Relationship experts discuss ‘loving right’ at MTSU April 5

Two relationship experts will bring their knowledge of what makes couples click to MTSU on Tuesday, April 5.

Dr. Joni Frater, left, and Esther Lastique, relationship experts and co-authors of the Amazon best-seller “Love Her Right,” will visit MTSU Tuesday, April 5, for a free public discussion on effective relationships.

“Loving Right: Earn Me Mind, Body and Heart” is slated for 7 p.m. April 5 in the Learning Resources Center. A printable campus map is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap.

Dr. Joni Frater and Esther Lastique developed their program in 2013. Their topics for April 5 include effectively communicating what one needs to feel loved; understanding signs of unhealthy relationships, especially those that have the potential to spiral downward into violence; and empowering students to recognize unhealthy dating behaviors.

Lastique, a graduate of State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a lifelong activist for women’s rights and gay rights.

In 1989, she was chosen as one of Glamour Magazine’s Top Ten College Women for her commitment to activism. She established an art gallery after graduation.

Frater, a graduate of Columbia University and Tufts Dental School, developed a unique approach to helping patients overcome their fear of dentistry using humor, patience and sensitivity before embarking on her career as a “sexologist.”

Together, they are authors of the Amazon bestseller “Love Her Right,” which grew out of their mutual desire to help end relationship failure after feeling the heartache of divorce in their own families.

They have been partners in life as well as in business for the last 11 years.

MTSU’s June Anderson Center for Women and Nontraditional Students, the Student Government Association and MTSU Health Promotion are the sponsors of this free public event.

You can learn more about Frater and Lastique’s program from this video, which features Frater, from their 2014 campus visit to nearby Austin Peay State University.