made to keep us consuming, so it’s easy to get sucked in and lost in the algorithm. That is why it is important to check in with yourself to make sure your social media use feels good to you. Here are six questions you can ask yourself when assessing your relationship with social media.

With intentional effort, conflicting desires within non-monogamous relationships can be navigated. Here are our tips on how to navigate non-monogamy when desires and interests are different.

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former G&STC therapist Brett Wagner.

There are a lot of reasons that people in a relationship may want to try sex toys together! Check out Director Jesse Kahn talking with Luisa Colón at Good Housekeeping about using toys to spice up your partnered sex life.

A power hour is a designated time for you and another person (or group of people) to get together and check in with one another. Inspired by more traditional relationship check-in exercises, the power hour is also meant to extend to roommates, friendships, and other types of interpersonal relationships you have in your life.

Check out G&STC Therapist Jae Majors talking with Gabrielle Kassel at Healthline about living with an HIV positive family member.

For those of us struggling to combat the thoughts and feelings of survival mode, we must also ask the question: is there more to life than this? It is one thing to survive, but to thrive, is an entirely different story. Choosing to engage in your survival mode can be an act of reestablishing your natural equilibrium and an act of coming home to yourself. Here are some ways to get started.

Check out Director Jesse Kahn talking with Brittany Wong at HuffPost UK about the power of fantasies while masturbating.

The cultural myth of innate sex skills is limiting and discourages people from seeking new knowledge and pleasure–and ironically doesn’t give us the opportunity to have the best (or most pleasurable) sex we can have. But, as adults, we can empower ourselves to learn new information about sex, ourselves, and our partners.

G&STC Director Talks with Brittany Wong at HuffPost about Celebrating 'Chosen Moms' on Mother’s Day.

Are you someone who is beginning to identify with a non-binary label? Someone who does not feel authentic and comfortable identifying and presenting within either side of the male-female binary? What do you do now? What should you wear? How do you rise to the occasion?

Check out G&STC’s Director Jesse Kahn talking with Gabrielle Kassel at Healthline about why it’s not always bad or harmful for teens to be sexually active.