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Newly diagnosed with herpes? Here’s what your bestie would’ve told you first.

The free guide that walks you through “the talk” — how to bring it up with a calm confidence people respect — plus what actually helps with outbreaks. Your future didn’t shrink. Let’s go get it back.

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Steph's HSV diagnosis note — MedStar, March 2017 Steph over time — at 19 before her diagnosis, after her diagnosis, and nearly a decade later
me at 19 before my diagnosis at a frat party | me after herpes | me a little less than a decade later
Steph
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I’m Steph.

I’ve lived with herpes for almost a decade, and I created Your Besties Guide because there was a massive gap between “here are the medical facts” and “okay… but how do I actually LIVE with this?”

That’s the gap we’re filling.

You can learn the deeper stuff later. Right now, let’s get your questions answered.

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A herpes diagnosis is information — not an audition for whether you still get to belong, date, want, be wanted, or have a deeply satisfying sex life.

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If you’ve already spent hours searching things like:

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I made this for you.
what’s inside

What you’ll walk away with.

just the conversations your bestie would’ve had with you if she’d already been through it 💌

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