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In this episode of the Herpes Wellness Podcast, Cat Dupree breaks down The Scarcity Trap — that mindset that convinces you to stay in the wrong relationship just because someone “accepts” you. You’ll learn how fear, self-doubt, and low self-worth can keep you holding on to what’s familiar instead of choosing what’s right for you.

Cat opens up about how this shows up for people living with herpes and shares how to stop settling, raise your standards, and start knowing your worth — whether you’ve just met someone or been in a relationship for years.

Cat shares how to stop chasing other people’s approval, how to see “no” as redirection instead of rejection, and how to rebuild confidence and emotional freedom through self-acceptance.

In this episode you’ll hear:

✔️ What The Scarcity Trap is and how it keeps you stuck

✔️ Why acceptance and alignment are not the same thing

✔️ How “you get what you tolerate” shapes your relationships

✔️ The truth about comfort vs. self-respect when it comes to herpes

✔️ How to choose yourself without feeling guilty or alone

In this episode of the Herpes Wellness Podcast, Cat Dupree breaks down the truth about rejection, approval, and why so many people living with herpes base their self-worth on someone else’s “yes.” You’ll learn how the fear of rejection is often tied to deeper wounds—like shame, abandonment, or not feeling enough—and how herpes can bring those emotions to the surface.

Cat shares how to stop chasing other people’s approval, how to see “no” as redirection instead of rejection, and how to rebuild confidence and emotional freedom through self-acceptance.

In this episode you’ll hear:

✔️ Why rejection feels harder when you’re living with herpes

✔️ How the need for approval keeps you stuck in fear and self-doubt

✔️ What it really means to take your power back from someone’s “no”

✔️ How to reframe rejection as redirection

✔️ Four things you can start doing today to handle “no” differently

If you’re living with HSV1 or HSV2 and tired of feeling like every rejection defines your worth, this episode will help you shift your mindset, take your power back, and finally feel confident in who you are—no matter who says yes or no.

✅ Join our online community and participate in herpes discussion forums for free: https://www.herpeswellness.com/

✅ Join our online community and participate in herpes discussion forums for free: https://www.herpeswellness.com/

Why does herpes make you question your worth? Why does it feel like your whole world changes after getting that diagnosis?

In this episode of the Herpes Wellness Podcast, Cat Dupree dives deep into what herpes really brings to the surface and how it’s often not the diagnosis itself that hurts, but the old emotional wounds it exposes. You’ll learn how herpes triggers buried feelings of rejection, shame, and unworthiness that were there long before your diagnosis and how to begin releasing them through shadow work and self-reflection.

Cat also explains how childhood experiences and old beliefs can shape the way you see yourself after a herpes diagnosis and shares practical steps to start healing emotionally, rebuilding confidence, and taking your power back from HSV1 or HSV2.

In this episode you’ll hear:

✔️ Why herpes brings up old wounds and fears of rejection

✔️ How childhood experiences and early conditioning affect emotional healing

✔️ What shadow work really means and how it helps you process buried emotions

✔️ A simple three-step journaling practice to uncover and release limiting beliefs

✔️ How to take your power back and stop letting herpes define who you are