Resilient Brain Project

Breaking Down Barriers to Mental Health Through Accessible, Therapeutic Learning

Relationships & Sexuality*

“An interpersonal relationship is a strong, deep, or close association or acquaintance between two or more people that may range in duration from brief to enduring”
Wikipedia

Actions For Now

Steps (& Apps) to Reduce Symptoms
Apps
  • Bumble BFF: A friend finder within the Bumble dating app
  • Conversation Builder Teen: This app was designed to assist kids and teens with their communication. Initially free, it now costs $19.99
Romantic Relationships
Apps
  • Mend: Supportive articles and audio recordings to help you through your breakup
Healthy Sexuality
Apps

For Allies

Give the Best Support Possible
Romantic Relationships
Healthy Sexuality

You’re Not Alone

Connect with Others, Hear their Stories & Access Playlists
Stories
Romantic Relationships
Healthy Sexuality
Tune In

Check out our Spotify playlist for Friends, Family and other Loved Ones here

  • “You’re My Best Friend,” Queen
  • “Let’s Get Together,” The Go-Go’s
  • “I’ll Stand By You,” The Pretenders
  • “My Same,” Adele
  • “We Are Family,” Sister Sledge
  • “I’ll Be There,” The Jackson Five
  • “We’re Going to be Friends,” The White Stripes
  • “My and My Girls,” Fifth Harmony
  • “Julia,” John Lennon
  • “I’ll Be There For You,” The Rembrandts
  • “Lean On Me,” Bill Withers
  • “22,” Taylor Swift
  • “My Best Friend,” Weezer
  • “You’ve Got a Friend,” James Taylor
  • “Umbrella,” Rihanna & Jay Z
  • “Time After Time,” Cyndi Lauper
  • “Here Today,” Paul McCartney
  • “With a Little Help From My Friends,” The Beatles
  • “One Call Away,” Charlie Puth
  • “That’s What Friends are For,” Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, & Gladys Knight
  • “For Good,” Kristen Chenoweth & Idinia Menzel
  • “Don’t You Forget About Me,” Simple Minds
  • “History,” One Direction
  • “Stand By Me,” Ben E. King
  • “Seasons of Love,” Rent
  • “True Colors,” Cyndi Lauper
  • “It’s Nice to Have a Friend,” Taylor Swift
Romantic Relationships

Check out our Spotify playlist for being In Love here!

  • “L-O-V-E,” Nat King Cole
  • “Your Song,” Elton John
  • “We Found Love,” Rihanna & Calvin Harris
  • “Maybe I’m Amazed,” Paul McCartney
  • “Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran
  • “Lay, Lady, Lay,” Bob Dylan
  • “The Louvre,” Lorde
  • “All of Me,” John Legend
  • “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” Aerosmith
  • “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” Elvis Presley
  • “The Way I Am,” Ingrid Michaelson
  • “Just the Way You Are,” Billy Joel
  • “Yellow,” Coldplay
  • “Mirror,” Justin Timberlake
  • “It Takes Two,” Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
  • “Lover,” Taylor Swift
  • “Signed, Sealed, Delivered,” Stevie Wonder
  • “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You),” James Taylor
  • “The Only Exception,” Paramore
  • “Let’s Stay Together,” Al Green
  • “I Won’t Give Up,” Jason Mraz
  • “Snowman,” Sia
  • “New Year’s Day,” Taylor Swift
  • “I’ve Had the Time of My Life,” Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes
  • “You Make My Dreams,” Hall & Oates
  • “Love On Top,” Beyoncé
  • “My Girl,” The Temptations
Breakups

Check out our Spotify playlist for Breakups here!

  • “Since U Been Gone,” Kelly Clarkson
  • “Go Your Own Way,” Fleetwood Mac
  • “Freefalling,” Tom Petty
  • “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele
  • “Hallelujah,” Leonard Cohen
  • “Don’t Hurt Yourself,” Beyoncé
  • “Tangled Up In Blue,” Bob Dylan
  • “Bad At Love,” Halsey
  • “I Heard it Through the Grapevine,” Marvin Gaye
  • “Better in Time,” Leona Lewis
  • “You’re So Vain,” Carly Simon
  • “I Will Survive,” Gloria Gaynor
  • “Best Thing I Never Had,” Beyoncé
  • “We are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” Taylor Swift
  • “Tainted Love,” Soft Cell
  • “You Give Love a Bad Name,” Bon Jovi
  • “Yesterday,” The Beatles
  • “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye
  • “Fighter,” Christina Aguilera
  • “Burn,” Usher
  • “It Ain’t Me, Babe,” Bob Dylan
  • “I Knew You Were Trouble,” Taylor Swift
  • “Miss Movin’ On,” Fifth Harmony
  • “Cool,” Gwen Stefani
  • “Wide Awake,” Katy Perry
  • “Survivor,” Destiny’s Child
  • “Tears Dry On Their Own,” Amy Winehouse
  • “Send My Love (To Your New Lover),” Adele
  • “in my head,” Ariana Grande
  • “Inevitable,” Shakira
  • “You Oughtta Know,” Alanis Morissette
  • “New Rules,” Dua Lipa
  • “Hard Feelings/Loveless,” Lorde
  • “Truth Hurts,” Lizzo
  • “Part of Me,” Katy Perry
  • “thank u, next,” Ariana Grande

Master The Subject

Learn How it Works & The Science Behind It
Romantic Relationships
Healthy Sexuality

Advocate

Connect to the Larger Movement
  • National Council on Family Relationships: This nonprofit focuses on family research, education, and practice
  • Relationships First: Empowering people to speak critically and connect across differences
  • Hand in Hand Parenting: This group seeks to strengthen parent-child relationships by providing parents with the information they need to provide the best possible care
  • Best Buddies International: This organization builds strong relationships while fighting the social, economic, and physical isolation of people with learning and developmental disabilities.
Romantic Relationships
  • The Divorce Center: A nonprofit designed to support and empower people before, during, and after divorce
  • Love Is Respect: A resource for teen relationships. This organization is particularly concerned with issues of dating violence, but its guidelines on healthy relationships and communication strategies are great resources for everyone.
Healthy Sexuality
  • Planned Parenthood: Planned Parenthood is dedicated to advocating, educating, and providing healthcare for people across the globe.
  • The Kinsey Institute: This organization seeks to promote a greater understanding of human sexuality and relationships
  • Dating With Herpes: Relationship information and resources for those living with and/or partnered with someone who has herpes
  • The Best HIV/AIDs Nonprofits of 2017: Find a comprehensive list at this link

 

*For resources regarding sexual identity, please see “Identity and Discrimination.“