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Reclaiming Pleasure: How Brook’s 25+ Group project reframed pleasure for a busy world

In this blog, Brook’s 25+ Participation Advisory Group reflect on their project, Reclaiming Pleasure, which added valuable content to Brook’s website and socials about how to find pleasure again in…

What to do if you think your teenager is in an abusive relationship

Something feels off. Your teenager has become quieter lately, maybe they spend less time with friends, or their partner is constantly messaging to check where they are. You can’t quite…

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Dating in the Digital Sexual Sphere: How Apps Are Shaping Our Search for Intimacy 

For Sexual Health Week 2025, we’re exploring the rise of dating apps and the role they now play in our intimate lives. In this blog, Dr Luke Brunning, Lecturer in…

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Teen Dating: Tips for Parents

In this blog, Dr Harriet Heath, Education and Wellbeing Specialist in Wales, talks about how to navigate your teen’s first time dating. “They grow up so fast”. It’s a phrase…

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How to prepare for awkward conversations about sex and relationships

For #SHW24, we’re exploring the links between sexual health and mental health. In this blog, Bethany Frost uses her experience as a parent, teacher, and Brook Education and Wellbeing Specialist…

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Sex, Self-worth and Stigma: The Links Between Men’s Wellbeing and Attitudes Towards Sex 

For #SHW24 we’re exploring the links between mental health and sexual health. In this blog, Managing Director of Beyond Equality, Dan Guinness, shares some key insights about how men’s attitudes…

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“I’m not in the mood tonight, sorry”: Why our libido fluctuates

Max Hovey is a content creator and writer. As part of Stress Awareness Month, he explains why a mismatch in libidos isn’t always a cause for concern and how we…

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7 Ways To Effectively Reframe Rejection

Sarah Louise Ryan is a relationship expert who has been working as a sex-positive professional matchmaker since 2011. She’s also a member of Brook’s 25+ Participation Forum. In this blog,…

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The importance of finding safe spaces to talk about relationships 

For #SHW23, we’re Playing It Safe. Here, Johanna Robinson, Wales’ National Adviser on Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence, highlights the approach the Welsh Government took when developing…

Top tips for teaching about pornography

Christian Webb (he/they), a Brook Education and Wellbeing Specialist based in Wales, offers 10 top tips for how to teach about porn based on feedback from young people in a…

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How TV shows can be used to teach about sex and relationships

Brook Education and Wellbeing Specialist Francesca Fiennes gives some tips on how to use examples from film and TV to support education about sex and relationships. As Relationships and Sex…