Self-Taught: Former Foster Youth on Sex, Health, and Life
Self-Taught: Former Foster Youth on Sex, Health, and Life
Prioritizing your mental health in a relationship
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We’re kicking off Season 3 with a convo our all-former-foster-youth podcasters are so eager to explore— How can we prioritize our mental health while navigating romantic relationships? Derenice and Myh’Keith explain ways to talk openly—even about the hard stuff. They also explain how “growth-bonding” can be a great way to build your relationship.
We get into the red flags that might signal a relationship is not right for you. Remember: your relationship with yourself is just as important as your relationship with someone else. We hope to help you understand that meeting your needs is not selfish. In fact, doing so can actually help you become a better partner in the long run.
Resources:
- Our Top 10 tips for developing healthy relationships:
- Learn how to engage in honest communication, even in times of conflict:
- Get help learning when it’s time to grow and when it’s time to move on:
Content Advisory: The stories we are sharing sometimes touch on different kinds of trauma, please take care of yourself while you listen.
Host:
Derenice (she/her), RHEP Youth Advisory Board member
Participant:
Myh’Keith (he/him), RHEP Youth Advisory Board member
About Self-Taught: Former Foster Youth on Sex, Health, and Life:
Self-Taught: Former Foster Youth on Sex, Health, and Life is a podcast from foster youth, for foster youth, with unfiltered conversations about puberty, relationships, sexual health, identity, and much more that we wish were part of our upbringing. It is hosted by the youth advisory board of the Reproductive Health Equity Project at the National Center for Youth Law.
Self-Taught: Former Foster Youth on Sex, Health, and Life is supported through a grant to the National Center for Youth Law from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. We are very grateful for their support. Contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Hilton Foundation.
Self-Taught: Former Foster Youth on Sex, Health, and Life is produced in California. Laws, policies and programs discussed in this episode may be specific to California.
Watch our episodes at https://rhep.info/self-taught.
Learn more about the podcast and the Reproductive Health Equity Project at www.fosterreprohealth.org
Email us with questions, comments, and feedback at fosterreprohealth@youthlaw.org.