How to Understand Your Relationships

Meg-John (MJ) Barker (they/them) is a writer, zine-maker, collaborator, contemplative practitioner, creative mentor, and friend. They are the author of a number of popular books on sex, gender, and relationships, including graphic guides to Queer, Gender, and Sexuality, How To Understand Your Gender and Sexuality, Life Isn't Binary, Enjoy Sex (How, When, and IF You Want To), Rewriting the Rules, and Hell Yeah Self Care. They also publish zines, comics, and free books on themes including plurality, trauma, consent, and creativity.Alex Iantaffi has been a therapist for over a decade, and a scholar for two decades. They have published work on gender sexuality, relationship, and disabilities for a broad range of audiences, both academic, and more general. Alex was the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Sexual and Relationship Therapy for eleven years. They teach gender, sexuality, counselling skills, sex therapy and family therapy to both graduate and undergraduate students. Alex is a skilful presenter, and accessible writer, able to translate complex academic ideas into readable content. They co-authored How to Understand Your Gender, Life Isn't Binary, and Self-Care: Your Workbook with Meg-John Barker, as well as contributing several chapters to a wide range of books, as well as having published extensively in peer reviewed journals.

Alex and Meg-John's collaborative writing is a testament to their dedication to, and expertise of, building nourishing relationships. This book is a joy to read: with fresh perspectives, encouragements to dig deep and reflect, and transformative wisdom. I particularly appreciated how they weave between understanding our personal inner worlds, and placing all of this in the complicated, and flawed, world we inhabit. I can't wait to buy a copy for basically everyone I know.