Life With Herpes

In this podcast, Alexandra Harbushka from Life With Herpes interviews Damon Sununtnasuk from Natural Cure Labs about Monolaurin and other ways to support your immune system with fighting Herpes outbreaks and other viral infections.   To Connect with Alexandra - https://www.instagram.com/alexandraharbushka/ Read More on Life With Herpes HERE   For Detailed Show Notes click HERE   Subscribe to the L...

In this episode Alexandra Harbushka interviews Dr. Aziz Gazipura the world's leading confidence expert. He teaches people how to learn confidence so they can eliminate self-doubt, hesitation and social anxiety and master conversations, accelerate in their careers, and create deeply fulfilling relationships.  On this episode Dr. Aziz gives dating tips when it comes to dating with confidence even wi...

In this episode Bill Gaylord, my husband opens up about what it was like for me to disclose, date and now be married to someone who had herpes. He shares his initial thoughts on herpes and how it plays a role in our marriage.    For direct link to The Life With Herpe Retreat https://www.lifewithherpes.com/retreat and for the Tell Your Partner Toolkit click HERE      To Connect with Alexandra - htt...

Welcome to the LIfe With Herpes show. Today I sat down with one of our Life With Herpes Secret Society members, Jenna Roberts.  This was a huge deal for both of us and probably a bigger deal for Jenna. This is the first time I've had one of our community members on the show (yay) and this was Jenna's way of stepping into her power and owning her herpes diagnosis!  Jenna talks about her herpes diag...

One of the common questions I get from the community has to do with oral sex. Oral sex is kind of left out of the equasion when we're talking about sex, sex education or sexual health. Typically what comes to mind when we talk about sex is just the plane old hederosexual vaginal sex. And then when we talk about safe sex or even in sex ed classes, oral sex is kinda just left out. It's like it's not...

Herpes has been around since humans have walked this earth. The fact is we have to learn to  live with this virus. What's odd about this is as a culture we've decided that this virus is dirty and one of the worst things we could catch. With that being said, as a society we really don't even know that much about herpes and it's probably because we choose not to. I mean, we've made this herpes thing...

The quick answer is no! You can absolulty have unprotected sex even if you have herpes. Before we dive deep and go into explanation on this let's talk about how this is a huge myth and is one of the drivers for the stigma. When we are diagnosed and told that we have herpes we automatically think that we're going to be forced to use condoms for the rest of our lives, even when we're married. Yuck!...

This is one of our biggest fears when we find out we have herpes. The last thing we want is to pass it to someone else and have them experience what we went through. I mean it's physically painful and emotionally painful.  One of the aspects I like to bring up is normally when we're diagnosed with herpes it came to us by surprise. Either our partner didn't tell us or our partner didn't know. Eithe...

These herpes myths will surprise you. I know they sure did for me. The reason why there's a stigma against herpes is because of all the myths out there. We say that someone was irresponsible and that's why they have herpes. We say that people were promiscuous and that's why they have herpes. We think that condoms will protect you from getting herpes and so on.  Really what this all boils down to i...

Ok I'm sure you're reading this going...what are you crazy!?! Before you start wondering about transmission and how this is going to work out let me calm you down and explain.  Sex doesn't have to mean vaginal sex. That's typically what we think of when we hear the words sex. It's pretty conventional and socially we've been programed to think of sex as vaginal intercouse. Well, there are many othe...

You probably have herpes and you're not alone.    When you get diagnosed with herpes you feel like you're all alone and the only person in the world with herpes. Well guess what!!! You're now the majority. Yes, the majority of people have herpes. In fact 84% of the world population has herpes.    Let's break that down for you...   First let's talk about the United States and people with herpes. I...

You get the call from your doctor saying you have herpes and they'll fill your prescription.  Eek… right? Here's the deal. Take the antiviral. Chances are you're in pain and feel horrible and all you want is for your outbreak to go away. Getting that antiviral in your system ASAP is the best thing you can do. In fact, the soon you get it  in your system on the onset of an outbreak, the sooner your...

Disclosing is one of the things that we fear the most when we're diagnosed with herpes. There's so much that we wrap up into dating and wanting to feel desired and now with a herpes diagnosis we are fearful that we'll get rejected.  We either don't disclose because we're so caught up in the stigma and with the fear of rejection or we just got caught up in the moment and didn't get a chance to disc...

If you don't have herpes then hearing that everyone has  herpes virus probably just freaked you out! Well, it's true that everyone has a herpes virus and it's nothing to be worried about. You're going to be just fine. Promise.  We've been living with these dang herpes viruses for as long as humans have been walking on this earth. The herpes virus want to survive as much as we do and they've done a...

Will herpes impact your child's health? There's been a lot of parents or people who want to become parents  recently asked about their kids. When were diagnosed with herpes were worried that we could potentially pass this to someone we love and of course accidentally to our kids.  I want to cover the facts and how you can prevent transmission to your kids.  Over the years I've had people reach out...

I get questions all the time about pregnancy and herpes. In fact, this was one of the first questions I asked when I was first diagnosed back in 2011.  There are so many myths out there that demonize herpes and make us feel like we no longer have the same rights a people who don't have herpes. It's 100% BS and yes, you can have a baby.  I talk about herpes and pregnancy in other episodes and I'll...

In the Life With Herpes community, the number one question I get has to do with dating. The questions range from will I ever date again, will anyone ever love me, how do I tell my partner and anything in between.  So here's the answers….Yes, you'll date. Yes, you'll find love. Yes you'll get the courage to tell the cute person your dating. And Yes you'll have sex again!!! PROMISE! There's good new...

So the person you like just told you they have herpes. You're thinking should I date them? What does this mean for me? How's this going to play into our dating and sex life?     Ok so first let me calm you down and let you know what it feels like when you're first diagnosed with herpes. Seriously, dating or being able to date is the number one fear. We think that nobody will date us and that our l...

One of the most common misconceptions I hear when I read comments or get asked questions are about oral herpes and HSV 1.  So let's break it down and get right to it.  Before we break it down let's just do the 101 on herpes. There's two types; HSV 1 & HSV 2. Both have very similar symptoms and we can not tell one virus apart from the other one unless testing is done.  HSV 1 prefers to live in the...

After launching the Secret Society CBD Lip Balm I've been getting lots of questions from you all about CBD and why we should use it.  Well… I'm convinced that CBD has so many health benefits and they completely fit with the lifestyle of people living with herpes.  Let's face it. Outbreaks hurt! They're annoying. They show up when we're stressed out or run down. They absolutely are a buzzkill and c...

Yay, you're pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant and want to know what herpes has to do with it.  Wow, this is exciting! Time in your life so let's talk about herpes and pregnancy.  I can remember one of the first things I was worried about and asked my doctor about pregnancy. I was curious if it would impact pregnancy, birth, and the child. I'm sure I wasn't the only woman so here are som...

  This vaccine is one of the most sought out vaccines and it would help millions of people throughout the world. Not to mention on the business side of things how it would monetarily reward the people or company who solved the puzzle. But here's the deal, as of now there's no research happening for the herpes vaccine.  If you feel like the wind's been taken out of your sails go watch or read the o...

Okay so I have both oral herpes and genital herpes. The good news is I get what it's like to have both oral and genital outbreaks and I also don't have to worry about getting herpes from anyone else. Lol.  Personally I think having oral outbreaks are far worse than having genital outbreaks. I know that might sound crazy, especially because the stigma has made having genital herpes like the worst t...

148: What's It Like To Date Someone With Herpes With Alexandra Harbushka Life With Herpes.com has been used as a resource for people who are dating someone with herpes or want to date someone with herpes. The good news is now all the information is at our fingertips and there's a community there to help.    This situation of liking someone with herpes comes up a lot. It's not as uncommon as you th...

When you have an itch, a tingle or maybe slept with someone that you know has herpes the automatic OMG phase kicks in. It turns to panic and your mind will take you down the rabbit hole of horrible thoughts. Oh and then you turn to google. PLEASE, whatever you do...don't turn to google. You're in the right spot to find out more answers and not see scary photos on the internet.    There are 3 basic...