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Surfing has an unparalleled impact on people’s lives. The physical, mental, emotional, social and even spiritual benefits are endless. The obsession to surf becomes so strong that many people choose to revolve their entire lives around it. The therapeutic benefits of being in the water, away from the daily stresses or the more significantly difficult […]

For many Australians, going to the bathroom isn’t a big deal. When you get the urge to do a wee or a poo you can easily hold it until you have access to a bathroom. But many Australian women face a different reality and struggle with incontinence. Due to stigma around incontinence, some people who […]

It’s called a Vulva. If you follow any beauty influencers on Instagram, you would know that Huda Beauty (formally known as Huda Kattan) is the most well-known beauty influencer at this point of time with the greatest following.  With a reach to over 25 million people, Huda Beauty is famously looked up to for her […]

Accidents can happen, that’s why there is emergency contraception (EC) – a safe and effective way to prevent pregnancies after you had unprotected sex. So being clued up on emergency contraception is a must for anybody wanting to enjoy worry-free sex. However, it can be hard sometimes to figure out what are facts and what’s […]

Many thousands of people in Australia have hep C but don’t know they have it. This may be because people don’t understand how hep C is transmitted or because usually there are no obvious signs when a person first comes in contact with the virus. It is important to know if you have hep C […]

Original blog post published here If you are young and Indigenous you will most likely know this word: Shame! This word is universal in the Indigenous world and for those who don’t know it is used in the context to express being embarrassed or shameful. One of the many times we feel “shame” is when […]

My mother is a wonderfully determined woman, but there was something particularly focused about her that afternoon. “Alexander, I think we need to talk”. What followed was an incredibly awkward ‘sex talk’ that only now am I able to look back on and appreciate the intent behind the petals. “You are a flower”, she started, […]

Last month, the YEP Project had the opportunity to present at the 2018 Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Applied Research and Evaluation Network (SiREN) Symposium.  Myself and one other YEP Crew Peer Educator Susan presented on the work YEP does, who the YEP Crew is and how many people we were able to reach in […]

I recently had the displeasure of going through a break up and to be honest in the past I have always been very unsympathetic towards breakups. In my mind they always had a way of seeming very ‘high school’ you know? Like *insert whiny voice* “three months or six months of my life was a […]