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Something Positive for Positive People
Hosted by Courtney W. Brame, Something Positive for Positive People is a 501c3 nonprofit organization supporting people navigating herpes stigma. We offer 1-1 support calls for people who need help with sharing their status with potential partners. We offer virtual events, support groups, and advoca...
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SPFPP 389: When the Bold Meets the Brave
The excitement for this one right here is representative of what SPFPP is all about. I've been getting rejected left and right for grants and I THINK...
SPFPP 388: The More We Do A Thing
Our guest this week shares insights about sharing her diagnosis with her therapist, which led her to SPFPP. This is one of those episodes I would call...
SPFPP 387: Herpes Support and Education Platform
Make sure you’re able to watch the video on this if you can. This isn’t an interview or experience episode, it’s a hard launch of the revised and easi...
SPFPP 386: Help!
The title may have been a lil dramatic lol. I’m catching myself get repetitive with these podcasts and I notice guests haven’t been appearing lately....
SPFPP 385: In the Thick of it
This one is heavy. We talk about suicide with someone in the Ideation aspect of it. I'm not a mental health professional nor do I have any licenses or...
SPFPP 385: Life is But a Dream
My grandpa had this dream my mom told me about that I was a preacher. As somebody whose spiritual values align WAY off from anything remotely related...
SPFPP 384: Can You Be Nonmonogamous if You Have Herpes?
Yes. For those who like the short version of things, you absolutely can be Nonmonogamous if you have herpes. I talk from my own personal experience in...
SPFPP 383: My Story
This episode I wanted to just have something to reference for people who want to know my experience. Usually support calls bring in questions about me...
SPFPP 382: Closed Mouths Don't Get Fed with Goddess Bats
Closed mouths don’t get fed! SO LADIES AND FEMMES SHOOT YOUR SHOT!
In this conversation with Goddess Bats (@actuallybats), we talk about various...
SPFPP 381: Herpes and Bipolar - Stigma on Stigma
When I tell you all that this was an unexpected conversation, I cannot tell you how . . . surprised I was. You'll hear it in the interview how shocked...
SPFPP 380: Transmuting Stigma into Healing - Lessons from Depression
In this episode, I reflect on what it means to hold my rhythm, even when it’s challenging AF. If you been keeping up, you know I been big on talking a...
SPFPP 379: Dating with Herpes - Should you Only Date People with the Same Type?
In this vulnerable and insightful episode of Something Positive for Positive People, Courtney Brame speaks with Jhivan, who shares their experience na...
SPFPP 378: Declaration of Remembrance
2025 took me through it. The woman I thought I was building a future with left. I moved in with my grandma, then into my own spot, and just when I sta...
SPFPP 377: Shades of Nonmonogamy
In this intimate conversation, Melissa LeSane opens up about the messiness of living through transition—stepping away from her role as a therapist, na...
SPFPP 376: I Don't Miss My Ex - The Stigma of Breakups
There's a stigma about breakups that you're only supposed to remember and recall the negative so you stay away, heal, don't go back. Especially for me...
SPFPP 375: Queering Masculinity - From Performance to Presence
bell hooks defined "queer" as a way of describing oneself without being confined by fixed definitions or labels. It's about acknowledging one's authen...
SPFPP 374: Storytelling for Stigma Minimization - Live from STI Engage 2025
Last time I was at STI Engage it was in 2019 where I submitted an abstract on how people living with herpes could find psycho-social support for their...
SPFPP 373: Something Smooth About an Orbit
MAN! I forgot what I said the episode title would be but it rhymed and it was cold ya'll! You'll hear it in the episode.
In this solo episode, I...
SPFPP 372: Shaking the Dust Off
This was quite a conversational car ride with my friend/board member, Dr. Amber Sophus. We were talking about how people with different income levels...
SPFPP 371: Presence Over Performance
What does it mean to live in alignment—with your identity, your energy, and your story? In this soulful episode of Something Positive for Positive Peo...
SPFPP 370: The Spiritual Significance of Stigma Through an Atomic Lens
In this defining solo episode, Courtney Brame shares the atomic model that’s become the foundation of his purpose, presence, and practice. Drawing fro...
SPFPP Episode 369 Season 1 Finale: Letting Go of the Herpes and Other Things
This episode marks the end of an era. Since 2017, the SPFPP podcast has held space for people navigating herpes stigma—but now, it’s time for a shift....
SPFPP 368: The Eulogy of the Ego
In this raw and introspective solo episode, Courtney shares a deeply personal reflection on grief, growth, and the identity he's releasing after the e...
SPFPP 367: Herpes and Nonmonogamy - Integrated Identities for Vulnerability
This episode features a real, open convo with Tamar Weir—someone I connected with through her honesty about living with herpes and navigating non-mono...
SPFPP 366: What Herpes Taught Me About Anger
I recorded this episode on the 12-year anniversary of my herpes diagnosis. In it, I talk openly about the grief I've been processing following a recen...
SPFPP 365: Step Back for a Comeback
This episode is an unfiltered look at what happens when you hit a wall. I’ve been grieving, burned out, and realizing just how much I’ve neglected my...
SPFPP 364: Minimizing Stigma in Medical Settings
Courtney Brame returns to the SPFPP podcast with an exciting update—his first-ever in-person clinician training simulation focused on minimizing herpe...
SPFPP 363: Transcending the Relationship Spectrum into Softness
In this episode of Something Positive for Positive People, I sit down with Holly Estrada, a sex worker and advocate for destigmatization, to explore h...
SPFPP 362: Gratitude for Herpes - There is Light in There Too
In this episode of Something Positive for Positive People, Courtney Brame speaks with Melissa, a Yoga Therapy client, about her journey of emotional a...
SPFPP 361: What Are the Herpes Transmission Rates?
In this episode of Something Positive for Positive People, also known as the herpes podcast, I cut through the noise surrounding herpes transmission r...
SPFPP 360: Something Positive for People In a Relationship or Seeking One
Alright y’all, this episode marks a bit of a shift for SPFPP. For years, we’ve focused on dating with herpes—what it looks like, how to navigate it—bu...
SPFPP 359: 23 Years of Grief
Heads up I talk about abortion from the lens of being a Man. This was supposed to be a 15 minute update, but the way grief works having come up on the...
SPFPP 358: The Power of Disclosing to a Friend
In episode 358, The Power of Disclosing to a Friend, we dive into the evolving mission of Something Positive for Positive People—supporting people wit...
SPFPP 357: Asexual Insights - De-centering Sex with Pleasure
In this episode, I connect with Aubri Lancaster of Ace Sex Education to discuss the lessons that the herpes community can take from the asexual commun...
SPFPP 356: Yoga Therapy for People With Herpes: Navigating Stigma and Emotional Wellness
In this episode of Something Positive for Positive People, I get personal about my experience with Yoga Therapy after being diagnosed with herpes. We...
SPFPP 354: Herpes and Suicide - Sexual Health is Mental Health
In episode 354 of SPFPP, I’m sitting down with Drew Rabidoux, a licensed clinical social worker who’s made it her mission to support women living with...
SPFPP 353: Something Pleasure Positive for Vanilla People
In this episode of Something Positive for Positive People (SPFPP), we dive deep into redefining sex positivity with Sol, a Black woman navigating herp...
SPFPP 352: Something Positive for Black Men with Herpes
In episode 352 of SPFPP, I sit down with Aaron Thomas, a 26-year-old Black man from Pittsburgh, PA, who shares his powerful journey of navigating life...
SPFPP 351: Pleasure Positivity - Harm Reduction at the Intersection of Safety and Pleasure
In episode 351 of SPFPP, I’m joined by Mel Moseley, a powerhouse in the world of sex positivity with a mission to reshape how we talk about sexuality....
SPFPP 350: Nonmonogamous Conversations Monogamous People Need to Have - Part 2
In this episode of SPFPP, we continue our discussion on what nonmonogamy can teach those practicing monogamy. Our guest reflects on how nonmonogamous...