Let's Talk About It Podcast: Is My Relationship Healthy?
Let's Talk About It Podcast: Is My Relationship Healthy?
Relationships can be positive and bring something wonderful into our lives; but relationships can also be unhealthy or negative and may not be good for us, even if we don’t always recognize that at the time. This podcast will help you consider relationships you have and reflect on which ones are healthy and which ones are unhealthy or even abusive.
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Welcome to “Let’s talk about it” podcast — brought to you by Laaha.
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Laaha is an open, online platform where women and girls can get information
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about their health, wellbeing, and safety.
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Please remember:
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All content provided on the platform
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is based on scientific knowledge
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for educational purposes only.
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It is not intended
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to be a substitute
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for professional medical advice
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or treatment.
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My name is Gabrielle
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and I’m here to talk with you
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about relationships.
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We all have different relationships
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with different people in our lives
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- our friends, our family,
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partners (e.g. husband, boyfriend or girlfriend),
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people we know from work or school,
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or members of our communities.
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Relationships can be positive
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and bring something wonderful into our lives;
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but relationships can also be unhealthy or negative
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and may not be good for us,
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even if we don’t always recognize that at the time.
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This podcast will help you
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consider relationships you have
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and reflect on which ones are healthy
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and which ones are unhealthy
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or even abusive.
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Healthy relationships involve honesty,
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trust, respect
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and open communication between those involved
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and they take effort and compromise from both people.
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Partners respect each other’s independence,
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can make their own decisions without
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fear of retribution or retaliation,
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and share decisions.
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Healthy relationships
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bring out the best in you
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and make you feel good about yourself.
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Though, remember that a healthy relationship
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does not mean a “perfect” relationship,
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and no one is healthy 100% of the time.
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There isn’t a clear line when a relationship
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becomes unhealthy or abusive.
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It might be hard to figure out
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what kind of relationship you’re in.
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Remember that abuse is all about
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power and control.
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An unhealthy relationship
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might involve a power imbalance,
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being mean, ignoring boundaries
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or pressuring one person to do things
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they aren’t comfortable with.
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In an abusive relationship,
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one partner has almost
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complete control of the other.
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For example, if someone in your life
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regularly makes you feel bad about yourself,
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this is not a healthy relationship.
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You can categorize all your relationships
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with family, friends and intimate partners
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as healthy, unhealthy or even abusive.
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So where is the line between
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healthy and unhealthy relationships?
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And what points to the wrong
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and unhealthy attitude?
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Keep in mind that no matter what,
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you deserve a relationship
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based on kindness and respect.
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If you have more questions
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or would like to talk to someone
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-please feel free to find
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the contact details
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of a service provider near you
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by clicking on 'get help'
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or to search for more articles
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using the search function
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or the chatbot.
