Latest Herpes Podcast Episodes
It’s Hard Not to Find Someone with Herpes with Alexandra Harbushka
Life With Herpes - June 01, 2022 21:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsWith herpes being so common it’s actually rare to find someone without it. I hear time and time again from people who are just diagnosed with herpes, or if they haven’t processed their herpes diagnosis, say that their partner should go find someone without herpes. Or when a rejection happens the...
Dating after a Herpes Diagnosis with Alexandra Harbushka
Life With Herpes - May 30, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsIt’s totally possible and your dating life can be totally normal. In general we put so much on our plate to date. Things like: he has to be the one, or I’m so tired of dating immature people, are there any good ones left out there, ugh, here we go again and so on. We females put pressure on ours...
Outbreaks While You’re Pregnant: What to Do
Life With Herpes - May 27, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsLet me tell you a bit about my pregnancy. I went through IVF to have Clinton and I never had an outbreak during any of the hormonal treatments and IVF treatments to get pregnant. Then fast forward I don’t believe I had outbreaks in my first trimester but then in my second trimester, I started ha...
Herpes Disclosure: After You’ve Slept with Them
Life With Herpes - May 25, 2022 21:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis topic brings up so many emotions. If you just slept with someone and they then later told you that they have herpes, I’m sure you are angry and confused. And if you have herpes and just slept with someone and didn’t tell them, I bet you have a lump in you stomach.
Intimacy During an Outbreak with Alexandra Harbushka
Life With Herpes - May 23, 2022 21:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThere are times that I have had an outbreak and my husband and I have wanted to have sex. Whether it’s been when we are on vacation, or just because. With that being said, we’ve gotten creative and still had a great time getting between the sheets.
How to Deal with Your First Herpes Outbreak with Alexandra Harbushka
Life With Herpes - May 20, 2022 21:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsIf you’ve just gotten herpes and you are in a ton of pain physically and emotionally, I know what you are going through. Sometimes when I look back I think it’s the physical pain that is the most. And then there are other times I think, no, it’s the emotional pain. Regardless they are both th...
Do Exercise and Herpes Go Together?
Life With Herpes - May 18, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsI’ve been getting lots of questions like; will sweat cause an outbreak, will friction cause an outbreak, will HITT cause me to get an outbreak, professional bodybuilders have asked questions about pre workout and so on.
Can You Have Unprotected Sex If You Have Herpes?
Life With Herpes - May 16, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsYes, of course you can. But before you hit the sheets with your partner let’s talk about some details first. One of the biggest fears or thoughts are about having sex when you’ve been diagnosed with herpes is that you’ll have to use a condom for the rest of your life.
Tell Your Partner Toolkit
Life With Herpes - May 13, 2022 21:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsOur biggest fear, once we’re diagnosed, is dating. It’s the fear of rejection, it’s the how do I disclose, do I need to disclose and so on. All of these feelings questions and emotions are valid and an important part of the herpes journey.
Foods That Trigger Herpes Outbreaks
Life With Herpes - May 11, 2022 21:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsSo yes, there are some things you can do to help manage your herpes outbreaks and/or feed your herpes outbreak. In other blog posts I talk about lifestyle, supplements and why people get outbreaks. So today I’m going to talk about foods that feed outbreaks and why.
Why I Got Herpes with Alexandra Harbushka
Life With Herpes - May 09, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsWhy me? This is something I asked myself for years. I would sit crying wondering why this happened to me. What did I do to deserve this? I couldn’t think of anything worse than getting diagnosed with herpes.
Herpes Outbreak Toolkit with Alexandra Harbushka
Life With Herpes - May 06, 2022 21:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis is something that I felt was so important to put together and I really wish it was something that I could have walked away with when I was diagnosed. I wish that Dr. would have said, "there is this great online community called Life with Herpes and there is an Outbreak Toolkit that has ever...
3 Reasons Why 75-90% People with Genital Herpes Don’t Know They Have It
Life With Herpes - May 04, 2022 21:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsIf your first outbreak was anything like mine you’re wondering like me: how people could not know they had herpes or at least something going on down there.
Can You Be in a Monogamous Relationship and Still Get Herpes?
Life With Herpes - May 02, 2022 21:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsRecently on social media someone commented on my live and said that if I hadn’t been so promiscuous I wouldn't have gotten herpes. There’s a lot of ways we can dissect this comment. Also, instead of going off on this man, I used it as a learning opportunity to talk about how promiscuity has no...
Emergency Call with Alexandra Harbushka
Life With Herpes - April 29, 2022 21:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis especially happens when you are first diagnosed with herpes. You hang up the phone from your doctor and then are like now what. Who do I talk to? What do I do? The worst thing is to start googling herpes and looking at the pictures. Eek! And then the second worse thing is to sit in your wor...
How to Get Diagnosed with Herpes with Alexandra Harbushka
Life With Herpes - April 27, 2022 21:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThe herpes test is not included in the STI panel. So even if you’re a responsible sexually active adult and you ask your doctor for every STI test, most likely herpes will not be included in the herpes test. Not including the herpes test on the STI panel is part of the problem on why there are...
How I Told My Husband I Have Herpes with Alexandra Harbushka
Life With Herpes - April 25, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsIn case you don’t know it, I’m married and my husband does not have herpes! This comes as a shock to a lot of people. I don’t think it’s the married part but the part that my husband doesn’t have herpes.
Positivity Lotion with Alexandra Harbushka
Life With Herpes - April 22, 2022 21:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsPersonally I love the woodsy smell and this is something that I use daily. I use it out of the shower and always before going to bet. I live in Las Vegas so my skin is always needing some hydration and this lotion leaves myskin feeling silky and nourished. Not to mention I emotionally feel at ea...
Life with Herpes Type 1 and Herpes Type 2 with Alexandra Harbushka
Life With Herpes - April 20, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsSo there are two types of herpes. Well, actually there are way more but in this setting we really only care about two types. Herpes type 1 and herpes type 2. So what are the differences and why is it important that we talk about it?
Foods That Nourish Your Body with a Herpes Diagnosis
Life With Herpes - April 18, 2022 21:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsFood is way more important than we think. It has to ability to heal your body or make you sick. This was something that I didn’t really realize until I was diagnosed with herpes. I mean I always tried to eat healthy and more or less I was healthy but it wasn’t until I got herpes that I completel...
Lifesaver Lip Balm
Life With Herpes - April 15, 2022 21:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis was the first product that we came out with. You guys were asking for something that was over the counter, natural and could help speed up recovery of an oral herpes outbreak. Our organic, lip balm has ingredients known to treat herpes outbreaks, lessen inflammation and soothe your lips.
When Do You Come out of Your Herpes PTSD a.k.a. the Eeyore Phase
Life With Herpes - April 13, 2022 21:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsI was stuck in the Eeyore Phase for 2 years. It was awful, painful, yet something that I needed to go through. With all that being said, I have no desire for you to go through this PTSD for 2 years and that is why I’ve created this community, platform and all the content.
What to Know when Dating Someone with Herpes
Life With Herpes - April 11, 2022 21:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsHonestly, this is great news. This person really cares about you and is doing what he or she can do to try to prevent transmission. Transmissions occur less often when a disclosure takes place because the person with herpes can take precautionary methods to help avoid transmission. But here a...
Reviver Soap
Life With Herpes - April 08, 2022 21:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis soap jam is packed with beneficial ingredients to combat a herpes outbreak, meanwhile cleaning your body and leaving your skin feeling delicate and soft.
Is there a Herpes Cure
Life With Herpes - April 04, 2022 21:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis is something that we all ask as soon as we are diagnosed. When we find out that the answer is no. We then ask, why not?
Everyday Soothing OIl
Life With Herpes - April 01, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsWhat I love about the Everyday Soothing Oil is that it’s small but very mighty. It can fit in my purse, my overnight kit, or in my desk drawer. I can take it with me on the run when I have an outbreak. Shop Everyday Soothing Oil https://www.lifewithherpes.com/shop-everyday-soothing-oil
Herpes facts you need to know when living with herpes
Life With Herpes - March 30, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThere are a ton of myths and misinformation out there when it comes to herpes and actually living with herpes. We all have had our preconceived notions and ideas of what someone with herpes looks like, acts like and how he or she got herpes. We all made jokes at it and believed that it would nev...
Herpes symptoms in women
Life With Herpes - March 28, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsHSV-2 infection is more common among women than among men; the percentages of those infected during 2015-2016 were 15.9% versus 8.2% respectively, among 14 to 49-year-olds. So, what are the common genital herpes symptoms in women?
Explode Lube
Life With Herpes - March 25, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsOur all natural lube is designed to heighten pleasure and also play. Adding CBD to the lube in some people can delightful increase sensitivity as well as aid in relaxation. Adding CBD to the lube can also be beneficial for people who might experience pain during sex, in other words this is a per...
Dealing with herpes anxiety - 3 tips
Life With Herpes - March 23, 2022 21:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsExperiencing anxiety here and there is 100% normal. We have times that we are freaking out. When I researched the word anxiety this is what I got back; Experiencing occasional anxiety is a normal part of life. However, people with anxiety disorders frequently have intense, excessive and persist...