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Something Positive for Positive People

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Emotional aftercare primarily for those navigating a positive herpes diagnosis and a space that uplifts the services and resources of reproductive wellness organizations

health self-help

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Episode 107: Dating Advice from a Divorced Marriage...

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/11/15

We open out the gate with ethics of people practicing various forms of therapy without any certifications. Sometimes people NEED therapists, but WANT a friend. Without being dismissive, we sort through how you as a friend can suggest therapy without running the risk of losing a friend like we may fear. The conversation went several different directions but definitely loads of useful information and nuggets. For starters, people aren't necessarily boring, they are often HIDING. Hiding their true

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00:51:55

Episode 106: The Herpes Cure - a $2k Lesson on Healing

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/11/08

If you're considering purchasing a herpes cure from one of those social media accounts that shares the Gmail email address as a contact, please just don't. What you should do is consider listening to someone who did purchase it so that you can be best equipped to make the best decision for yourself. Our guest shares the red flags she missed so that you can find your way to healing that doesn't cost $2k. As of the release of this podcast episode, there is no known cure for herpes that permanently

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00:58:23

Episode 105: Force Your Presence

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/11/01

Respecting identities is suicide prevention. Our guest this week shares her earliest memories of homophobia experienced by her father. She reflects on her anger up until 35 years of age when she finally saw fit to just be herself. Despite having lost her comfort in the privilege she had, she is far more happy and confident now than she ever was in denial about who she was. Please enjoy this episode of Something Positive for Positive People with Staci Bratten!

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00:57:52

Episode 104: Relationships Extend Beyond the Body

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/10/25

The response we receive to our first disclosure often shapes how we move forward with future disclosures. A positive experience shapes our expected response just as a negative one does. We talk about disclosing in kink in a sense of comparing sex in kink communities as it parallels with driving in NASCAR. I really loved this analogy! Most important, we discuss the idea that relationships aren't all about sexual intimacy. It's more than that and when we enter relationships, we share space

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00:57:50

Episode 103: Leave People Better Than You Found Them

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/10/18

Seems like whenever I question or doubt myself in this space I'm met with just what I need to see or hear from someone. I share thank you messages on social media but this one . . . I let Heather share

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00:44:20

Episode 102: The Shadow Side of Advocacy

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/10/11

There are many ways to get involved with advocacy. In my experience, I've connected with people who get inspired by someone's work in this space and charge into making a social media post sharing that they are positive for herpes. If you're in that space, I encourage you to listen to this podcast episode so that you have more perspective to make the most informed decision you possibly can.

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Episode 101: Tracing Behaviors Back to Beliefs

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/10/04

After a positive diagnosis, one can experience a loss of identity. Clarice Connelly and I go into the development of identity and healthy places to construct your new identity.

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00:46:27

Episode 00: Welcome to Something Positive for...

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/09/27

Solo episode here where I share my diagnosis and talk about the birth of this platform and its evolution. Also, we gotta reevaluate the phrase "successful disclosure".

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00:57:25

Episode 100: Don't Dim Your Light Because Others...

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/09/20

Welcome to the 100th spfpp episode (by number). I answer a few listener questions and interview the mind behind the sexually expressive Instagram handle, @strictlysex, Follow her for a sex positive, explicit sharing of sexual turn-ons, wins and conversations with like-minded people in this space. We talk about her recent diagnosis with genital HSV-1 and her experiences with past partners who've had herpes prior to her diagnosis.

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Episode 99: Integrative Disclosure

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/09/11

Dr. Evelin Dacker joins us with a safer sexual communication model she constructed from many resources. STARS as described in this episode can be a useful tool for a herpes disclosure to prospective partners. This method calls for self awareness and the identification of intentions in order to create conscious relationships with others. Herpes is a tricky virus - We only ‘kill the mood’ based on how we carry shame - You are not your infection, it’s a part of you - Consent is the bigger picture -

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01:05:10

Episode 98: Honest Sex Ed - Protection From Deception

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/09/04

What does race have to do with sex education? .Why are minorities at a greater risk than their counterparts for STIs and teen pregnancy? What factors play a role in teaching black and brown communities sex education? How do we use the truth to keep our youth from being vulnerable to deception? We answer these questions and address parental concerns about teaching sex ed to their kids who "shouldn't be having sex in the first place".

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Episode 97: Normalized Dysfunction

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2019/08/29

Trigger warning to survivors of any kind of abuse. Our guest is 25 year old, Z who was diagnosed with genital herpes at age 15. There's some triggering backstory to her trauma. The dysfunction of this trauma has become normalized. When people say they're a product of their environment, what that means is there's a systematic structure in place that encourages particular behaviors. In Z's experience, we're talking about sexual abuse, predatory behaviors, pedophilia, physical abuse, shame, and secrecy

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00:48:22

Episode 96: We Just Don't Know

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/08/22

Founder of The Institute for Sexuality and Intimacy, Dr. Lexx Brown-James, LMFT, CSE can be found on Instagram @lexxsexdoc. We discuss the over-sexualization of black bodies, how sexual trauma and therapy look different for black people, guilt vs shame and the history of STIs. You can also visit www.lexxsexdoc.com to check her out.

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Episode 95: We Need to Hold Ourselves Accountable

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/08/15

Your partner contacts you and says they've tested positive for syphilis. You follow the protocol which is to go and get tested and treated at a medical clinic. You get there and are informed you have to come back after the weekend. You go to another place and are told you can't be treated. Even with insurance, what are some of the barriers that would hinder this simple process of someone receiving proper treatment? Dr. David Malebranche shares a story no one should have to experience with their

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00:37:29

Episode 94: Thought Beyond the Binary

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/08/08

Theydies and themtlemen, we open with the importance of pronouns, define queerness, discuss how attraction evolves, and some precautions positive vulva owners can take with their vulva owner partners. And PSA Coldsores are herpes.

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Episode 93: Branching Into Human Connection

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/08/02

When you meet good people doing good things, you try and help them do it better. Connected through a mutual friend, Tyler and I spoke about our nonprofit resources and how our goals aligned in the reproductive wellness space. It was when he talked specifically about the patient you’ll hear about in this episode who was met by compassion and empathy from a medical physician who exercised presence, you’ll understand why it was so important that he share that story and that space was created on this

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00:45:16

Episode 92: You Are Necessary

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/07/31

I share the details of the recent survey I took from listeners living with herpes about their initial negative emotional responses to their diagnosis and how listening to Something Positive for Positive People has helped them.

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Episode 91: Body Positivity - Actions Challenge Beliefs

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/07/31

Trigger warning as we cover domestic abuse. Please protect yourself as we get to that part early on in the episode. Most of our focus is on self-image and body positivity. Check your self-talk. If you have a hard time checking how you speak to yourself, then act out of accordance with those negative thoughts. Challenge hateful THOUGHTS with loving ACTIONS and see how that voice changes for you. Please take the survey monkey to help us get in front of some very influential people who can make

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Episode 90: Vulnerability is a Guard Dropper

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/07/31

Primarily masculine identifying people connect with me about the quantitative information about herpes and the primarily feminine identifying people connect with me about the qualitative information about herpes. I want to test this by getting more men on the podcast so fellas, let's step up. I know there's a fear around being vulnerable and open about sexuality and the feelings behind a diagnosis but it's the only way to lower boundaries and connect! We gotta match that energy being expressed in

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00:41:56

Episode 89: Choose Yourself and Step Into Your Power

Something Positive for Positive People ·

2019/07/31

One of my favorite people I've yet to meet in real life, Christie Federico, Sexuality & Soul Alignment Coach joins SPFPP for a very lighthearted, fun conversation about self-worth. Applied to dating, it is important to know who you are, what's important to you, and have ways to identify if what's important to you is also important to prospective partners. Get this dating advice from a dating coach and if you're someone who'd like support in your dating life, don't hesitate to reach out to Christie

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