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7 On Sundays™ (SOS) is the only podcast today with young people sharing their raw and real experiences with sex, relationships, and mental health. SOS co-hosts Stephanie Boye and Dr. Chez Leeby, are a dynamic combination of sex educator and family therapist. Our professional and anecdotal experience, working with thousands of young people, reveals that today's socially acceptable and normative behaviors damage young people and the culture at large. Each week, with SOS, we dig in with brave h ...
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So Ashamed Of The Porn I Watch - Anne's Story
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In today's episode, we are going where no one goes. We are hearing from a female about her early exposure to porngraphy as an innocent, curious girl. Did you have a natural curiosity about sex that led you down a path to porn? Did it become a compulsion and eventually an addiction that shaped your view of sex and relationships? Unfortunately, many …
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Coerced Rape Was My First Sexual Experience - Hope's Story
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Do you remember your first crush? The rush of excitement when your friend told you your crush was also interested in you? The dizzying blur of getting ready for the first gathering where you will hang out? And then the opportunity presents itself to be alone, together. This was the experience of Hope, today’s guest, when she was just 15-years-old! …
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College Math ~ Alcohol + Anxiety = Compound F&*@ing Anxiety!! - Abby's Story
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Are drinking and college synonymous? Can you name a movie with college students where alcohol and partying are not pictured? Let us know when you find one! While culture promotes the college drinking lifestyle, what do students really think about it? Does it help you find friends? Date with the best intentions? Ease social anxiety? For many young p…
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My Trauma Began Long Before I Hid From My Step-Father - Lilith's Story
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What happens when trauma is not addressed and healed in a family? Often, untreated wounds and patterns of dysfunction, consciously or unconsciously, are repeated and carried forth within families as “intergenerational trauma.” While the concept of Intergenerational trauma may be a new idea to some, others live it firsthand. We learn much more from …
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How The F*%K Did I Fall For A Sociopath? - Riley's Story
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Would you be able to spot the signs of a person with Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)? What does dating a sociopath (someone with ASPD) look like? ASPD is a serious mental health condition characterized by a pattern of deceit. These individuals use their intelligence and charm to manipulate and exploit people and partners. While statistics re…
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Pressure To Perform Like A Porn Star - Nicole's Story
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For some parents and grandparents today, their high school relationships were “sweet” and innocent. While this was not the case for everyone in previous generations, today, the dating landscape has dramatically shifted. In current culture, many girls' ideas of relationships are informed by rom-coms at a time while their male counterparts are watchi…
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What We Really Think About One Night Stands (Guy's POV) - Dave & John's Story
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What messages are we getting about sexual hookups from a male POV? “It’s just part of the college experience.” Or, “it’s no big deal.” Culture, including songs and media, glorifies and normalizes hookups. Parents may say, “just don’t do it.” But…when it seems like everyone else is going for it, we may say to ourselves “why not?” Are the gendered id…
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My Partner Was My Sex Trafficker - Linsey's Story
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How does a young woman get trafficked by her boyfriend? Most people think it could never happen to them. In today’s 7 On Sundays Podcast episode, Linsey shares her story of gradual and escalating grooming at the hand's her boyfriend, who then became her husband and eventually, her trafficker. This story shares how isolation, secrecy, shame, and fea…
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How do women really feel about their vaginas(vulvas)? A pornified culture says “vaginas” (correct term is “vulvas”), need to look a certain way to not evoke mockery and shame. Whether girls watch porn or not, today they know exactly what their vulvas “should” look like. No surprise it is almost never “porn perfect”. What happens psychologically whe…
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What are the messages we get about our weight? Family, parents, peers, doctors, social media, and partners -they all have something to say about the idealized picture of both male and female bodies. Culture now promotes uber thin bodies (from glycemic control medications for diabetes). As our guest Ruby shares, social media platforms actually teach…
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College Smollege - What About When It Isn't All That and A Bag Of Chips?? - Henry & Anna's Story
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What's happening socially in institutions of higher learning? Culture says that college is the time of your life when you'll meet your best friends and future spouse! Parents and others reiterate this as teens venture out to college. But what about when it's not? Sometimes, after all the angst and anticipation, we get to college and realize, "It ju…
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I Am NOBODY's Waiting Room - Joy's Story
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What's happening in hookup culture today? Pop culture often portrays having sex with your Tinder date as empowering. Many young people don't question this but feel empty and used from the experience. Often, sexual and cultural nonchalance clashes with the human desire to be wanted, cherished, held, and seen. This creates a disconnect. Like our gues…
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