020 Shattering Stigma: Life with Herpes Featuring Alexandra Harbushka
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Description of the episode
Join Heather as she speaks with Alexandra Harbushka, the founder of “Life with Herpes,” a supportive community aimed at shattering the stigma surrounding herpes. Alexandra shares her personal story with herpes, how she got over the stigma and how she got SO FREE of shame and stigma that she turned it into a public-facing career helping others!
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
- 00.00 Intro
- 00:27 Alexandra's Background
- 02:17 People Associate Sex with Shame
- 03:50 It Goes Back to Shame
- 05:47 Oral Herpes and Genital Herpes
- 09:16 "I did SIT in a Shame Spiral"
- 10:59 How many people have Herpes
- 11:16 Herpes can be DORMANT for years
- 13:15 A Woman diagnosed with Herpes at 80 years old
- 14:09 STD's can be different in Men and Women
- 15:05 Do the sores look different?
- 18:30 How Alexandra got over the shame spiral
- 19:22 Dating after getting over the shame spiral
- 20:19 Growing up religious
- 21:00 Does Herpes still interfere with Alexandra's life?
- 22:00 Some common MISCONCEPTIONS about Herpes
- 22:55 Herpes is too Stigmatized
- 22:58 3 Ways to be diagnosed with Herpes
- 23:16 No. 1 Clinically Diagnosed
- 23:38 Pro's of being Clinically Diagnosed
- 24:00 Con's of being Clinically Diagnosed
- 24:11 No. 2 Have an active outbreak swabbed
- 24:50 Pro's of getting swabbed
- 25:12 Con's of getting swabbed
- 25:19 No. 3 Blood draw
- 26:29 Pro's of getting a blood draw
- 26:40 Con's of getting a blood draw
- 27:33 Being an Advocate for your own Health
- 28:52 Antivirals for Herpes
- 31:36 Other ways to reduce transmission
- 33:01 Why are we talking about this?
- 34:25 Talking it out with your partner
- 34:46 How to connect with @lifewithherpes
- 35:21 You can visit www.secretsocietywellness.com
- 36:08 Download the ebook at www.outbreakremedies.com
- 36:08 Shame can't exist when you shine light on it
- 36:08 Outro
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