Cheers Sexy People!
Hello, Loving Without Boundaries (LWB) community! As always, I am sending good energy and vibes of hope and love to our amazing community. I believe that sharing inspirational stories of hope, inclusion, and healthy lifestyles are more important than ever. If you are looking for ways to connect with loved ones you may be separated from, check out this blog post for resources and ideas. On to another inspiring story…
I am truly honored and thrilled to share my latest podcast interview that I released with Alexandra Harbushka. I am mad impressed with her courage, tenacity, guts, as well as generosity in sharing her story about living life with herpes. Wow, she comes across as so articulate, wicked smart, and a powerhouse of information that she has gathered over the years. It is beautiful to behold someone who went through the deep depths of sorrow and emotional pain in her own life, and is then choosing to pay it forward by helping her fellow humans, providing insights, education, empathy, and a caring heart, so that others don’t need to feel alone or like their “life is over” after this type of diagnosis. Alexandra, you are a such an inspiration, and are such a marvel! Your dedication and commitment to making a huge difference in this world is beautiful to behold.
Here is her bio:
Alexandra Harbushka’s life was sent into upheaval when she received a call from her doctor diagnosing her with herpes. Shaking, feeling like her life – her goals, happiness, and desires – had all just gone up in smoke, she was left scared shitless and with a new mission: to share her story with people just like her and to let them know that their feelings are normal, natural, and that they are not victims. With that mission in mind, she founded Life With Herpes, an online community consisting of a podcast, a website, YouTube channel, wellness products to support the skin condition and an online community that provides support, all dedicated to shattering the stigma of living with herpes.
Before founding Life With Herpes and becoming a mother to her son Clinton and a wife to her husband Bill, Alexandra worked in corporate America with roles ranging from Ralph Lauren to selling new home construction to being a mortgage loan officer. Her education includes a bachelor degree from the University of Arizona (Bear Down to my fellow Wildcats!), a postgraduate certificate in Ministry, and is currently working on a masters in Theology. She is also an ordained minister and provides ministry counseling.
Some topics we discuss in this fun, informative, and entertaining interview:
- Her initial response to her diagnoses with oral and genital herpes.
- Important statistics regarding oral and genital herpes.
- Transmission of oral and genital herpes and testing protocols available.
- Disclosure of herpes status to partners.
- How to manage having herpes.
- Her journey of releasing shame after her diagnoses.
- Why she shares information and built a community on this topic.
- How to heal once you have been diagnosed.
- Tune in to listen to this fantastic podcast episode!
Thank you Alexandra, for being so wonderfully generous with your time, and for sharing your work and life with us via the podcast interview! It was enlightening, interesting, and so fun! You can learn more about Alexandra and her Life with Herpes community on their website, Instagram, Tiktok, her Instagram, and YouTube.
To hear the podcast, go to the Podcast link here and subscribe to the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then check out Episode 219 with Alexandra Harbushka. Also, please help spread awareness of alternative lifestyles and create more tolerance for consensual non-monogamy in the world at large by Rating and Reviewing the LWB podcast in iTunes. It only takes a few minutes.
If you would like to be interviewed either in written form or via audio on the podcast, please feel free to contact me and we will set something up. Thank you!
ANNOUNCEMENT — GUEST PODCAST APPEARANCES
I recently have had the honor of being featured on these awesome podcasts:
40+ Gay Men Gay Talk Podcast by Rick Clemons, Episode 193 where I talk about thruples and polyamory.
Normalizing Non-Monogamy Podcast, Episode 179 as I share my story with them.
Indie Author Weekly Podcast, Episode 112 in which I talk about writing my book, “The Jealousy Survival Guide.”
The Open Nesters Podcast, Episode 14 and hear me chat with them on jealousy, compersion, and how to handle a deep relationship.
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See you on the flip side, lovely community! Keep being brave, compassionately vulnerable, and uniquely and authentically you!
Wishing you peace, love and happiness
(and thrilling, fun sex too!)
Kitty Chambliss, Master Coach, CPC
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